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SUMMER WORKSHOPS

Summer Music Camp Summer Jazz Workshop Summer Guitar Workshop

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Summer Music Camp

McNally Smith’s summer music camp is the place to be for students ages 15 to 19 who love music. Here’s your chance to get a snapshot of the music industry – straight from the experts – in one exciting week!

Our summer music camp will be facilitated by our nationally- and internationally-renowned faculty at our historic downtown St. Paul music school campus.   Work with Grammy and industry award-winners and experience McNally Smith’s state-of-the-art soundstage and lighting systems, recording studio facilities and multi-media classrooms.

Your days will consist of:
•    Musical performances
•    Music business lectures
•    An introduction to recording technology
•    Creation of sound tracks
•    And, much, much more!

If you’re looking for room and board, we have dorms available with additional benefits included, such as counselors, meals and transportation. Registration Deadline: July 15, 2008 (Discount applies if registered prior to June 15th). Download the Application here.

For additional information about the summer music camp, including tuition and room and board costs, please contact us at 651-288-4916 or email Vicki Schmeling.

If your passion is music, than this summer camp is for you!

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Summer Jazz Workshop

This five-day jazz workshop is open to musicians of all skill levels, offering an immersion in jazz music and improvisation. Students will be instructed by members of the McNally Smith faculty and top musicians from the region, whose credits include Grammy-nominated recording work, touring experience with everyone from the Artie Shaw Orchestra to Prince to Steve Miller, and much more. Musicians in the areas of brass, woodwind, guitar, piano, bass, drums and vocals are all encouraged to participate. Programming includes jazz ensemble training, improvisational theory and technique, master classes, jazz history, faculty concerts and more. The Summer Jazz Workshop will culminate with a Student Concert in the McNally Smith Auditorium. Tuition for the Summer Jazz Workshop is $375, and scholarships are available.

Faculty members for McNally Smith’s 2008 Summer Jazz Workshop include Dr. Mike Bogle, Terry Burns, Debbie Duncan, Lori Dokken, Gary Gratz, Dave Jensen, Gordy Knutson, Chris Olson and Pete Whitman. More information about the faculty here.

Download the Summer Jazz Workshop Application.

Download the Summer Jazz Jazz Brochure.

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Summer Guitar Camp

Experience life as a musician while receiving professional guitar training at McNally Smith College of Music’s Summer Guitar Camp Workshop.

This 5-day workshop is specifically designed for 13-17 year-olds with an interest in both the educational and performance side of the music industry. This workshop will hep you better understand the role of the guitar in contemporary music and introduce you to potential careers in the music industry. You will have an opportunity to:

•    Learn how to read music for guitar
•    Record in a professional studio
•    Perform with a band
•    Experience a wide variety of guitar music styles
•    Perform in our state-of-the-art auditorium

For more information about the guitar summer camp, please contact Jerry Kosak at 651-288-7874. To register, please complete and mail the attached registration form.

Download the Summer Guitar Camp Application.

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