International Summer Camp - English

The Pop Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, University of Popular Music and Music Business, located in Mannheim, Germany, organised its first International Summercamp from the 21st to the 29th of August 2009.

Everybody who is up for meeting musicians from all over the world, rehearsing, exchanging ideas, rock the studio or the stage and enjoy an extra hot summer - this is the place for you to be! From July 28th to August 5th 2011 the Pop Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg hosted up to 80 guests, from all over Europe and beyond, for a very special experience. Students of the Pop Academy, as well as students from our partner institutions in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, the USA, China, and Sweden, took part to experience this unique chance to be coached by a highly qualified team of international experts. With a fantastic start in 2009,  this years camp will again invite everybody who is interested.

Here you can take a look at the International Summer Camp trailer.

In addition to the intensive daily rehearsals, the participants can choose between vocal or instrumental lessons, which they attend either alone or as part of a group. Furthermore, the band coaching is completed by songwriter workshops and supplementary recording sessions in the studio facilities of the Pop Academy in order to transfer the new ideas into real projects.  On top there are workshops in performance training, drum & singing circles, wake & shake with body percussion and many more...

In between and after the units, attendees are invited to go downtown, to take trips to the local surrounding, to jam at night or just relax. The Summer Camp focuses on overall band coaching, artistic teamwork and the implementation of real-life creativity.
As an international event, the Summer Camp offers excellent ways of networking for young musicians in the European context. The teachers, all professional experts of the music business, will do their best to support the idea of the International Summercamp. The results of the International Summer Camp will be presented on the Pop Academy stage in the course of a public concert.

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The Summer Camp Coaching-Team 2011:

Band Coaching
Adé Adefolalu (Westminster University)
Yoshi Breen (Rock Academy NL/ Herman Brood Academy)
Koen-Willem Toering (Rock Academy NL)
Chuck Webb (Columbia College Chicago)
Gary Yerkins (Columbia College Chicago)

Fach Coaching
Prof. Udo Dahmen – Drums, Bodypercussion, Drum Circle (Pop Academy)
Frank Itt – Bass (Pop Academy)
Charles Simmons – Vocals (Pop Academy)
Matthias „Maze" Leber – Keys (Pop Academy/ Xavier Naidoo)
Thomas Lui Ludwig – Drums (Pop Academy/ Jazz Pistols)
Prof. Peter Wölpl – E-Git (Pop Academy)

Songwriting
Michelle Leonard – Singer/ Songwriter (Universal Music Publishing/ Tinseltown Music)

Producing
Christian Kalla aka Crada (Freelancer)

The International Summer Camp is kindly supported by: