Advanced Band Camp
Date:  July 29- Aug 2
TIme:  9-3pm
Age:  Experience Level: 13 and up (must have faculty approval or recommendation)
Faculty:  All Staff
Class Description:  Focusing on a continuation of intermediate and advanced performance fundamentals, the advanced band camp will bring together many of the concepts from previous Stillwater summer camps.  Students will focus understanding advanced performance fundamentals, including intermediate/advanced chart reading, melodic/harmonic memorization, rhythm/style changes, and improvisation & soloing.  Intermediate to advanced level students are encouraged to register for this camp.

String Forward! – A Creative Strings Workshop
Date: June 10-14
Time: 1 – 4pm
Ages/Experience levels: Intermediate to Advanced
Max # of students: 20
Faculty: Jeroen van Tyn, Evan Suiter
Class description: Students will focus on the unique challenges and advantages of playing string instruments in blues, jazz, funk, rock and pop styles.  We will cover bowing techniques, tone production, rhythmic playing, soloing over chord changes, free improvisation and the basics of sound amplification and effects processing gear.  Techniques learned will be directly applicable to the Fusion Orchestra camp later in the summer.

Intermediate Band
Date: June 24-28
Time: 9am – 3:30pm
Ages/Experience levels: Intermediate
Max # of students: 20
Faculty: Jeroen van Tyn, Evan Suiter
Class description: Working in a medium-sized ensemble setting, students will learn to play tunes in a variety of styles including jazz, funk, latin and pop.  We will cover fundamentals of ensemble playing such as listening, blending sounds, soloing, music reading, basic music notation and the essentials of public performance.  This camp ends with a performance at a local venue in the early evening of Friday, June 28.

Drum Set Intensive Beg – Int – Adv
Date: June 17-21
Time: 10am – Noon
Age/Experience Levels: 10 and up
Faculty: Steve Dejka
Class Description: Students will explore sticking patterns & orchestrations, applied formulas for drum set exercises, and rudimental applications for drum set.  Incorporating the basic concepts that I was taught early on by James Morton, one of my many private teachers during my youth (Author of numerous Mel Bay drum books). The material covered in this camp will provide exercises to practice for years to come. SUPPLIES NEEDED:  3 ring binder w/ 20 plastic inserts, drum sticks.

Beginning Percussion
Date June 24-28
Time: 9am-noon
Age/Experience 8-up
Faculty: Steve Dejka, Vanessa Morgan
Class Description: Students will explore rhythms on congas and african drums, as well as harmony and melody on steel drums and marimba. An in house performance for parents will take place on Friday, June 28th at 11am.

Rhythm Section Intensive 
Date: July 8- 12,
Time: 9am-noon
Age/Experience Level 11-up (must have faculty approval or recommendation)
Faculty: Steve Dejka, Evan Suiter, Robby Overfield
Class Description: This intensive will focus on rhythm section skills; exploring how these instruments interact on a deeper level in styles including jazz, rock, blues, funk, and latin. The roll of “sideman” or backing musician will be discussed and explored. Enrollment will not exceed 4 of any one instrument: bass, drums, guitar, piano.

Fusion Orchestra
Date: July 15-19
Time: 9am-3pm (45 min lunch)
Age/Experience Level 8-up; (must have faculty approval or recommendation)
Faculty: Jeroen van Tyn, Evan Suiter, Steve Dejka
Class Description:This unique camp will explore the modern “Pops/Rock” orchestra; strings, wood winds, and rhythm section. Many modern rock and pop bands have incorporated full orchestras into their tours and recordings in the modern age of music. In this first time Stillwater Camp students will discuss and explore this concept; rehearsing music to perform on Friday, July 19th.

Blues Camp: featuring local Bluesman and guest instructor Kirk James 
Date: August 5-9,
Time: 9am-2pm (30 min lunch)
Age/Experience Level 10-up; (must have faculty approval or recommendation)
Faculty: Steve Dejka, Robby Overfield
Class Description:  Our first Blues camp last year was a great success, we just had to offer it again this summer! This year’s camp will include our vocal/guitar instructor Robby Overfield; blending the blues styles of Kirk and gospel/soul styles of Robby. Students will discuss the history and development of American Blues. The week will culminate in a performance at a local venue in the early evening of August 9, followed by a performance by the Kirk James Blues Band.

Theory I
Date: June 17-21
Time:
Age/Experience Level 10-up; (Students 9 yrs. or younger need an instructor’s recommendation)
Faculty: Jared Wright, Evan Suiter
Class Description:  The beginning theory camp will focus on primary fundamentals of music theory in the Jazz/Blues & Classical arenas.  Students will be introduced to the basics of reading music, understanding core music principles, and will demonstrate those ideas during in-class practical applications and exercises.

Theory II
Date: July 15-19
Age/Experience Level 13-up; (Students 12yrs. and younger need an instructor’s recommendation)
Faculty: Jared Wright, Evan Suiter
Class Description: The intermediate/advanced theory camp will focus on advanced fundamentals of music theory in the Jazz/Blues & Classical arenas.  Students will be introduced continued music principles, intermediate & advanced rhythmic reading, chart writing as well as advanced chord reading, and will demonstrate those ideas during in-class practical applications and exercises.

Vocal Performance I
Date: June 24-28
Time: 9 -12
Age/Experience Level: 9-up
Faculty: Robby Overfield
Class Description: The vocal I camp will cover the baseline fundamentals of vocal technique, pitch, ear development, group chorus.  The class will learn vocal exercises that help clarity, projection and note sustain.  A vocal performance will be scheduled for the last day of class at a location in town TBD.

Vocal Performance II:
Date: August 5-9
Time: 9 – 12
Age/Experience Level: 13 and up; (Auditions required for all students)
Faculty: Robby Overfield
Class Description:  Vocal II will introduce complex vocal techniques including harmony construction, theory, split singing, soloing, scales and song composition.