In its fourth year, LightHouse’s summer Music Academy continues to grow and expand, literally. Each year, Music Academy culminates with a performance by blind students from all over the world. This time around the group will take the stage at Enchanted Hills’ brand new Redwood Grove Theater, which was completed this summer and features redwood benches made at camp by blind woodworker George Wurtzel. The students will also hit the road to perform at our headquarters in San Francisco.
Experience the power of Music Academy by joining us at one of these free concerts:
- Saturday, August 12 at 4:00 p.m. – Enchanted Hills Camp, with dinner following. 3410 Mt Veeder Rd, Napa, CA 94558. Suggested donation $20: RSVP here.
- Tuesday, August 15 at 5:30 p.m. – LightHouse for the Blind Headquarters, 1155 Market Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco 94103. Suggested donation $20: To RSVP visit the link.
About Music Academy
Enchanted Hills Camp has paired up with Bill McCann, founder and president of Dancing Dots Braille Music Technology to craft a Music Academy for blind musicians ages 16 to 24 years old who are serious about music or might be thinking of entering the profession. Bill McCann pioneered this specialized music academy model both in Canada and the United States. The academy introduces students to using non-visual techniques to compose music, read the works of others, learn performance skills and gain the capacity to compete for and win employment in the music field.
With its specialized emphasis, our talent pool and ambition continues to grow. This year we’re excited to host students from all over the world, who will spend a week focused on not only becoming better performers but achieving fluency in braille music and other accessible forms of musical notation.
Musicians ages 18 and over who are participating in the Music Academy are invited to stay on for the extended section of our Music Academy program. The extended program starts August 13 and ends August 16 and will be held in San Francisco at LightHouse for the Blind. We will shuttle those qualifying participants to LightHouse for the Blind from the Enchanted Hills Camp. We will also provide a shuttle service to the SFO airport at the end of the program on August 16.
We still have openings in this year’s Music Academy! If you have questions about the session please contact Taccarra Burrell at ehc@lighthouse-sf.org or 451-694-7310.
A special thank you to our Music Academy Sponsors:
