Employees Offered Discount for Summer Music Series Weekly Camps

The Mary Pappert School of Music is offering Duquesne employees a 10% discount for the young musician(s) in their families to participate in the City Music Center (CMC) 2019 Summer Music Series full-day, weekly camps.

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The CMC Summer Music Series offers young musicians of all levels the opportunity to immerse themselves in music from jazz, brass band, violins and violas to music technology while learning from Duquesne’s esteemed faculty of professional musicians.

“You won’t find anything like the Summer Music Series in the Pittsburgh area,” Tom Carsecka, director of music enrollment and community programs, said. “It is truly a unique camp experience for students who love music and want to improve their skills with some of the best musicians in the world.”

For the first time, University employees with children entering grades seven to 12 or who are in college will receive 10% off the program registration fee for any of the four weekly camps. Additional scholarships may be available to help offset the cost for those who are eligible.

Register by Saturday, June 1, for the following camps:

  • Summer Jazz Experience will be held Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with daily concerts beginning at 5:30 p.m. Participants enjoy making music with others in both big-band and small ensemble settings. Musicians have fun learning about and playing jazz–America’s indigenous art music–in a relaxed and non-threatening environment. The program features Duquesne Professor Mike Tomaro and fellow faculty members of the Department of Jazz Studies.
  • Music Technology Summer Intensive offers two different sessions: Session 1: Industry of Audio and Media from Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 12, and Session 2: Merging Sight and Sound from Monday, July 15, to Friday, July 19, both from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Participants can take one or both sessions to learn the principles of audio engineering, mixing and mastering, electronic music composition, sound design and effects, and multimedia production in state-of-the-art recording studios and media labs. The program features the faculty of Duquesne’s music technology department and master classes with guest artists, producers and clinicians, including five-time Grammy Award-winning engineer Jay Dudt.

Register now for these upcoming camps to secure a chair for your musician:

  • Steel City Brass Camp will be held Monday, July 22, through Friday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration deadline is Saturday, June 15. Students can improve and hone performance skills studying with members of the Grammy Award-winning Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Students will participate daily in guided warmups and exercises; studio classes specific to each instrument; and small ensembles, chamber groups and master classes; and they get to meet guest artists. Students work toward and have the opportunity to compete for a solo-artist spot in the final performance at the end of camp.
  • Violin and Viola Boot Camp offers three sessions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Registration opens soon with a deadline of Monday, July 1. Violinists and violists will study with award-winning Duquesne professors and world-class performers Charles and Rachel Stegeman, gaining extensive performance and practice experience with group technique classes, master classes and supervised practicing. The camp sessions are:
    • Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2
    • Monday, Aug. 5, through Friday, Aug. 9
    • Monday, Aug. 12, through Friday, Aug. 16.

For more information about the camps, pricing or to register, visit www.duq.edu/summermusicseries or email cmc@duq.edu.