Summer Camp: High School Theory

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To register and learn more, go to https://drive.google.com/file/d/16xv2ojpEdt3WK4ppWa1LD7Chkg5PixnL/view This camp is designed to give high school students a sample of basic college music theory. It will help any student who is considering music as a major in college. Or it will help anyone who is excited about expanding his/her basic knowledge of music. PRIOR music reading ability IS necessary. In the week-long session students will deal with traditional music theory of functional harmony; the ideas of keys and key signatures, along with chord structures, part-writing and basic analysis. Additionally, time will be spent covering a variety of approaches to composition by composers of the 20th and 21st centuries including whole-tone, pentatonic, quartal, quintal, octatonic, and 12-tone theory. Camp Dates: July 6-10, 2026 Camp Times: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Cost: $150.00 per week. Limit 15 students (one group). Grades 10,11,12. Younger students are admitted in special instances. Location for all piano camps: Wainwright Music Building, Meredith College. Contact Tom Lohr at lohrt@meredith.edu or 919-760-8378 with questions.