Classes
2022 Mini Classes
- Rhythm Fundamentals (All first-year 6th & 7th grade campers must enroll in Rhythm Fundamentals!) Improve your counting and rhythmic skills as applied to any and all styles of music.
- Alternative Strings Explore the tricks of the trade for string performance on pop, country, and rock music on string instruments. A favorite class for all string players. Strings only.
- Beginning Jazz Improvisation For Junior High campers who would like to begin understanding improve styles on your instrument. Separate sections for clarinet/sax, trumpet, and trombone.
- Camp Chorus for All middle and high school campers. Rehearsals begin early, before all other daily activities, but well worth it. One of the most popular classes at camp! (With Camp Chorus being before anything at camp, you can sing in the chorus AND be in another mini-course!)
- Double Reed Making Learn the different styles of making oboe or bassoon reeds. Oboe and bassoon students only.
- Drumline Fundamentals Explore a variety of drumming techniques that apply to traditional drumline preparation. Percussionists only.
- Flute Techniques Transform your playing with tips that create better tone, intonation, vibrato, and faster fingers. Includes introduction to piccolo technique. Flutists only.
- Guitar Techniques Develop your guitar skills with professional guitar specialists on either acoustic or electric guitars. Campers must provide their own guitar (and amp if bringing electric guitar).
- Jazz Bass Improve your electric or upright bass skills to accommodate the many jazz idioms. Camper must provide the bass instrument and amp.
- Jazz Piano Learn to read chord symbols, chord changes, and voicing to play with lively jazz combos!
- Sight Reading Learn sight reading skills to make learning new music easier for solos and ensembles.
- Film Music Learn about how film music is made!
How to Reach Us
Department of Music and Theatre
Fort Hays State University
600 Park Street
Malloy Hall 137
Office Phone: 785-628-4533
Box Office: 785-628-4225
Email: musictheatre@fhsu.edu
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