Oz’s Music 2021 Summer Camps
Early Bird Registration
Click on the Camp Registration tab
above to get started.
CALL 734.476.5153 with questions
Donate to our Know Obstacles Scholarship Fund
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Early Bird Registration
Click on the Camp Registration tab
above to get started.
CALL 734.476.5153 with questions
Donate to our Know Obstacles Scholarship Fund
__________________________________________________________________________________
Oz’s Music 2020 Summer Camp Schedule:
Camps run half day and full day
Half day AM (9-12) or PM (1-4) cost $275 (campers bring their own snacks)
Full day (9-4) cost $495 , includes supervised lunch (campers bring their own brown bag lunch)
Know Obstacles Camp is $275 per 2 hour session AM 10-12, PM 1-3 ( ask about our scholarship fund!)
$100 non-refundable deposit is due at registration. Full payment is due one month prior to camp.
June and July:
Form your own camp available: contact Steve Oz 734-476-5153
August:
8/2-8/6 , AM: Meet the Instruments! (All Instrument Families)
8/2-8/6 , PM: Happy Songs with Joe Reilly : Camp is planned for in person at Oz's Music ,but may be moved to a virtual platform.
8/16-8/20, AM & PM: Know Obstacles Music Camp
The Form Your Own Camp Camp!
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: You decide
Director: Steve Oz and Ken Kozora
Camp Description: This unique camp concept has been one of our most popular. Many past camps were so much fun they continued on as weekly sessions. Invite five or more friends to form a camp and we will facilitate a fun filled program, customized to your group.We have done everything from Rock Bands to specific instrument introduction to Music Games! Call Steve Oz to share ideas and discuss details!
Happy Songs: Mindful Songwriting for Kids with Joe Reilly
Recommended Ages: Ages 5-12
Director: Joe Reilly
Camp Description:Singer-songwriter and mindfulness practitioner Joe Reilly invites elementary school-aged children to get in touch with their creative voices, water seeds of happiness, and express themselves through singing and songwriting in this fun and unique camp. Joe shares methods of calming, listening, and cultivating awareness through simple and accessible mindfulness practices that introduce students to his songwriting process. Creative brainstorming and song development are modeled together in the group so that students can continue to write songs on their own. Students are encouraged to share their songs through performances and an in-camp recording session.
“Sitting together in a circle, we take a moment to straighten our backs, close our eyes, and listen to the sound of the bell. I invite the children to put their hands on their bellies and follow their in-breath and out-breath for as long as they can hear the sound. Sometimes I ask them to imagine someone they love or something that makes them happy. After we listen to the bell a few times, the group energy becomes calm and focused, and we’re ready to share ideas for our song.”
“These words, rhythms, and melodies form the seed of our song. We cultivate the seed into a full-grown composition, which then takes on a life of its own. It takes patience as we continue to listen to ourselves and one another, giving our song more growth. When we’re finished writing, we often share the song through a performance and/or recording. This is a wonderful gift for the young songwriters to offer to their peers and families, as it contains reflections and energy from their hearts and minds.”
Joe Reilly, LMSW is a singer, songwriter, social worker, and mindfulness practitioner who has decades of experience sharing music with children in ways that are fun, insightful, empowering, and educational. Find his music online at www.joereilly.org.
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: You decide
Director: Steve Oz and Ken Kozora
Camp Description: This unique camp concept has been one of our most popular. Many past camps were so much fun they continued on as weekly sessions. Invite five or more friends to form a camp and we will facilitate a fun filled program, customized to your group.We have done everything from Rock Bands to specific instrument introduction to Music Games! Call Steve Oz to share ideas and discuss details!
Happy Songs: Mindful Songwriting for Kids with Joe Reilly
Recommended Ages: Ages 5-12
Director: Joe Reilly
Camp Description:Singer-songwriter and mindfulness practitioner Joe Reilly invites elementary school-aged children to get in touch with their creative voices, water seeds of happiness, and express themselves through singing and songwriting in this fun and unique camp. Joe shares methods of calming, listening, and cultivating awareness through simple and accessible mindfulness practices that introduce students to his songwriting process. Creative brainstorming and song development are modeled together in the group so that students can continue to write songs on their own. Students are encouraged to share their songs through performances and an in-camp recording session.
“Sitting together in a circle, we take a moment to straighten our backs, close our eyes, and listen to the sound of the bell. I invite the children to put their hands on their bellies and follow their in-breath and out-breath for as long as they can hear the sound. Sometimes I ask them to imagine someone they love or something that makes them happy. After we listen to the bell a few times, the group energy becomes calm and focused, and we’re ready to share ideas for our song.”
“These words, rhythms, and melodies form the seed of our song. We cultivate the seed into a full-grown composition, which then takes on a life of its own. It takes patience as we continue to listen to ourselves and one another, giving our song more growth. When we’re finished writing, we often share the song through a performance and/or recording. This is a wonderful gift for the young songwriters to offer to their peers and families, as it contains reflections and energy from their hearts and minds.”
Joe Reilly, LMSW is a singer, songwriter, social worker, and mindfulness practitioner who has decades of experience sharing music with children in ways that are fun, insightful, empowering, and educational. Find his music online at www.joereilly.org.
Meet the Band and Orchestra Instruments!
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: 9-12
Director: Steve Oz, Ken Kozora
Camp Description: Choosing an instrument in 5th grade can be life changing!
The Good News:
By August all AAPS 5th graders are loaned 1 of the 3 instruments they choose free of charge!
The Bad News:
Before choosing those instruments, your child deserves significantly more hands-on playing experiences than currently provided.
Oz's Music Faculty is here to help!
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: 9-12
Director: Steve Oz, Ken Kozora
Camp Description: Choosing an instrument in 5th grade can be life changing!
The Good News:
By August all AAPS 5th graders are loaned 1 of the 3 instruments they choose free of charge!
The Bad News:
Before choosing those instruments, your child deserves significantly more hands-on playing experiences than currently provided.
Oz's Music Faculty is here to help!
Rock Band Camp
paledavemusic@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: 8-12
Director: Dave Buehrer
Camp Description: Camp participants will create a band image, learn popular songs, and have the option to compose an original song. Bands include vocals, drums, guitars, bass, keyboard, and occasionally other instruments. On the final day, the band will perform for family and friends on the Oz’s music stage! Please contact either Dave if you have concerns about skill level. Beginners are welcome!
paledavemusic@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: 8-12
Director: Dave Buehrer
Camp Description: Camp participants will create a band image, learn popular songs, and have the option to compose an original song. Bands include vocals, drums, guitars, bass, keyboard, and occasionally other instruments. On the final day, the band will perform for family and friends on the Oz’s music stage! Please contact either Dave if you have concerns about skill level. Beginners are welcome!
Gemini Camp
gemini2200@comcast.net
Recommended Ages: 5-12
Director: Steve Oz,Ken Kozora & Gemini
Camp Description: In this camp the Oz’s Music teachers will explore various aspects of folk music with the children. In addition, special guests, the Gemini brothers, will join the camp teachers for one hour of three days of the camp, and will teach the children a number of their award–winning original songs as well as some traditional folk songs. Gemini will work with the children to add hand motions, harmonies, and folk instruments to the songs. If any of the children already know recorder, guitar or any other instrument when they come into the camp, Gemini and the Oz’s Music teachers will incorporate them into the songs. At the end of the week the children will join Gemini in a performance of the songs they learned during the camp.
gemini2200@comcast.net
Recommended Ages: 5-12
Director: Steve Oz,Ken Kozora & Gemini
Camp Description: In this camp the Oz’s Music teachers will explore various aspects of folk music with the children. In addition, special guests, the Gemini brothers, will join the camp teachers for one hour of three days of the camp, and will teach the children a number of their award–winning original songs as well as some traditional folk songs. Gemini will work with the children to add hand motions, harmonies, and folk instruments to the songs. If any of the children already know recorder, guitar or any other instrument when they come into the camp, Gemini and the Oz’s Music teachers will incorporate them into the songs. At the end of the week the children will join Gemini in a performance of the songs they learned during the camp.
Know Obstacles Music Camp
Donate to our Know Obstacles Scholarship Fund
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
734.476.5153
Recommended Ages: Age 8-Adult
Director: Steve Oz
Location: Ann Arbor Academy
Cost: $275 per session.
Camp Description: Washtenaw County has a new interactive therapeutic music camp this summer to serve children and adults who have a range of special needs.
Believed to be a first-of-its kind for the county, the Know Obstacles Music Camp will feature:
• A five-day, hands-on music learning environment with structured jams focusing on vocals, instruments and drum circles. Musical experience is NOT required, instruments are supplied, and parents and caregivers can participate.
• Daily activities at the Ann Arbor Academy located on Oak Valley Dr. in Ann Arbor.
• Experienced instructors from the local music community in partnership with staff and certified music therapists from Eastern Michigan University’s Music Therapy Department.
Limited sign up available, contact Steve Oz at 734 476 5153
Donate to our Know Obstacles Scholarship Fund
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
734.476.5153
Recommended Ages: Age 8-Adult
Director: Steve Oz
Location: Ann Arbor Academy
Cost: $275 per session.
Camp Description: Washtenaw County has a new interactive therapeutic music camp this summer to serve children and adults who have a range of special needs.
Believed to be a first-of-its kind for the county, the Know Obstacles Music Camp will feature:
• A five-day, hands-on music learning environment with structured jams focusing on vocals, instruments and drum circles. Musical experience is NOT required, instruments are supplied, and parents and caregivers can participate.
• Daily activities at the Ann Arbor Academy located on Oak Valley Dr. in Ann Arbor.
• Experienced instructors from the local music community in partnership with staff and certified music therapists from Eastern Michigan University’s Music Therapy Department.
Limited sign up available, contact Steve Oz at 734 476 5153
Meet The Instruments! (all instrument families)
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: 5-8
Camp Director: Steve Osburn ,Ken Kozora
Camp Description: A fun hands-on introduction to many different types of instruments, music fundamentals, games and group jamming! Enables your child to gain experience and excel in music and help them to choose from various musical instruments one that is best for them. Campers who already play will gain more experience and this is also a great opportunity for incoming 5th grade Band & Orchestra students trying to choose an instrument for fall.
ozmusicweb@gmail.com
Recommended Ages: 5-8
Camp Director: Steve Osburn ,Ken Kozora
Camp Description: A fun hands-on introduction to many different types of instruments, music fundamentals, games and group jamming! Enables your child to gain experience and excel in music and help them to choose from various musical instruments one that is best for them. Campers who already play will gain more experience and this is also a great opportunity for incoming 5th grade Band & Orchestra students trying to choose an instrument for fall.