Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Young Musicians Learn from the Best at the Kimmel Center's Seventh Annual Teen Summer Arts Camp

JULY 15, 2010


Students who attended this year's Choral/Vocal Camp

The Kimmel Center’s seventh annual Teen Summer Arts Camp is well underway with the Jazz camp currently in session and the Chamber Music camp to begin on the 19th of this month. The Choral/Vocal Camp and Pipe Organ camps have already concluded with their culminating “Moments of Sharing” performances on July 2nd (Choral/Vocal) and July 9th (Pipe Organ). The camp, serving nearly doubling in size since its beginning in 2003, serves nearly 200 students from the Greater Philadelphia Area as well as those that live outside of the area. The students auditioned early in the spring and were selected to join the camp with fully paid tuition.

 

During the Jazz Camp, young instrumental enthusiasts study and perform a variety of genres from Dixieland to swing and from Afro-Cuban to contemporary music. Facilitated by director Marc Johnson, the students go through two weeks and learn to perform in a big band setting as well as small ensembles.

 

The Chamber Orchestra Camp students, under the direction of Sydney Curtiss and Shirley Curtiss, will study various genres of chamber music within a two week span.

 

 The first of the four, two week camps, started June 21 with the Choral/ Vocal Camp headed by director and accompanist, Carol Frazier. The camp allows for students to study vocal technique, sight singing, dancing, and developing their vocal skills as soloists as well as ensemble members. On Friday, the students showcased their musical development during the camp's "Moments of Sharing".  Their performances included music from Sweeny Todd as well as In the Heights and Les Miserable, two Broadway shows to be featured in this upcoming season at the Kimmel Center. 

 

The Pipe Organ camp students, directed by Alan Morrison, study various pieces from the Pipe Organ repertoire, along with technique and pedagogy; both one on one with an instructor as well as in a group setting. The Pipe Organ camp is still the only camp in the Teen Summer Arts camp program that hosts two “Moments of Sharing” performances; a church tour and at the Curtis Institute of Music’s Field Concert Hall.

 

The Teen summer Arts Program features small group instruction, coaching sessions, daily ensemble rehearsal, master classes conducted by a guest artist, free tickets to performance venues and interaction among talented student artists from, but not limited to, the Tri-state area. At the end of each two week session, the campers showcase their development in a “Moments of Sharing” performance held in the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center.

 

 Kimmel Center, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organization, provides a rich diversity of programming through its Kimmel Center Presents sponsored by Citi and the Broadway series of performances, as well as arts in education and community outreach. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Merriam Theater, and the Academy of Music together serve as home to eight Resident Company performing arts organizations including: The Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and American Theater Arts for Youth, PHILADANCO, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Peter Nero and the Philly Pops. Kimmel Center, Inc. owns, manages, supports and maintains The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the Merck Arts Education Center. Kimmel Center, Inc. also manages the Academy of Music, which is owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association and the University of the Arts Merriam Theater

 

 

The Kimmel Center 2010-2011 season is sponsored by CitiBank

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