Camp will be held at the Ponderosa Retreat and Conference Center Tuesday, May 28 - Friday, May 31, 2024.  

Details

The camp cost is $285 and is due by May 15, 2024.  Please make checks payable to WAM (Western Academy of Music). Write "camp fee" and student's name in the memo line. If you pay with cash, please put it in an envelope labeled with the student's name. We cannot accept payments via Venmo or Zelle because they do not support non-profits.

Arrive at camp on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at Pine Lodge (follow signs) at 3:00PM.  Please let us know if you want or need to carpool; we can help make arrangements!

Pick up from camp on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Pine Lodge at 2:30PM. Please be on time or late fees will be charged by the camp. 

Please print and fill out the Registration Form and the Photo Waiver Form. If your student drives, please also fill out the Camp Permission Form. These forms will be collected at camp drop off.

What to Bring

• Music, Instrument, & Rosin

• Bedding: Sleeping bag or sheets, blankets, pillow

• Towels and wash rags, etc, toiletries

• Clothes: Comfortable clothes, enough for 4 days. Be prepared for hot, cold and/or rainy days. 

***bring extra pants, shoes, and socks in case you get wet in the rain***

COAT (nights are cold!!!!)

Raincoat and boots (it looks like it might be a wet year)

• Food: BRING SNACKS AND DRINKS!!! Most of us drag a cooler. There are a couple of refrigerators available in the 2 dorms for us to use, but a cooler is helpful.

Some of you have dietary needs with allergies, vegans, gluten free, etc. Some of you just like your stuff. BRING ANYTHING YOU WANT TO! The kids share

snacks, so send a share item if you want to. You can just schlepp it home if the kids don't eat it.

• Other: Money in case you want to buy ice cream and snacks at the "Snack Shack" and “Coffee Bar”

• Phone, phone chargers, tablets

• Flashlight

• Games such as soccer ball, frisbee, board games, cards, etc.

• Medicine and Epi Pens! Please make sure to fill out medical form.

• If your child can drive and are allowed to leave Ponderosa Camp to have a meal in Monument, please fill out this form. Parents - you must be the one to give this form to the teachers!

Auditions

If you are interested in auditioning for a chair in Chamber, please review the auditions spots found here.

If you are interested in auditioning for a chair in Symphony, please review the auditions spots found here. 

Auditions will take place at camp. Day and time TBD.

Concert Order

Sinfonia

• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Corelli Concert

•  Jesu, Joy of a Man's Desiring

• Little Fugue in g minor

Chamber Orchestra

• Rondeau

• Tempest

• Hungarian Dance

• Abduction from the Seraglio

• Phantom of the Opera

Symphony Orchestra

• Overture to West Side Story

• Concerto in g minor for Two Cellos

• Elegie por Viola

• Elgar Cello Concerto, Mvt 4

• Adagio for Strings

• Toccata

• Chaccone in c minor for Viola

• Meditation de Thais

• Kabalevsky Cello Concerto, Mvt 1

• Beethoven Symphony #5, Mvt 4