2022 Crazy Ideas Institute
August 2023, 8:30am-4pm
Location TBA
Are you a girl, nonbinary, gender-fluid, and trans youth age 9-13 with lots of musical ideas to bring to life?
Hopewell Music and the Composers Institute have teamd up to create the Crazy Ideas Institute, a composition camp to learn about and explore music creation and sound in a supportive, female led space. No previous musical or composition experience is necessary.
Why Crazy Ideas Institute?
CII director, Dr. Sarah Miller's passion is to encourage and empower young girls-plus to make their own musical pieces by using the "why not" method. Approaching all kinds of sounds as equals. Rules of music composition are only guide-lines to start creating crazy, improbable, beautiful and surprising musical compositions.
Campers will:
Camp will be held at Hopewell Music 9am-12pm from August 29 - September 2 and is open to girls, nonbinary, and trans youth ages 9-13. Please email ellie@hopewellmusic.com if you have any questions about camp or registration.
Hopewell Music and the Composers Institute have teamd up to create the Crazy Ideas Institute, a composition camp to learn about and explore music creation and sound in a supportive, female led space. No previous musical or composition experience is necessary.
Why Crazy Ideas Institute?
CII director, Dr. Sarah Miller's passion is to encourage and empower young girls-plus to make their own musical pieces by using the "why not" method. Approaching all kinds of sounds as equals. Rules of music composition are only guide-lines to start creating crazy, improbable, beautiful and surprising musical compositions.
Campers will:
- Construct instruments and explore the acoustics of sound.
- Build melodies and learn different ways to notate music.
- Create and share music with other campers
- Have fun!
Camp will be held at Hopewell Music 9am-12pm from August 29 - September 2 and is open to girls, nonbinary, and trans youth ages 9-13. Please email ellie@hopewellmusic.com if you have any questions about camp or registration.
Sessions will be held at our community partner's facility: Hopewell Music Cooperative North in North United Methodist Church, 4350 Fremont Avenue N, Minneapolis MN 55412
Step 1, 2 & 3. Registration. Click HERE to complete the registration, scholarship and payment process at Hopewell Music Cooperative North.
Donors have provided generous scholarship support to this program. We thank the following groups for their generosity: ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, local and state chapters of the National Federation of Music Clubs, and Composers Institute's board of directors.
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