The Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) is pleased to announce its Rock N’ Roll Camp for Teen-aged Girls, now in its third summer.

NORTHAMPTON, MA - June 17th, 2004 / Protectomatic Music Inc. (www.protectomatic.com). The Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) (www.ima.org) is pleased to announce its Rock N’ Roll Camp for Teen-aged Girls, now in its third summer. Three sessions of the camp will be offered: July 10-18, July 24-August 1 and August 7-15. The first two sessions are open to girls of all skill levels; the last session is designed for advanced students. The camps take place at IMA’s east coast facility located in Goshen, Massachusetts. The cost is $750 and includes food,
housing and instruction.

The camp, open to all teen-aged girls with an interest in performing, offers the opportunity to develop, arrange and perform original and cover tunes in a
full band setting. IMA owns all the equipment necessary for any rock band
and campers have access to it all. Participants bring original songs or creative writing and/or songs by other artists that they would like to learn. Selected original and cover tunes are arranged, charted out and rehearsed to perform for family and friends on the last day of the session.

The camp is led by three seasoned musicians: Singer-songwriter June Millington has been in bands since she was a teenager herself; her band FANNY was signed to Warner Brothers Records when she was 20 years old. Renowned as an electric guitarist (Guitar Player Magazine called her the hottest female guitar player in the industry) Millington is also a much sought after album producer. Evelyn Harris, who has been singing professionally for over 30 years, will work with vocalists and lead the vocal classes. A former member of the internationally acclaimed group Sweet Honey in the Rock, she has also received a Grammy nomination for her original work. In addition to performing Harris teaches workshops at IMA, coaches vocalist privately, teaches at two public schools and directs a church choir. Finally, drummer Loren Weisman will be leading the
drum clinics. Weisman has toured extensively with various bands and has over
100 studio sessions under his belt. He is currently performing with the band
Jive-O-Matic and is the founder of Protectomatic a management and promotion
consulting company for independent artists. These three teachers will be joined by
other guest artists who will be “roving” musicians on site to answer questions and work individually with individuals and groups as their needs arise.

The camp offers some full scholarships as well as partial scholarships. For those interested in nurturing the dreams of young women rockers, a scholarship fund called In the Name of Our Mothers has been established to acknowledge the roll that individual women have had in nurturing the dreams of youth. Donors may wish to contribute funds in the name of any woman who has nurtured their dreams either directly or through example. As a non-profit with a status of 501 (c)3, all donations to the scholarship fund are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information on the camp or IMA visit www.ima.org.
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