Camp Ocean Pines, Cambria California

Camp Ocean Pines
Summer String Workshop
August 17-21, 2009

A great opportunity for the serious music student to spend five days this summer having fun and learning their craft in a beautiful location --- Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria, California. 

Maestro Michael Nowak and the San Luis Obispo Symphony are very pleased and proud to launch this new component to an already extensive music education program.  A limited number of young artists, ages 12-18, will be selected to join a distinguished faculty for a week of intensive string study combined with recreational and social activities in a gorgeous coastal location.  The five-day, four-night camp will combine chamber music instruction with fun summer activities, including nature hikes, campfires, films and evening concerts presented by the faculty.

Sample Schedule

The Summer String Workshop is designed for young musicians (approximately age 12-18) who are serious about their art and who wish to improve their skills, increase their knowledge of music and work with some of the best in business. A rough schedule of the five-day camp is as follows:

• Morning:    Full string orchestra rehearsals, chamber groups, sectionals
• Afternoon:    Outdoor activities, individual practice time and private lessons
• Evening:    Social activities (films, evening concerts, dances, etc.)

Students will work hard, play hard and come away from the experience with new friendships, new skills and a renewed passion for playing their instrument.

Faculty

Michael Nowak, Conductor and Viola Coach
Michael Nowak has served as Music Director of the San Luis Obispo Symphony since 1984. During the past 24 years Maestro Nowak has succeeded in making the San Luis Obispo Symphony one of the foremost music organizations in San Luis Obispo County.  Nowak also maintains an active career as a recording musician and conductor in the motion picture industry.

(Click here for a complete biography and film credits.)

Kathleen Lenski, Violin Coach
Grammy award-winning violinist, Kathleen Lenski was first violinist and a founding member of the Angeles String Quartet, formed in 1988 in Los Angeles. Ms. Lenski’s professional career has included appearances as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Seattle, San Francisco and St. Louis Symphonies as well as well-known chamber orchestras in Canada, the Pacific Northwest, and the East Coast.

(Click here for a more complete biography.)   

 

Cello and Bass Coach TBA

Audition Process

To schedule an audition, please call the Symphony office at (805) 543-3533.  Students must print out and complete an audition registration form and return the form with a refundable $25 audition fee to:
    San Luis Obispo Symphony
    PO Box 658
    San Luis Obispo, CA  93406

Click here to download an audition registration form
Or call (805) 543-3533 and we will send you a form

Click here to download a scholarship application
Or call (805) 543-3533 and we will send you a form

	Cabin at Camp Ocean Pines

Tuition

Tuition for the five-day, four-night camp is $495 and includes room and board at Camp Ocean Pines. Space is limited to 30 string students.  (Some partial scholarships are available.) 

Don't miss this great opportunity to study with some of the finest musicians in California today! Join us for the inaugural year of this unique program designed to give young artists the opportunity to focus on their craft while exploring the beauty of the Central Coast.

Questions?

Call Music Education Director Andrea Stoner at (805) 543-3533, Ext. #103 or email staff@slosymphony.com