Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Eastside Christian School (14615 SE 22nd St, Bellevue)
Age: 6 - 11 years
Price: $275 per week (sign up for 2+ camps and save 5%* **)
We welcome all children between the ages of 6 – 11 to participate fully in our various camps. No music experience is required for these daytime weeklong music experiences. All our campers have reveled in the fun filled weeks that include age appropriate designed instrument demonstrations, mini group lessons, singing, dance, instrument making, games, additional music activities, faculty presentations, crafts, sharing, performances and field trips planned around specific weekly themes.
The camp concludes with a performance for family and friends at the end of the week.
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Drum Set and Latin Percussion Music Camp
Date: 7/28 - 8/1
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Music Works Northwest
Age: 13 - 18 years (for exceptions please call us)
Price: $300 (sign up for additional camps and save 5%* **)
Drummers! Finally a camp that is all about you!
This week-long adventure will set you on a path to true mastery of “Latin Beats,” taught by people who know! Directors Fred Hoadley of Sonando , Scott Ketron, Artistic Director at Music Works, and guests will help get your groove together!
Camp Content:
In addition to the drum set, this camp also explores the roots of the grooves associated with Latin Music. Many of the rhythms in contemporary music have roots in the folkloric rhythms of Cuba, Africa and Brazil. As such it has become increasingly important to understand the differences between Latin rhythms as composers are taking the styles seriously.
Students will play in master class settings and also in small groups to work out specific groove patterns on congas, timbales, guiro and other instruments. The students will also learn how tunes are constructed around the clave.
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Wood Wind Camp
Date: 8/4 - 8/8
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Music Works Northwest
Age: 8 - 15 years (for exceptions please call us)
Price: $385 (sign up for additional camps and save 5%* **)
The only camp of its kind in the US, Woodwind Camp is making its debut on the eastside! The camp offers a broad musical curriculum designed to interest and intrigue students. The active, fast-paced learning environment is enjoyable and challenging.
Camp Contents:
creative problem-solving to break through whatever obstacles block your path in singing!
Susan Strick brings passion, experience, knowledge, and humor nurturing singers of all levels and styles.
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Summer Performing Ensembles
Jazz Ensemble(s)
Instructor: Jim Sisko and others
Time: Jazz 1 and Jazz 2: 7:00-8:50 p.m., Jazz 3: 5:00-6:50 p.m.
Dates: June 30, July 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24
Performances: 7/15, 7/21, recording 7/24 (more performances possible)
Location:All rehearsal at Music Works
Tuition:$210
Minimum Enrollment per band: 12
Placement Auditions: June 14, 2008 contact registration desk for a time
Music Works has a long tradition of providing excellent Jazz Ensemble experiences for teenagers. Our bands are run by top regional artists and educators. In Jazz 1 there are positions available for 5 saxophones, 5 trombones, 5 Trumpets, and one of each of the following: drum set, piano, guitar, and bass. More seats will be available in Jazz 2 and Jazz 3 with a limit of two of each rhythm section position (drums, bass, piano, guitar) since these are traditionally solo chairs. A rehearsal and performance schedule is found after each band description below.
Placement auditions are required in order to match students up with the right experience. There is a band that matches a student’s experience level. Auditions will be held on Saturday, June 14 by appointment between 12 and 3 p.m. Students should be prepared to play scales, bring a prepared piece of music from school or lessons (it doesn’t have to be jazz) and sight read. Students will be notified of their placement by phone on Monday, June 17. A $10 non-refundable audition fee will be due at the audition and will be applied to the tuition when you register.
Jazz 1, directed by Jim Sisko, performs music associated with good high school and college bands. Rehearsals will take place at Music Works at 7:00 p.m. on all of the above mentioned dates.
Jazz 2, directed by TBA, forms music associated with excellent middle school or young high school bands
Jazz 3, directed by TBA, is a training group for students interested in building up skills or a first experience in a jazz band. (This band will be offered when the other two bands have been filled)
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African Marimba
Instructor: Claire Jones
Day: Monday
Time: 7:15 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Dates: 6/30 - 8/25
Tuition: $210
Minimum Enrollment: 4, Maximum: 8
Claire Jones is a skilled performer and teacher of the mbira and marimba music having studied and performed with Zimbabwean musicians such as Dr. Dumisani Maraire and Mondreck Muchena. Her approach challenges the ear and the hands to memorize incredible rhythmic parts from authentic repertory that will expand any musician’s rhythmic vocabulary.
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Afro-Cuban Jazz Combo
Instructor: Fred Hoadley
Day: Wednesday
Time: 6:00 - 7:20 p.m.
Dates: 6/25 - 8/27
Performance: 8/27
Tuition: $210
Minimum Enrollment: 4
Experience level: 3 years school or other playing or instructor permission required
Fred Hoadley has been and is currently a leading performer and authority on Afro-Cuban music in the northwest for 20 plus years. For decades, African-inspired Cuban music has influenced the world of Jazz with its infectious rhythms and beautiful melodies. Students will be able to work on improvisation through Afro-Cuban arrangements.
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Brazilian Jazz Combo
Instructor: Eduardo Mendonça
Day: Wednesday
Time: 7:30 - 8:50 p.m.
Dates: 6/25 - 8/27
Performance: 8/27
Tuition: $210
Minimum Enrollment: 6
Experience level: 3 years school or other playing or instructor permission required
Eduardo Mendonça has lived for the past ten years in the Seattle area. He began performing in Seattle and traveling throughout the United States and Canada with the Bakra Bata steel drum band. Now, he has his own group known as Show Brazil!, which has gained much recognition in the past ten years. Show Brazil! has played throughout Western Washington and Brazil at events and locations such as the Folklife EduFestival, Bumbershoot, Seattle Children's International Festival, BrasilFest and many other locations. Eduardo teaches from the heart his own special, authentic knowledge of the colorful music from Brazil."
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Jazz Combo
Instructor: Dr. Ron Cole
Day: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-7:20
Dates: 6/24 - 8/26
Performance: 8/27
Tuition: $210
Minimum Enrollment: 4
Experience level: 3 years school or other playing or instructor permission required
Jazz is almost 100 years old! The repertory demands of the music rival that of the classical and romantic periods of music. From Early Jazz to Be Bop, from Cool to Modern Jazz, today's jazz musicians have many distinct styles to draw from. Ron Cole will guide students through "standard" jazz repertory that is the basis for all professional pop and jazz musicians on the scene today.
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Adult Cello Choir
Instructor: Shiang Yin Lee
Day: Wednesday
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dates: 7/9 - 8/13
Performance: 8/13
Location: Music Works Northwest
Age: 16 - adult
Tuition: $125
Minimum Enrollment: 3
Performance: 8/13
Adult cello choir is for adults age 16 and older who want to enjoy playing cello music together.
It is designed to give cellists an opportunity to experience the repertoire and rich sound of a cello orchestra.
A variety of music composed and arranged for multiple cellos will be presented.
Sight-reading, cello techniques and ensemble skills will be taught through classes.
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Cello Choir
Instructor: Shiang Yin Lee
Day: Wednesday
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Dates: 7/9 - 8/13
Performance: 8/13
Age: 10 - 15
Tuition: $125
Minimum Enrollment: 3
Cello Choir is for middle and high school students who want to enjoy playing cello music together.
It is designed to give cellists an opportunity to experience the repertoire and rich sound of a cello orchestra.
A variety of music composed and arranged for multiple cellos will be presented. Sight-reading,
cello techniques and ensemble skills will be taught through classes.
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Guitar Orchestra
Instructor: Barry Pollack
Day: Thursday
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Dates: 6/19 - 8/28, no class 7/3
Performance: 8/28
Tuition: $145
Minimum enrollment: 6
Experience level: Advanced beginner-Intermediate
Supplies: acoustic or electric guitar, pencil, (small practice amp for electric guitars)
The Guitar Orchestra plays arrangements of music by Mozart, Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Pachelbel, The Doors, Beethoven, Sam Cooke, Rick James, Miles Davis, John Lennon, The Beatles, The Ventures, Charlie Christian and other great composers. The orchestra is open to guitar players of all ages and levels; students should be able to read eighth notes in first positions (staff or Tab) and know basic chords. Students will enjoy playing great music together while improving guitar skills and musicianship.
The Guitar Orchestra will be led by Barry Pollack. Maestro Pollack is a Northwest based guitarist who has appeared with the Seattle Symphony, the Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Ray Charles, Jeff Beck, the Joffrey Ballet, Mikael Baryshnikov and the Portland Opera Company.
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Summer Early Childhood Offerings
Music Makers at the Keyboard - Beginners/Book 1
Ages: 6 years and up
Instructor: Kai-Li Yang
Day: Tuesday
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Book 1
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Book 1 Continued
Dates: 7/1 - 8/12, No class: 7/29
Tuition: $120, Materials fee $50 (first time beginner class only) paid to the instructor
Minimum enrollment: 5
Musikgarten Music Makers at the Keyboard lays groundwork for keyboard success and fosters pride and excitement in making music both independently and with others.
Music Makers at the Keyboard Part 1:
Approaches music reading both aurally and visually.
Aural method emphasis helps students build a natural bridge to reading.
Maintains holistic approach to music learning.
Features a variety of activities such as dancing and drumming to nurture the child’s rhythmic development.
Includes singing to nurture the child’s tonal development.
Echoing patterns to nurture the child’s aural development.
Composing and musical dictation to nurture the child’s literacy skills and development.
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Music Works Northwest reserves the right to cancel any camp that does not meet the minimum number of participants up to two weeks before its start date.
*5% discount not valid in combination with any other offer
**5% discount taken off the second and subsequent camps. Balance must be paid in full at least two weeks before the first camp starts.
