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High notes: Midwestern Music Camps attract more than 380 youngsters

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LAWRENCE — More than 380 junior high and high school students from Kansas and 16 other states arrived at the University of Kansas this summer to attend one of four Midwestern Music Camps.

KU’s School of Fine Arts and Department of Music and Dance offer the camps. David Clemmer, director of athletic bands and assistant band director at KU, leads the camps.

The camps provide instrumental, vocal and keyboard students a variety of musical experiences, including opportunities to participate in full symphony orchestras, choirs, bands, jazz ensembles and music classes.

This year’s camps and dates:

— Junior High Band and Orchestra Camp, June 10-16
— Senior High Band, Orchestra and Choir Institute, June 17-23
— Marching Band Leadership Camp, July 8-12
— Jazz Workshop, July 8-13

KU’s Midwestern Music Camp was created in 1935 by former band director Russell L. Wiley. Under Wiley’s direction, the camp became the second largest and second oldest music camp in the United States. The camp was often visited by some of the world’s most well-known conductors and artists, such as Andre Previn, Percy Grainger, Sir Vivian Dunn and Carmen Dragon.

Students attending this year’s camps are listed below by state, city and school. (Key: ES = Elementary School; HS = High School; JH = Junior High; MS = Middle School)

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