College of Music

REGISTRATION: Online registration for this camp will open on January 13, 2020 at 8:00am.

DEPOSIT: A non-refundable deposit of $100.00 per camp is required at the time of registration. This deposit is applied toward the camp tuition. Your space at camp is not reserved or guaranteed until this deposit has been paid. This deposit is not refundable under any circumstance***.

***You will not be asked to make a payment on your camp registration until the very last step. You will receive an on-screen confirmation of the camp registration first. This will include your Customer ID number which you should write down and keep.

BALANCE: The balance of all camp fees is due June 01, 2020. Any registrations not paid by this date are subject to cancellation. Any balances paid after this date will be payable by cash or credit card only - no personal checks will be accepted after this date or at camp check-in.

For more help with making payments, including a video on how to make online payments, go to the Payment Information Page.

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Assistant Professor of Double Bass, George Speed, enjoys a career that combines teaching with solo, chamber, and orchestral performing. He joins the College of Music faculty after 14 years as Associate Professor of Double Bass at Oklahoma State University, where he received the 2009 Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching Excellence. For the past four summers, Mr. Speed has served on the artist faculty of the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, North Carolina.

Orchestral playing is central to Mr. Speed’s career. Recently appointed principal bass with the Tallahassee Symphony, he served as Principal Bass of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic from 2005-2019. For 17 years Mr. Speed was a regular player with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, including numerous television broadcasts and domestic and international tours. He has also performed with the Boston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Handel and Haydn Society, among others.

Mr. Speed is passionate about both chamber music and solo performance. The Pierre Boulez Workshop at Carnegie Hall selected him to perform Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie, Op. 9 in Weill Recital Hall under Maestro Boulez in 1999. From 2005-2019 he performed regularly with the Oklahoma City-based chamber ensemble Brightmusic. In August 2018, Centaur Records released Mr. Speed’s recording of his Vivaldi cello sonata 1-6 transcriptions, with forthcoming print publication by Recital Music.

A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Mr. Speed earned his Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University, and his Master of Music degree from Boston University. Additional studies include two summers at both the Aspen Music Festival and the Tanglewood Music Center, where he received the Rose Thomas Smith Legacy Prize. His principal teachers were Edwin Barker, Edgar Meyer, and William Scott. Mr. Speed plays on a late-19th century Neapolitan bass by Carlo Loveri.

• DMA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• MM, Yale University
• BM, University of Hartford
• Fulbright Fellowship, Vienna, Austria (1992-93)
• K-12 Music Certification, Georgia State University
• www.jamesbarketweb.net

James Barket is Orchestra Director at Webb Bridge Middle School in Alpharetta, GA--part of the Fulton County School System. WBMS Orchestras under James Barket’s direction are active participants in Georgia Music Educators Association events. WBMS was invited to perform for the GMEA In-Service Conference in 2008 and for the ASTA National Orchestra Competition in 2006. Most recently in 2011, the WBMS Advanced Violin Ensemble was requested by the office of Governor Nathan Deal to perform at the Governor’s Mansion for Valedictorian Day.

He currently teaches string bass at Kennesaw State University, the Encore! Summer Music Camp, the Florida State Summer Music Camp, and the Walton High School Orchestra Summer Camp. In 2010, James Barket was a guest clinician for the Alabama Orchestra Association’s All-State Orchestra Festival. From 2000-2004, Dr. Barket was Co-Director (with Jennifer Barket) of the GAASTA Summer Camp. He also was the coordinator (with Kevin Majeske) of the GMEA District V Elementary Orchestra Clinic from 2003-2005. Dr. Barket served as GMEA State Orchestra Chairperson from 2005-2007 and was the organizer for the GMEA Middle School All-State Orchestra from 2008-2014.

His private teachers have included Gary Karr, Leland Tolo, Winston Budrow, and Josef Niederhammer. As a student of both Gary Karr in the US and Josef Niederhammer in Vienna, Barket is interested in music and musicians who represent these two vital schools of bass playing. His solo recitals include a variety of original compositions for solo bass and transcriptions/arrangements that represent both of these fine traditions.

Formerly, James Barket was on the faculty at Valdosta State University in Valdosta Georgia. He has translated Alfred Planavsky's "The Baroque Double Bass Violone" (1998: Scarecrow Press). Previous professional engagements include: Principal Bassist of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, Principal Bassist of the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Bassist in the VSU Faculty Jazz Quintet, and Per Service Bassist with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra.

Prior string teaching experience includes work with the South Georgia String Project in Valdosta, GA. This Project, sponsored by the VSO, provides string-instrument instruction to area public and private-school children. Dr. Barket taught class strings at Parker Mathis Elementary and Lowndes Middle School. In addition, he managed the program from 1997-1999. He was also active with the Valdosta Symphony Youth Orchestra. He directed the Summer Program in 1999, and managed the orchestra during the 1999-2000 school year.

Kevin Ray grew up in Miami, Florida and began his musical studies at the age of four as a Suzuki-trained violinist. He became a double bassist at age 14 and participated in local youth and honor orchestras in the Miami-Dade metropolitan area. He graduated from the Florida State University College of Music in 2008 where he studied with the late Dr. Michael Allen and Dr. Clifford Madsen. While at Florida State, he was the principal double bassist of the University Philharmonia and Symphony Orchestras, was a contracted member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and toured with FSU Orchestras and Chamber Wind ensembles.

Kevin began his teaching career at Cooper Middle School (located in Cobb County, GA) where he directed the orchestra program for four years. While at Cooper, the orchestra enrollment increased from 90 to just over 170 students. His students consistently achieved superior ratings at their Large Group Performance Evaluations and participated in several youth and honor orchestras in the metropolitan Atlanta area. He was also the assistant orchestra director at Durham Middle School (located in Cobb County, GA).

Kevin is an active double bass performer and clinician. He has performed with the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Emory Wind Ensemble, Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, and Grace Symphony and his private bass students have been selected to participate in the Georgia All-State orchestras and Texas Region Orchestras. Apart from being a double bass clinician, he was the Leon County, FL Middle School Honor Orchestra Clinician (2012) and has conducted the FSU Summer Music Camp's Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestras since 2012. He has been on staff as a double bass coach with the FSU Summer Music Camps since 2006.

If a registered student becomes unable to attend camp for any reason AND camp administration received a written refund request, the following refund policy will apply:

• Written notice received in camp office 10 or more business days(Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm) prior to the first day of camp: Full refund of tuition and housing less the $100.00 deposit.
• Written notice received in camp office 1-9 business days(Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm) prior to the first day of camp: Refund of tuition only less the $100.00 deposit.
• As of 5:00pm on the night before camp check-in: No refunds of any kind.

Accepted forms of written notification include:

• Letters mailed to the camp administration office at FSU Summer Music Camps, PO BOX 3061180, Tallahassee, FL 32306 and RECEIVED in our office according to the policy above.
• Email sent to the camp administration office at musiccamps@fsu.edu.  Please be sure to get a reply confirming that we received you email request and that your refund is being processed.
• Letters faxed to the camp administration office at 850-644-5257.

All of the above methods must be RECEIVED in our office according to the Refund Policy. Please be sure to get a confirmation from our office indicating that your request to cancel was received and that the refund is being processed.

Once you are registered to attend camp, you will need to complete your Camp Forms. The packet includes the required consent forms, a medical form, a housing and dining form, and order forms for optional services. Filling out these forms as soon as possible will help us provide you with a great camp experience.

You can fill out these forms online or send them back by mail. We ask that you provide this information as soon as possible, but the deadline to submit all forms and requests is JUNE 10.

If you are coming to more than one camp, you only need to fill out this information once.

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You will need to know your Customer ID number to make an online payment. This number can be found on the email confirmation you received when you registered. If you do no know this number or did not get an email confirmation of your registration, please send a request to register@capd.fsu.edu and the registrar will email you back with your number.

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The best way to prepare for camp is to read your handbook. You can view the handbook online as an interactive PDF or you can download and print out a PDF version. There is information in this handbook that pertains to both parents and campers, so we encourage everyone to take the time to read it.

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This camp has been cancelled for summer 2020.  Please click here for more information.