Session Updates

Week 2!

Jul 27, 2010
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We've been busy practicing and having a good time here at PCP! Our first full week of camp was a healthy mix of fun activities and serious music study. During the hot days at camp swimming and boating have been a popular activity and a great break in the afternoon between musical activities.

On Thursday we went hiking at the Falls of Lana, a beautiful trek with a great water fall just across the lake from camp. What a wonderful afternoon!

Session 2, 2010

Jul 20, 2010
Somewhere over the rainbow

We are having a wonderful summer at Point Counterpoint! We had an amazing first session, complete with awesome performances of both chamber music and campfire skits, a trip to the playground and the faculty's Russian music concert, and watching the Brandon parade and our neighbor's fireworks for the 4th.

Though we will miss the campers from first session, we were thrilled to welcome our second session this week! The campers are enthusiastically getting involved in camp life at PCP, with get-to-know-you games and cabin activities.

Third Session

Aug 08, 2009
Gillian Rogell coaching one of our ensembles

We're having a great start to third session! All the campers are practicing hard and the ensembles are making some great music.

This week we were fortunate enough to welcome Gillian Rogell to Point CounterPoint. Rogell is the head of the Heart of Chamber Music Institute - a non-profit organization that seeks to enhance the experience of chamber music. She gave a master class in chamber music performance in which several of our ensembles received individual feedback and coaching.

Second Session 2009

Jul 27, 2009
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We had a wonderful second week at camp! We had two great performance workshops and a stellar student recital this Sunday with fifteen student ensembles performing!

Second Session

Jul 20, 2009
Playground Hideout

We had a great first week at camp Point CounterPoint! The campers have been practicing hard both individually and in their ensembles and five different groups were featured in a wonderful student concert this Sunday.

PCP Chamber Orchestra with special guest Jae Lee

Jul 16, 2009
Jae Lee coaching campers

Playing music in a chamber orchestra takes the same level of cooperation, collaboration, and concentration as a small string trio or quartet. Point CounterPoint was thrilled to welcome guest artist Jae Y.C. Lee, a founding member of A Far Cry, an genre-bending conductorless chamber orchestra in based in Boston to share some of his musical insights on the exciting possibilities of chamber orchestra

Thrilling Times in Vermont

Jun 29, 2009
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We had a wonderful first week at Point CounterPoint: strawberry picking, capture the flag, campfire, improv games, epic musical chairs, ultimate frisbee, soccer, baking, tag. And of course the young musicians are practicing hard! The first Sunday concert featured five polished performances, and we look forward to many more in the next two weeks!

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Music Groups

Aug 16, 2008
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Falls of Lana, capture the flag, improv games, performance workshop, Friday night dance, theory classes and rehearsals, swimming and kayaking, and the Saturday final student concert at Salisbury church.

Carnival

Aug 12, 2008
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Festivities include a backwards fashion dance party Friday night, a carnival with pie in face and dunk tank on Saturday, a brilliant faculty concert at Vergennes on Saturday night.

Music!

Aug 08, 2008
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The sounds of music fill the camp as the campers prepare for the first concert. Campers also enjoyed playing kickball, cards, chess, volleyball, and kayaking.