Summer Camp
2012 Registration Open!
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Summer Camp, held annually the last two weeks of July, is a fun and educational experience for kids in 2nd to 8th grades, and also serves as the only audition into the Savannah Children’s Choir.
The camp pairs instructors earning advanced degrees in music education and related fields with talented kids. The instructors from top universities are selected to bring the latest techniques, materials and activities. The full-day camp offers musically-interested children classes in sight singing, music history, music theory and more.
Every day includes free play time, lunch time, snacks and afternoon enrichment. This special feature of SCC’s Summer Camp lets the campers enjoy a customized lecture or concert, with time for questions and hands on experience. Afternoon enrichment also teaches proper audience etiquette.
Camp culminates in a public concert the last Friday of July at 7 p.m.
Do you have a child who is too young for a full day camp experience? The SCC also offers a Mini-Choral Camp for 4-7 year olds who love to sing!
Choose from one of two one-week half-day sessions, where younger children will have so much fun they won’t notice they’re learning solid musical concepts. Mini-Camp includes a healthy morning snack, and Mini-Campers also take part in the End-of-Camp Concert.
Meet our 2012 Instructors:
Cora Palfy, Music Theory
Ms. Palfy returns for her fourth year teaching Music History.
She is a Georgia native in her second year at Northwestern. She completed a bachelor of arts and sciences at the University of Georgia in 2009, where she double-majored in music theory and music education. Ms. Palfy has interned with the Savannah Children’s Choir for the past three years, and feels privileged to teach music theory to students ranging from second through eighth grade. She has presented original research at UGA’s Music Research Symposium (2008, 2009), the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium (2011), and the Systematic Musicology Conference in Montreal, Canada (2012). She is interested in musical narrativity, identity, and specifically in the interaction between a listener’s physical response to music and the perception of agency.
Marshaun Hymon, Sight Singing & Vocal Technique
A fourth-year undergraduate student at the Florida State University College of Music, Marshaun Hymon is currently pursuing his Bachelors degree in Choral Music Education. Mr. Hymon serves as a member of the Board of Advisors (a select group of students who provide academic advising to first year students and assist in the transition into university life) and as the undergraduate representative for all of the choral ensembles within the College. Mr. Hymon is a member of the University Singers and currently serves as the Treasurer for the Gospel Choir at FSU, and has also worked as a Night Counselor with the Florida State University Summer Music Camps.
Also active outside the College of Music, Mr. Hymon is a member of the American Choral Directors Association and was recently elected Treasurer for the National Association for Music Education Collegiate. He is currently an intern for the Capital Children’s Choir in Tallahassee, FL.
Jamie Leigh O’Neil, Music History
Jamie Leigh O’Neil is a first year master’s student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, earning her degree in Flute Performance. She received her Bachelor’s in Music Therapy from the University of Georgia in December of 2009. She then completed her internship at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City where she was privileged to work with many amazing children and families. While there she completed a research project on the effects of Music Therapy on the pain perception levels of children receiving chemotherapy. While in school, Ms. O’Neil works as a teacher at Gymboree Play and Music, leading a number of play, music, and art classes for children ages 0-5years. On the side she also teaches private music lessons and occasionally plays as a sub statute flutist for The Phantom of the Opera: Las Vegas Spectacular. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, the Las Vegas Flute Ensemble, and the Las Vegas Flute Club.
Jeffrey Delman, Music Theater
Jeffrey Delman graduated with honors from the Capital University Conservatory of Music in Columbus, Ohio. During his years at Capital, Mr. Delman served as an intern for the Columbus Youth Chorale and an assistant director for two show choirs hailing from Kettering, Ohio. He is a former music team member and baritone section leader for The Alliance Chorus, and has sung at international competitions in Louisville, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Denver, and Nashville. He has also toured nationally as a conducting and student leadership instructor for Fred J. Miller, Inc. While in Texas, Delman thoroughly enjoyed serving as Head Director of Choirs for Conroe High School. He is currently a graduate candidate in the choral conducting program at Louisiana State University under the direction of Kenneth Fulton and Jonathan Dickson.
Nikki McDaniel, Movement/Choreography
Nikki McDaniel is currently studying at the Savannah College of Art Design. Originally a performing arts major, she has recently changed majors to interior design with a minor in dance. Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, performing arts has been a part of her life since early childhood. Having studied ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, swing, and African, Ms. McDaniel has also participated in Show Choir. Ms. McDaniel has taught ages 3-18 for four years at Barriskill Dance Theatre (NC) and Odette Dance Conservatory (GA).
In addition to her studies, she also works as a teacher assistant at the Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts.
Emily Kline, Mini-Camp
Emmy Kline is currently a senior earning her Bachelors in Music Education with a Certificate in Special Music Education at Florida State University. She is involved in a variety of organizations within the College of Music including the Student Board of Advisors, Sigma Alpha Iota National Music Fraternity for Women, and Collegiate National Association for Music Education. Ms. Kline is the current holder of the Manley R. Whitcomb Scholarship – awarded to one student with potential for significant contributions to the field of music education. She is currently on staff with the Spanish River High School Silver Sound Band in Boca Raton, Florida, and works with several other band programs in North Florida.
Want to work with the most talented kids in Savannah?
Are you a college student working towards a Masters or Doctorate in music education or related field?
Learn more about our Summer Camp experience, which pairs a diverse group of musically interested children from age 4 to 8th grade with talented instructors who want to put into practice what they’ve been learning in the classroom.
Instructors are provided housing and a generous stipend and — according to past instructors — one of most valuable experiences of their education!
Contact our Director of Education for application materials.
