Middle School Music Camp | Colorado Mesa University

June 5–10, 2022

Welcome to the Colorado Mesa University Middle School Music Camp! This week-long event is for middle-school music students who have had at least one year of training in band, orchestra, or choir, as well as guitar students. Music Camp includes five days of excellent instruction from the music faculty at Colorado Mesa University and professional musicians from the Grand Junction area. Also included in the price is a Music Camp T-Shirt and music enrichment courses. Students perform in the Music Camp band, choir, orchestra or guitar ensemble. Open to students completing 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. We are excited to once again offer overnight accommodations on campus this summer!

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Camp Registration and Final Payment

Directions for Drop Off and Pick Up:
Colorado Mesa University Music Camp is held in the Moss Performing Arts Center on the southeast part of campus (on 12th St. near the corner of 12th and North). Students are dropped off and picked up in the parking lot surrounding the Outdoor Program (#9) on the Campus Map.

Check-In:
Everyone checks in between 1–3pm on June 5 in the Robinson Theatre lobby in the Moss Performing Arts Center, building #22 on the campus map.

Auditions:
Auditions begin at 1:15pm on June 5. Quietly wait outside your audition room until there is an opening. You may put your cases in Robinson Theatre and warm up.

Required Forms at time of Check-In:
Liability Waiver, Medical Form and Photo Release form.

Audition Material:
Instrumentalists bring an etude, exercise from your method book or part of a solo for auditions. Be prepared to play major scales up to 2 sharps/flats for your instrument and chromatic scale (one octave). Vocalists should bring a solo or sing a passage from a piece you performed this year in choir.

Meals:
Lunch will be provided on campus.
NOTE: The fee for a lost card is $15.00.

Tuition and Payment:
$495 including overnight accommodations on campus
$395 without accommodations
Includes lunch Monday–Fridayand camp t-shirt

Registration deadline:
Enrollment is limited by instrument and voice groups, so please register early to ensure a spot. Once enrollment caps are reached, registration will close for that instrument or voice group.
Important: If you have registered but cannot attend camp, please email or call immediately to let us know. We need to be notified if you are not attending!

Enrichment Courses:
Register for Enrichment Courses - available May 27
Course Descriptions - coming soon!

Final Concert:
Friday, June 10, 1pm.
Concert Dress: Black pants or shorts and camp t-shirt. Save the t-shirt for the concert.

Cell Phones:
Students are allowed to have cell phones during Music Camp, but they will need to be turned off during rehearsals or classes.

What to Bring to Camp:
Pencil
Your instrument
Instrument supplies such as valve oil, rosin, extra reeds, sticks and mallets

Contact Information

Lyn Ross
970.248.1233
[email protected]

Darin Kamstra, Camp Director
970.248.1088
[email protected]

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