What's the price & what's included?  2024 Camp Price is $650  Includes room, meals, wi-fi, Group instruction, Clinics, Gear Sessions, Master Classes, swag, snacks, beverages & more.

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CAMP PAYMENT: To secure your spot, a downpayment of $300 is due by May 15, 2024    Balance Due June 15, 2024

Monthly payment options are available.  Email us somardrummers@gmail.com

          * If you need a Rental Kit add $75.  You will need to select the Rental Kit Option on the Registration Form.

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The Mid Atlantic Drum Camp is a drum set camp.  If you are interested in Concert Percussion, Marching Percussion or Latin Percussion, we hold events in those specialties throughout the year.

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Where is the Camp located?  St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland. 

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Do I need to read music?  NO 

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Do I need to bring a Drum Set?   YES  (* We have rental kits for an additional $75 - they will go fast!)

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Who is teaching at the 2024 camp?  Matt Garstka, Thomas Pridgen, Willie Howell, Jamal Moore

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Why ages 9-22?  This camp a unique opportunity for the next generation of drummers to increase their knowledge, skills, ideas & capabilities on the kit, while working with the best drummers in the world.  

  

1) What should I expect at the camp?  Lots of drumming, new concepts, applications, ideas, exercises, see & try out the latest drum gear, jam sessions every night plus great food & snacks. 

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2) I live near the college, can I commute?   YES

Same price for overnight or commuter - all meals are included for commuters.  

 

NOTE:  Requests to change overnight or commuter status includes an administrative fee of $100. Requests for change of status will not be considered after June 30, 2024.  Local parents are not permitted to "bunk overnight" with their student unless they are a chaperone.  

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3) What are the accommodations?  Students are roomed with another student in air conditioned, key access dorm rooms with free Wi-Fi.  Parent chaperons are present in learning areas and dorms 24/7 for safety and assistance.

 

BEDDING! Students and Parent Chaperones bring bedding for a TWIN XL bed (sleeping bag & pillow will work)

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4)  Parent Chaperones   Parent Chaperones must obtain a police background check. The $250 chaperone fee is for room & board and their student receives a camp discount. Email us if you are interested in Parent Chaperone.

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5) What drums do I bring?  Students should bring a 4 or 5-piece kit including: rug, snare & stand, bass drum & pedal, rack tom(s), 1-floor tom, ride & stand, 1-crash & stand, throne & sticks.  Additional cymbals, double kick pedals, foot aux pedal, stacks, latin percussion, etc., are optional.

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6) Rental Kits We have a limited number rental kits for an additional fee of $75.  If you are driving to the camp, bring your own drums.  Rental kits are reserved for students arriving to by air or train. Exceptions are rare!

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7)  How do I register for the camp?  2024 MADC CAMP IS FULL  Email for the waitlist: somardrummers@gmail

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8) What are Skill Groups? How am I assigned?  Students are assembled in 6-skill groups, determined by the Artists & Educators, via student video. Once a student's registration is approved (See Terms & Conditions)  you will need to send a video of yourself playing your best groove in each of the genre's listed below. 

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9)  VIDEO ASSESSMENT  Students must email a video - or video link - of themselves playing 4-8 measures of your best drum groove in the 11-styles listed below. Play the grooves in order below. Skip any groove you don't know.  

OPTION:  "Song Style" students can select up to 4 grooves to play as if in a band setting: intro / verse / chorus / bridge / solo, etc.  Transitions from verse to chorus, etc., are encouraged.  SONG STYLE LIMIT is 20-32 measures.

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EMAIL your video or video link to   somardrummers@gmail.com beginning May 1. Final Day to Submit your video is June 15, 2024   ➤   Record the grooves in order, at any tempo, any variation.

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Hip Hop or GoGo

Rock or Metal

Pop

Disco
Funk 

Odd Time

World Rhythm (ex: Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean, Africa, Indian, etc)

Waltz

Linear

Half Time Shuffle

Polyrhythm

"Sound of Muzak"  by Porcupine Tree • Play 8-measures of the 7/4 Intro Section only 

"Cissy Strut"        by The Meters • Play 8-measures of the Intro groove only

Rudiments on snare slow to fast:  Inverted Paradiddle, Double Paradiddle, Swiss Army Triplet

    ► Skip any groove or rudiment you don't know - play what you know & have fun!

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10) How am I assigned to a skill group? Artists In Residence of the 2024 Mid Atlantic Drum Camp view each student's video & collectively assign students to one of 6-Skill Groups. Students may be moved to a different Group once camp begins. 

      Questions? Send us an email ➤ somardrummers@gmail.com