Summer Strings Camp

Monday, July 21 to Friday, July 25, 2025
9:00 am to 4:30 pm

Summer Strings Camp is an orchestral training camp designed for string players who are looking for an enriching and fun summer experience making music and new friends. Students will have the opportunity to sharpen their orchestral and ensemble skills with conductor Joy Schuster. Daily activities will include orchestra rehearsals, sectionals and workshops with guest instructors. The week will conclude with a pizza party lunch on Friday and a final performance on Friday afternoon for family and friends. This camp is suitable for ages 7+, as well as those with a minimum proficiency of RCM Level 3 or Suzuki Book 2. The ability to read music is required. Any questions regarding required skill level can be directed to Joy Schuster: joy.schuster@gmail.com The guest instructors and enrichment programs will be announced in the coming weeks.

Cost: $395

To inquire about financial assistance, please email office@gymc.ca

Conductor Joy Schuster

Joy Schuster, as a teacher with the Suzuki String School of Guelph, is a familiar face at the Guelph Youth Music Centre. She graduated, with honours, from Michigan State University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Music Education. Joy then went on to teach in the beautiful state of Maine where she was teaching full time as a “string specialist” in Grades 3–8. In 1989, Joy immigrated to Canada where she taught with the Hamilton school board and the Hamilton Suzuki School of Music. Joy is the director of the GYMC String Orchestra program, concertmaster of the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, and director of the CSO Youth Orchestra.