“Since its birth, the debate has raged on about just what is and isn’t country music. Country music is decidedly American– pieced together from English folk traditions in the hills of the Appalachian mountains and meddled together with popular and religious music with the final touch of the singer’s personal experience– country music has always, even from the very beginning, been about the story and the experience.” (onecountry.com)

The CMC Country Music Camp empowers young musicians to find their voices and to tell stories (their own and others’) through music. Campers join us for a week of immersion in country and folk traditions, from old time roots to alt-country, outlaw, honky tonk, Nashville and countrypolitan sounds. The camp curriculum includes private lessons (voice or instrumental). Students will also learn basic music theory, songwriting, and participate in performance projects. Camp culminates with an informal in-house showcase at each camp location.

Since we divide by age and skill level, our Country and Folk Camp is open to beginners and advanced students alike.

Violinists, violists, and cellists, all are welcome. And since we group students by both age and skill level, the CMC Atlanta String Camp is open to beginners and more advanced players.

CMC Atlanta String Camp provides beginners and more experienced players alike the opportunity to develop both playing skills and their understanding of musical concepts. Through a mix of private lessons and group activities, students will learn good technique, build their knowledge of the fundamentals of music, and tackle a couple of age and skill appropriate compositions. Camp includes a variety of group activities like singing, drumming, theory drills and projects, and indoor and outdoor games. The curriculum incorporates a survey of historical repertoire (from simple compositions most children learn to virtuosic masterpieces), projects that introduce important composers and famous performers, and live performances by CMC Atlanta Artist Resident Teachers.  Our young musicians are also engaged by both traditional and more contemporary uses of string instruments in classical, jazz, rock, and folk music.

Campers take private lessons with CMC Atlanta faculty.  For beginners, we gear the curriculum to laying a firm foundation to support the potential for ongoing study after camp. For more experienced players, we introduce new solo and collaborative pieces, more advanced musical concepts, and teach improvisation, a skill overlooked in many studios. When it comes to improvisation, even experienced students mostly start from scratch when they come to our camp, and most students enjoy having this world of artistic expression opened for them in an encouraging setting.

All CMC Atlanta Day Camps for Kids are sensitive to developmental needs of children. While the students are immersed in the world of strings at the camp, there are breaks throughout the day, play time at nearby parks, and fun activities to provide an appropriate balance, especially for summer.

“Since its birth, the debate has raged on about just what is and isn’t country music. Country music is decidedly American– pieced together from English folk traditions in the hills of the Appalachian mountains and meddled together with popular and religious music with the final touch of the singer’s personal experience– country music has always, even from the very beginning, been about the story and the experience.” (onecountry.com)

The CMC Country Music Camp empowers young musicians to find their voices and to tell stories (their own and others’) through music. Campers join us for a week of immersion in country and folk traditions, from old time roots to alt-country, outlaw, honky tonk, Nashville and countrypolitan sounds. The camp curriculum includes private lessons (voice or instrumental). Students will also learn basic music theory, songwriting, and participate in performance projects. Camp culminates with an informal in-house showcase at each camp location.

Since we divide by age and skill level, our Country and Folk Camp is open to beginners and advanced students alike.

8:00 Check in: students sign in, put their things away and then have quiet choices until 9:00am.

9:00 - 9:15: Circle time, gather students, learn names.  Go over music center inside boundaries and expectations. Video; Meet the Orchestra.  

9:15-10:15: EveryDay Sing: Viva la Vida, Waving Flag, Cripple Creek, and Country Roads.  Please add in other songs as you want/need.  The four songs listed here can be played on open strings and/or first position.  

10:15-10:45: Morning fruit break.  Go over outside expectations, and boundaries.

10:45-12:00: Review solfege, note names, treble, bass, and alto clef, staff, lines and spaces, etc.  Queen Treble/King Bass song.  Worksheets for treble, bass, and alto clef.  Fingerboard for all stringed instruments.

12:00-1:00:  Lunch and outside/free choice time.

1:00-2:00: Go over the parts of the violin.  Viola will be the same.  Cello and bass add in the end pin.  Make Puff Ball Monsters.  

2:00-2:30: Afternoon fruit break. 

2:30-4:00: Learn bow holds;  for violin and viola, and cello.  Play four corners with violin music, pointing bows instead of moving bodies.  Pass toilet paper tubes back and forth  (using tip of the bow).  

4:00-6:00: Free choices and practicing

8:00-9:00: Check in: students sign in, put their things away and then have quiet choices until 9:00am.

9:00 -10:15:

• Circle time, gather students, learn names. 
• Go over music center inside boundaries and expectations.
• Go over Country styles.  Types of Country Music and Country Music?

10:15-10:45:

• Morning fruit break. 
• Go over outside expectations, and boundaries.

10:45-12:00:

• EveryDay Sing. Ring of Fire, Country Roads.

12:00-1:00: 

• Lunch and outside/free choice time.

1:00-2:00:  

• Games

2:00-2:30:

• Afternoon fruit break. 

2:30-4:00: 

• Take 5 Passing Game 
• EveryDay Sing

4:00-6:00:

• Free choices and pick-up