Summer Camp Highlights: Jump-Start Strings
A branch of our popular Jump-Start series of summer camps, Jump-Start Strings gave first-year orchestra students an early opportunity to learn the basics and a few tunes on their new instrument.
New cellists learn things like finger positions and posture.
Violinists and violists learn things like bow holding and finger placement.
Instructor and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Perez leads the large group in their first performance in front of an audience.
Jump-Start camps will return next summer. If you will have a first-year band or orchestra student in 2023, be sure to join our mailing list so you can join us!
Upright bass, also called string bass or double bass, is a member of the orchestra family. Just as often, however, it appears in jazz, bluegrass, folk, and other genres. With a large hollow body and 4 thick strings, the tones produced by the upright bass are low and rich. The instrument is capable of long, expressive tones when played with a bow; and short, percussive tones when plucked with the strings. String bass is a dynamic and impressive instrument to play!
The oboe is a woodwind and a member of the double-reed family. It is played by blowing air through the reed, attached at the top of the instrument. The reed consists of two very thin pieces of cane, pressed together with a small opening to allow air to pass through. The sound can be high in pitch, but it has a variety of colorful tones, from bright and piercing to low and mysterious.
