December 21, 2015

[Pages:2]December 21, 2015

Happy Winter Solstice to you from the Superior String Alliance!

Superior String Alliance (SSA) is celebrating its 30th birthday this year! Your support enables SSA, a 501 (c) 3 organization, to promote the art of learning and performing music on violin, viola, cello and bass throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We invite you to join the SSA family by making a tax-deductible gift to help fund our growing Summer Music Camp and our community outreach concerts with the SSA Chamber Players.

Summer Music Camp 2015 takes place at Presbytery Point Camp in Michigamme, Michigan. Our camp serves string students in grades 4-12, most of whom are from the Upper Peninsula. Summer Music Camp provides an encouraging, active and fun environment in which string students can accomplish an academic semester's worth of work in a week. Our camp tuition is half the price of the music camps elsewhere. However, 30% of SSA students need some form of financial assistance to attend our camp. Your donation will help fund these students. Because of your help, we have never had to turn campers away due to lack of funds to pay tuition. Check out the back of this letter for more information about camp!

The SSA Chamber Players is comprised of the professional faculty members who teach and mentor students at SSA Music Camp. The Chamber Players perform concerts throughout the Upper Peninsula during the winter and summer. Please help SSA celebrate its 30th birthday by contributing a gift via the enclosed donation form and pre-addressed envelope. You can also make your gift directly on SSA's website at .

We look forward to hearing from you and wish you a joyous Winter Solstice!

Musically yours,

Danielle Simandl Executive Director & SSA Camp Music Director

SSA Summer Music Camp Facts

? Welcomed 92 students to the three camp sessions in 2015. ? Collaborated with and moved to Presbytery Point Camp in Michigamme. ? Filled Camp Presto (grade 6-8) to capacity for the second year in a row! ? Saw Camp Vivace (grade 9-12) alumni campers enter college as music majors

and return as SSA junior counselors and regular counselors. ? Celebrated the third year of SSA's elementary school session, Camp Allegro

(grade 4-6)! ? Plans to have over 100 campers in 2016, so we are adding a 4th session!

The camper experience includes: ? A private lesson every day ? Two orchestra rehearsals every day ? An orchestra sectional every day ? A chamber ensemble coaching every day ? Innovative workshops that let campers explore their instruments outside of

the classical music realm. ? Each camp session is kicked off with a Faculty Recital and concludes with a

final Orchestra Concert performed by the campers for their familes. ? Camp Presto and Camp Vivace put on a Chamber Music Recital. ? Camp Vivace performs an Honors Solo Recital with students who audition

successfully with a prepared solo.

When everybody takes a break from playing their instruments it is time to ? Play capture the flag and paint tag ? Swim in the lake ? Decorate the cabins with the theme of the day ? Cook s'mores over a campfire.

SSA Chamber Players Facts

? The SSA Chamber Players concerts are a fun power-hour of diverse string music that spans over 300 years of compositions.

? The Chamber Players had a successful Summer Tour in Marquette, Calumet, Munising, and Michigamme, reaching a total of 80 audience members.

? The Chamber Players also had a successful Winter Tour in Marquette, Calumet, Munising, and Escanaba, reaching a total of 100 audience members.

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