Summer Camps for Music Studios!
Summer camps are amazing fun for both in-person and online studios! The best thing - once you have the lesson plans, you can use them over and over in many ways! Here are some ways I have used summer camps:
1). traditional - groups of kids at my house for 3, 4, or 5 days in a row. Usually my limit is 2 1/2 - 3 hours. Hats off to those of you who do longer camps!
2) online - same thing - but on Zoom. Small groups of kids log on for successive camp sessions. In one case - I did an hour and a half session in the morning, had a break for lunch, and came back for 30-45 minutes in the afternoon. That actually worked well. In all of my online camps, students had an "at-home kit" that contained lots of goodies they could manipulate and work with during the camp!
3)one-offs. This was a great way to promote my studio in the community. I held small mini-camps for one morning at my house or a local park. Great publicity and community building!
4). collaboration- the first time I did an art/music camp, I collaborated with a local artist. She taught the art, I taught the music. It was great fun!
5). private lessons - I have used components from camps as a change of page in my summer private lessons.
6) group classes - in-person and online. If I need to emphasize a particular concept and want to have loads of fun - I borrow from a summer camp curriculum! If you have never done a summer camp, you cannot imagine the fun!
All of the camps I have written are studio-tested, some multiple times and in different settings!
Here are some of the camps that I offer:
Let me know what you would like to see in summer camp themes!
