WHEN & WHERE

• Arrive on the Sunday of your camp week between 2 and 4pm and go to the Residence Common Building to check-in. You will unpack your room and then meet your instrument teacher for an audition to determine your small ensemble and to make sure you’ve enrolled in the correct band.
  • • • • • Auditions are to help your instructors place you in a small ensemble that best matches your skills and to ensure you’ve enrolled in a band that matches your skill level.
          • Instrumentalists should prepare all the scales they know and bring along a piece of music that you like to play – it can be a solo piece you work on in private lessons, your part from a band piece you played this year, or anything else you like to play. You may be asked to do a little improvisation or sight reading in your audition, depending on the instructor.
          • Musical theatre participants should prepare a musical theatre song. Please bring your piano accompaniment or a karaoke track of your song
• There is an all-camp meeting following all of the auditions at 4:30pm on the main stage of the RDP Arts Centre. Parents are welcome to attend the meeting and then head home.
• Campers can be picked up after the final concert on Saturday which begins at 2pm and usually last about an hour and a half.
• Campers may be signed out by a parent, guardian, or a pre-authorized representative at the camp office during the week. Campers may not leave with anyone other than a parent or guardian without pre-authorized consent.

WHAT TO BRING TO CAMP

• Medications, in a Ziploc bag, labelled with the dosage and important medical instructions. Any over the counter medications must also be in a Ziploc bag and turned in at registration.
• Sheets/blankets/sleeping bag/pillow for a single bed
• Towels
• Toiletry items (deodorant, toothbrush and toothpaste, face wash, soap, shampoo and conditioner)
• Enough clean underwear for a week; if staying for two weeks, you can do laundry over the weekend
• Enough casual pants and tops to be comfortable for a week
• A sweater/hoodie
• A waterproof jacket
• Sneakers or sandals; flip flops aren’t great shoe choices for activities during the day and campers in flip flops will be asked to change their footwear for these activities
• Black dress pants or a black skirt that falls past the knees when sitting black shoes, black socks or tights, and a white long-sleeved or 3/4 length sleeved shirt without any logos for the final concert for all jazz band and concert band students
• Musical Theatre students should bring clothes in which you can dance and move – yoga pants, t-shirts, tank tops and sneakers or jazz oxfords
• Musical Theatre student should also bring black yoga pants and a bright coloured top for the final concert – no logos.
• Water bottle, clearly labelled with your name
• Bug spray and sunscreen
• Fan – the residence rooms are not air conditioned and can be quite warm
• Bedtime snacks, if desired. We provide three meals a day but some students wish to have a few extra snacks in their rooms.
• Your instrument in good working order plus valve oil, cork grease, neck straps, mutes, slide oil, cleaning supplies, extra reeds, ligature, mouth piece
  • • • • • Brass Players: Make sure you instrument is in good working order – play it before you come to camp
            • • • • • Mutes
                    • Valve oil or slide oil
                    • Mouthpiece
                    • Cleaning Supplies
                    • Label everything with your name
          • Woodwind Players: Make sure your instrument is in good working order – play it before you come to camp
            • • • • • Several reeds
                    • Cork grease
                    • Ligature
                    • Mouthpiece
                    • Cleaning supplies
                    • Label everything with your name
          • String Players
            • • • • • Extra strings
                    • Amps
                    • Cables
                    • Capos
                    • Label everything with your name
          • Percussion Players
            • • • • • Drumsticks
                    • Bell mallets
                    • Timpani mallets
                    • Yarn mallets
                    • Practice pad
                    • If you don’t have all the different types of sticks, we do have extras
                    • Label everything with your name
• All members of the Peterkin band should bring a 5-gallon bucket with them to camp for one of the pieces you will be performing.
• Something to play or sing for your audition.

Things to Leave at Home

• Digital games – spend time with your roommates instead of on your phone
• Alcohol and recreational drugs including cannabis – if these items are found at camp, the camper will be sent at home at the camper’s expense
• Vapes and cigarettes
• Cell phones and personal electronic devices are permitted, but we recommend leaving them in the residence rooms during the day as they are not permitted in rehearsals, concerts, and classes.

Age Limit

The age limit to register and attend MusiCamp is 18 and campers cannot turn 19 prior to the start of camp.  Those who graduate in June are most welcome to attend MusiCamp in their graduating year.

Campers who are in Grade 7 and have one year of experience on their instrument are welcome to register for camp. Those in elementary school will need to wait until they enter junior high before attending camp.

HEALTH & SAFETY

At MusiCamp Alberta, we take great measures to ensure the camp is a safe and inclusive environment for all campers.

Health Care

• RDP campus security are trained in emergency response, first aid, CPR, and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use and are recognized as first responders for minor medical aid.
• Supervisors and staff are on-site 24 hours per day.
• Risk management of site, facilities, and activity areas strictly enforced.
• All camper medications are stored in the MusiCamp office and dispensed from there.
• Sunscreen is available throughout camp but participants are also encouraged to bring their own.
• Red Deer Regional Hospital is just 5 minutes away.
• First aid kits located throughout camp.
• Camp Director is available for consultation regarding your camper prior to or during camp.

Camper Safety

• All faculty and staff associated with MusiCamp Alberta are required to submit a criminal record check including a vulnerable sector search.
• All faculty and staff are interviewed by our admin team before being hired and many staff and faculty return year after year, so we have a clear idea as to who we have working with our campers. Most faculty and staff have to come MusiCamp Alberta as referrals from the faculty and staff from previous years.
• Transportation to and from camp is the responsibility of the camper. If a camper should need assistance arranging a car pool, please let the director know. We have no affiliation with the transportation provided, nor do we provide driving abstracts should you require car pooling with another camper.
• Each camper will have their own bedroom with a locking door and a shared common living space with up to three other campers. We try to match campers based on age, preferences, and roommate requests.
• There is always security on-site with Red Deer polytechnic and we have access to emergency assistance from them 24/7.  
• Emergency phone numbers are poste din every residence room and security is easily accessed on campus. 
• In the case of natural disasters, lockdowns, fires, or extreme weather, we follow the protocols of Red Deer Polytechnic, gathering at pre-assigned muster points or following the lock down procedures.
• Each camp supervisor is assigned a pod of campers for whom they are responsibile for gathering together in such cases. 
• Students should avoid wearing flip flops while at camp – sneakers, close-toed casual shoes, and sandals with a back strap over the heel are the 

Camp Policies

• MusiCamp Alberta is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible, and equitable environment where everyone feels respected and supported.
• Campers are not permitted to possess and/or consume illegal drugs.
• Campers are not permitted to possess and/or consume alcoholic beverages of any kind.
• Campers are not permitted to possess and/or consume cannabis in any form.
• Smoking and vaping are not permitted.
• Campers must abide by established curfews.
• No camper shall engage in bullying behaviors, including verbal abuse, physical bullying, gesture bullying, and exclusion. Campers are encouraged to report bullying to their supervisors and/or to the camp director.
• All campers must abide by all camp-wide safety measures.
• Theft and damage to facilities or equipment is a serious offense. All campers are expected to treat the facilities and equipment with care and respect.
• Cell phones and personal electronic devices will not be permitted during rehearsals, concerts, or classes.
• Knives and other sharp tools are not permitted.
• Campers are not permitted to leave camp at any time without the written permission from their parents and the Camp Director.
• Campers must attend ALL rehearsals and classes except when excused for reasons of physical or mental health by the medical staff. Your instructors must also be notified.