Our mission at Clearly Clarinet Camp
is to provide high level information in a
positive and uplifting learning environment.
2024 Summer Dates
Dallas North (McKinney) Camp (in-person) July 8-11, 2024 - APPLY HERE!!!
10:00am-4:00pm
Monday-Thursday
McKinney ISD
McKinney, TX
Tuition: $250.00
Sample Schedule
Dallas-Area Camp (To Be Determined) Sample Schedule (Subject to revision without notice)
10:00 Warmup and Sectionals
11:00 Small Ensembles
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Special Presentations | Masterclasses for Advanced Clearly Clarinet Academy Students
1:00 Faculty Recital
1:30 Sectionals / small ensembles
2:15 Special Topics / new techniques
3:00 Large Ensemble
4:00 End of Day
ACCA Head Instructor, Chastine Hofmeister
Principal Clarinet with the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet at Collin College
Special Guest Masterclass Artist: Gregory Raden
Principal Clarinet of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
The Advanced Clearly Clarinet Academy (ACCA) is an exclusive, advanced clarinet and bass clarinet workshop where you study with high-level performers from around the country. Usually these students are in high school and college, though participation is not determined by age, but by ability level.
Audition Application Due by May 1 - APPLY HERE! - Any solo or etude or orchestral excerpt is acceptable
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- Masterclasses on orchestral excerpts
- High-level chamber music
- Pre audition required - deadline to apply May 1
- Audition with any solo or any etude or any orchestral excerpt
Orchestral Clarinet Masterclasses at Camp (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD)
Orchestral Bass Clarinet Masterclasses at Camp (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD)
World Class Faculty
Chastine Hofmeister, Principal Clarinet with the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet at Collin College
Catherine Conlin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Cottey College
Daisy Miller, Clarinet Private Lesson Instructor for Allen ISD
Kristen Thompson, Freelance Clarinetist and Educator, and D'Addario Woodwinds Method Clinician
Judi Altstatt is the Head of Clarinet for Bocal Majority's Clearly Clarinet Camp. She is a clarinet teacher, performer and band director in the Dallas area. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from University of Central Arkansas where she studied with George Sparks and Steven Pederson; and a master’s degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of Iowa where she studied with Maurita Murpy Marx, Himie Voxman and Myron Welch. She founded Clarinet Solutions, a camp for middle and high school students that ran until 2012. She teaches band at Haggard Middle School in Plano and is the second/bass clarinet for Allen Philharmonic. She hosts Allen Folk Music Society on the third Saturday of each month and is VP of Dallas Paleontological Society. Ms. Altstatt resides in Allen with her fossil-loving son and adorable puppies.
Contact Us
420 N. Coit Road, Suite 2015
Richardson, TX 75080
jason@bocalmajority.com
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