Virginia Bocal Majority Bassoon Camp

and Operation O.B.O.E. Camp – Virginia Camp 2024

APPLY HERE!!!

Artist-Instructors:

Ryan Romine, Professor of Bassoon at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music

Stephen Key, Professor of Oboe at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music

with these faculty members too:

Stephen Key and Ryan Romine

When: July 8-13, 2024

Registration / Sign-in takes place at 10:00-11:00am Monday morning

Where: Shenandoah Conservatory | Winchester, VA

Cost: 

$500 for commuter students

$700 for ADRIT commuter students

$800 for residential students

$1,000 for ADRIT residential students

Residential cost includes 3 meals per day (starting with lunch on Monday), commuter cost includes lunch daily starting on Monday

Who: any oboe or bassoon player (beginner, intermediate, advanced divisions)

This is a really great event to come learn reed-making and adjusting, play some great double-reed chamber music and get to work with some AMAZING faculty members and guest artists!

Residential students get to stay in modern dorms in double occupancy rooms (last year we had single occupancy, but we won’t know until later in the plans if that will be the case this year).  Adult RAs stay in the dorms for 24 access and supervision, including our camp manager. We are an accepting and inclusive organization: individuals identifying as non-binary are welcomed and accommodated.

 

General Daily Schedule (Sample – each day may be slightly adjusted for special programming)

8:00-9:00am                   Breakfast
9:00-9:45am                   Required individual practice time
10:00-10:55am               Special Topics (Premier: Masterclass)
11:00-11:55am                Reed-making session 1
12:00-1:00pm                 Lunch
1:10-2:10pm                   Reed-making session 2
2:15-3:30pm                   Small Ensembles
3:30-3:45pm                   Break
3:50-4:15pm                   Faculty Recital
4:20-4:55pm                   Large Ensemble
4:55-5:00pm                   Packup
5:00-6:00pm                   Dinner
6:00-7:00pm                   Individual time/room/practice
7:00-10:00pm                 Evening activity
10:00pm                         Lights out – students in their own rooms

THERE WILL BE AN ALL- CAMP RECITAL ON THE LAST DAY OF CAMP at 11am – all friends and family are invited to attend (no admission fee).

Pack List for Residential Camps

At our camps we do not require formal attire and you usually don’t have to buy special things ahead of time for your stay in the dorms.  But here is a general pack list for you at your discretion:

  • Neat, casual, modest attire
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Shower supplies
  • Shower shoes (if desired)
  • Toiletries
  • Cell phone (Dorm rooms do not have phones. There may be a lobby phone available for calling card use but not guaranteed)
  • Healthy snacks if desired
  • Alarm clock (on your phone is fine)
  • Your musical instrument
  • Pencil
  • Notebook for taking notes during the classes
  • Extra cash for incidental expenses such as vending machines, supplemental snacks
  • Money (cash, check, credit card) for purchases in our Bocal Majority store (supplies, tools, reeds, cane, gifts)
  • Optional recreational items such as cameras, playing cards, board games
  • Talent for the low budget talent show
  • Linens for the bed, blanket, pillow, towels, etc…