SFEMS Children's Music Discovery Workshop

(ARS Workshop Member)
June 23-28, 2013 (day camp)

Alcina and Ruggiero: Sorceress and Knight

Director: Letitia Berlin

The Music Discovery Workshop is a summer day camp for kids ages 7-15. Campers explore early music and history each year through instrument class, ensembles, dance, and a theater project that involves the entire workshop community. This summer we focus on George Frideric Handel's England. Our play brings to life the tale of the sorceress Alcina and the knight Ruggiero in drama, dance, and song. The Music Discovery campers present Handel's music from his opera Alcina and others of his works-and from Italian composer Francesca Caccini, who set the same story before Handel. Everyone who goes to Alcina's island is trapped by a spell and turned into a rock or a plant. Will Ruggiero's girlfriend Bradamante be able to rescue them?

Featuring recorder faculty Louise Carslake. Other faculty: Tish Berlin, musicianship; Shula Kleinerman, theater project and dance; Carla Moore, violin and viola; Farley Pearce, cello and viola da gamba; Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord.

Check out the Music Discovery Workshop brochure (pdf) or request a paper copy mailed to you from sfems@sfems.org.

Catch some of the fun from the 2012 Music Discovery Workshop.

Sorry, grownups, this is a children's day camp only. Out-of-town students, please contact the director regarding accommodations with host families. Some financial aid available.

Faculty

Tish Berlin, director and musicianship
Louise Carslake, recorder
Shula Kleinerman, theater project and dance
Carla Moore, violin/viola
Farley Pearce, cello/viola da gamba
Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord

Venue

School of the Madeleine
1225 Milvia St (between Berryman and Eunice)
Berkeley, CA

Camp Schedule

Sunday June 23rd, 6 pm	Faculty concert and student orientation
Monday-Thursday: 9 am-3 pm	Children may arrive by 8:30. After camp care by prior arrangement with director, up to 5:30 pm.
Friday June 28th: 9 am-3 pm	Children may stay on campus from 3-5 pm. If they are picked up at 3, they must be back on campus by 5 pm to prepare for final recital.
Friday, 5:00 pm	Final recital and theater project (5:30), followed by potluck feast.

Parents: after you have enrolled, please print the welcome packet. Fill out the Personal Information form and return it to Tish.

Contact Us

For more information, please contact
Tish Berlin, Director: discoveryworkshop@sfems.org, 510-559-4670

Please check our website later, as we will keep updating it with more information.

Last updated 05/17/2013.