Welcome to the third New Horizons Music Camp at Interlochen College of Creative Arts. We all look forward to making music with new and old friends from all over the United States and Canada. My hope is that everyone will go home having learned something completely new. It is a special opportunity to be able to choose from the wide variety of classes at this camp.
If you take classes every period, you could be playing your instrument for more than four hours per day. Some people would like to play much more that that, but that is usually not a good idea as it could lead to very sore and tired muscles long before the camp is over. Playing your instrument needs to be balanced with time for rest. You are not required to take a class during all the scheduled periods if you would like to have more free time.
Several changes were made this year in response to good suggestions received after the last camp. There will be a comfortable amount of time between classes. The schedule also leaves more time for touring and taking advantage of the great restaurants in the area. Be sure to have many of your meals in the Stone Center and sit down with some people you do not know so that you can expand your circle of friends. Evenings can be free or used to attend optional events. In addition, to the evening events listed in the schedule, others will be posted on the Stone Center bulletin board.
Our directors and teachers are all experienced New Horizons teachers. They know that we want to meet new challenges and do our best, but we want to relax and have fun in the process. No one will have any pressure to perform, but there will be chances for small groups and classes to perform for all of us if they want to. We will finish the camp with a very informal playing of some of the music we have worked on. If you have friends in the area, they are welcome to attend. Let us meet new people, enjoy old friends, make music and HAVE FUN! Chordially- Roy Ernst
