WSS Chamber Music and Art Camp
Full day camp for intermediate to advanced violin, viola and cello students who also like visual art, AND art students.
Students will be grouped by playing level and assigned chamber pieces in advance. Each day includes dedicated chamber music rehearsals, music skill‑building sessions and art classes.
The art portion introduces elements of my Suzuki‑inspired art curriculum, which treats art as an expressive language. Students will explore elements of design, principles of composition, realism, and abstraction—first individually, then combined in personal projects using drawing, collage, or painting materials.
Non-music students can spend the full time on visual arts and will have materials and space for advanced projects.
Students in Book 4+ are welcome to attend both camps and will continue their chamber music work there.
Location: 7015 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052
Dates/Times: August 10 – 14, 10am – 3:00pm
Schedule: The camp will be 5 hours each day with breaks for snacks, lunch and games in the yard. I will provide a sandwich bar for lunch.
Repertoire Level: Book 4+, music reading proficiency required.
Final Performance: Friday, Aug 14, 3:00pm
Click here to register (sign up deadline June 20)
Cost: $500 (all art supplies, food and taxes included)
WSS Summer Suzuki Music & Art Camp
Half day camp for Suzuki violin and viola students who like art.
Half of each day will have Suzuki‑style group classes covering repertoire, technique, and music games. No reading proficiency is required; more advanced students will work on duets and trios.
The art portion introduces elements of my Suzuki‑inspired art curriculum, treating art as an expressive language. Students will also collaborate on projects that combine visual art and music to tell a story.
Students in Book 4+ are welcome to attend both camps and will continue their chamber music work.
Location: my home studio, 7015 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052
Dates/Times: Aug 17 – 21 9am – 12:30pm
Schedule: The camp will be 3.5 hours each day with breaks for snacks and games in the yard.
Age range: 5 – 12
Repertoire level: Suzuki Book 1+
Cost: $400 (all art supplies, snacks and taxes included)
Drop in option: You can attend fewer days if you’d like, just let me know your schedule. The cost will be $90 per day.
Click here to register (sign up deadline June 20)
Other Summer Camps:
location: Seattle Pacific University, Freemont, Seattle
age/ability range: all ages, all abilities
description:
One of the best parts of the Suzuki Method are its summer camps and Seattle happens to be home to one of the best Suzuki camps in the country.
Each day includes multiple group classes, a private lesson, reading classes or orchestra, faculty and student recitals, and enrichment classes like fiddling or drumming.
*All students under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. However, because this requirement has been reducing enrollment the camp now has a ‘buddy program’ where students in the same studio can attend with another student/parent at the same level so please let me know if you’re interested in going to the camp and we can see who we can pair together. We can also arrange a car pool with other families in the studio to reduce the driving.
Each day includes orchestra rehearsals, small group sessions, enrichment classes such as music theory or drumming. Students perform a concert at the end of the week. After hours care is available.
Seattle Youth Symphony Summer Camp https://syso.org/programs/summer-music/
dates: July 7 -18 at Shorecrest High School
age/ability: age 7-14, requires basic reading ability
description:
Each day includes orchestra rehearsal, small section rehearsals and chamber music. Chamber groups and the orchestras perform at the end of the week. An audition July 17 determines which orchestra you will be placed in. Many students in the studio have attended this camp and recommend it highly.