Mark O'Connor Camps/Conferences
Mark O'Connor String Camp - New York City 2010 Info (NYC Sold Out for 2010)
Mark O'Connor on stage to play for the students (photo Greg Kessler)
New York City - Violin Students $650, Viola and Cello Students $500 (does not include room and board) Rooms available for our attendees at YMCA - walking distance, or near by luxury hotels.
Mark O'Connor String Camp
New York City - July 26 - 30, 2010
Instruction from twenty of the world's leading string players in all styles (Classical, Jazz, Folk Fiddling and World Music) Violin, Viola and Cello.
Location for all events are contained in one city block in New York City (a block from Lincoln Center)
*Society For Ethical Culture (Student/Faculty Concerts nightly - free to the public)
*Ethical Culture Fieldston School (teaching classes during the day)
*YMCA (63rd & Central Park West) Conference Rate for all String Camp Students. Higher priced lodging available within walking distance.
New York City: Arrive: Sunday before camp begins.
Depart: Saturday, (the last event is Friday night)
Check-in runs from 3:00 PM until 9 PM EST on Sunday at the YMCA (63rd and Central Park West) New York City. All classes and concerts are held at the Fieldstone School (between 63rd and 64th Central Park West) Monday through Friday. Classes start Monday morning. Concerts are held every evening at 7:00 PM at the Society For Ethical Culture (64th and Central Park West). The last event of the week is the Friday night student/faculty concert. It is usually over by 11:00 PM. Participation by students in any of the concerts is optional. Dress is always casual. Most people choose to leave Saturday morning.
New York City Instructors are listed on other page.
TEACHER'S TRAINING COURSE ($300)
Pam Wiley - O'Connor Violin Method
This course in an alternative to the regular camp tuition of $650. This course is for those who are interested in teaching beginning students, participants will receive credits (in service and professional development). The materials covered will be based on Mark O'Connor's new Method Book I and II released November 2009. The new O'Connor Violin Method is a comprehensive manual that takes the student from the very beginning, featuring tunes from the Americas. The two sessions per day course will allow one class per day with one of the other Camp instructors being featured for the 3rd period. Mark O'Connor will sit in on some of the classes.
The NYC Camp offered a Teacher's Training program with 40 teachers enrolled using the O'Connor Violin Method Book I and II. This program offered Professional Development Hours for teachers enrolling in the 5 day program at the NYC camp endorsed by the New York American String Teachers Association (NYASTA). We will hold this course at the Camp again in 2010.
Forty-Five (45) Professional Development hours will be awarded through the New York American String Teachers Association, a major affiliate of the New York State School Music Association. Teachers should check with their respective school districts regarding acceptance of professional development hours.
Registration began January, 2010 at www.markoconnor.com. Tuition for violin students will be $650; tuition for viola and cello students will be $500; lodging and food will be the responsibility of each student. Tuition for the Teacher's Training Course is $300. Participation in all five days of the Camp is required of students. YMCA room rates start at $85 per night, single and double occupancy available. (area NYC Hotels are plentiful for higher prices) The camp is first come first serve and has a capacity for 200 students. Asking for advanced and intermediate students as well as advanced professional students and teachers to participate. Beginning instruction will not be provided. All ages welcome - children and adults as well as professional musicians. Day Camp is offered for local students. Day campers who are at least 13 do not require guardians; students of minor age who will lodge at the YMCA or elsewhere will require a guardian to accompany them throughout the week.
For information and rates on instrument rentals for Mark O'Connor's New York String Camp, please contact Mike at Carroll Musical Instrument Rentals, located at 625 W 55th St Fl 6, New York, NY 10019, (212) 868-4120.
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NYC Check-in:
Check In: 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern Time, Sunday before Camp at the West
Side YMCA (Parkside Room). Orientation will be held on Sunday night,
June 26 at 8 PM at the West Side YMCA (King Alfonzo Room).
The West Side YMCA is located at: 16 West 63rd Street,
New York, NY 10023
Camp Schedule: You will receive the schedule for the week at check in.
Classes start on Monday morning at the Ethical Culture School building at
33 Central Park West at 9:30 AM Eastern Time. If you were not able to
check in on Sunday at the YMCA , check in at 9 AM on Monday in the lobby
(Green Room) of the Ethical Culture School building to get your name-tag
and schedule.
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The "Mark O'Connor String Camp" will take place for a five days, July 26 - 30, 2010 at the Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan. Located at 64th and Central Park West, in the heart of New York City! This beautiful 120-year-old concert hall and school was host to the first New York City camp in 2009! The Mark O'Connor team pulled out all the stops for our inaugural year. The faculty was one of the best collection we have ever assembled. And the faculty concerts took place in the same hall used by the Chamber Players of Lincoln Center. The acoustics are ideal for our concerts. The Fieldston School next door (in the same building) has graciously allowed us the use of their classrooms for our events. There will be two very large social rooms for guardians, teachers and students. After the daytime classes have completed, everyone can attend the faculty concerts each night and participate in the student concert the final evening. The 800-seat concert hall is gorgeous. We will have enough seats to invite audiences into the balcony area free of charge to see these special concerts. Our "campers" will have the orchestra seating on the floor, exclusively. On the same city block is inexpensive overnight housing at the YMCA. There is also higher priced hotels in the area within walking distance to the camp. There is a very large social room at the Y that the Camp will rent out for the week beginning at 10:00 p.m. for after hours jamming and socializing (for participants only). The students will have access to the pool and the exercise rooms all week, included in the cost of rooms if staying at the YMCA.
Directly across the street from our venue is Central Park for picnic lunches, recreation or taking in the beautiful scenes that are midtown NYC. We are also a block from Lincoln Center and the best restaurants in Manhattan. There are many inexpensive food options available in the same area.
We will also include a Teacher's Training program at our NYC camp featuring O'Connor's Method Book I & II authored by Mark O'Connor.
There will be In Service Credit, and Professional Development Hours for teachers enrolling in the 5 day program at the NYC camp. There will be two sessions per day of training. A 3rd session is free for the teacher to attend another class each day. This is program is offered at ($300).
Registration openend January 9th, 2010
GETTING TO NYC ON A LIMITED BUDGET
Here are some tips for saving money when traveling to and staying in New York City for the String Camp this summer. The YMCA rooms (located on the same block as Camp) averaged around $90 last summer, and if you signed up with someone to share a room, you can get that down to about $45 possibly (Write us if you are looking for a roommate at the Y). There is also is an inexpensive diner at the YMCA, where one can get hamburgers, hot dogs, cheese steaks...and the average price for a hot meal and drink last summer was about $8 to $10. NYC is accessible by Amtrak from most places in the N.E. easily. Flights in to NYC on the average can be cheaper than flying in to many American cites. If you fly in to the John F Kennedy International Airport you can take the AirTrain and the NYC Subway all the way to within walking distance of the YMCA and Camp for $7 (current price). Flying in to Newark International Airport you can take the NJ Transit for about the same costs. Flying into LaGuardia Airport can be more expensive getting in to the city as there is no train, but an inexpensive bus ride is possible. if you are on a tight budget, following some of these steps can help.
**SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR REGISTRATION PACKAGE** (2010 to be posted in January of 2010)
Violin Student: $650 - classes with approximately 10 teachers (does not include room and board)
Viola and Cello Students: $500 - assigned two teachers for each studio (does not include room and board)
Teacher Training: $300 - two periods per day totaling 15 hrs, one period with guest instructor from camp (does not include room and board)
Arrival Day: July 25th
Departure Day: July 31st
This Camp in NYC offers instruction in violin/fiddle, viola and cello.
On line registration at www.markoconnor.com in January 9th, 2010. Register as soon as possible to secure a spot (we sold out last year by March). Students under age 18 must also register a guardian separately to attend. Your registration does not include lodging or food (both of which is on your own). Your registration does include all classes, concerts and access to the social jamming after hours. Our designated over night accommodations for our staff and where students can rent inexpensive rooms as well is the YMCA (on he same block as our venue - 63rd and Central Park West). Many area Hotels are in the area for higher prices.
Refund policy: For New York City, a refund minus $50 per person will be given up until midnight Saturday, April 29, 2009. No refunds will be given after that date unless we receive a letter from a medical doctor giving a medical reason.
Registration will close at midnight Sunday, June 15 or when the Camp is full. If we take late registrations, a $50 fee will be applied for late registration. Notification of when registration is closing will be posted on the web site close to time.
Check in is from 3:00 PM to 9 PM on Sunday before Camp at the YMCA (a registration room will be reserved for us just off the lobby as you check in) and you will receive the week's schedule at that time. If you cannot arrive on Sunday, please come Monday morning to the registration room designated for our Camp at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School "Green Roon" (on the same block as the YMCA) to get your packet. Family members and friends may attend the concerts free of charge in the balcony of the concert hall. We request they sit in the balcony area with our other concert guests to ensure seating for those registered as faculty, students and guardians for the week. Check out: The last event of the week is the Friday night student/faculty concert which ends around 11:00 PM.
Lodging: There will be rooms at the YMCA (63rd and Central Park West) available to our Camp attendees to be reserved and paid for on your own. If you choose to stay at the YMCA, you should make them early in case they fill up. The price is very reasonable for NYC (dorm-like private rooms). Many higher priced hotels in the area, walking distances from the Camp.
Room price for double occupancy in a room at the YMCA is approximately $100 per night. Students can ask us about looking for a room mate to split the room and cost in advance. Your reservation includes:
access to the YMCA weight rooms, Steam rooms, Sauna, and pool. Plenty of of more luxury accommodations in the area. Please reserve your rooms in advance.
Mark O'Connor String Camp (New York City)
VIOLIN
VIOLA
CELLO
TEACHER'S TRAINING COURSE - O'Connor Violin Method
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The Mark O'Connor String Camp of New York City wishes to express appreciation for a special grant provided by The New York Community Trust-Wallace Special Projects Fund.
