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Music Fest!

June 25 - 29, 2012

MUSIC FEST! is an annual event, an opportunity for students age 12 – 18 to grow musically and socially in a day camp setting on the beautiful CSI campus!

Downloadable Registration Form

Overview

Students participate in many areas of music and have the opportunity to interact with and learn from caring and capable instructors, who have been specially chosen for their expertise from throughout the northwest. On the last evening of the camp, family and friends are treated to a very special Music Fest concert free of charges!

Classes

There are a wide variety of classes to choose from! All students are required to take Choir and at least one Repertoire and Technique class in their major area in addition to technique classes in their Major. Beyond that, students have the opportunity to pick other elective classes to study during the week.

Major Area Choices

  • Vocals
  • Band
  • Strings
  • Musical Theater
  • Handbells
  • Piano
  • Organ

Elective Classes

  • Handbell Technique
  • Band Technique
  • Orchestra Technique
  • Intermediate Piano Ensemble
  • Advanced Piano Ensemble
  • Beginning Organ
  • Musical Theatre
  • Handbells Small Ensembles
  • Beginning Piano
  • Piano Master Class / Piano Through the Ages
  • Advanced Choir
  • Jazz Band Ensemble
  • String Ensembles
  • Intermediate Piano Ensemble
  • Advanced Piano Ensemble
  • Handbells (Multiple Bells)
  • Beginning Organ
  • Girls’ Choir
  • Band Chamber Ensembles (brass/woodwind)

Scholarship and Fees

Earlybird scholarships of $50 will be granted to ALL students whose registration and all fees are received no later than March 15, 2012. All registrations and fees received between March 16 and May 1 will pay the regular rate. No registrations will be accepted if received after May 1, 2012. Tuition includes a $25 non-refundable deposit.

  • Camp Tuition:
    • By March 15, 2012: $125
    • March 16 - May 1, 2012: $175
  • Lunches: $30
  • Friday Dinner: $10
  • Housing:  $15/night
  • Half-Hour Private Lessons: $15 each
  • Camp Photo: $10

Faculty 2012

Music Fest is honored to host some of the most talented music teachers in the state and beyond! Here is a sample of the talent featured at the camp.

Linda Berg, Musical Theatre
Linda is the Director of the Capital City Children's Chorus and the All City Elementary Honor Choir in Boise. Linda is and Adjunct Instructor of Voice at Boise State University. She holds a Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin. Linda has been a soloist in opera, oratorio, musical theatre, and recitals.

Kevin Brower, Choir
Kevin graduated from Utah State University and pursued a Masters Degree from BYU and later a Doctorate from Arizona State University. Kevin is currently the Chairman of the Music Department at BYU Idaho.

Marcellus Brown, Band/Brass
Marcellus is currently the Director of Bands at Boise State. A Detroit native, Marcellus taught at Chicago State University and Austana College. He holds a Masters of Music from the University of Michigan.

Sue Miller, Piano
A Twin Falls native, Sue has a Bachelor of Music from George Mason University, a Bachelor of Arts from Idaho State University, and a Maters Degree from Boise State University. Sue is a piano, organ, and theory instructor at the College of Southern Idaho.

Del Parkinson, Piano
Del has a Doctorate of Music from Indiana University. He has done graduate study at Julliard in New York and in London, England. Del Parkinson performed a debut recital at Carnegie Hall and is currently Professor of Piano at Boise State University.

Barbara Mix, Handbells, Organ
Graduate of University of Wyoming in Piano Performance and Music Education, K-12.  Currently has music studio teaching piano, church organ, and three handchime choirs for homeschooled youth. She is the organist, pianist, choir accompanist, and handbell director at First Presbyterian Church of Twin Falls.

Dallin Hansen, Strings
Dallin has a DMA degree in violin performance from Arizona State University, a M.M. degree in orchestral conducting from BYU, and a B.M. degree in Music Education from BYU.  He has soloed throughout Utah, Idaho, and Arizona.  Mr. Hansen’s orchestral and chamber music experience includes performance tours of Europe and Russia with the BYU Chamber Orchestra, performances with the Utah Symphony, and as first violinist of the ASU Chamber Players (ASU’s top mixed chamber ensemble).  Dalin is a faculty member at BYU-Idaho, where he directs the string pedagogy program, teaches applied violin, and performs with the Serenata Strings faculty quartet at BYU-Idaho.

Phyllis Tincher, Handbells
Phyllis Tincher has been solo ringing since 1997 and has directed adult and youth handbell choirs since 1993.  She has served as guest conductor at festivals and taught at handbell conferences and workshops.  She is active in the Northwest area of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, served as Chair for the area in 2000-2002, and currently is the publisher their monthly email newsletter.  Phyllis has made four CDs together with Sean Rogers, pianist:  Ring Praise, Ring Praise 2, Ring Praise 3 (collections of hymns arrangements), and a Christmas CD, Come to the Manger.

Contact Information

For more information or to obtain a registration form, stop by the CSI Fine Arts Center, call Camille Barigar at (208)732-6288, or call Chenele Dixon at 735-1844.

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