Music camp in Tahoe for grades 8-12

UNR is putting on the 57th Lake Tahoe Music Camp July 21-27 at the Nevada State 4-H Camp in Stateline.

Each year, nearly 200 students in grades 8-12 participate in a week of music activities, rehearsals, team building exercises and recreation time, all on the shores of beautiful Lake Tahoe.

The camp is filled with jazz and classical music workshops, clinics, performances, mentoring and instruction with award-winning University faculty, guest conductors, professional chamber singers and jazz musicians and more.

This year, the guest star of the camp is conductor Paula Crider, past president of the National Band Association and a member of the prestigious American Bandmaster’s Association in which she was only the third woman to have been honored as a member, will conduct the Lake Tahoe Music Camp Symphonic Band. She will also provide musical insight and direction to all students, serving as a role model for young musicians by teaching them the importance of being active citizens in their community and active participants in music groups at their schools.

A new addition to the camp is a team-building dance activity. Students will learn fun and simple moves to include in the mid-week lip-sync and end-of-the-week dance event.

For students looking to continue music as a major or minor at the university level, Lake Tahoe Music Camp provides leadership skills and is staffed with musicians and music majors who teach lessons, music classes and provide mentorship throughout the week.

For more info, go online.