String Orchestra Camp
Junior Level Offered
June 23-27, 2025!
Junior String Camp-9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Intermediate level string students in grades 3 – 12 during the 2024-2025 school year and intermediate adult string students are invited to register for the Junior String Orchestra Camp. All students should have basic note-reading skills and be comfortable playing a two-octave G major scale. Viola and cello students should be comfortable playing a two-octave C major scale.
The Junior Strings camp will run from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Monday, June 23rd – Friday June 27th. There will be a final concert on Friday the 27th at 11:45 am.
String Orchestra Camp Instructor
Renee Shaw Nutwell – Director for Sinfonia: A Learning String Ensemble at the Shepherd Community Music Program and Shepherd University School of Music Alumni.
Participants may register using our Online Registration Link
Summer Jazz Camp
Junior and Senior levels Offered
June 23-27, 2025!
Senior Level-9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Junior Level-10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Highlights of the camp include jazz band rehearsals and a concert for both the Junior and Senior levels, individual and group coaching, combo/improvisation classes, theory classes, master classes, and faculty performances. Students enrolled in grades 6-12 during the 2024 – 2025 academic year are invited to participate. College students and jazz enthusiasts are also welcome!
The Senior Jazz camp will run from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Monday, June 23th – Friday, June 27th in the Frank Arts Center. There will be a final concert on Friday the 27th at 2:00 pm in the McCoy Rehearsal Hall.
The Junior Jazz Camp will run from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Monday, June 23th – Friday, June 27th. There will be a final concert on Friday, the 27th at 1:00 pm in the McCoy Rehearsal Hall in the Frank Arts Center.
Instructors for the Jazz Camp
Dr. Kurtis Adams – Jazz Camp Director, Director of Jazz Studies, and Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Euan Edmonds – Faculty for Jazz Theory and Improvisation
Peter Heiss – Faculty for Guitar
Kelton Norris – Faculty for Jazz Drum Set
Kevin Pace – Former Shepherd Faculty for Bass and Current Fairfax County, VA Music Educator
Participants may register using our Online Registration Link
Please contact communitymusic@shepherd.edu for further assistance.