"The
world's top academic countries place a high value on music education.
Hungary, Netherlands and Japan have required music training at the
elementary and middle school levels, both instrumental and vocal, for
several decades."
1988 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test
Sign up now for Summer Camp! Click on the Lessons openings page, the big banner up above OR just log in to the portal. Either way, register now before it is too late! If you are on the fence about it, check out some of our pictures and videos from previous camps. This is certainly the event that nobody should miss!
This is the camp that started it all! This will be our 9th year and it is sure to be better than ever!
June 21 - 25, 9 Am - 5 PM East Bayou Baptist Ministry Center Final Concert, Friday evening from 5:30 - 7:30, East Bayou Grand Auditorium Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Bass and Drums Ages 9 - 17 Bring a bag lunch and snack each day, except for Friday (Pizza Party)$325 - FREE Camp Shirt and FREE Camp DVD!
In most cases, no experience is necessary, but call us first so we can advise the best way to make this happen.
We have special guests each day - previous camps have featured Wayne Toups, Blue Eclipse, Psychometry, Zoro (drummer for Lenny Kravitz), Roddy Romero, Spank the Monkey, Oh, Juliette!, Meriwether, among others.
Monday - Tuesday: The first day and a half, students are learning their songs with students their same age and relative skill level. Average class size is 8.
Tuesday - Wednesday: By Tuesday afternoon, we start bringing in the different instruments. Students spend the next day and a half learning how to play the songs together as a band (a really big band - up to 30 members!).
Thursday: By Thursday, we normally start some rehearsals for the concert.
Friday: Battle of the Bands, Pizza Party and the final concert! We set up all of the gear in the big auditorium and invite family, friends and neighbors to come and witness the biggest rock band show of the year - In fact, we have not seen a bigger rock band in concert EVER!
