Philosophy of Congregational Music
Instructor: John D. Martin
Why is singing such an indispensable part of Christian worship? Does the Bible direct us to a particular type of music? This course analyzes the music of great hymns and explores ways that we can worship in both spirit and truth (reality). Both men and women are welcome.

Elementary Music Education I
Instructor: Wendy Good
Join us to find out why the other teachers say that music teachers just play all day! This class presents a melodic and rhythmic sequence of learning based on the Kodaly method. Age-appropriate activities, folk songs and games that make music fun will be modeled in a participatory, simulated grade 1-3 classroom.

Classroom Choral Techniques
Instructor: Brandon Mullet
This course surveys the multi-faceted content and skills necessary for successfully directing the school-age choir. Topics address developmental and pedagogical concerns, vocal considerations, choral sound, repertoire selection and instruction, gesture.

RUDIMENTS

Rudiments is offered as a five-level series that begins with the very basics of music notation. Students who enroll in Rudiments will be required to take a placement test. Applicants will receive testing information with their acceptance letter.

Rudiments 1 assumes no prior musical knowledge, beginning with basic notation and expanding through the study of ledger lines, simple time signatures, note and rest values, and accidentals. Prerequisites: none. Instructor: Myron Sauder

Rudiments 2 is a study of scales and key signatures, as well as an introduction to intervals. Prerequisites: basic understanding of information taught in Level 1, including letter names in treble and bass clefs. Instructor: Dwilyn Beiler

Rudiments 3 is a study of intervals (perfect, major, minor, diminished, and augmented). It also includes triplets, syncopation, transposition, incomplete measures, and compound time signatures. Prerequisites: working knowledge of letter names, scales, and key signatures; the concept of whole and half steps; and the information described in Level 2. Instructor: John Henry Miller

Rudiments 4 focuses on triads, triad inversions, chords, chord progressions, dominant seventh chords, and minor scales. Prerequisites: fluency with letter names (treble and bass clefs) and a basic understanding of intervals as described in Level 3. Instructor: Lyle Stutzman

Rudiments 5 is primarily compositional in nature, with the set purpose of expanding your palette of compositional resources. It focuses on tonal and modal foundations in composition; principles of great melodies; functional harmonization using primary triads, dominant sevenths, and non-functional chords; and the use of simple formal concepts (motive, binary form, etc.) to nurture a seed idea into a complete work. Prerequisites: near mastery of the letter names and chromatic solfege syllables, a good understanding of intervals, and a basic understanding of triad and seventh chord inversions. Instructor: Wendell Glick

Leading Worship
Instructor: Brandon Mullet
This class examines the essential components of leading congregational singing: personal preparation, planning, clear communication of musical ideas, deportment, using the hymnal and other worship aids, and copyright issues. Participants conduct hymns and choruses in class for instructor and peer review. As this class specifically trains congregational leaders, it is open only to men.

Elementary Music Education II
Instructor : Wendy Good
This class is a continuation of the Kodaly strategies presented in the early music education class, geared toward schools who have had minimal or no exposure to this approach before. The objective of this class is to train teachers to be equipped to: 1) make music fun and create a singing culture, 2) teach basic vocal technique, building part-singing skills, and 3) teach theory and sight-singing (rhythm, solfa) through folk songs and hymns. Course students will be involved in a participatory, simulated grade 4-6 classroom setting. Taking this in conjunction with the grade 1-3 course is recommended.

Choral Gesture
Instructor: Lloyd Kauffman
This class addresses conducting as communication with and through the choir. A brief review includes conducting patterns for complex, irregular, free rhythms and subdivided beats. The dominant focus includes developing additional technical and interpretive aspects of conducting, and considering the role of a conductor in evoking both sound and meaning from the choir. Prerequisite: a basic working knowledge of conducting including common beat patterns, simple and compound meter, and basic gesture-related communication (tempo, dynamics, etc.).

Class Voice
Instructor: John Henry Miller
Since singing is mostly mental, we will help you correct faulty habits and replace them with proper singing concepts. We will help you produce free, steady, rich, resonant sound, get rid of tension and sing with control and support.

Sight Singing
Instructors: Level 1 - Myron Sauder, Level 2 - Lyle Stutzman, Level 3 - Wendell Glick, Level 4 - Wendell Nisly
Sight Singing is a class designed to help you improve your ability to read pitches and rhythms at sight, and to teach you methods and patterns that you can use on your own in the future to further improve your abilities. You will learn various tips to help you in sight-reading, and will have opportunities to practice your skills through class exercises. Sight Singing is offered as a four-level series that begins with sight-reading at its fundamental stage (one-part singing in steps) and moves up to four-part reading with leaps. Students who enroll in Sight Singing will be placed in one of these four levels after taking a short placement test upon arrival at camp on Monday, June 2.

Hymnology
Instructor: John D. Martin
Our hymnals offer a rich treasury of devotional literature, penetrating biblical insight, and anecdotal history. This course focuses on literary analysis, elements of interpretation, and the history of hymns. It aims to help Christians possess the spiritual wealth in the songs they sing. Both men and women are welcome.

Modern Hymns Repertoire
Instructor: Myron Sauder
This class will be a survey of twentieth-century hymnody. It will focus especially on the explosion of congregational song that occurred in England fifty years ago and spread both to America and around the world. Participants will use hymnals and hymnology reference works to explore this vast and varied territory. Prerequisites: enthusiasm for congregational songs and eagerness to sing new ones. Both men and women are welcome.

General Music in Secondary Education
Instructor: Dwilyn Beiler
This course is for teachers of grades 7-12 music. Participants will learn sequencing of rudiments and music reading and be introduced to curriculum appropriate for the secondary classroom. The Kodaly method of teaching will be used.

Music History and Appreciation: Music from 1945-Present
Instructor: Wendell Glick
Music History and Appreciation is a series of courses, each one focusing on a specific era of music history. Attention will be given to the specific composers and outstanding compositional features of the time, as well as the dominant philosophical, political, economic, and ecclesiastical trends of the period and their relationship with its music. We will consider how the lessons of this time period inform today's music, and how a Christian might think about and listen to music from this era. This year's class will study the Contemporary era: music from 1945-present, including the works of John Cage, Philip Glass, John Adams, Arvo Pärt, John Rutter, and György Ligeti. This class will focus on 'classical,' or art music styles, not on popular music styles (CCM, rock and roll, country, etc.).

Chamber Choir
Instructor: Lloyd Kauffman
The Chamber Choir will use this period for additional rehearsal. To apply for the touring choir, see the registration page for the Chamber Choir Application.

Choral Warm-up
Instructor: Wendell Nisly
The warm-up time before rehearsal can sometimes seem rather tedious and drab. It doesn't have to. This class will explore the tools a conductor may use not only to warm up the singing mechanism, but also to nurture alert minds, to engage the whole body, and to train singing technique. The course offers in-class demonstration of numerous warm-ups, couched in theoretical background that will help conductors design their own warm-ups tailored to their choir's needs.
Prerequisite: Students should have conducted a choir for a minimum of one season.

Introduction to Choral Arranging
Instructor: Lyle Stutzman
The course will begin with a review of basic part-writing rules and will cover techniques for arranging preexisting music for any group of voices. It will include a study of variation technique, and it will examine the possibilities for arranging music in a way that enhances the original composition and text. Prerequisites: 1. A working knowledge of music theory including the following: identifying and writing key signatures, intervals, major and minor triads, dominant seventh chords, and basic chord symbols or figured bass. 2. At least some experience writing for voices. Students who have previously arranged music are encouraged to bring their arrangements along .

Instructor: John Henry Miller
Repertoire will include easy-to-learn songs that lend themselves to interpretation. Attention will be given to learning to produce clean, full, resonant tone, and sing with clarity and continuity of sound with control, energy and expression. All men are encouraged to help. Class is held in the evening, outside of regular class hours.