The camp dates and descriptions are listed below. Click on the buttons to register. Please note that you must register each singer individually.
Summer camp options are available for current 3rd – 8th grade singers. 2nd graders who are currently singing with SV or who attended SV camp last summer are also welcome to come the week of July 25-29!
All camps will take place at Binkley Church in the Fellowship Hall and on the Playground. Binkley is located at 1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
We hope to be able to provide after care and before care for singers who need it. Please email Leandra Strope at leandra@sistersvoices.org if this is something you’re interested in.
Scholarships are available, as with all SV programs. Please email Jenny Walters at jenny@sistersvoices.org to request a scholarship.
Covid protocols for all camps: all participants, staff, and audience members must be vaccinated against Covid 19. An up-to-date covid-careful plan will be shared before camp begins. All participants will be expected to comply.
Dido and Aeneas – Music and Theater Workshop
Weeks of June 13 – 25 (two weeks)
- Who? Rising 5th – 9th graders (by application)
- When? 9:00 am – 4:00 pm daily, M-F, with performances on Friday evening, 6/24, and Saturday afternoon, 6/25
- About: This is the story of Dido, the strong, beautiful, and dramatic queen of Carthage who is in love with Aeneas, the prince of Troy, and the undoing of Dido by a group of jealous witches. This hour-long opera was written by the most revered British Baroque composer, Henry Purcell, for the girls at the boarding school where he worked. We’ll take two weeks to produce this masterpiece — learn the music; stage it; make all the set, costume pieces, and props; and perform it.
- Leandra’s note: I love this piece! And it’s a great one for us to learn, with these characters from Greek myth, witches, sailors, courtiers — all of them singing and dancing through this tragic love story. Singers will have multiple parts and be on stage most of the show. It will be an intense, quick-moving, and immensely fun two weeks!
Cost: $700 per participant
Sisters’ Voices All Things Camp
Week of July 25 – 29
- Who? Rising 4th-6th graders (rising 3rd graders [current second graders] who are singing for the 2021-2022 year, or who attended SV camp in 2021 are also welcome this year)
- When? 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- About: This is the original Sisters’ Voices Camp, where we learn quite a few pieces of music in daily rehearsals together, study solfege, learn musical fundamentals that are the foundation of reading music, introduce ourselves to the International Phonetic Alphabet, study human anatomy, learn poetry, jump rope, do yoga and tai chi, play games, sing a LOT, and have a great time getting to know each other. It’s a fun week and serves both as a good introduction to SV and a great place to develop skills that are already in progress.
Cost: $300 per participant
Leadership Camp
Week of August 1 – 5
- Who? Rising 6th – 9th graders
- When? 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- About: This camp is for middle school singers only. We’ll spend time each day singing, with focus on developing vocal independence and ensemble skills. We’ll also practice reading melodies and singing part-songs. Each day we’ll also spend time in dialogue about leadership topics, inspecting the ways we think and make decisions, probing our own opinions, and hearing from each other about topics that are important to us. Singers will be asked to do some introspection, and to strive for courageousness, curiosity, and connection to each other through the week and beyond.
Cost: $300 per participant
