SLYM
CWU Summer Literacy for Youth in Music (SLYM)
June 17 – June 28, 2024
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (June 19th will be off for Juneteenth)
About the Camp
SLYM is a two-week summer music intensive experience for pre-college students taught by CWU music students and mentored by CWU music faculty and peer mentors. Sessions include songwriting, ensembles, music reading, world music, and instrumental group lessons. We think and want to show and pass on that every young person deserves to interact with music.
SLYM is open to all children entering Grades 3 - 12. Students will be placed in personalized classes designed to meet their level and age.
Registration
- Deadline - May 15, 2024
- Register Now!
- Submit Payment
Tuition
- $350 (includes lunch, instrument usage, supplies)
Camp Curriculum
- Art of Practice
- Choir
- Group Instrumental Lessons
- Special Classes - Song Writing, World Music, Improvisation
- Public Performance on June 28 in the Recital Hall, CWU Music Department
Check in & out
Given the age of the students participating in this camp, check-in and check-out is required each morning during the entire duration of the camp. A desk will be set up at the Jerilyn S. McIntyre Music Building rotunda with a list of who have permission to check in/check out.
Art of Practice
The camp will start at 9:30 a.m. and end at 3:00 pm, starting and ending with practice sessions which will be monitored and guided by current CWU Music majors.
Group Instrument Classes
In the registration form, students will need to indicate what instrument they will like to learn. SLYM faculty will do their best to accommodate all requests but may need to adjust depending on availability and logistics.
Special Classes
SLYM will have special lectures and workshops in Song Writing, World Music, and Improvisation for all students throughout the camp.
Schedule
- 9:30 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. - Morning practice
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Choir
- Break
- 11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. - Group instrumental lessons - ukulele, piano, recorder
- Lunch break
- 1:20 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. - Special class - song writing, world music, improvisation
- Break
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Afternoon practice.
More information
Email CWU Music Department
509-963-1216
Dr. Yerin Kim, Director of Keyboard Studies
yerin.kim@cwu.edu
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