Violinists, violists, and cellists, all are welcome. And since we group students by both age and skill level, the CMC Atlanta String Camp is open to beginners and more advanced players.

CMC Atlanta String Camp provides beginners and more experienced players alike the opportunity to develop both playing skills and their understanding of musical concepts. Through a mix of private lessons and group activities, students will learn good technique, build their knowledge of the fundamentals of music, and tackle a couple of age and skill appropriate compositions. Camp includes a variety of group activities like singing, drumming, theory drills and projects, and indoor and outdoor games. The curriculum incorporates a survey of historical repertoire (from simple compositions most children learn to virtuosic masterpieces), projects that introduce important composers and famous performers, and live performances by CMC Atlanta Artist Resident Teachers.  Our young musicians are also engaged by both traditional and more contemporary uses of string instruments in classical, jazz, rock, and folk music.

Campers take private lessons with CMC Atlanta faculty.  For beginners, we gear the curriculum to laying a firm foundation to support the potential for ongoing study after camp. For more experienced players, we introduce new solo and collaborative pieces, more advanced musical concepts, and teach improvisation, a skill overlooked in many studios. When it comes to improvisation, even experienced students mostly start from scratch when they come to our camp, and most students enjoy having this world of artistic expression opened for them in an encouraging setting.

All CMC Atlanta Day Camps for Kids are sensitive to developmental needs of children. While the students are immersed in the world of strings at the camp, there are breaks throughout the day, play time at nearby parks, and fun activities to provide an appropriate balance, especially for summer.

8:00 Check in: students sign in, put their things away and then have quiet choices until 9:00am.

9:00 - 9:15: Circle time, gather students, learn names.  Go over music center inside boundaries and expectations.

9:15-10:15: EveryDay Sing: Chinese Folk Song, Apples and Bananas, Piano Man, Piano Man Lyrics.

10:15-10:45: Morning fruit break.  Go over outside expectations, and boundaries.

10:45-12:00: Review solfege, note names, treble and bass clef, staff, lines and spaces, etc.  Queen Treble/King Bass song.  

12:00-1:00:  Lunch and outside/free choice time.

1:00-2:00:  Review Chinese Folk Song, etc; solfege, note names, treble and bass clef, staff lines, etc.  Play Finger Twister. 

2:00-2:30: Afternoon fruit break. 

2:30-4:00: Listening Stream.  Feel free to add in additional piano pieces, styles, genres, etc. Then break students off in to groups and go over finger patterns, c scale, scalapalooza.

4:00-6:00: Free choices and practicing

Guitar Master Reference.  All lesson plans for the week can be found in here.  

8:00-9:00

• Check in: students sign in, put their things away and then have quiet choices until 9:00am.

9:00 - 9:15:

• Circle time, gather students, learn names.  Go over music center inside boundaries and expectations.

9:15-10:15:

• EveryDay Sing: Songs the use 2 Chords; 3 chord songs

10:15-10:45:

• Morning fruit break.  Go over outside expectations, and boundaries.

10:45-12:00:

• History of Guitar worksheet; go over parts of the guitar, strings, and practice holding (instruments, not toys)

12:00-1:00:

• Lunch and outside/free choice time.

1:00-2:00: 

• How to read tab, make your own tab.  Make tab sheets for the EveryDay Sing songs. 

2:00-2:30:

• Afternoon fruit break. 

2:30-4:00:

• EveryDay Sing with tab sheets.  Can break out in to small groups. 

4:00-6:00:

• Free choices and practicing

Guitar camp for students in grades K-5.  Beginner and intermediate players welcome. 

Piano camp for grades K-5.  Beginners and intermediate students welcome.  

Piano camp for grades K-5.  Beginners and intermediate students welcome.  

 Under the Direction of Jason Casanova, Atlanta Mass Brass is a high school brass ensemble dedicated to fostering excellence in solo and ensemble performance and to providing high school brass players general musical instruction, mentoring and a social outlet related to music performance.  

 Under the Direction of Jason Casanova, Atlanta Mass Brass is a high school brass ensemble dedicated to fostering excellence in solo and ensemble performance and to providing high school brass players general musical instruction, mentoring and a social outlet related to music performance.