Please note, this is a great music opportunity for Band students to participate in at the UVic Music School. While I do not attend this event, there are many Bayside students in attendance each year under the guidance of some up-and-coming Music Educators. Below is an email from one of the organizers, please enquire to the address below:
This year's Music Discoveries will be held on January 27-29, 2017. Registrations and more information can be found at https://musicdiscoveriesblog.wordpress.com/.
WHAT IS MUSIC DISCOVERIES?
Does your child love to make music? Do they want to meet and make music with other students from across the Greater Victoria Area who love what they love? Does your child want to have new musical challenge while working with and learning from music students at the university level as well as master conductors? Do they want to know what comes next in their musical learning?
Music Discoveries is a 3-day music day-camp facilitated by the University of Victoria Student Music Educators’ Association (UVSMEA).
The cost is only $30 and includes:
The opportunity to play or sing in a large ensemble (Concert Band, Concert Choir or String Orchestra) with middle school students from across the Greater Victoria Area;
instrument/voice workshops led by skilled, enthusiastic University Music Education Students;
Choose Your Own Adventure sessions which allow students to explore a different aspect of music: either Rock Band, Orff Ensemble, Spoken Word Ensemble, or Sound-scaping (composition);
a short evening concert on the Saturday by our dedicated and well-trained UVic music education student volunteers that will show what your child's instrument can do;
a t-shirt;
participation in a final concert on the Sunday;
and lunch and dinner on the Saturday and lunch on the Sunday–what a deal!
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC DISCOVERIES?
All MIDDLE SCHOOL students in grade 6, 7 and 8 that are currently enrolled in a school music program are welcome to join us for a fun music-filled weekend!
WHEN IS MUSIC DISCOVERIES 2017?
Music Discoveries 2017 is happening January 27-29th, 2017 (Friday evening, all-day Saturday, Sunday morning/early afternoon). REGISTRATION DEADLINE: December 16, 2016 – don’t miss out! Register at: www.musicdiscoveriesblog.wordpress.com
WHO DO I CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MUSIC DISCOVERIES?
You can contact the Music Discoveries 2017 Coordinators with any and all inquiries at musicdiscoveries.uvic@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!
Registration is only $30 if you register by December 16, so register today! There is a maximum of 80 Concert Band spots, 60 Concert Choir spots and 40 Strings spots available, so register early to guarantee your child gets their desired musical focus! (Last year, the Concert Band reached full capacity!) The cost is kept so low due to the generous support of the UVic Don Wright Endowment Fund for Music Education.
We look forward to welcoming you and your young musician to the University of Victoria for Music Discoveries 2017!
Sincerely,
Nic Renaud and Mandy Wiltshire, Coordinators