WALCK MTI HeadshotJessica Walck currently holds the position of Associate Artistic Director and acting Director of Education at The Naples Players in Naples, FL.  As an educator, Jessica has led several acting intensives for students of all ages.  In addition to teaching acting she has also led classes in playwriting, stage combat, improv, musical theatre and movement. 

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STAROBA MTI HeadshotPAUL STAROBA is currently the Associate Conductor of Company starring Katrina Lenk and Patti Lupone on Broadway. Other conducting credits include: Broadway: A Christmas Carol, My Fair Lady, War Paint, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Next to Normal, A Little Night Music, and Grey Gardens. 

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CIRKER MTI HeadshotChristine Cirker is an Off-Broadway director and producer, focusing primarily on new work in NYC. She currently serves as Producing Director of F.A.B. Women@TBG, the women’s development group at The Barrow Group in New York City. Most recently she produced F.A.B. Summer Plays by Women Festival (The Barrow Group), where she directed Bara Swain’s The Wonder of You and Charlotte Ortiz Colavin’s Take Flight.

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Admission and Audition Process:

  1. 28082623320 cebed1ce66 c 2Complete Online Registration HERE, submit audition videos (see breakdown below), teacher information for teacher recommendation and a $75 non-refundable application fee. Please note, the $500 deposit will be due upon admission to the program. 
  2. Once application and fee have been processed and the teacher recommendation has been received, NEMC Registrar, Bethany Niedbala, will email next steps.
  3. All materials will be sent to faculty for review.
  4. Students will be notified on a rolling basis. Deposit due upon admission. 

To inquire, email 

Audition specifications per instrumentation listed below.

 

Audition Specifications

  1. Auditions must be videos. Please no audio-only submissions.
  2. Please state your full name at the beginning of your audition recording.
  3. Please feel free to use a backing track, metronome or someone else playing a rhythmic accompaniment.

Video 1: All applicants should be prepared to play one dorian scale and one major scale of your choice two octaves up and down.

Video 2: Please follow the directions below.

Please choose from one of the following charts:

  1. Billie’s Bounce
  2. Satin Doll
  3. Blue Bossa
  4. Four

SAXOPHONE (Alto, Tenor, Bari), TRUMPET, TROMBONE (Tenor, Bass)

  1. Play one chorus of the melody
  2. Improvise two choruses
  3. Solo transcription of your choice.

BASS (Upright, Electric), TUBA

  1. Play one chorus of the melody
  2. Walk two choruses
  3. Improvise two choruses

PIANO/GUITAR

  1. Play the melody
  2. Comp two choruses
  3. Improvise two choruses

DRUMS

  1. Play time for one chorus
  2. Improv one chorus
  3. Provide one chorus of Swing, Latin and Funk/Rock
  4. Vibraphone players, please follow directions for Sax, Trumpet, Bone.  

 

Instrumentalists and vocalists at New England Music Camp spend their mornings in four one-hour periods of music taught by a prestigious faculty of professional performers and educators from universities, colleges, and highly recognized public and private school music programs. A 4:1 faculty to student ratio provides an environment rich in sharing and learning. Students and their teachers at home often remark that “one summer of music at NEMC is like a year at home”!

Campers at New England Music Camp design their own schedules, choosing from a wide range of classes. The weekly schedule includes two one half-hour private lessons, with the option to add additional lesson time, and participation in one or more of the major performing groups. Public performances take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm at our outdoor amphitheater, the Bowl-in-the-Pines.

Snow Pond Center for the Arts is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Snow Pond Center for the Arts makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. 

clarinet teacherFaculty members at New England Music Camp are carefully chosen for both their achievements as professional performers and their recognition for excellence in teaching. We live in a close knit community where we dine family style and many of our faculty enjoy joining the campers on the recreation fields.

 

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