Redwood Youth String Camp

Due to low enrollment this year,  Redwood Youth String Camp 2010 WILL NOT be happening.

For string players ages 9 - 18

July 12 - 15, 2010
Wellspring Renewal Center in Philo, California

Redwood Youth String Camp is a small residential summer camp for string players ages 9 - 18 who are ready for some concentrated music making. Students participate in small ensembles, a string orchestra and other musical activities. Evening activities include concerts by coaches and guest musicians. The camp concludes with an afternoon concert for parents and friends.

Camp is held at Wellspring Renewal Center in Philo, Mendocino County, California. Accommodations at this retreat center are in country cabins amidst beautiful surroundings, with a perfect swimming hole in the Navarro River close to the giant redwoods of Hendy Woods State Park. Delicious healthy snacks and meals are prepared for us by Wellspring. For more information about the location, visit www.wellspringrenewal.org

Who should apply?

Redwood Youth String Camp accommodates younger beginners as well as more experienced players. (The minimum requirement is one year of lessons, established music reading skills, and the ability to play in keys from 1 flat to 2 sharps). Students are placed in appropriate chamber and orchestral groups according to ability. Students may either apply as an individual or as part of a pre-formed trio or quartet*. A pre-formed ensemble must consist of players with compatible musical experience. In accepting students, some consideration will be given to creating balanced ensembles.

Fees: $385 per student. A deposit of $185 is required with the completed application form. This deposit is refundable only if the place can be filled by another student. Balance is due May 28th.

*A discount of $25 per player is available if you come in a pre-formed ensemble with other players of compatible standard in one of the following combinations:
violin/viola/cello. violin/violin/cello. violin/violin/viola/cello.
violin/violin/violin/cello. 3 violins, 4 violins, 3 violas, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 4 cellos.
A full application must be received from each member of the group.

APPLICATION DEADLINE MAY 1. AFTER THIS DATE, APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED IF SPACE PERMITS.

For any questions please email Marion Crombie

Download 2010 Application

Faculty:

Marion Crombie, director, was born in England, and received her training on the viola at the Robert Schumann Konservatorium in Dusseldorf, and at the Royal College of Music in London. She has been teaching since 1972, combining this with playing in various orchestras and chamber ensembles and raising three children. She moved to California in 1993 and continues to combine freelance playing with teaching. One of her passions is to introduce students to the joy of playing in groups, and this has led to the formation of the Redwood Youth String Camp and Redwood Youth Orchestra which serve the youth of Mendocino County.

Marcia Sloane grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and began playing cello at age nine. After joining the ranks of working musicians in Waikiki's Don Ho orchestra, she studied cello with Matthew Owens and Margaret Rowell in the Bay Area and received her B. A. in India Studies from Sonoma State University studying north Indian classical singing. Marcia has enjoyed a variety of musical endeavors throughout her career, playing in orchestras and chamber ensembles as well as collaborating with choreographers, visual artists, storytellers, filmmakers, and theatre companies. She played with the acoustic fusion band Ancient Future in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Caravan Stage Company in Ontario, Canada. She has been a community college instructor of music theory and world music and for 30 years has maintained a private cello studio. Marcia completed the first Ta Ke Ti Na teacher training offered in the U. S., learning to facilitate this group rhythm process using the body as a musical instrument. She has produced several CDs of original music along with Cello Drones for Tuning and Improvisation, a CD practice partner used by musicians throughout the world.

Abigail Summers grew up in the English countryside, playing piano and cello from an early age. She studied performance at the Royal College of Music in London and while there took an interest in the Baroque cello and viola da gamba. Since moving to California in 1988, Abigail has performed in various chamber and orchestral ensembles in Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma counties. A private piano and cello instructor for over 20 years, Abigail has taught string classes at the Waldorf School of Mendocino County for 5 years. For the past 20 years she has been a student of Mary Paffard at Yoga Mendocino (Y.O.M.O.) in Ukiah and in 2005 she completed a teacher-training there.