Jump-Start Instrumental Camps
Elefante’s Jump-Start classes offer first-year band and orchestra students the chance to get a head start on their new instrument! Kids enter their school programs feeling confident and ready to make music! Music teachers have reported that our “Jump-Starters” arrive with a marked advantage.
For first-year students playing flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, baritone horn and euphonium.
GRADES: 3-5
DATES: August 18-22
TIME: 9:30am – 12:30pm
PRICE: $350
LOCATION: Elefante Music – 1790 Springfield Ave, New Providence
For first-year students playing violin, viola, cello, and upright bass.
GRADES: 3-5
DATES: July 21 – 25
TIME: 9:30am – 11:30am
PRICE: $250
LOCATION: Elefante Music – 1790 Springfield Ave, New Providence
Upright bass, also called string bass or double bass, is a member of the orchestra family. Just as often, however, it appears in jazz, bluegrass, folk, and other genres. With a large hollow body and 4 thick strings, the tones produced by the upright bass are low and rich. The instrument is capable of long, expressive tones when played with a bow; and short, percussive tones when plucked with the strings. String bass is a dynamic and impressive instrument to play!
The oboe is a woodwind and a member of the double-reed family. It is played by blowing air through the reed, attached at the top of the instrument. The reed consists of two very thin pieces of cane, pressed together with a small opening to allow air to pass through. The sound can be high in pitch, but it has a variety of colorful tones, from bright and piercing to low and mysterious.
