About Camp
Kids Mountain Music Camp is a sponsored event by The McCall Folklore Society & The Annual Summer Music Festival at Roseberry, along with many other amazing sponsors and grants. The goal of the camp is to expose budding musicians to traditional and non-traditional bluegrass or mountain music.
KMMC is a three day workshop held on Payette Lake at the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS Campus) in McCall, Idaho with a final community performance in historic Roseberry, Idaho at The Summer Music Festival.
During the 3 days (9:00am-3:00pm) children ages 8-17 will learn basic music skills and history of American folk music with an emphasis on Folk, Bluegrass, and Mountain music. Classes cover an instrument choice of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, or guitar, plus singing and songwriting. At the end of camp, students are encouraged to participate in the community camp concert at The Summer Music Festival at Roseberry. This gives the students real life experience of performing for a live audience as well as giving them an attainable goal throughout camp.
Registration Details
To register, please fill out the online registration form . A parent or guardian must also fill out and return a printed release form, (Click Here to Download). Class sizes are limited and preferences are honored by registration arrival. Camp schedule, songbook, and other information will be given to the camper when they arrive at camp. Forms and payment are due by Saturday, June 22nd, 2024.
Campers will have the opportunity to select a primary instrument. Plus, each camper will be part of a group that will practice and perform together. The registration form will allow you to select your camper’s primary preference for an instrument to study during group sessions. We will make every effort to give each camper their top choice, but some instruments will have capacity limits.
Please spend a few moments on the registration form to tell us about your child’s musical ability and experience: How many years the camper has played their primary instrument, favorite songs, what songs they are currently working on, other capabilities, and goals for camp. And any “Additional Comments”.
Tuition Cost: $195.00
Instruments
*The instrument class offerings this year are:
Fiddle
Banjo
Mandolin
Guitar
Every camper must pick one of these instruments and are required to bring their own (owned/borrowed/rented) instrument to camp each day. Other instruments are not options this year as we are focusing on traditional bluegrass or mountain music instruments. Opening sessions will assist campers with rhythm exercises and there will be classes for singing and songwriting that each student will participate in, along with their instrument of choice.
If your camper needs help finding an instrument, please contact our camp coordinator; Megan Johnson at megan@mccallfolkloresociety.org . We cannot provide instruments, but we will do our best to connect you to resources.
*Sorry, but the list above are the ONLY available options for instrumentation. Our instructors will not be able to teach any other instruments than what is listed above.
Daily Schedule (9am – 3pm)
Family members are welcome and encouraged to attend Morning Activities! Morning and Afternoon Activities are all-camper activities, in which students get to meet and interact with their fellow campers, enjoying activities such as jamming, sing-a-longs, and group performance workshops lead by the teachers.
Typical Daily Schedule
9:00-9:15 Registration Sign In (*The first day you may want to come early)
9:15am – Morning Group Activity
10:00am – Primary Instrument – Block 1
10:45am – Short Break
11:00am – Primary Instrument – Block 2
12:00pm – Lunch
12:45pm – Elective Choice (Singing (vocals) or Songwriting) – Block 3
1:45pm – Short Break
2:00pm – Band/Group Rehearsal – Block 4
2:45pm – Afternoon Group Activity
3:00pm – Done for the Day - Sign Out
Meals
Campers will need to bring their own sack lunch and water bottle and any snacks they may want. Coolers will be available. Water refills will also be available.
Camp Location
The McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) is no ordinary school, or campus. Here, students are excited to learn. Here, students learn by immersing themselves in nature. Here, students grow and create while exploring the science of ecology.
This school is operated by the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources. The University and its partners use MOSS to foster scientific literacy, leadership skills and open-minded dialogue through graduate and professional education, youth science programs, seminars, and more. The school was founded in 2001 and has remained the only publicly operated K-12 residential outdoor school in Idaho.
We are just inside the gate of Ponderosa State Park at the MOSS Campus.
Final Performance Schedule
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
5:00-5:30pm: Drop off camper with instrument and KMMC T-shirt at the Roseberry Barn in the Historic Roseberry Townsite, 1 mile East of Donnelly.
6:00-7:30pm: Final Performance
On the final day of camp you will pick your camper up at the MOSS Center at 3pm to give them a quick break with time to change and eat or drink something (keep it light if they are nervous).
You will then bring them to the performance site at the Historic Roseberry Townsite between 5-5:30pm. The performance will begin at 6pm. It is 15.6 miles from MOSS center to the Roseberry site on Highway 55, with 25-30 minutes travel time.
Please share with family and friends that all are welcome to attend and cheer on the kids as a free community event.
Camp Performance Location:
The Summer Music Festival at Historic Roseberry Townsite -1 mile East of Donnelly on E. Roseberry Rd.
13131 Farm to Market Rd. Donnelly, ID 83615