Let's Go to the Movies is a music camp or workshop program with over 8 hours of lesson plans to use with your students. Students will experience what it is like to be a silent movie musician. (just use their music they have been working on this year). They will...
During my camps and workshops I try to have some kind of craft students can make that goes along with our theme. Taking a craft break is a fun hands on activity students enjoy plus they get to take their finished product home! I thought I would share some music craft...
I wanted to share a couple of games we played at Christmas camp that were a big hit with students! Though we played them at Christmas camp, neither of these games have anything to do with Christmas, so you can use them anytime. Best played during a group lesson or...
I have learned a lot over the years when running a music camp. Some things are easy to figure out and some not so much. I thought I would share 2 Do's and a Don't when running a music camp with your students. Do Over Prepare! When I am creating my lesson plans for...
I made a summer camp highlight video so my piano parents can see what their kids learned at camp. I thought I would share it with all of you as well. This year I wanted to really focus on performance skills. These included: Conducting, Accompanying, Performance,...
As you probably know by now, our theme for Christmas camp this year was Christmas Around the World. In my preparation for this camp I definitely over-prepared so we didn't have time to include Israel/Hanukkah this time. It will definitely get used sometime if not next...
PART 2: NOTES Spell A Note- Given a word, students spell the word on the staff and/or keyboard. Water Sponges Staff Toss- Students are the notes on the staff! A note is spun and the student with the sponges locates the student standing on the staff and tries...
Now that you have decided you want to hold a music camp or workshops you must... CREATE EXCITEMENT! When I send out my re-registration forms, it includes the summer registration information. In my cover letter for my registrations I tell them how excited I am for the...
