Summer Music Series
Thank you to all the camp particiants and their parents, as well as school staff and faculty for an exceptional Summer Music Series! Read the TEMPO Monthly article and check out photo highlights from this year's season. See you again in 2020!
2019 Schedule:
Summer Jazz Experience
June 24-28 | Mary Pappert School of Music
M-F 9am-5pm Daily + Concerts | Registration deadline on or before June 20, 2019.
Overnight accommodations and meal plans available.
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Kick-off your summer break with our Summer Jazz Experience (SJE). Participants enjoy making music with others in both big-band and small ensemble settings. Musicians entering grades 7-12 as well as college students, can have fun learning about and playing jazz, America's indigenous art music, in a relaxed and non-threatening environment with the best jazz musicians/educators in the Pittsburgh area!
Featuring Professor Mike Tomaro and fellow faculty members of the department of Jazz Studies at Duquense University's Mary Pappert School of Music.
REGISTER *$50 non-refundable deposit required - will be applied to registration fee
Questions? email cmc@duq.edu
Music Technology Summer Intensive
July 8-12 (Session 1: "Industry of Audio and Media") Mary Pappert School of Music
July 15-19 (Session 2: "Merging Sight and Sound") Mary Pappert School of Music
M-F 9am-4pm Daily | Registration deadline on or before July 1, 2019.
Overnight accommodations and meal plans available.
Learn principles of audio engineering, mixing & mastering, electronic music composition and multi-media production. Study with top educators in state-of-the-art recording studios and media labs. This experience will bridge the gap between musical and technological training! Open to students entering grades 7-12 as well as college students.
Featuring the faculty of the Music Technology department at Duquesne University and masterclasses with guest artists, producers and clinicians including 5-time Grammy Award-winning engineer, Jay Dudt.
REGISTER *$50 non-refundable deposit required - will be applied to registration fee
Questions? email cmc@duq.edu
Steel City Brass Camp
July 22-26 | Mary Pappert School of Music
M-F 10am-5pm Daily | Registration deadline on or before July 15, 2019.
Overnight accommodations and meal plans available.
Open to brass musicians entering grades 7-12 as well as college students. Daily activities include guided warmups and exercises, studio classes specific to each instrument, small ensembles and chamber groups, master classes, and guest artists. Students work toward a final performance at the end of the week and will also have the opportunity to participate in a solo-artist competition with cash prizes and a featured performance slot in the final concert.
Improve and hone your performance skills this summer studying with members of the Grammy Award-winning Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra!
REGISTER *$50 non-refundable deposit required - will be applied to registration fee
Questions? email cmc@duq.edu
Violin & Viola Boot Camp - 3 Sessions Available!
July 29 - August 2 | Mary Pappert School of Music
August 5-9 | Mary Pappert School of Music
August 12-16 | Mary Pappert School of Music
M-F 9am-5pm Daily | Registration deadline on or before July 15, 2019.
Sorry, no overnight accommodations for this camp.
Registration Fees
(Participate in all 3 session and save $250)
1 Session = $650
2 Sessions = $1,200
3 Sessions = $1,700 (best value)
This program is open to violinists and violists entering grades 6-12 and college students looking to gain an extensive performance and practice experience equivalent to that of an entire school year! Included are group technique classes, masterclasses, and supervised practicing.
Study with award-winning professors and world-class performers Charles Stegeman and Rachel Stegeman.
REGISTER *$50 non-refundable deposit required - will be applied to registration fee
Questions? cmc@duq.edu