Hello Fellow Adult Band Members!
We have a new Summer Band Camp for adults, which is at New England Music Camp, near Waterville, Maine. All adults are welcome, from, “I just started this year,” to “I’m quite proficient,” and including, “Whew, I haven’t played in years!” There will be two concert bands, a novice/intermediate group and an intermediate/advanced group as well as two swing bands – no auditions; you choose what is best for you. Camp is the week of August 25-31.
Here is my official “Note from the Director”:
Pull out some memories of when you were a child at summer music camp… (if you’ve never been to music camp, then pretend!). Everywhere you walk,
past the lodge, past the waterfront, past the rehearsal hall, you hear music floating on the breeze. You think, “These kids love music as much as I
do!” The practice cabins are filled with scales and work on tough spots, rehearsals are in progress, there is a pickup soccer game, tennis on the
courts, swimmers and canoes are on the lake, and people are reading or chatting on the porch with that second cup of coffee.
Whoops! I switched to adult mode with that cup of coffee! So let’s lose those memories of teenage angst (we DON’T want to relive that!) and,
instead, enter the image of propping your feet up on the railing, staring out at the lake and sipping your coffee. Then you head off to rehearsal on that
Mozart piece, then a seminar on Jazz History, followed by a bit of time in the practice cabin to work out that difficult lick before ensemble rehearsal,
then before dinner you join your new friends for a happy hour back on that same porch! If you love music and you love the feeling of a camp on the
lake, you’ll love New Horizons at New England Music Camp.
I remember the first time I went to an adult camp; throughout the whole drive up there we kept saying, “If we don’t like it, we can always go
back home.” Well, not only did we NOT go home, we came back, year after year! Camp is just as invigorating as an adult as it was as a child.
So, take the plunge! Come make music with new friends! At the same time, enjoy some of the privileges of adults, like deciding you don’t want to go
to that interesting seminar, you’d rather go paddling! Or, deciding that you want to go to Waterville for dinner instead of eating at camp. Go for
it. Schedule your week the way YOU want it. Blow your chops off, or relax with a little bit of music. The campfire is waiting.
So, don’t delay! There are still spaces available! Join us as we kick off the inaugural season of New Horizons at New England Music Camp! (My Sudbury
Valley New Horizons Band members who are coming up to camp, are getting a real kick out of telling their friends they are going to sleep-away camp!)
Check the website for more information and registration,
http://www.nemcNewHorizons.com, or if you have questions email me,
info@nemcnewhorizons