- Have your camper start practicing his or her audition music.
- Check the list below and go shopping for whatever items they need but don’t have; and
- Make sure your camper’s instrument is ready for camp. There is no on-site repair technician; if a student comes in with a broken horn, we will probably not be able to fix it.
- Obtain written instruction from the camper’s doctor in order for the camp nurse to administer any medication.
Your camper may think they need to have all their “stuff” with them - but in reality it is not necessary, so please do all you can to discourage them from bringing too much. Here is a checklist of what your camper really needs to bring:
- Their instrument and accessories, i.e. mutes, reeds, etc. If they are a percussionist, they will need their snare sticks, timpani and other mallets, and preferably a mallet bag with their name displayed on the bag.
- Folding music stand. Your child probably has one of these already; but if not, please make it a point to buy one before camp – all music stores carry them.
- Clothes: T-shirts and shorts for wear on a daily basis are definitely acceptable, as long as they are in good taste. We trust parents to make the call on that. For the final concert on Friday afternoon, they will wear their camp shirt and shorts.
- Your student may need a swimsuit if there is a pool party, so pack one just in case.
- Bedding: a blanket, twin sheets, and a pillow with a pillowcase.
- Towels (3)
- Personal toiletry items, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, etc.
- Prescription medications if needed. You will also need a note from your physician that states your student can dispense medicine to themselves. Otherwise medication will be dispensed by the camp nurse.
Please know that we will NOT be providing lunch on registration day. The first meal provided by the camp will be dinner on the evening of June 18th.
Registration is from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 18th. Registration is at Martin Hall at 1255 Engineering Ave. Leave everything in the car except for the paperwork you’ve received from TAMUK and your checkbook. We are not set up to take credit/debit cards on site.
At registration, be sure to pick up:
- Information packets, name badges, and wrist bands (used to receive meals)
- Camp T-shirt: you will get the size indicated on your application
- Residence hall key: get this at the residence hall check-in table
After registration, go to the Music Eduction Complex for auditions. As soon as you enter the Music Building, you will see a Directory on the wall telling your camper where to go for their audition.
The audition is for the afternoon elective ensembles. All students are required to be in a performing elective. Auditions are for part placement so that each camper is playing a part in which they can be most successful. It will last only a couple of minutes and will consist of two items:
- Two major scales (either C, F, B-flat or Eb); and
- One prepared musical excerpt of the camper’s choice (about one minute of music). This can either be an etude (a short teaching piece), or a few lines from the piece that they performed at Solo & Ensemble this spring.
We do not pick the music because there is such a wide variety of skill levels and your student’s band director knows them better than we do.
After their auditions, campers should wait in the Band Hall, room 160 in the School of Music.