Individual Instrumental Camps

These workshop camps are open to all students in grades 6-12 in the 2005-2006 school year. Current seniors are encouraged to register. No audition is required for admission.

Double Reed Workshop

Dates: June 6 - 9, 2006
Tuition – $215.00
Housing & Food - $76.00
T otal - $291.00

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Instruction and activities include reed making classes, masterclasses, individual and small ensemble performances

Faculty Coordinators:
Eric Ohlsson
Professor of Oboe
Florida State University

Jeff Keesecker
Professor of Bassoon,
Florida State University

Students attending the Double Reed Workshop will receive $100.00 off the tuition of the 2006 Senior High Band Camp

Instruction and activities include masterclasses, individual and
solo performances, and literature classes

Faculty Coordinator:
Paul Ebbers
Professor of Tuba & Euphonium
Florida State University

Students attending the Tuba & Euphonuim Workshop will receive $100.00 off the tuition of the 2006 Senior High Band Camp

Double Bass Workshop

Dates: June 14– 17, 2006
Tuition - $215.00
Housing & Food - $76.00
Total - $291.00

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Instruction and activities include masterclasses, individual and solo performances, bowing techniques, and literature classes

Faculty Coordinator:
Melanie Punter
Professor of Double Bass
Florida State University

Students attending the Double Bass Workshop will receive $100.00 off the tuition of the 2006 String Orchestra Camp

Large Ensemble & Instructional Camps

These camps do not require an audition for admission.
Current seniors are encouraged to register.

Due to the popularity of these camps an enrollment cap may be imposed on certain instruments and voices. Please register early to insure your participation.

Senior High Band Camp

Dates: June 18– July 1, 2006
Tuition - $425.00
Housing & Food - $326.00
Total - $751.00

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Call 850-644-9934
for registration information &
limited space availability

This camp is open to high school students entering grades 8 - 12 in the
2005-2006 school year.Current seniors are encouraged to register.

Instruction and activities include two concert/symphonic bands, wind orchestra, two concerts, music theory, sectional/master classes, optional private lessons, and electives including conducting, small ensembles, jazz improvisation, and world music ensembles.

2006 Large Ensemble Conductors

Patrick Dunnigan
Professor of Music and Director of Bands
Florida State University

Alex Kaminsky
Band Director
Lincoln High School (FL)

David Plack
Band Director
Florida State University

Ian Schwindt
Band Director
Titusville High School (FL)

This camp is open to students ages 12-18 in the 2005-2006 school year.
(younger students may apply with the permission of the Camp Director) Current seniors are encouraged to register.

Instruction and activities include two full symphony orchestras, two string orchestras, and a chamber orchestra, and small chamber ensembles, sectional/master classes, music theory, and optional private lessons.

2006 Ensemble Conductors

Michael Allen
Professor of String Education
Florida State University

Rebecca MacLeod
Orchestral Studies
Florida State University

David Eccles
Orchestra Director
Cypress Lake Center for the Arts (FL)

Jim Palmer
Orchestra Director
Atlanta, GA

Middle School Band Camp

Dates: July 9 – 15, 2006
Tuition - $240; Housing & Food - $151.00 (total - $391.00)

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This camp is open to students entering grades 5-8 in the 2005-2006 school year (younger students may attend with permission of the Camp Director).

Instruction and activities include three concert bands, large and small ensembles, music theory, optional private lessons, and electives including guitar, jazz improvisation, steel drum ensemble, and conducting

2006 Large Ensemble Conductors
James Matthews
Band Director
Jackson Middle School (FL)

Edgar Rubio
Band Director
Silver Trail Middle School (FL)

Michael Antmann
Band Director
Swift Creek Middle School (FL)

Admission is open to alto, tenor and bass voices in grades 8-12 in the 2005-2006 school year. Sopranos must be in grades 10-12 in the 2005-2006 school year. Only 40 sopranos will be admitted this year.

Instruction and activities include full choral ensemble rehearsals and concerts, sectionals, voice classes, small ensembles, and comprehensive music classes.

Though no audition is required for the choral ensemble camps, an informal audition will be held the day of registration for those interested in being considered for private lessons/coaching with FSU voice faculty, or for performing in the Honors Solo Recital. Students who audition should come prepared to perform two pieces of their choice.

Students may also apply for the Honors Vocal Solo Camp
(July 9 - 14)
Students applying for the Honors Vocal Solo Camp can use the same tape to apply for both camps

2006 Conductors Include:

Judy Bowers
Professor of Choral Music Education
Florida State University

Kevin Fenton
Associate Professor of Choral Music Education
Florida State University

Admission is open to students in grades 9-12 in the 2005-2006 school year.
Current seniors are encouraged to register.

This camp is designed for both drum majors and leasership personnel, including section leaders and band captains. An expanded focus this year is on developing leadership skills, basic and advance conducting techniques, communication skills and improving group/ensemble dynamics. Students perform in the camp finale, Pass & Review.

Faculty:
Jim Bruce
Director of Bands
Manatee High School (FL)

David Hedgcoth
Director of Bands
Rock Lake Middle School (FL)

All faculty and staff are current and former drum majors with the FSU Marching Chiefs.

Specialty Honor Camps

Decisions for all honors camps have been made and mailed out. No new audition tapes are being accepted.

If you have been selected to participate in an honors camp, you must reigster by MAIL. Please print out the registration form and mail it in along with the deposit check to Diedre Rockwell, Academic & Professional Program Services, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1640.

You can not register on line.

Honors Jazz Camp

Dates: June 11– 17, 2006
Tuition - $255.00
Housing & Food - $151.00
Total - $406.00

Audition Tape and Application Deadline: Postmarked by
April 1, 2006
Auditions for this camp are by tape only.

Please do not send a tuition deposit until you have been informed of your acceptance.

Admission is for students in grades 7-12 in the 2005-2006 school year with some jazz or dance band experience and who play saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, drums, or guitar. Current seniors are encouraged to register.

Instruction and activities include performances in big bands, combos, jam sessions, and classes in improvisation, theory, technique, and jazz history.

2006 Jazz Ensemble Conductors Include:

Leon Anderson
Director of Jazz Studies
Florida State University

Rodney Jordan
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
Florida State University

Scotty Barnhart
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
Florida State University

Honors Piano Camp

Dates: June 18– July 1, 2006
Tuition - $425.00
Housing & Food - $326.00
Total - $751.00

Audition Tape and Application Deadline: Postmarked by
April 1, 2006

Students may audition live in Tallahassee on Saturday, April 8, 2006.

Please do not send a tuition deposit until you have been informed of your acceptance.

Admission is for students in grades 8-12 in the 2005-2006 school year. Current seniors are encouraged to register.

Enrollment for this program will be capped at 36 students for 2006.

Instruction includes private lessons, repertoire classes, beginning and advanced music theory, piano master classes, and electives, which may include duo piano for qualified students.

Scholarships in varying amounts will be offered to eligible students. Please see the Scholarship Guidelines in this brochure.

Faculty Coordinator:
James Nalley
Assistant Professor of Piano
Florida State University

Additional faculty will be members of the piano faculty from Florida State University

Honors Chamber
Winds Camp

Dates: June 18– July 1, 2006
Tuition - Free
Housing & Food - $326.00
Total - $326.00

Audition Tape and Application Deadline: Postmarked by
April 1, 2006
Auditions for this camp will be by tape only.

Please do not send a housing deposit until you have been informed of your acceptance.

Full tuition scholarships will be awarded to members of this select ensemble (equivalent to $425.00). Accepted students pay only housing and food-$326.00.

Instruction includes performances in brass and woodwind quintets, small and large chamber music ensembles, solo performances, performance techniques, and chamber music literature. Members of this elite Camp perform as the core of the wind section of the Summer Music Camps Symphony Orchestra.

2006 Faculty Include:

John Southall
Camp Coordinator
Director of Instrumental Music
Indian River Community College (FL)

Paul Ebbers
Associate Professor of Tuba/Euphonium
Florida State University

Michelle Stebleton
Associate Professor of Horn
Florida State University

Honors Vocal Solo Camp

Dates: July 9– 14, 2006
Tuition - $250.00; Housing & Food - $126.00 (total - $376.00)
Audition Tape and Application Deadline: Postmarked by
April 1, 2006
Auditions for this camp are by tape only.

Please do not send a tuition deposit until you have been informed of your acceptance.

The Vocal Solo Camp is designed for singers in grades 9-12 in the
2005 - 2006 school year.
Current seniors are encouraged to register.

Instruction includes intensive solo performance study, daily private instruction, diction, sight-singing techniques, preparation for auditions and recitals, careers in voice, and the study of vocal literature

Repertoire for the Audition tape /CD should include one song in English and one in Italian in the classical style such as one might perform at solo/ensemble festival. Songs might be selected from
24 Italian Songs and Arias (G. Schirmer) 26 Italian Songs and Arias (Alfred) or the Joan
Boytim series: Soprano's First or Second Book of Solos, Parts I or II (published by Hal Leonard). Since this is not a musical theatre camp, selections from this genre are
discouraged.

Faculty Coordinator:
Wanda Brister
Assistant Professor of Voice
Florida State University

Additional faculty are members of the voice faculty from Florida State University