Summer Band Camp Returns to Jackson College This Summer

Percussion students learn marching skills during a previous Summer Band Camp.  Photo courtesy Jackson College.

 (May 10, 2022 10:40 AM) Jackson College today announced the return of Summer Band Camp, following a two year suspension due to the COVID pandemic.    Young musicians are invited to Summer Band Camp for fun while working on their musical skills and marching.

Band camp will meet weekdays from June 20-24, 27-29. Students with one to two years band experience may attend from 9 – 11:45 a.m., while students with two or more years band experience attend from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  Groups will overlap for a 45-minute marching rehearsal at 11 a.m.

Summer Band Camp will meet in the Ruth Day Theatre, Potter Center on Jackson College’s Central Campus. Students will perform on campus June 29 during lunchtime, and during the Fourth of July parade in Hanover, Mich.

Students will benefit from full concert band rehearsals, small-group sessions and marching sessions. High school musicians interested in pursuing secondary instruments are also invited to attend the beginning camp or assist on their main instruments with beginners in the morning.

 Cost is $85 per student. To register, visit www.jccmi.edu/bandcamp/.

Have time to volunteer? Parents, high school and college students who can sit in with the group or lead sectionals may contact Director Dan Bickel, bickeldanielp@jccmi.edu.