Curriculum

    The page below is from 2008 camp.  The 2010 curriculum page will be updated soon!

    This year's curriculum will have a similar content, except that there will be more
    elective choices, including yoga & harmonica!

    For the daily schedule we'll keep switching classes frequently to give everyone a
    variety of experiences and keep everyone on their toes--we're just revamping it to
    incorporate new programs and elective offerings.

    The new page will also include our schedule of field trips and gigs.  And, most
    importantly, it will incorporate these new programs:  

    Bow-Dacious Rock Band
    ACME Adult Chamber Music Ensemble
    Expanded offerings in guitar and claw hammer banjo.

    Please come back later and check us out!

    2008 Curriculum Page


Although the Bow-Dacious String Band World-on-a-String
Summer Camp is primarily a music camp, we recognize
that music does not exist in a vacuum.   We strive to help
campers understand how the music they are learning
relates to various cultural and social situations, and
how music can interact in exciting ways with other art
forms.  To achieve these goals, we have included these
elements in our curriculum:

Technique classes & string theory  (sectionals)

Jamming

Visual arts / Multi-media project

Teachers' Workshops

Here's a sample daily schedule, so you can get some idea of how your day will go:

Daily Schedule
Group
Time
Violin A
Violin B
Violin C
Viola
Cello
Guitar
Adults
8:30
All check in with Camp Manager
8:45
All meet for morning hello, announcements, yoga stretch warm-ups
9:15
Fiddle by ear
Sectionals
Sectionals
Fiddle by ear
Sectionals
Sectionals
Sectionals
10:00
Break
10:10
Sectionals
Fiddle by ear
Fiddle by ear
Sectionals
Bass Class
Sectionals
Sectionals
11:00
Recess: Store open
11:20
Big Group Rehearsal
12:10
Lunch
Groups
Home groups 1 & 2
Home groups 3 & 4
1:10

Art Class
Guided jamming
2:00
Workshop
2:30
Break
2:40
Guided jamming

Art class
3:30
Workshop
4:00
Guided jamming & other supervised activities
5:00
Dinner
7:00
Evening activities