39th annual Music for All summer camp starts Saturday

Yamaha Young Performing Artists 25th Anniversary Concert at Music For All Summer Symposium.
Yamaha Young Performing Artists 25th Anniversary Concert at Music For All Summer Symposium.

Atlantic Brass Quintet PHOTO PROVIDED BY MUSIC FOR ALL

Buses filled with hundreds of high school students will flood campus starting Saturday and will be closely followed by the sound of booming trumpets and snapping drums.

About 1,093 high school students and 140 band directors from across the county will be on campus for Music for All’s 39th annual Summer Symposium, the largest national music camp for students and teachers.

“[The camp is] special because this one is about students as individuals coming together,” said Erin Fortune, senior marketing coordinator for Music for All. “They will be surrounded by people just like them. They aren’t just learning how to be better musicians; they are learning to be better people in their community.”

Ball State’s campus has hosted the not-for-profit arts and music advocacy group’s event for four years.

“Over the years, Muncie, Ind., has become a mecca for music, student leadership,” Fran Kick, leadership coordinator for Music for All, said.

This year’s camp runs from Saturday until June 28.

Yamaha Young Performing Artists PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSIC FOR ALL

“What attracted us to Ball State is the amazing facilities and the gorgeous camp,” Fortune said. “The faculty and staff we work with are just great to work with. Some are going to be working with the students and directors.”

The camp will begin Saturday, where student leaders will take part in a leadership event. Most schools don’t have time to teach students how to be leaders, Kick said.

“This is one of those camps that it’s not about the title,” Kick said. “It’s a way to teach it in a practical and pragmatic way.”

One example of this way of learning will be the group’s trip to see a horse whisperer. Students will learn that no matter how much you yell at a person to do something, you cannot make them do it. As the saying goes, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.”

Kick said Music for All teaches children through metaphors because it makes the knowledge stick.

Each evening during the week, Music for All will provide a concert series for the public that features various groups, including Atlantic Brass Quintet, Christian Howes and Southern Exposure and Drum Corps International.

Drum Corps International DN FILE PHOTO JORDAN HUFFER

Music for All provides free and paid concerts for the public during the weeklong event. All concerts are at John R. Emens Auditorium except for the last event, June 27. Tickets are available at the auditorium’s box office and Ticketmaster. 

Yamaha Young Performing Artists: 8 p.m. Monday, free 

Atlantic Brass Quintet: 8 p.m. Tuesday 

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: 8 p.m. Wednesday 

Christian Howes and Southern Exposure: 8 p.m. June 26 

Drum Corps International Central Indiana: 7 p.m. June 27 at Scheumann Stadium featuring Phantom Regiment, Carolina Crown (2013 World Champions), Colts, Troopers, Pioneer and Blue Stars

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