Elementary String Camp
June 17 – June 21, 2019
8:30 am – noon
Location: Fayetteville Academy, 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville, NC
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
The camp is held at Fayetteville Academy, 3200 Cliffdale Rd., Fayetteville, NC.
*Note: Though the camp is held at Fayetteville Academy, this camp is solely a Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra camp. Students from any school (public, private, or home school) that fit the age and experience requirements are welcome to attend.
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
Register Here
TUITION
Tuition is $180. 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.
Pay tuition here
The application deadline is Friday, June 7th, 2019.
For any questions, please contact the symphony office at (910)433-4690, or email education@fayettevillesymphony.org
Ronnal Ford, a DMA oboe student at UNC Greensboro, has been playing English horn and oboe with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra since the 2011-2012 season. Ronnal currently teaches at Guilford Technical Community College and Forsyth Technical Community College. Prior to those appointments, he held positions as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for the oboe studio at UNCG, and has served as the Adjunct Professor of Music at Winston Salem State University, where he taught Oboe, Bassoon and Violin. In addition to the Fayetteville Symphony, Ronnal often performs with the Durham Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, and the Piedmont Wind Symphony on flute, oboe, and clarinet. He is also an active chamber musician with the award-winning reed quintet, Quintet Sirocco.
