Composition Week
June 29–July 4,2008
One-week program

Composition Week provides aspiring young composers with concentrated study in the funda¬mentals of composition. Through individualized attention, students of all levels of proficiency, from beginner to advanced, work with Westminster faculty members Stefan Young and Ron Hemmel. Students are taught and encouraged to expand their own creativity and technique in West¬minster’s Music Computing Center where students will have access to their own personal work stations. Classes in style, 20th century music and musical analysis focus on works by major composers. After a week of daily private lessons and numerous compositions, students perform and record their newly composed pieces in a final concert.

Program Highlights
• Daily private lessons
• Analysis: college level topics
• Lab time with Finale coach
• Participate in final concert (parents, family and friends are invited to attend)
• Faculty composers share their works
• Show and Tell: for campers to share past compositions

Daily Schedule
Morning: 20th-century music, composi¬tion techniques, score analysis
Afternoon: Faculty compositions, daily private lessons, computer lab work
Evening: Working on compositions and/or supervised activities

Enrollment is open to students entering 9th grade through those having just completed their senior year.

Composition Week Tuition
$800

We still have openings in this camp.