Information regarding our 2012 Northside Young Singers Music Camp in north Cobb County, Georgia will be available in Spring 2012.
Benefits of Music Camp
This camp is designed to improve each camper’s musical skill by offering training in:
- proper vocal technique,
- musicianship,
- sight-singing,
- experiencing challenging works by master composers, and
- exploring different styles of music and singing in various languages.
Each camper will gain confidence in their ability to perform at a new level as they work toward their week-end concert performance.
Meet Our Camp Staff
Dr. William O. Baker, Director of Ensembles, Grades 9 – 12
Dr. William Baker is Creator and Director of the William Baker Choral Foundation, a national organization sponsoring twelve choirs in three states including the William Baker Festival Singers of Atlanta (originally the Gwinnett Festival Singers) and of Kansas City. He is also Founder of the DeKalb Choral Guild, the Kansas City Wind Symphony, the Youth Festival Singers of Atlanta. He has directed large touring youth choirs throughout the US and Canada having served as Minister of Music in several churches in the southeast and the Midwest.
His formal education includes studies in voice and conducting at Mercer University and the University of Georgia, culminating in the Doctor of Musical Arts from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Through the Choral Foundation he is active throughout the nation as a guest conductor and clinician, with appearances from Virginia to Washington and from South Dakota to Texas.
Lynn Swanson, Director of Ensembles, Grades 2 – 3 and 4 – 8
Lynn Swanson is a native of Marietta, Georgia and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Shorter College in Rome, Georgia. She studied organ and conducting with Helmut Melzer, Tom Alderman, Constantina Tsolineau and Alezander Mickelthwaite. She has served as Director of Music, directing children programs, handbells and adult choirs in several Cobb churches and as Organist for the Evangelische Kirche in Kronberg, Germany and Christ the King Anglican Church in Frankfurt, Germany. She is also the Founder and Music Director of the Lynn Swanson Festival Singers, Cobb Summer Singers and Northside Young Singers. Ms. Swanson teaches voice and piano in private studio and is Music Director of the Saint Benedict Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Georgia.
Ivy Belk Pirl, Staff Accompanist
Ivy Belk Pirl is a native of Marietta and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance from Florida State University and a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She is a certified Kindermusik instructor, teaches piano in private studio and is a staff accompanist for the William Baker Choral Foundation.
