Music FUNdamentals Camp
Once a year we get together for a summer Blast of FUN!
Registration for the 2025 Music FUNdamentals Camp will open March 1, 2025
Tentative dates are: June 10-14th 2025
We train our camp counselors in the latest pedagogy research, game theory and child psychology. They bring their A-game (and sometimes water balloons) to pump up the party! Guest artists inspire us in creative workshops and we celebrate the week with a fantastic concert at the end. After the camp we encourage kids to keep practicing their instruments all summer long and we invite our TVYS family to participate in several parades and performances throughout the summer.
We are thankful for the generous support of
Summerhays Music and Excelsior Academy in making this camp possible.
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Beginning Strings Level 1 and 2
Summerhayes Music provides instruments for the week of camp to all of our beginners (with an option to rent after the camp is over). We take absolute beginners and teach them how to properly hold and care for their newest passion. Campers learn basic FUNdamentals of creating a beautiful tone and can play a song in our concert by the end of the week.
It takes a lifetime to master playing a string instrument but we can make it super FUN for a week! We introduce young string players to the violin, viola and cello at this camp.
Beginning Winds Levels 1 & 2
Summerhayes Music provides instruments for the week of camp to all of our beginners (with an option to rent after the camp is over). We take absolute beginners and teach them how to properly hold and care for their newest passion. Campers learn basic FUNdamentals of creating a beautiful tone and can play a song in our concert by the end of the week.
It takes a lifetime to master playing a wind instrument but we can make it super FUN for a week! We introduce kids to the flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet and trombone at this camp.
Beginning Percussion Levels 1& 2
Does your darling love to hit things? We have the perfect summer outlet for all their energy- just no promises about how to get them to stop....
We introduce campers to playing the percussion instruments and focus on skills in playing the mallets and snare drum. They will be able to perform simple cadences and play a song in the final concert by the end of the week.
Small Ensembles:
Jazz Jam
Fiddle Magic
Chamber of Seriously Fun Music
Once students reach an appropriate level of technique, they need a new challenge. Our intermediate groups are for students who have been playing at least 2 years and want to push themselves to a higher level of FUN!
Jazz Jam focuses on improvisation and learning to jam in the 12 bar blues. (instruments are mostly wind and percussionists)
Fiddle Magic explores styles of folk music and fiddling and is geared towards string players.
Chamber of Seriously FUN Music places players together of comparable technique and throws some seriously FUN music their way. (all instruments are included in chamber music)
