For serious music students, June may mark the beginning of summer vacation, but it does not mean their musical education takes a break. Throughout the summer, a variety of camps for marching band, jazz band, chamber ensembles, strings and orchestra, and drum line and auxiliary are conducted. Many of the camps offer ensemble settings as well as individualized instruction, and some also include recreational electives and other activities.
In this Report, School Band and Orchestra presents an alphabetical sampling of some of the numerous music camps in session this summer. For additional information about each camp, visit the Web site listed with each one.
Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Workshops
California, Kentucky, Washington
www.jajazz.com/workshops/
This workshop series teaches jazz improvisation in the styles of artists like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and more. The week-long workshops offer hands-on instruction in jazz improvisation in a small group setting. Workshops, including two-day "Anyone Can Improvise" seminars conducted by Jamey Aebersold, are being held at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, Pleasant Hill, Calif., and Seattle, Wash.
Famed singer Barry Manilow recently donated a new Yamaha piano to help launch a music instrument drive in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, the state’s largest school district.
He also offered free concert tickets to a Louisville concert on July 27 to anyone else who donated an instrument of their own to the district.
Learn more about Manilow’s Music Project here.
