Even before kids are born, music plays an important role in the development of our children, either during the pregnancy or their first years of
life. It is so exciting when they learn how to dance or hum their favourite songs! Music is essential for learning and that is why music camp have become the best plan for summer!
Music camps are based on the miscellaneous benefits music has on our children’s life, since they work not only corporal expression when they dance or play an instrument, but also self-esteem and emotions:
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Improves the learning process
One way or another, music activates and exercises memory. Remembering dance moves or a score are some actions they can do at that age almost without any effort, so they develop their mental capacities while they have fun. Besides, they will also meet lots of new friends. Music camps have lots of advantages!
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Working emotions
Music camps are a very complete experience since kids will practise sport, new languages or learn to play an instrument. However, they will also work their emotional intelligence. Music is the common thread to learn how to identify emotions, which means a better management and an increase of the kid’s self-esteem.
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Increase of concentration
When music is part of our children’s life, they improve their capacity of concentration: either if they dance, sing or play an instrument, they must be very focused on the task they are doing so that they do not forget anything! Music demands daily work and perseverance in order to get great results, something very useful for their future life.
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Stimulation of imagination
Imagination and creativity will fly very high during their stay at a music camp! Sounds and chords will provoke our children into new reactions and the most creative kids will dare to create their own. Music will bring up their most imaginative side!
There are different music camps to choose among, depending on your kid’s hobbies. Does he like singing or dancing? Can he play an instrument yet or wants to learn? If your kid enjoys even soundtracks, we have the perfect music camp for him!
FSO Summer Camp, the music camp for this summer
The FSO Summer Camp is an initiative from the Film Symphony Orchestra, the main orchestra in Spain playing soundtracks from great movies, and whose musicians will be the instructors at this camp. Who is going to be better to teach our children than these professionals who played the soundtrack for the Goya Awards? Kids and teenagers between 5 and 18 will learn music right from the start and will improve with their instrument through the soundtracks from their favourite movies. Learning and music are linked by different activities at the FSO Summer Camp:
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SINGING IN THE FSO: a chore for kids without previous music knowledge or with basic knowledge. For kids aged 5 onwards.
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FSO JUNIOR: a young orchestra for students who already played an instrument from the symphony orchestra for, at least, two years. For kids aged 9 onwards.
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FSO BIG BAND JUNIOR: a big band for those playing the electric guitar, bass guitar, sax, trumpet, trombone, piano and drums, with at least six years of experience and want to join jazz and modern music. For kids aged 14 onwards.
From SoloCampamentos we interviewed Juana López, the educational organiser in the FSO Summer Camp, who told us some of the secrets making this music camp so amazing:
“FSO Summer Camp is a project with a new pedagogical methodology based on learning music through experience. Our method will focus on famous soundtracks, so music will become the main key to move other disciplines closer by playing, such as astronomy, archeology or physics”.
Their main difference is they are the first music camp exclusively specialised on soundtracks, whose methodology boosts individual and group
skills. Because there are lots of activities at the FSO Summer Camps: themed workshops to boost their motor, language, emotional and social skills; going to the swimming-pool and practising sports, and parties at night where kids will discover what soundtracks have behind.
“Music is an educational tool to boost lots of skills. In the long term, the methodology and the project we propose allows an improvement of brain responses and increases the autonomy and the capacity of taking decisions. It also develops creativity and memory, and provides self-esteem for the development of social skills”.
This music camp guarantees a quality learning hand in hand with great professionals at beautiful locations, such as La Casa del Prado in Segovia and La Casa Don Bosco in Valencia, which allows a closer contact with nature. You will have seven amazing days to learn very much and have fun! We ask Juana about the factors they take into account when they prepare the programme of activities:
“We plan the activities in two main categories: activities related to music, that I will coordinate and will be taught by musicians from the FSO, specialized in education and pedagogy. We will take into account the level kids have, age, previous knowledge and specific skills. On the other side, we will organise leisure activities, bearing in mind time for resting, having lunch and dinner, and cleanliness”.
This amazing structure for learning and having fun is possible thanks to the great team working at the camp to make this experience unforgettable. Juan tells us the main characteristic instructors and teachers have:
“We work with a group of great professionals in education with music, emotional intelligence and coaching, besides specialists in working with kids. For us, it is very important will work as a big team, creating a magic atmosphere and making kids learn a lot while they enjoy music”.
Good luck searching music camps for this summer!