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 OVERNIGHT
CHOIR CAMP 2005
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Glenda
Crawford, Conductor
Janet
Stachow, Assistant Conductor
Sheldon
Rose, Accompanist
August
7 - 13, 2005
For
children aged 8 to 13
Claremont
Conservation Field Centre
Claremont,
Ontario (North of Pickering)
The
Oakville Children’s Choir gratefully acknowledges
the financial assistance of
The Community Foundation of Oakville
The
Oakville Children’s Choir is pleased to offer an overnight choir
camp for the summer of 2005. This 7-day camp is ideal for children
aged 8 to 13 who want to have a residential camp experience where
the focus will be on choral singing for treble voices. This camp
will be an introduction to choral music and will appeal to a broad
range of children who may have no experience to perhaps singing in
a school, church, or community choir.
 The
program offers young singers an enriched musical experience, where
they will learn exciting repertoire and receive exceptional vocal
instruction by some of Ontario’s finest professional musicians.
Paired with the singing component, the children will learn about
the outdoors and the environment and enjoy physical activities and
team-building games, led by the Field Centre staff.
The
choir camp concludes with a final concert for family and friends.
CLAREMONT
FIELD CENTRE
The
Claremont Field Centre is one of three residential educational
facilities operated by The Toronto and Region Conservation
Authority. The Centre is located in the 160 hectare Claremont
Conservation Area, North of Pickering. Duffins Creek flows through
the area integrating with the abundant mixed forests, lowlands,
and plantation areas.
The
Claremont Field Centre is a beautiful self-contained cedar
engineered-log chalet complete with dorms for choristers and
staff, a large dining hall, a spacious lounge, and teaching areas.
Food service staff provide healthy, wholesome meals and can
accommodate special food concerns.
The
Centre is wheelchair accessible.
Artistic
Staff
Glenda
Crawford, Conductor
 Glenda
Crawford studied voice and choral techniques at the University of
Western Ontario, holds a Master of Music and honours degrees in
Education and Music Education. In addition to the Oakville
Children’s Choir, Glenda teaches with the Peel Board of
Education and Brock University. She has taught conducting at the
RCM, conducted the Milton Choristers, and the Summer Children’s
Camp for Choirs Ontario. Glenda has received awards for Arts
Leadership (Oakville), been nominated for the Oakville Athena
Award and, most recently, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal -
recognizing her contribution to the community.
Janet
Stachow, Assistant Conductor
Janet
Stachow is active as a music teacher in the Peel Board of
Education. Janet graduated from the University of Toronto with a
Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education degree, and from the
Royal Conservatory of Music earned two ARCT’s and the
Artist-Teacher Diploma. As a composer, she has won several prizes
and has composed several pieces for the Oakville Children’s
Choir. Janet accompanies the Senior and Cherub Choirs of the
Oakville Children’s Choir. She also oversees the Oakville
Children’s Choir Cherub Musicianship program.
Sheldon
Rose, Accompanist
Sheldon
G. Rose holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto.
He has extensive choral experience, as a chorister and graduate of
St. Michael’s Choir School in Toronto, as a church organist for
more than two decades, and as a former choirmaster for the Appleby
College Chapel Choir. Sheldon accompanies the Intermediate and
Chamber Choirs.
A
Note to Parents
The
Oakville Children’s Choir Choir Camp is a safe, happy
environment for young people. Campers are under constant
supervision of adult staff, individually trained in their
provision of instruction and the various activities they are
engaged to provide. Staff are certified to administrator First Aid
and handle medical emergencies.
The
Claremont Field Centre has excellent kitchen staff who make sure
meals are nutritionally balanced and appealing.
A
camper who deliberately breaks any clearly stated camp rule or
otherwise exhibits unusual disciplinary problems will be sent home
with no refund of fees. Parents will be notified by the Camp
Director.
Cellular
phones are not permitted.
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CHOIR
CAMP CONCERT
Saturday,
August 13, 1:30 p.m.
Clarement
Field Centre
Two
free tickets per family
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Registration
Information
A
maximum of 50 campers will be accepted on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Applications
must be accompanied by full payment of $450 per camper. This fee
includes a choir camp t-shirt to be worn by the camper at the
final concert, and two concert tickets for the participant’s
family.
Registration
is open to boys and girls (unchanged voices) who are between the
ages of 8 and 13 as of August 1, 2005.
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Camp
Activities
Rehearsals
Social events
Campfires
Team building games
Outdoor Sports/Activities
Talent/Skit night
Crafts
Final concert performance for parents and friends |
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Registration
forms must be received in the Oakville Children’s Choir office
by: Friday, July 22, 2005
Upon
acceptance of registration, a complete camp package will be
mailed.
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The
Oakville Children’s Choir
123
Maurice Drive, Suite 203
Oakville,
ON L6K 2W6
Telephone/Fax:
905-337-7104
E-mail:
info@oakvillechildrenschoir.org
Web
site: www.oakvillechildrenschoir.org
Charitable
Registration #: 88910 6571 RR0001 |
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To
develop each choristers as an all-round musician, theory,
musicianship, vocal coaching, and workshops with professional
artists are all components of the choral programme.
Competitions and touring also add to the chorister’s
experience. The choir’s wide range of repertoire, diverse
concert programming, and its high standard of performance have
earned it an excellent reputation within the performing arts
community—both locally and internationally.
The
MEC Day Camp, held at the Oakville Christian School, welcomes
any child, with or without prior musical training, to
experience an exciting summer music programme. No auditions
are held, and campers represent a broad spectrum of
backgrounds and experience.