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The Summer Piano Discoveries Camp at Ole Miss offers students the opportunity to study piano and make new friends in the charming environment of beautiful Oxford, Mississippi, the home of renowned writer William Faulkner. This camp is designed to both encourage and challenge piano students from the 7th through 12 th grades in a wide range of musical activities while leaving time for some fun recreational ventures. Campers will be placed in groups according to age and ability and will receive private lessons, daily master classes and classes in keyboard literature, music theory, technique, keyboard skills and ensemble. Evening performances will include faculty and guest artist recitals culminating in an honors recital at the end of the week.
To begin with, no one can deny the charm and hospitality offered in the small city of Oxford, Mississippi. Home to writers, artists and musicians of all genres, Oxford possesses its own unique appeal for many and the University, fondly referred to as Ole Miss, has become almost as active during the summer months as during the regular school year. In addition to our new state-of-the-art facilities, campers and parents will have the opportunity to get to mingle with the faculty and staff during the opening orientation and at the closing breakfast. Students will be introduced to new concepts in piano playing, develop listening skills, hear quality musicians in concert and be challenged to take their musicianship to the next level. This summer, students will also have the opportunity to take lessons on harpsichord, organ, marimba and xylophone for an additional charge. The activity schedule will vary from day to day to expose students to a wide variety of piano discovery.
We hope to see you in June!
Camp Faculty:
Ian Hominick, Camp Director
Stacy Rodgers
Diane Wang
Adrienne Park
Warren Steel (organ & harpsichord)
David Carlisle (marimba & xylophone)
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Ethan Uslan, 2007 World Ragtime Champion and jazz pianist
Theresa Sanchez, guest clinician
Cost: The cost of attending Piano Discoveries is $450 for resident campers which includes room & board, tuition, all recreational activities & concerts and a camp T-shirt. The cost for commuters is $375 which includes everything except housing and meals (lunches will be provided). A $65.00 registration fee (applied toward tuition) is required at the time of application. Full tuition should be payable in full by May 16, 2008. Refunds will not be made after this date. Late registrations will be subject to a $40.00 surcharge.
Lessons: One 30-minute private lesson with an assigned teacher is included with tuition. Additional lessons may be requested with a specific teacher at a rate of $25 per half-hour. Lessons on harpsichord, organ, marimba and xylophone will also be offered this summer at the same rate. * Please do not include fees for additional lessons with your tuition payment.Extra lesson fees will be collected at the camp orientation and should be made payable to the teacher.
Scholarships: Please check with your local Music Teacher Association for available scholarships for summer study. MTNA and NFMC affiliates have been very generous in sponsoring deserving students. A limited amount of Camp scholarships may also be available for those students in need.
Facilities: All classes, lessons and concerts will be held in the newly-renovated Scruggs Music Building located at the entrance to campus directly across the street from the Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Evening recitals will take place in our new state-of-the-art recital hall Nutt Auditorium which houses two nine-foot Steinway D pianos. Campers will be housed in one of our finest air-conditioned Ole Miss dormitories and will be supervised by four trained counselors during the entire week.
Recreational Activities will include swimming; pizza party and movie night; double-decker bus tour of Oxford and Rowan Oak (William Faulkner’s home); tour of the anechoic chamber on campus; and a closing breakfast for campers, parents and faculty. Board games will also be available from the camp counselors at the end of each day’s activities.
Daily Schedulewill begin with breakfast at 7:00 am in the Johnson Commons Dining Hall. Classes, lessons and recreational activities will vary from day to day in order to provide a broad scope of activities for all campers. Evening activities are mandatory and will be concluded no later than 9 pm. *Campers must be accompanied by counselors at all times when they are not in class or in their dormitory.
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A native of Nova Scotia, Ian Hominick has studied under the tutelage of the renowned virtuosi Jerome Rose and Earl Wild, having served as assistant to both Earl Wild and Tchaikovsky Competition silver medalist André Laplante. Before joining the piano faculty at the University of Mississippi in 1999, Dr. Hominick taught on the faculties of the University of Newfoundland, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, De Paul University and Lake Forest College in Illinois. An active soloist, adjudicator and teacher, he maintains a busy schedule of concerts and master classes across the United States and Canada. The Charlottetown Guardian commented that Hominick has “an exceptional ability to pull music out of each pianist in a very individual way.”
Stacy Rodgers is associate professor and head of keyboard studies and accompanying at the University of Mississippi. A Texas native, he holds degrees from Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Austin. Major teachers in performance and pedagogy include Lita Guerra, Jean Barr, Amanda Vick Lethco, Harris Crohn, Louise Bianchi, and David Karp. Mr. Rodgers is active in pedagogical research and teacher training, and heads the University of Mississippi’s Community Music School. He is a founding member of the Oxford Piano Trio, and performs extensively in piano duo with his wife, Diane Wang.
Diane Wang, a native of the San Francisco Bay area, received degrees from Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin. Her major teachers include Sidney Foster, Harald Logan and Béla Siki. Miss Wang has performed throughout the United States as well as in China and Mexico. As a collaborative pianist, she performs regularly with the Sarah Isom Trio and Grace Trio, as well as the Wang-Rodgers Piano Duo. She is currently coordinator of the keyboard musicianship curriculum and instructor in piano at the University of Mississippi.
Adrienne Park has performed extensively in chamber music recitals and new music festivals in Europe, Canada and the United States. She has performed with such artists as Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Shauna Rolston, Steve Reich and the percussion group Nexus. She currently performs in the Divadi Duo with percussionist David Carlisle. Ms. Park was on faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada as the collaborative pianist for six years and is currently on faculty during the summer master class sessions. She has been on faculty at the University of Mississippi as a staff accompanist since 2001 and maintains an active piano studio in Oxford.
Ethan Uslan is one of the hottest names on the ragtime/traditional jazz scene today. The first place winner of the 2007 World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest ( Peoria, IL), Uslan has performed on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion as well as various concerts and festivals nationwide. Uslan studied classical piano at Indiana University and developed his skills as an improvisor by accompanying "Full Frontal Comedy," an improv-comedy troupe that staged live improvised musicals based on audience suggestions. Uslan currently performs regularly for private events, concerts and silent movie screenings. In addition to performing, he serves as visiting lecturer of music at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. His first CD, "Carolina Moon," was released in 2006 for Rivermont Records.
Pianist Theresa Sanchez pursues a varied performing career as a soloist and collaborative musician. She has presented recitals in the United States, Canada and Europe and is the founding Artistic Administrator for the Vicksburg International Chamber Music Festival. She has been a faculty member at Jones Junior College in Ellisville, MS, since 1995, and has taught and performed at the Mississippi Keyboard Camp, the Okanagon Summer School of the Arts in British Columbia and the International Music Institute in Pontlevoy, France. Ms. Sanchez was recently featured on WQXR ( New York) Radio’s Reflections from the Keyboard and WMSV Radio’s High Notes.
| Sunday, June 8 | Placement auditions/ Opening orientation for students, parents and faculty |
| Monday, June 9 | Faculty Recital |
| Tuesday, June 10 | Double-decker bus tour of Oxford; tour of Faulkner home (Rowan Oak) Guest Artist Concert with Ragtime Piano Champion Ethan Uslan |
| Wednesday, June 11 | Ethan Uslan Improvisation Workshop; Pizza & Movie Night |
| Thursday, June 12 | Tour of the anechoic chamber; African Drumming |
| Friday, June 13 | Guest presentation by Theresa Sanchez; Honors Recital |
| Saturday, June 14 | Closing breakfast with campers, faculty & parents |
If you have any questions, contact Ian Hominick at ihominic@olemiss.edu or (662) 915-1282.
Please note that there are no auditions to be admitted to this Camp, but we do ask that all campers play at least at an intermediate level. Campers will be divided into master class groups according to age and ability based on the Placement Auditions and the discretion of the Camp Director. Please do not send a request to be placed into any specific group.
2007 Camp Participants
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