SummerMusic Programs

2021

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WEBSTER GROVESMailing Address: 470 E. Lockwood Ave.Building Address: 535 Garden Ave.St. Louis, MO 63119

CHESTERFIELD (at Faust Park)Leon R. Strauss Center14941 Olive Blvd.Chesterfield, MO 63017

UNIVERSITY CITY(at Holy Communion)7401 Delmar Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63130

Ages 6 Months - 5 Years Elementary - High School Students

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String Orchestra CampViolin, viola, cello, and bass students ages 7-high school

Webster Groves, CMS CenterJune 14-18 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon (Performance on Friday, June 18 at 11 a.m.)Tuition: $165Application Deadline: May 15, 2021

Make music with new friends from all over St. Louis! Students will participate daily in full string orchestra rehearsals, sectionals, and master classes/special presentations. Three orchestra levels under the direction of CMS orchestra conductors will musically challenge every student. Student musicians in each orchestra will enjoy an exciting and rigorous experience.

Requirements: At least one year’s experience playing your instrument and reading music (quarter and eighth notes, minimum); consult with your student’s private instructor or school orchestra director to determine readiness for camp. Completion of pre-camp questionnaire needed for placement; questionnaire will be emailed the week of May 15.

Kindermusik Adventures Family CampFor children ages 6 months-5 years and their caregivers

Webster Groves, CMS Center Tuesdays, June 1 – July 20 9:30-10:15 a.m. Down on the Ground/Up in the Sky (6 months to 4 years) 10:30-11:15 a.m. Music Around the World (4 to 6 years) Chesterfield, Strauss Center in Faust Park Wednesdays, June 2 – July 21 9:30-10:15 a.m. Down on the Ground/Up in the Sky (6 months to 4 years) 10:30-11:15 a.m. Music Around the World (4 to 6 years)

Instructor: Maureen Bolain Tuition: $150 (includes full materials kit) Sibling Tuition: $110 (no kit) One full kit per family required Application Deadline: May 15, 2021

Experience enough music, stories, and activities to inspire a lifetime of learning! In Kindermusik camp parents and children will play, learn, sing, dance, create, and share in the fun of making music together as an enthusiastic Kindermusik educator guides the class through each research-proven and giggle-approved activity.

Home Materials: book, home activities, music from class, instrument, and other special materials.

Chamber Music Encounter (CME)Ages: BY AUDITIONViolin, viola, cello, and piano students through high school

Webster Groves, CMS CenterJune 14-18 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Informal presentation on June 18 at 2 p.m.)Tuition: $370Application Deadline: March 5, 2021Space is limited

Professional chamber musicians and CMS faculty well experienced in chamber group settings will coach trios, quartets, and quintets in this wonderful music form where compositions are performed by and written for one player for each part. Guest performers and speakers will share their experience in successful chamber music performance and ensemble development.

Requirements: String players need a developed vibrato. Students must be at or beyond the following representative minimum skill levels:Violin: Suzuki Book 4-Vivaldi a minor ConcertoViola: Suzuki Book 4-Seitz Concerto #2, 3rd movementCello: Suzuki Book 4-Breval Sonata in C MajorPiano: Clementi or Kuhlau Sonatinas

Acceptance in the Chamber Music Encounter will be based on audition, instrumentation needs for chamber ensembles (trios, quartets, quintets), and readiness for small ensemble playing. Auditions will be held Saturday, April 3 (2-5 p.m.) and Sunday, April 4 (12-5 p.m.)

String Camp PackageEnroll in String Orchestra Camp and Chamber Music Encounter and pay a combined tuition of only $480.

Clazz String IntensiveAges: Beginning to Advanced instrumentalists age 10 and older, with at least five years of playing experience. Audition video required for placement in ensembles and lessons.

Webster Groves, CMS CenterDates: July 7 – 11Tuition: $400Application Deadline: April 15, 2021

The Clazz String Intensive is designed to introduce classically-trained string players to the art of improvisation through the pedagogical ideals of jazz and musical languages from other cultures. Students will be exposed to jazz, blues, bluegrass, Celtic, Indian classical, and more.

ActivitiesStudents will be scheduled in lessons and small combos each day. In the evening there will be masterclasses and jam sessions. The five-day camp will culminate in student solo and combo performances. There will be ample practice time in the morning or to explore St. Louis if you are commuting.

RepertoireAssignments are based on playing level and prior experience. Tunes for the combos will be emailed to participants in June. All participants are encouraged to learn their parts in advance of the workshop.

Middle - High School Students

Flute CampStudents entering grades 7-12 in Fall 2021

Webster Groves, CMS CenterJune 7-11 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Performance on June 11 at 4 p.m.)Tuition: $145 Application Deadline: May 15, 2021

Calling all flutists! Facilitated by Nadine Hur, this program is designed to address individual strengths and challenges. It includes warm-up exercises, tone, intonation and breathing techniques, and nationally-renown guest

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composition for a specified instrumental trio with an arsenal of new skills and resources, a recorded performance of your original composition, and new friends!

Unique features of the CMS Intensive include meeting and working with St. Louis area composers and musicians. Students will utilize the Webster University Department of Music’s computer lab. Students will work in groups according to experience level (from those needing the basics of notation, transposition, and scoring, to students with prior composing experience). All participants must be able to read music and play an instrument or sing. A pre-camp questionnaire indicating experience is mailed the week of June 15th.

Students must attend the full length of the Intensive for their works to be performed and recorded.

High School Group Singing Zoom Class with Jennifer Johnson CanoStudents entering grades 9-12 in Fall 2021Two 60-minute sessions per week for three weeks

ONLINE CLASSClass Dates: To be determinedTuition: $100Application Deadline: May 15, 2021

In this vocal class for high school teens, renowned artist and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano will provide a relaxed, positive atmosphere for teen vocalists to learn more about what is specifically involved in singing healthily and well. Basic technique work will focus on posture, breathing, coordination, and singing in English. This class is most suitable to high school singers who may not have experienced voice training before, or those who would like to add an enhanced experience to individual lessons by learning in a group setting, to brush up their skills and technique with the presence and instruction of a world-class singer and teacher.

flutists. Last year’s guests included Keith Underwood, Immanuel Davis, Katherine Borst Jones, Hadar Noiberg, and Soo-Kyung Park.

Requirements: One year playing flute in a school band program or at least one year of private flute instruction.

Band CampStudents entering grades 7-12 in Fall 2021Two band levels offered: High School (9-12) & Middle School (7-8)

Webster Groves, CMS Center June 21-25, 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Performance on Friday, June 25 at 1:45 p.m.) Tuition: $240 Application Deadline: May 15, 2021

Ensembles, master classes, and special events – oh my! Work with expert professional musicians who play your instrument. Past guests and clinicians include members of the St. Louis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Funky Butt Brass Band, St. Louis Brass Ensemble, St. Louis Symphony Trombone Quartet, Equinox Chamber Players, and Dawn Weber and The Electro Funk Assembly. Special topics classes may feature audition techniques, methods for effective practice, composition, theory, improvisation, and use of technology (programs like Garage Band, Smart Music, and Flip Grid).

Requirements: One full year of participation in a school band program or one year of private instruction. Auditions to determine placement are on Wednesday, May 19, Thursday, May 20, and Saturday, May 22, 2021.

Summer Composition IntensiveStudents entering grades 7-12 in Fall 2021

Webster Groves, CMS Center July 5-16 Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Performance of student works on July 16 at noon) Tuition: $395 Application Deadline: June 15, 2021

Is music swirling inside your head? The Summer Composition Intensive is just for you! By the end of two weeks, you will have written an original

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Adult Group Singing Zoom ClassCollege or adult studentsOne 60-minute session per week for six weeks

ONLINE CLASSClass Dates: To be determinedTuition: $100Application Deadline: May 15, 2021

In this vocal class for adult singers, renowned artist and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano will provide a relaxed, positive atmosphere for vocalists to learn more about what is specifically involved in singing healthily and well. Basic technique work will focus on posture, breathing, coordination, and singing in English. This class is most suitable to choral singers who have not experienced voice training before, or those who would like to brush up their skills and technique with the presence and instruction of a world-class singer and teacher.

Adult Programs

Adult Chamber Music IntensiveIntermediate and Advanced instrumentalists age 21 or older

Webster Groves, CMS Center June 27-July 2 Tuition: $350 Application Deadline: April 9, 2021 The MOCM Adult Chamber Music Intensive places adult amateur instrumentalists in chamber ensembles of various sizes and instrumentation to work with faculty Player/Coaches. The collaborative faculty have included members of the St. Louis and Boston Symphony Orchestras, the Arianna String Quartet, and other St. Louis area performers and teachers.

ActivitiesEach ensemble will rehearse online or in person with its coach for a series of sessions over the workshop week, culminating in a performance finale. The Chamber Music Intensive experience also includes events such as group readings, master classes, faculty presentations and concerts, practice and reading sessions, and social events.

RepertoireIndividuals as well as pre-formed groups are encouraged to apply. Individual participants will be assigned groups and repertoire 6-8 weeks in advance of the workshop. Assignments are based on playing level and prior chamber music experience. Repertoire requests will be granted when possible and ensemble requests are accepted. All participants are encouraged to learn their parts in advance of the workshop.

The Wonderful World of Song Zoom ClassCollege or adult studentsOne 60-minute session per week for six weeks

ONLINE CLASS Class Dates: To be determined Tuition: $100 Application Deadline: May 15, 2021

Renowned artist and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano will explore the beautiful facets of music and words. Each session will include group listening time, a discussion of historical context, a comparison of texts set by different composers, and recommendations for further self-learning. Throughout this 6-week course, focus will move from folk song (Kodaly, Niles, Canteloube, Berio, de Falla, Copland), to Shakespeare’s influence on British composers, to the great German pairings of poets and composers (Mörike/Wolf, Goethe/Schubert & Schumann, Brahms/Georg Daumer), to French Mélodie (Apollinaire, Verlaine, Baudelaire, Poulenc, Faure, Debussy, Ravel), and to the American Masters (Samuel Barber, and the Great American Songbook).

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Summer Music Programs Offered by Webster University

Department of MusicJazz Camp 2021Students entering grades 9-adult in Fall 2021For beginning, intermediate, and advanced level jazz improvisers and instrumentalists.July 12-16, 2021 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Final Student Concert at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 16) Tuition: $255 Instructors: Paul DeMarinis, Kim Portnoy, Kevin Gianino, Tom Byrne,

Dave Black, Nick Savage, Willem von Hombracht, Ben Wheeler, and others.

Webster University Virtual Classical Piano Power Camp 2021Students entering 6th to 12th grade in Fall 2021June 28-July 2, 2021 10:00 a.m. – Noon and 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. (CST)Tuition: $250 (Some scholarships available)Instructors: Pat Eastman, MM; Sue Martin, MM; Caroline Hixson, MM,

NCTM; Donna Vince, MM, NCTM; Ruth Price, DMA2021 Guest Artists: Huiyun Liang, DMA, NCTM, Lindenwood

University; Daniel Schene, Webster University Emeritus Professor

Webster University In Person Classical Piano Power Camp 2021Students entering 6th to 12th grade in Fall 2021July 19-23, 2021 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (CST)Tuition: $300 (Some scholarships available)Instructors: Pat Eastman, MM; Sue Martin, MM; Caroline Hixson, MM,

NCTM; Donna Vince, MM, NCTM; Ruth Price, DMA2021 Guest Artists: Patti Wolf, Butler School of Music-The University of Texas at Austin; Daniel Schene, Webster University Emeritus Professor

To apply and for more information on Webster University Department of Music summer programs, visit www.webster.edu/music. Full details are available on the SUMMER CAMPS link. Phone: 314-968-7032

SummerMusic Programs

2021

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PAIDST. LOUIS, MOPermit no. 422

470 E. Lockwood Avenue • St. Louis, MO 63119

Spend your summer at the CMS with a variety of music camps and lessons!

Individual Lessons Summer Session June 19 - August 2, 2021Youngest Beginning Lesson AgePiano & Guitar: age 6 String Instruments: ages 7-8 Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion: ages 9-10 Harp, Voice: age 12 Composition: age 12 (must have basic note-reading skills)

Take your musicianship to the next level! Individual lessons give you the personal attention you need to succeed. 30, 45, or 60-minute lessons are available. Students must have their own instruments; a traditional piano is preferred for piano students.

Registration: June 12 – 17, 2021Tuition:*30-minute lesson: $20745-minute lesson: $30960-minute lesson: $414

An annual non-refundable registration fee of $30 is charged once per school year.*Tuition for Special Arrangement teachers is at higher hourly rates.

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