Elementary String Camp

Highlights from our Elementary String Camp, June 15 – 19, 2020 | CLICK HERE for the full playlist

Elementary String Camp

June 2021 Dates TBA

Location: TBA

ABOUT

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Elementary String Camp is a morning day camp for elementary aged students (ages 5-12) who play violin, viola, cello, or double bass. The camp is intended for those students who have prior experience participating in their school’s strings program, have been taking private lessons, or have been participating in the Fayetteville Symphony String Sinfonietta or the Fayetteville Symphony After School Strings Program

WHAT TO EXPECT

Master Classes with professional Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra musicians
Fiddling
Orchestra and Chamber Ensemble Classes
FUN Music History and Music Theory Class
“Snack Time Concert Series” where the students will have the chance to perform for one another, and be able to hear their teachers perform for them as well!
“Brown Bag Lunch” Final Concert on the last day of the camp (Friday, June 21st at 12pm) – parents are invited to attend!

LOCATION

To be announced Spring 2021

REGISTRATION

Students must be ages 5-12, play either violin, viola, cello, or double bass, and must have prior experience to participating in at least one of the following to apply:

School string’s program
Private Lessons
Fayetteville Symphony After School Strings Program
Fayetteville Symphony String Sinfonietta

TUITION

Tuition is $175. Tuition is due in full with the application form. You may pay by check made out to Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra or pay online by credit card through the link below.

For any questions, please contact the symphony office at (910)433-4690, or email education@fayettevillesymphony.org

Featured Musician

Steve Skillman – Principal French Horn

Steve Skillman is the principal horn of the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and the Long Bay Symphony in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He is also a frequent performer with the Wilmington Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Opera Carolina, and chamber groups throughout the region. He has appeared in shows in Myrtle Beach with Burt Bacharach, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, and the late Ray Charles, as well as many touring Broadway productions. Mr. Skillman served as a teacher and administrator for thirty years in Brunswick County, North Carolina, and also taught horn at UNC Wilmington. He received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from East Carolina University, where he studied with James Parnell. Mr. Skillman is a former president of the Brunswick Arts Council, and is a recipient of the Award of Excellence from the North Carolina Bandmaster’s Association.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.