Storytelling in Music
Through Symphonic Pieces, Opera, Ballet and Fairy Tales
July 22 – 26, 2024
9:00 – 3:30 PM (Extended Hours as Needed)
Deadline to Register: Saturday, June 1
Age Groups
Group 1: 7 – 10 yrs.
Group 2: 11 – 18 yrs.
Cost: $525
A $100 deposit is due upon completion of registration to secure your spot(s); full payment is due by Saturday, June 8
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Join us for a fun week of summer camp this July! Students who participate in summer camp often make friends with other children musicians. They motivate each other to practice with more accountability, and learn to perfect their pieces to show off how good they are to their peers. The summer camps also have an extraordinary teacher-student ratio!
For 2024, the theme of our summer music camp is Storytelling in Music through Symphonic Pieces, Opera, Ballet and Fairy Tales. Music has an incredible ability to evoke images and bring characters and narratives to life with sound. Our students will experience the magic of storytelling through music as we spend a week exploring compositions based on some of our favorite stories, including Peter and the Wolf, the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, the Nutcracker, Porgy and Bess, Romeo and Juliet and much more! You will be inspired by iconic works of ballet, opera and symphony by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Poulenc and many others, and you will even learn how to compose your own musical story!
Our daily schedule will include deep-diving lessons in music history, one-on-one lessons with our wonderful faculty members, supervised practicing for both solo pieces and chamber groups, and outdoor activities like Capture the Flag. Pack a lunch to enjoy while we watch movies in the afternoons and beat the heat with ice cream for dessert! On Friday, July 26, the final day of the camp, we will host a concert for families and friends to attend and hear what our students have worked on at camp.
The Nelly Berman School Music Camp is one of the best kept secrets in Philadelphia!
Videos from Past Summer Camps
Dr. Ariane Alexander Teaching Music History in Last Year’s Summer Camp 2022
Dr. Jean-Francois Teaching Composition Through Sibelius Software in Last Year’s Summer Camp 2022
Student Rehearsals Playlist
Friday End of Week Quiz Playlist
Master Classes Playlist
Summer Lessons
Summer lessons work a little differently than during the school year. Lessons are scheduled on a weekly basis around your vacations. If your teachers are unavailable, we will provide a substitute, which is also a wonderful opportunity for your child to get feedback from a new perspective, learn new repertoire, work on scales, technique, and theory. A $200 deposit is due by July 6th, and then an invoice for any remaining balance will be sent to you later in July.
“Take 5” – Five lessons to explore a new style or approach to music, including:
- Try a new instrument of your choice this summer!
- “Broadway Tunes” – voice lessons focused on music theater, taught by Dr. Nathaniel McEwen and Marina Voznaya
- “Intro to Jazz” – jazz scales & chords on the piano, with Ethan Lee
- “Music Theory & Music History” – group Zoom lessons taught by Dr. Ariane Alxander
- Technique intensives for violin, cello & clarinet
- Intensive supervised study with multiple in-person lessons a week
- 10-Week Music History and Theory Course with Dr. Ariane Alexander