Winds & Percussion Camp

Quality instruction for band students in grades 7-9 (fall of 2009)

A comprehensive camp for woodwind, brass and percussion students designed to assist in the improvement of performance skills that relate directly to the positive experiences of playing in a large ensemble.

• Day Camp -- 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (lunch provided daily)

• Internationally known composer James Swearingen, Camp Director/Conductor

• Special appearance by Rob Grice, popular band composer
  

• Outstanding music educators Angela Davoll, Charles Miller and Nancy Youse, Camp Conductors

• Final concert in Mees Hall -- open to the public -- June 19 at 3 p.m.

Additional Details

* Camp fee: $200. There is a multiple child discount of $50 per child for children from the same immediate family.
* Fee includes:

• Instruction
• Daily lunch
• Camp T-shirt

* Limited Enrollment: Although the deadline for registration is May 15, students are encouraged to register early. Because of the need to balance instrumentation for one or possibly two bands, registration may be closed for some instruments before the camp is full.
* The deposit is refundable (less an administrative fee of $30) if enrollment is cancelled by May 29, 2009. Final payment must be received by June 8, 2009. There is a $20 charge for returned checks.
* Information and maps will be mailed the week of June 8.

Meet the Conducting Staff

James Swearingen
Department Chair of Music Education at Capital University
James Swearingen is unquestionably one of the most performed composers of band music in the world today. A recipient of numerous ASCAP awards, his trend-setting compositions and arrangements have a style and energy that truly are exceptional. It should come as no surprise that year after year his music is received enthusiastically by student musicians and band directors from all parts of the world. His busy schedule includes many engagements as a guest conductor, adjudicator and educational clinician. Appearances have include trips throughout the United States, as well as Japan, Australia, Europe and the People’s Republic of China.

Angela Davoll
Hilliard Memorial Middle School Band Director
Angela Davoll, in her 16th year of teaching, currently is the band director at Hilliard Memorial Middle School. Along with her duties at Memorial, she instructs beginning music at four additional schools in the district and provides private clarinet instruction for area students. She received her bachelor’s degree in music from the Conservatory of Music at Capital and her master’s degree in music education from The Ohio State University.

Charles Miller
Professor of Music Education at Capital University
Charles Miller served three year in the Army Band program before embarking on a 28-year teaching career in instrumental music. He started in Tiffin, Ohio, and eventually moved to Clyde, Ohio. In 1985, the American School Band Directors Association honored him as the Outstanding Young Band Director for the state of Ohio.  He then taught in the Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools for several years until his retirement in 2002.  In 2004, he joined the faculty at Capital University as an adjunct professor in music education.

Nancy Youse
Brookpark Middle School Band Director
Nancy Youse is currently in her 28th year as a teacher of middle-school bands. Presently she is director of bands at Brookpark Middle School, and instructs beginning woodwinds at Park Street Intermediate School and Franklin Woods Intermediate School in the South-Western City School District. She is an active member of OMEA. Her bachelor’s and master’s degrees are form The Ohio State University. Currently, she plays clarinet in the Grove City Community Winds, under the direction of James Swearingen.

James Swearingen
Capital University
Winds and Percussion Camp
1 College and Main 
Columbus, OH 43209-2394

For more information, contact James Swearingen at (614) 236-6261 or by e-mail at jswearin@capital.edu

Sponsored by Capital University's Conservatory of Music and Colonial Music.