Following the good news that arrived from the Canada Council for the Arts, I have been working with our Artist-in-Residence violinist Marc Djokic who received a grant to have Juno Award-Winning Composer Jocelyn Morlock to write a new work about CAMMAC. We have been in touch with Jocelyn Morlock, who will write a multi-movement work…
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The mountain hike is a decades-long tradition that I started attending as a child, and then for which I took over the leadership at least 25 years ago and have lost count when this happened. We generally leave shortly after lunch on Sunday in car pools from the parking lot driving 5km north to Lakeview,…
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Exclusively for CAMMAC members Great opportunities to come to the Music Centre in a small group or as an individual. Come and practice, read, or just relax! You are your own program.* How about these prices! Try and find a better deal anywhere. $85 per person for groups of 4 or more Per night, 3…
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Deadline: December 15, 2018 REGISTRATION FEES WAIVED UNTIL NOVEMBER 30 2018 Entry limit per person: 2 entries Categories: 13 years and under; 14 – 20 years old; 21 years and older Instrumentation: Minimum 2 and up to 8 of listed below: Violin Viola Cello Piano Guitar Voice Recorder Woodwinds Brass Harp Theme:…
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I have been coming to CAMMAC as a chamber music coach and orchestra conductor for some 25 years. I remember well when I came back to teach for my second summer thinking: I had better lessen my expectations… Because my experience the previous year, my first, was so positive, so full of friendship, wonderful people…
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On behalf of CAMMAC, it is a privilege for me to honour Louise’s memory. The music camp located on the shores of Lake MacDonald was her second home and CAMMAC members became Louise’s second family. Louise spent most of her summers there for the last 56 years! She was there for five weeks during the summer of 2015, taking advantage of her favorite classes: the big morning choir, active listening, voice master classes, a cappella choir, history and recorder. Her love of singing was profound.
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Recorder playing has been a foundation of the musical traditions of CAMMAC, dating to the very founding of our organization over 60 years ago. Recorder classes for the young and for the young at heart are, indeed, offered EVERY week of the summer musical camp. Musicians of all levels seriously embrace it and make it sound like the amazing instrument it is. What makes it so amazing? Despite its very simple design (just a piece of wood or of plastic in which a few holes are drilled), the recorder has a charming sound, can be adapted to several repertoires and is very easy to transport! What could be better? In my most humble and unbiased (!!) opinion, the recorder is the Queen of all instruments.
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Ah, where to begin as to the wonderful people that I have met over my five years of teaching at CAMMAC? How to describe them, their energy, their depth, and their inventiveness? There are so many to include, I simply cannot do them all justice, but nonetheless, I shall try.
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Do you know Minicammac, son of Barbacammac, the scary pirate? Or Cammacoucou, the extra-terrestrial? Have you ever seen Patrica Abbott, our artistic director, make a remarkable entrance in the Lucy Concert Hall, in a canoe, while wearing a life jacket, dressed as Elisabeth II, the Queen of England?
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‘Grandma, just look! It’s glorious!’
This was Madeleine’s response to the breathtaking scene we awoke to the first morning. It was the beginning of an unforgettable week.
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