| Intro to Jazz Camp | $215 |
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For the instrumentalist who wants to learn more about jazz, this two-week camp teaches the basics through listening sessions, demonstrations and performance opportunities. Open to middle and high school students.
Instructor: Mark Davis
Experience: Instrumental experience is required.
Course Code: 3820
Grade Level: Entering Grades 6-8
Dates & Times: June 18-29 (M-F) 1:00-2:30pm
Performance: Friday, June 29, 1:00-2:30pm
Registration & Payment Due: June 4
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| 18th Annual High School Jazz Camp | $425 |
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Ten days of straight-ahead jazz designed for serious players. Instrumentalists perform in small combos and participate in special performances. Learn about improvisation, jazz history and more. During the second week, Grammy award winning jazz trumpet great Brian Lynch will join us. Merit scholarships and financial aid are available; be sure to inquire at the placement hearing.
Instructors: Mark Davis - camp coordinator, piano; Eric Jacobson - trumpet; Eric Schoor - saxophone; Paul Silbergleit - guitar; Jeff Hamann - bass; David Bayles - percussion.
Experience: Placement hearing required. Select one piece demonstrating technical ability and jazz knowledge. Accompaniment allowed but not provided. Please call Student Services at 414/276-5760 to schedule a time.
Placement Hearings: May 5, starting at 9:00am.
Course Code: 3814
Grade Level: Entering Grade 9-College Freshman
Dates & Times: June 18-29 (M-F) 9:30am-12:30pm
Performance: Friday, June 29, 9:30am-12:30pm
Registration & Payment Due: June 4
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| Jazz Camp Add-A-Combo | $120 |
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Students accepted into High School Jazz Camp may sign up for an additional combo experience to take place following each morning camp session.
Course Code: 3815
Dates & Times: June 18-29 (M-F) 1:00-2:30pm
Performance: Friday, June 29, 1:00-2:30pm
Registration & Payment Due: June 4
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Big Band | $100 for Jazz Camp participants;
$130 for Big Band only |
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Join the Conservatory Big Band. Play classic charts by Basie, Ellington and Bob Mintzer under the direction of David Bayles. Focus will be on reading and ensemble skills. During the second week, Grammy award winning jazz trumpet great Brian Lynch will be on hand to offer his expertise. Students must audition for placement during Jazz Camp auditions. Preference will be given to those musicians who participate in Jazz Camp. Merit scholarships and financial aid are available; be sure to inquire at the placement hearing.
Instructor: Dave Bayles - camp coordinator and director.
Placement Hearings: Takes place during Jazz Camp placement hearing. See Jazz Camp description.
Course Code: 3809
Grade Level: Entering Grade 9-College Freshman
Dates & Times: June 18-29 (M-F) 1:00-2:30pm
Performance: Friday, June 29, 1:00-2:30pm
Registration & Payment Due: June 4
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Zoo Camps | $149
NEW FOR K4-K5 & GRADE 1-2! |
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Collaboration with the Milwaukee County Zoo & Zoological Society.
We’re going to the zoo and the animals sound great! Join as we collaborate with the Milwaukee County Zoo for a fun filled adventure. Each day we will visit a different branch of the zoo and base our activities around the animal’s unique characteristics. Sing songs, play percussion instruments, and create art projects for a musical backdrop to our zoo exploration.
Camp takes place at the Milwaukee County Zoo 10001 West Blue Mound Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226. Parents are permitted access to drop-off and pick-up.
Instructors: Elise Pennington - coordinator and instructor (Session 1); Josh Tice - coordinator and instructor (Session 2); Zoological Society staff (Session 1 & 2).
Experience: No experience necessary!
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Session 1
Course Code: 3867
Grade Level: Entering K4-K5
Dates & Times: June 25-29 (M-F) 1:30-4:30pm
Registration & Payment Due: June 11 |
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Session 2
Course Code: 3868
Grade Level: Entering Grades 1-2
Dates & Times: July 23-27 (M-F) 1:30-4:30pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 9
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Kids On Stage | $210
(Musical Theatre Camp)
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Let’s put on a show! If you love to sing and dance, this camp is for you. Students will learn some great musical theatre songs, both old and new. This camp provides opportunities to learn the fundamentals of singing, participate in solo and ensemble performance, act in character, learn choreography, make friends, and build self-confidence. Join us for a fresh set of ensemble songs and lots more fun! There will be a final presentation for family and friends on the last day.
Instructors: Jenny Gettel - camp coordinator, voice; Linda O’Brien - piano; Stephanie Dvorak - choreographer.
Experience: No experience necessary!
Course Code: 3821
Grade Level: Entering Grades 5-9
Dates & Times: July 9-July 13 (M-F) 1:00-4:30pm
Performance: Friday, July 13, 3:45pm
Registration & Payment Due: June 25
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| Instrument & Art Exploration Camps: Conservatory + Milwaukee Art Museum | $300 |
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Join us for five full days of instrument investigation and art exploration! Each morning starts at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music for group instruction on instruments. Each student will rotate (in small groups) at the Conservatory learning piano, cello, percussion, and a musicianship and rhythm skills class. At lunch time students will travel from the Conservatory to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Transportation will be provided. After lunch and a good stretch in the sunshine, each student will resume instrument sampling with Conservatory faculty on the recorder. The afternoon continues as the Milwaukee Art Museum faculty take students on gallery walks and introduce them to the correlations between music and art. Students will explore visual movement, gesture, emotion, color, and composition as they create their own responsive art works each day. No experience necessary. Cellos courtesy of
Brass Bell.
Instructors: Barbara Henry - camp coordinator; Teresa Drews; Kristian Ring; Josh Tice; Julio Pabon; Josh Sherman.
Experience: No experience necessary!
Course Code: 3816
Grade Level: Entering Grades K5-4
Dates & Times: July 9–13 (M-F) 9:00am-4:15pm
Performance: Friday, July 13, 3:45pm
Registration & Payment Due: June 25
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Instrument & Art Exploration Camp: Conservatory + Lynden Sculpture Garden | $300
NEW FOR GRADES 1-5! |
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Join us for five full days of instrument investigation and art exploration! Each morning starts at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music ‘s Bayside branch location for group instruction on instruments. Each student will rotate (in small groups) at the Conservatory learning piano, harp, guitar and a musicianship and rhythm skills class. At lunch time students will travel from the Conservatory in Bayside to the Lynden Sculpture Garden. Transportation will be provided. After lunch and a good stretch in the sunshine, each student will resume instrument sampling with Conservatory faculty on voice. The afternoon continues as the Lynden faculty introduces students to the local animals: both the sculptures and the living inhabitants. Students will explore the connections between art and nature each day as they create animal-inspired art, and learn a few animal songs, too. No experience necessary!
Camp starts out at Conservatory’s Audubon Court branch, 333 W. Brown Deer Road, Suite 2, Bayside, WI.
Instructors: Barbara Henry - camp coordinator; Joy Elowsky; Kelsey Molinari; Jamey Buencamino; Julio Pabon; Nathan Wesselowski; Jeremy Stepien - Lynden Sculpture Garden.
Experience: No experience necessary!
Course Code: 3828
Grade Level: Entering Grades 1-5
Dates & Times: August 13-17 (M-F) 9:00am-4:15pm
Performance: Friday, August 17, 3:45pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 30
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| Guitar Weekend Workshop | $145 |
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Guitarists of all styles and levels, come enjoy an intensive weekend of exploring the instrument! Expand your experience with different styles, while deepening your knowledge in familiar areas. You choose a major and minor course of study from four basic genres: fingerstyle, jazz, classical, and blues/rock. You’ll meet other guitarists, play in groups, attend jam sessions and choose from a variety of special topic workshops.
Instructors: Matt Schroeder - camp coordinator, fingerstyle; Paul Silbergleit - jazz; Jeff Dagenhardt - blues/rock; Tom Clippert - classical; Greg Koch - special guest.
Experience: Minimal guitar experience is required.
Course Code: 3813
Grade Level: Entering Grade 9-Adult
Dates & Times: July 13-15 (F-Sun) Fri: 6:00-9:00pm; Sat-Sun: 10:00am-
4:30pm.
Performance: Sunday, July 15, 3:15-4:30pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 6
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| Drum Set Camps | $180 |
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The Drum Set Camps will address the stylistic and technical demands of the drum set player through the musical styles of Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Funk and Rock. Topics of study include four-way coordination, rudimental application to the drum set, chart reading, mixed meters, soloing, feel, time development, analysis of recordings/transcription, developing practical practice methods, and more. Camp participants will gain invaluable experience performing with members of our piano, bass and percussion faculty.
Instructors: Dave Bayles - camp coordinator, percussion; guests TBA.
Placement: Please call Student Services at 414/276-5760 for more information.
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Level 1 - Beginning to Intermediate
Experience: One or more years of instruction required.
Course Code: 3811
Dates & Times: July 16-20 (M-F) 9:00am-12:00pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 2
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Level 2 - Intermediate to Advanced
Experience: Two or more years of instruction required.
Course Code: 3812
Dates & Times: July 16-20 (M-F) 2:00-5:00pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 2
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Piano Camp | $180
NEW FOR GRADE 10! |
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Don’t sit at that piano by yourself! Come and enjoy a week of fun and exciting activities with other kids that will improve and expand your musicianship. Discover and develop your creative talents as you learn to write your own composition. Sharpen your rhythm skills through games and movement activities and strengthen your piano skills. Explore a new dimension of piano music as you learn the beginning elements of jazz in our electronic keyboard lab, and improve your listening and ensemble skills through playing duets. Students will work in small groups based on age and ability.
Instructors: Barbara Henry - camp coordinator; Mark Davis; Teresa Drews; Kari Johnson; Fumi Nishikiori.
Experience: Two or more years of instruction required.
Course Code: 3824
Grade Level: Entering Grades 4-10
Dates & Times: July 16-20 (M-F) 9:00am-12:15pm
Performance: Friday, July 20, 12:15pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 2
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Piano Camp Add-The-Afternoon | $115
NEW FOR GRADE 10!
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After a great morning spent learning and exploring in Piano Camp, take a break and eat your bag lunch with your new friends, followed by a visit to our music library. With your mind and body refreshed, seize the opportunity to take two 30-minute lessons with a Wisconsin Conservatory of Music faculty member, along with sessions for practicing. Next, students will have the opportunity to receive instruction on different types of keyboard instruments such as the marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone. Students will develop a more rhythmic sense, gain an insight into the technique and coordination that is required, and benefit from the transfer of skills involved between playing a keyboard percussion instrument and playing the piano. The day concludes with a relaxing yet informative session on piano composers and the music that they wrote on two of the afternoons and a performance class on the other afternoons. Students will either perform or sit in on a Performance / Master Class with other campers while receiving insights into piano technique, musicianship, interpretation, and performance tips in our beautiful Helen Bader Recital Hall.
Instructors: Barbara Henry - camp coordinator; Bony Plog-Benevides; Rachel Fritz.
Experience: Two or more years of instruction required.
Course Code: 3825
Grade Level: Entering Grades 4-10
Dates & Times: July 16-19 (M-Th) 12:15-3:00pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 2
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My First String Camp | $175
(Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass) |
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Here's a wonderful opportunity for your child to enhance his/her musical skills this summer. Students will experience the joy of making music with other children as they participate in small and large group classes, and learn more about how instruments are made, brush up on their note reading skills, watch music performing videos, learn new pieces and much more.
Instructors: Joseph Ketchum - camp coordinator, violin, viola; Danielle Pardo Kolesch - violin, viola; John Babbitt - bass; Julie Bamburger Roubik - violin, viola; Korinthia Klein - violin, viola; Tatiana Migliaccio – violin; Laura Rooney - violin, viola; Jared Snyder - cello.
Experience: End of Suzuki Book I (completed Minuets) or beginning Suzuki Book II (for all instruments). Note reading proficiency.
Course Code: 3823
Grade Level: Entering Grades 2-5
Dates & Times: July 23-27 (M-F) 9:00am-12:00pm
Performance: Friday, July 27, 11:00am
Registration & Payment Due: July 9
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12th Annual String Camp | $200
(Violin, Viola, Violoncello, String Bass) |
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The twelfth annual String Camp will help you to maintain and enhance your musical skills while you meet new people. Be prepared for those fall auditions and competitions as you enjoy a fun week of workshops, videos, rehearsals and performances. Play in a chamber group, discover the secrets of our instruments, and the best way to take good care of them, enhance your technique, experiment with different orchestra music, and expand your musicianship day by day.
Instructors: Same instructors for both String Camps
Experience: Violin - Suzuki book 3 or equivalent and above.
Viola/Cello - Suzuki book 2 or equivalent and above.
Bass - Suzuki book 1 or equivalent and above.
Placement Hearings: Saturday, June 23, 9:00-11:00am or by appointment. Please call Student Services at 414.276.5760 to schedule a placement hearing.
Course Code: 3827
Grade Level: Entering Grades 5-12
Dates & Times: July 23-27 (M-F) 9:00am-12:45pm
Performance: Friday, July 27, 11:00am
Registration & Payment Due: July 9
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| String Camp Add-A-Workshop: Dr. Violin & Mr. Fiddle | $75 for String Camp participants; $125 for Add-A-Workshop only |
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Students in the camp may sign up for an additional class experience to take place following each morning session. This lively and fun workshop will introduce young string players to the non-classical horizons of music. It will also focus on the fundamentals of improvisation and the expansion of the students’ musical palettes. Students will study and perform a variety of styles from bluegrass to jazz to rock ‘n roll.
Instructor: Joseph Ketchum
Experience: Violin - Suzuki book 3 or equivalent and above.
Viola/Cello - Suzuki book 2 or equivalent and above.
Bass - Suzuki book 1 or equivalent and above.
Course Code: 3826
Dates & Times: July 23-26 (M-Th) 1:30-3:00pm
Performance: Friday, July 27, 11:00am
Registration & Payment Due: July 9
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Instrument & Nature Exploration Camps: Conservatory + Urban Ecology Center | $295
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Two sessions! By popular demand.
Collaboration with the Urban Ecology Center.
Join us for five 5 full days of instrument investigation and nature exploration! Each morning starts at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music for group instruction on instruments. Each student will rotate (in small groups) at the Conservatory learning guitar, voice, violin, and musicianship through Orff instruments and methodology. At lunch time students will travel from the Conservatory to the Urban Ecology Center. Transportation will be provided by the UEC. After lunch and a good stretch in the sunshine at the Riverside Park, each student will resume instrument sampling with Conservatory faculty on the hand drums. The afternoon continues with programming at Riverside Park and the music found in nature. The Urban Ecology Center staff will help students learn how composers portray the natural world in their music, play nature-inspired instruments such as didgeridoos and ocean drums and lead discovery hikes. Violins courtesy of Brass Bell.
Instructors: Barbara Henry - camp coordinator; Julie Bamberger Roubik; Jason Behr; Erin Dupree Jakubowski; Julio Pabon; Josh Sherman; Josh Tice; Nathan Wesselowski.
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Session 1
Course Code: 3818
Grade Level: Entering Grades K5-4
Dates & Times: July 30-August 3 (MF) 9:00am-4:15pm
Performance: Friday, August 3, 3:45pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 16 |
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Session 2
Course Code: 3819
Grade Level: Entering Grades K5-4
Dates & Times: August 6-10 (M-F) 9:00am-4:15pm
Performance: Friday, August 10, 3:45pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 23
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Band Camp | $250
NEW FOR HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS! |
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This camp is not to be missed by the serious band musician. Come have a great week making music with other students your own age that love band! Each day players participate in two full band rehearsals, master classes, and electives, including improvisation, Samba and African drumming, piano, and more. You’ll also be treated to a daily concert by a professional performing ensemble. The camp culminates in a final performance on Friday afternoon. Students will be placed into bands based on playing level. Special scholarships available for MPS students.
Instructors: Max Day - camp coordinator; Josh Sherman; LaRita Craft; Aaron Gardner; Linda Jones; Carol Meves; Cecilio Negron Jr.; Bony Plog-Benevides.
Experience: At least two years on a concert band instrument.
Placement Hearings: please call Max Day at 414/459-3455 to schedule an appointment
Course Code: 3822
Grade Level: Entering Grades 7-12
Dates & Times: August 13-17 (M-F) 9:00am-4:00pm
Performance: Friday, August 17, 2:00pm
Registration & Payment Due: July 30
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