Lebanon Valley College Summer Music Camp Registration Closes June 15

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Joe Mixon, camp director, also directs the LVC Guitar Ensemble

ANNVILLE, PA (06/07/2014)(readMedia)-- Registrations are now being accepted from high school musicians for the 24th Annual Lebanon Valley College Summer Music Camp. The camp will begin Sunday, July 7 and continue through Friday, July 11. Online registration is available at https://www.lvc.edu/music-camp; the deadline for application and fees is June 15.

"The camp is all about having fun and making good music," says Mixon, who is a professional guitarist and an adjunct faculty member in Lebanon Valley College's Music Department.

Campers can plan their own experience by choosing from an exciting group of primary programs and electives. The primary programs for senior high campers are: musical theater vocal performance, concert band, strings, piano, and a guitar, bass, and piano jazz, rock, and blues seminar. Junior high primary programs include musical theater vocal workshop and band instrument camp featuring woodwinds, percussion, and brass. Private lessons are available throughout the week.

The camp's teaching staff will perform in a camp kick-off concert on Sunday, July 7. They are professional musicians who teach at LVC as well as at the College's Community Music Institute. LVC faculty members are active performers as well as skilled instructors. They have a broad range of experience in the professional music world and have been associated with various distinguished ensembles, music camps, and festivals. Campers will give their final concert on Friday afternoon.

The cost of Senior High Camp is $595 for residents, and $395 for commuters. The cost of Junior High Day Camp is $295.

Campers, who must have completed the 8th grade, will find air-conditioned residence halls, good meals, and excellent facilities in LVC's Blair Music Center. They will have the use of an Olympic-size pool and many other athletic facilities at the College. Evening activities for residents include a trip to Hersheypark Tuesday night.

For more information, contact camp director Joe Mixon at 717-867-6293 or 610-751-5845 or e-mail mixon@lvc.edu.