Rock U 2 Camp

Our summer camps band curriculum was designed by renowned educator and artist Bonnie Hayes – expect an intense week of learning and fun! Students get individual instruction in the morning and put the songs together with a band in the afternoon, culminating in a short concert for friends and family on Friday afternoon.

Camp is at Blue Bear's Fort Mason campus. A high teacher-to-student ratio means every camper receives individualized attention.Tuition: $610

Band Camp Prerequisites: Rock U 2

– Suggested minimum of two years of lessons for all instruments; grades 7-10 in Fall.

• Drummers should be able to fill without losing time, and be able to hold three minutes of a simple rock beat. Drummers must audition for this camp.
• Bassists should know names of notes and how to read chord charts, and be able to play 1/8th notes through changes. Bassists must audition for this camp.
• Guitarists should know open chords and E and A form barre chords, and know minor pentatonic scales. Guitarists don’t need to audition for this camp.
• Keyboardists should know major and minor triads, and know the blues scale. Keyboardists don’t need to audition for this camp.
• Singers should be able to sing in tune and have a strong enough sense of time so that song entry points and phrasing can be consistently executed.