Instructors Margaret Evans, Angela Stephenson and piano campers.

Several Piano Camps are offered in June and July for piano students of varied ages and levels of study.  All of the teachers for the Piano Camps are faculty of the Meredith College Department of Music.

• Beginners' Piano Camp
• Piano Camp
• Intensive Piano Camp
• Middle School Composition Camp
• High School Music Theory Camp
• Faculty

Beginners' Piano Camp

Dates:  Five-day camp, Monday-Friday, July 21-25, 2008, 9-11 a.m. 

Fee:  $90

Audience:   Boys and girls entering grades 1-3.  Former Beginners' Piano campers should not repeat this camp.

Groups are limited to 8 or 9 students.

Click here for a Beginners' Piano Camp application form. 

Beginners' Piano Camp is intended to introduce students to the beginning concepts of music study, with emphasis on:

• Rhythmic awareness and reading
• Keyboard awareness
• Staff reading and writing
• Aural training through guided listening

Students enrolling in this camp should NOT have had piano lessons previously.  Having a piano at home is not necessary for this camp.  This is a great way to introduce your child to piano study.  Many parents of past campers have said that the concepts covered serve as a good introduction to the study of any new instrument.

Instructors:  Donna Jolly, Kent Lyman, and Angela Stephenson

Piano Camp

Dates:  Ten-day camp, July 7-11 and 14-18, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 2008

Fee:  $200

Audience: Boys and girls ages 6-14

Click here for a Piano Camp application form. 

This two-week camp is designed for students with PRIOR piano study.  Students are divided into three or four groups, depending upon ability and number of campers.  Activities focus on music skills that are appropriate for students in each level.  Our intent is to maintain interest, stimulate imagination and provide attainable challenges for these students.  The program ends with an all-camp ensemble recital.  Parents and friends are welcome to join us for this exciting musical finale.

Placement is made according to age and ability.  Each level is limited to 10 students, ages 6 to 14, as follows:

• Students ages 6 to 7 need at least 1 to 2 years of study.
• Students ages 8 to 9 need at least 1 to 3 years of study.
• Students 10 and up need at least 2 to 3 years of study. 

Activities include music and movement; repertoire master classes; ensembles; piano technique; ear training; snack time (campers bring own snacks); music history-appreciation; use of electronic keyboard lab; exploration of other keyboard instruments.

Instructors:  Margaret Evans, Donna Jolly, Tom Lohr, Angela Stephenson, and Kent Lyman

 

Intensive Piano Camp 

Dates:  Six-day camp as follows:  June 23-27, 2008, Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm; June 28, Saturday, 1-4 pm; and June 29, Sunday, Grand Finale Recital, 3 pm

Click here for an Intensive Piano Camp application form.

Fee:  $300 (includes lunch; students are encouraged to bring morning/afternoon snacks)

Audience:   Intermediate to advanced piano students who wish to have a week-long time of concentrated study of piano.  Due to the concentrated work we will be accomplishing, we can only accept four to eight students. 

This 6-day camp, with a concluding recital on Sunday, July 1, is designed for students with ability levels from intermediate to advanced playing.  While there are no age restrictions for this camp, students who apply should have a workable foundation in piano playing at their level and be comfortable with basic sight-reading skills and eager to meet the challenge of six days of focused practice and music-making.  Students will have private lessons and also attend the lessons of another student. 

Activities during the week will include:

• three or more hour-long lessons
• daily master classes
• group technique classes
• theory classes
• lessons in ensemble playing (Students will be grouped in suitable ensemble pairs.)
• individual practice time
• time to study the playing of great pianists

Parents of interested students should contact Tom Lohr.  An audition/interview is necessary for acceptance into the Intensive Piano Camp.

Instructor:  Tom L. Lohr

Middle School Composition Camp 

Dates:  Four-day camp as follows:  June 30-July 3, 2008, Monday - Thursday, 8:30 am - 12:00 noon.

Click here for a Middle School Composition Camp application form.

Fee:  $90

Audience:   Boys and girls entering grades 7-9.

There is only one group and space is limited to 6 students. 

This 4-day camp is designed to give middle school students insights into both traditional and more recent methods of music composition.  In our exploration we will examine ways in which composers have worked both within a purely tonal musical setting (typical of Baroque, Classical and Romantic Period composers), but we will also examine more modern methods of composing that include using whole-tone, pentatonic, quartal, quintal and 12-tone techniques.  This exploration will help anyone who is excited about expanding his/her basic knowledge of music.  Prior music reading ability is necessary.  It is also best that students who register for this camp have done some work in composition previously.   Students are encouraged to bring at least one notated original composition to the camp for study in a master class setting.  Students will need time during the week to work on assignments at home.  While it is generally better for students at this age to be working with pencil and paper when notating their musical compositions, we are likely also to examine the music notation software Sibelius to give the students some hands-on experience with the basic features of one type of notation software, but also with more advanced features such as orchestral scoring.  Exercises in ear training will be a daily feature of the camp. 

Instructor:  Tom L. Lohr

High School Music Theory Camp

Dates:  Five-day camp, Monday-Friday, July 21-25, 2008, 1-4 p.m.

Fee:  $100

Audience:   Students in grades 10, 11 and 12.  Younger students or adults will be admitted in special instances. 

There is only one group, and space is limited to 8 students.

Click here for a High School Music Theory Camp application form. 

This camp is designed to give high school students a sample of basic college music theory.  It will help any student who is considering music as a major in college, or it will help anyone who is excited about expanding his/her basic knowledge of music.  PRIOR music reading ability IS necessary.

Instructor:  Tom Lohr

 

Piano Camp Instructors

Margaret Evans began teaching at Meredith in 1994.  B.M., UNC; M.M., University of Illinois; D.M., Northwestern University.

Donna Jolly began teaching at Meredith in 1988.  B.M., East Carolina University; M.M., Meredith College.

Tom L. Lohr began teaching at Meredith in 1979.  B.M., UNC; M.M., University of Kentucky.

Kent Lyman coordinates the piano division at Meredith College.  B.M., Brigham Young University; M.M., D.M.A., Indiana University.

Angela Stephenson began her Meredith teaching career in 1992.  B.M., M.M., Meredith College.

For more information contact Tom L. Lohr, coordinator of the Piano Camps and instructor of piano, at 919-760-8378, or Lohrt@meredith.edu.