SUMMERCAMPS 2020 Welcome to summer! All camps run for Monday-Friday from 9 am - 2 pm with a showcase on Friday evening at 7pm. Enrollment includes five 50-minutes sessions with yummy snacks (fruit, juice, muffins & cookies) for all! Save 40% by March 31 - $250 • Save 15% by April 30: $300 • After May 1: $350
METAL CAMP : June 22-26, 9am-2pm plus June 26, 7 pm
This 5-day metal madness sick-as-sick can be shred session is for intermediate to advanced rock musicians who want to shred-it-up!
Guitar, bass, drums and vocals will work together with our staff of shred•masters to learn and perform the music that makes your mom ill
RECORDING : July 6-10, 9am-2pm plus 7/10, 7 pm
Producers: Learn how to engineer and produce a recording in 5 days using Logic Pro X, Ableton or Reaper. An overview of the physics of sound, mics and mic placement, analog and digital signal flow, how to track, mix and master.
Musicians: Learn how to track your parts and be a recording session musician. How to get your best performance of that new song you wrote, recorded
SONGWRITING : July 13-17, 9am-2pm plus 7/17, 7 pm
This 5-day musical adventure is for teens who play an instrument; typically guitar, piano, ukulele or similar [and sing?]. If you are a young person who wants to write songs - we want to hear from you. 5 hours/day in 50-minute segments with fruit, cookies, muffins and drinks included on breaks. Includes songwriting in the park on the creek across the street, co-songwriting, how to write a hook and more!
JAZZBAND : July 20-24, 9am-2pm, Showcase: 6/12, 7 pm
This Monday-Friday 'intensive' session fuzes jazz, rock and funk music. This session is for jazz and rock music students who want to work in small combos of up to eight instruments. We will focus on improvisation over solid grooves with drums, percussion, guitar, bass, piano, sax, trumpet, trombone and flute learning and performing the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Snarky Puppy, Return to Forever, Lettuce, Weather Report & more!
ROCKBAND : July 27-31, 9am-2pm plus July 26, 7 pm
Play an instrument but too busy with sports and school? Taking lessons but never get a chance to play with others? Thinking about enrolling in SLAM in the fall, but want to check it out first?
Questions. Questions. Questions. Now is your time to ROCK! 5-days of workshops and rehearsals to play a show on Friday!