Music Camp
Band, Piano, Organ, Harp: July 17-22
String Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Piano, Handbells: July 24-29
Cost: $300 ($200 for day campers)
Grades: 9-12*
Music Camp offers the opportunity to strengthen your musical skills and knowledge under the tutelage of BJU’s music faculty, professionals who are nationally recognized for their musical excellence.
Elective music classes and performances in recitals, masterclasses, and the final concert will serve to balance the total program.
Band requirements: must read music well and have a minimum of at least 2 years’ experience on instrument
String requirements: must read music well, be working on literature comparable to the end of Suzuki Vol. 4, and play competently in 3rd and 4th positions
Activities
- Audition upon arrival for chair placement
- Participate and perform in large groups
- Receive individualized coaching in small ensembles and workshops
- Participate in an optional solo contest (band campers)
A limited number of certain instruments are available for rental for $10 (no fee for use of percussion instruments). Please email ahead for availability.
Campers may take one half-hour private lesson for an extra charge of $15. Please indicate on the reservation form if you wish to take a private lesson.
Campers need not have specific ringing experience but must be able to read standard music notation.
Activities
- Explore different positions in a full choir and in small ensembles, using more than six octaves of handbells and five and a half octaves of chimes
- Study a variety of musical styles and techniques, such as 4-in-hand, weaving, mallets, ringing multiple bass bells, bell trees and solo ringing
- Benefit from large group experience in the mixed chorus
- Receive individual attention in masterclasses and vocal ensembles
- Participate in an optional voice contest
Campers may take one half-hour private lesson for an extra charge of $15. Please indicate on the reservation form if you wish to take a private lesson.
Piano requirements: minimum of two years’ experience
Organ requirements: Campers without previous organ training should be able to play Bach Two-part Inventions as well as sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert or Beethoven on the piano.
Activities
- Take private and group lessons
- Attend masterclasses and perform in recitals
- Receive coaching in hymn playing and ensemble performance
Requirements: Campers must be able to sight-read fluently, perform pieces comparable to Harp Olympics Level 2 or Sylvia Woods publications Level B or above, have working knowledge of pedals and levers, and be familiar with three-octave scales with both hands.
Activities
- One free private lesson
- Participate in a full schedule of ensembles and masterclasses
A limited number of harps may be rented for $75. Please email ahead for availability.
Auditions
Auditions for choir, piano, organ and harp campers and chair placement in the string orchestra and band will be held on Sunday afternoon immediately following check-in. Campers will be asked to sight-read and play a portion of a prepared solo or etude. Handbell campers will not have any auditions.
Music
All campers should bring both classical and sacred music they are currently working on for use in auditions, study in lessons, and performance in recitals and contests.
Recitals/Concerts
Final recitals for piano, strings, harp, voice and handbells will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. The final concert featuring the large performing groups begins at 2 p.m. on Friday in Stratton Hall. All are open to the public and free of charge. Camp is officially over after the concert (approximately 3:30 p.m.).
*Grade as of September 2011 and 2011 high school graduates
Junior Music Camp
July 10-15
Cost:
$200 (for day camp; includes lunch)
$300 (for out-of-town overnight 7th & 8th graders*)
Band: Grades 6-8*
String Orchestra: Grades 5-8*
Piano: Grades 5-8*
Minimum 1 year of experience required. A limited number of certain instruments are available for rental for $10 for the week (no fee for use of percussion instruments).
Junior Music Camp is an exciting, fast-moving week filled with singing, large group performance, daily competitions and recreational activities—all under the direction of BJU’s top-notch music faculty, professionals who have dedicated their lives to helping young people develop their musical abilities.
Band and String Orchestra
- Participate in sight-reading auditions on Monday for chair placement in large ensembles
- Be challenged in sectional and ensemble rehearsals
- Learn through musical games and special activities
- Participate in a final concert
Piano
- Take private and group lessons
- Develop skills through built-in practice time
- Attend a variety of piano and basic musicianship classes
- Participate in handbell ensembles
- Participate in final recitals
Music
All campers should bring both classical and sacred music they are currently working on for use in auditions, study in lessons, and performance in recitals and contests.
Schedule
Most piano campers will perform in a Friday 2:30 p.m. recital, and all campers will perform in the final concert at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. All are open to the public and free of charge.
7th- and 8th-grade campers from out of town who are staying in the residence halls may be picked up either after the concert on Friday (preferred) or on Saturday before noon.
*Grade as of September 2011