Art & Music
AUSTIN SCHOOL OF MUSIC has been doing its thing for nine years now, offering two weeks of intensive music training that culminates in a performance at Antone’s. Sending your pride and joy to this camp also gets you a CD and video starring, you guessed it, the campers themselves! Rock & Roll Camp Ages 10-19. Multiple sessions beginning June 1. Drum Camp Ages 10-19, June 14-18. Jazz Camp Ages 10-19, July 16-17. 2428-B W. Ben White, 476-7666. www.austinschoolofmusic.com.
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS This nonprofit feminist camp boasts an impressive roster of volunteer instructors that reads more like an indie-comp than a camp, with names like Sleater-Kinney, the Haggard, and Team Dresch. Ages 8-18. Session I, July 19-24. Session II, July 26-31. Girls Rock Camp, Portland, OR, 503/445-4991. www.girlsrockcamp.org.
NATURAL EAR MUSIC CAMP is a great place for the kid in your family who can’t stop singing into a hairbrush or beating the pots and pans with a wooden spoon. There are two day-camps for Austin kids and a residential camp for out-of-towners who want to rock. Day Camp Ages 8-17. June 7-25, July 12-30. Residential Camp Ages 13-18. July 18-30. 1306 W. Oltorf. 447-5910. www.naturalearmusic.com.
UMLAUF SCULPTURE GARDEN takes its terrific children’s workshop a step further this summer. For one week, groups can carve, mold, and create to their heart’s content in the Umlauf’s serene surroundings. Ages 8-9, June 7-11; ages 10-11, June 14-18. 605 Robert E. Lee, 512/445-5582. www.umlaufsculpture.org.
This article appears in May 7 • 2004.