Rebecca Rottsolk

Clinician, Middle School

Rebecca Rottsolk served as artistic director for the Northwest Girlchoir from 1982 until 2001, building the Choir into one of the most respected youth choral organizations in America. Now retired, Rebecca frequently presents workshops on girls’ voices, conducting and rehearsal techniques, inspirational teaching and techniques for maximizing performance. She enjoys a national reputation as guest conductor and clinician, conducting many all-state and regional festival choruses including 2008 Indiana Women’s All-State Choir, 2007 Choral Perspectives, 2006 Colorado Women’s All-State Choir, 2006 NWACDA Children’s Honor Choir,  2006 Idaho All-State Children’s Choir,  2005 TexasMEA Women’s All-State Choir, 2002 & 2004 Pacific International Children’s Choir Festivals, Fort Worden Festivals, and numerous other workshops and festivals in more than 25 states. Rottsolk adjudicates for Heritage Festivals and edits a choral series for Alliance Music Publications. She currently conducts two adult community choirs on the Olympic Peninsula and is co-founder/director with Beth Ann Bonnecroy of Mirinesse Women’s Choir in Seattle. Mirinesse was honored to perform at the 2009 National ACDA Convention in Oklahoma City.  Rebecca received her B.Music from St. Olaf College, her M.A. from Pacific Lutheran University, and received her CME Artist-Teacher diploma in 1992. The 1997 recipient of the Washington ACDA Award for choral leadership, Rottsolk also served as National R&S chair for Children’s Choirs from 1998-2004.

 

Sallie Pummill-Pollack

Accompanist, Middle School

Sallie Pummill-Pollack performs internationally as a soloist, accompanist, and chamber musician making her Carnegie Hall debut in June 2000.  She holds an Artist Diploma/ Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Texas Christian University and Master of Music in Chamber Music and Accompanying from the University of Illinois.  She won the 1996 Fulbright Scholarship to the Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium.  She is married to Peter Pollack, percussionist for Blue Man Group in Las Vegas and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts program at Manhattan School of Music.

 

 

Peter Pollack

Guest Artist

Schedule

Average daily schedule will include nine hours of rehearsal, four hours of planned recreation, and plenty of time for relaxing meals. Activities planned for the evening include: an outdoor cookout, a dance, talent show, show choir experience, and performances by guest artists.

Participation Awards

Each camper will receive a certificate of participation for each year they attend NCSICA. We also offer the Maxine Blackwell Loyalty Award for the female camper with most years of participation, the Lara Hoggard Loyalty Award for the male camper with the most years of participation, the Paul Fry Award for the school with the largest enrollment each year ( minimum 20) and the Martha Casstevens Award for the Middle School with the largest enrollment each year ( minimum 20). Awards are presented at the Talent Show/ Show Choir evening. Each choir-in-residence will receive a plaque recognizing their participation.

Housing

Participants will be housed in dormitories located on the campus of Warren Wilson College All participants will be housed two to a room, with adult participants housed separately from counselors and campers. Counselor to camper ration is 1:34. Due to limited housing campers will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Among the recreational facilities provided will be the university gyms, tennis courts, pool, and numerous outdoor sports fields.

Roommates

A word about roommates……….

 

You can choose your roommate on your application or choose “no preference” and make a new friend! If the person you requested to room with is not fully registered by May 25^th  you will be assigned a roommate approximately your age and from your area of the state.

 

Sometimes campers mail both their applications in the same envelope to make sure they get to room together – we do our BEST to make sure you are happy campers!!  We have many campers from different areas of NC who meet at camp every summer and room together. It becomes their tradition!

 

In the event the same person is named for two different roommates we will chose based on the earliest postmarked application. ( If you are traveling with a choir, your choir director will have sent us specific roommate assignments for you.)  There will be a $50.00 charge for roommate changes generated by the participant after May 25.  If you select this option please know that changes will be made the morning after registration. There will be no charge for roommate changes made by us which occur because your requested roommate did not register and/or your roommate choice does not participate in camp at all.

 

Although new campers are very welcome and we may still have some room, we caution that there is no guarantee of t-shirt size, music, or roommate choice for any camper who registers after June 1.

Supervision

Competent and experienced counselors will supervise all student activities, providing appropriate care for the privacy and security of all participants.

Counselors must hold a NC or comparable teacher certification. Ratio of dorm counselors to campers is 1:34.

Head Counselors

Head Counselors will again be Mrs. Barbara Bowden, retired choral director at Northern Middle School and Daniel Glaze of Grimsley High School, both of Greensboro, NC.

This will be the fifth year for both head counselors.

Daniel Glaze and Barbara Bowden.

    

Rotation Class Instructors

Outstanding North Carolina teachers will supervise and instruct each 30 member rotation class each day. Instructors include: Ann Pratt, Diane Woodward (GA), Marshall Johnson, Kathryn Sauls, Marshall Butler, Ron Vannoy, and Dottie Tippett.

Nurse

Mrs. Cathy McCluskey, RN, BSN, NCSN, school nurse of Mt. Airy, NC, will be on duty at all times during the course of the workshop.

Honors Chorus Audition Preparation Class

Each camper will have the opportunity for daily instruction on the Honors Chorus audition piece.  Each class participant will receive a complimentary copy of the audition piece.

NCMEA Honors and All State Chorus Scholarships

Students successfully participating in the 2009 North Carolina Music Educators Association Middle and Senior Honors Chorus will be awarded a $50.00 scholarship towards tuition for NCSICA 2010.   All Honors Chorus singers will receive this scholarship.  All scholarship applications must include payment and be postmarked no later than April 1st, 2010.

Students can claim their NCMEA Middle School All State Chorus scholarship by attaching a letter on school letterhead signed by the principal indicating the participant sang in the 2010 Middle School All-State Chorus. The application, registration fee and principal letter should be postmarked before May 25, 2010 in order to aviod additional late fees.

NCSICA Scholarship Information

 

NCSICA is committed to serving as many young singers as possible and, to this end, does not penalize any applicant

(i.e.,assess late fees) for those applicants awaiting the arrival of scholarship funding so long as the only balance due is the awarded scholarship.

 

Late fees will be assessed for amounts sent in with registration applications which fall outside the scholarship amount.

Example 1: Awaiting a scholarship of $50 from a Community Arts Organization. Registration sent in with payment of $200 on April 30....late fee will apply to the balance due minus the scholarship.($395-200-$50=$145 plus late fee for April 30,=$155, $165 after May 1, $175 after May 15, etc

Example 2: Scholarship of $50 from A Terrific Public School, registration application and payment of $345 postmarked April 1, no late fee for scholarship balance.

 

NCMEA Honors and All State Chorus Scholarships

Middle School singers may choose to redeem either NCMEA Hionors Chorus Scholarship OR

Middle School All-State Scholarship.

 

Honors Chorus Scholarships are awarded to each member of any North Carolina Music Educators Conference Honor Chorus member provided they apply between the Honors Chorus event in November and the stated deadline of April 1.
 

Beginning 2008 small scholarships are awarded to students who make the audition and perform as soloists/duet for either of the camp talent shows ( Classical and Pop/Variety). Beginning 2008 two Presidential Scholarships may be awarded to outstanding singers selected by the president of NCSICA as a result of their NCMEA Solo Superior Rating. The Presidential Scholarship is awarded on the equal basis of talent and character and may/may not be awarded each calendar year.

 

One year, when NCSICA wins the lottery, we will be in a position to offer many scholarships to many deserving young singers and everyone will be very happy about that. As it is, here on the planet Earth,. we end our year with exactly enough funding to begin another year....sometimes less! We are a 501c3 non profit organization. If you'd like to donate a scholarship to a needy talented young singer.....known or unknown to you.......contact your local school/church/community choral director first...then contact us and let us know who the lucky singer is! You are a wonderful person making a difference in a child's life!

Concerts and Souvenirs

Talent Show-Show Choir Night will be held Thursday, June 24th.  An Open Rehearsal of the Choirs will be held on Friday, June 25th at 1:30 PM.  No admission is charged. Parking is only available behind Kittredge Theater.  Participants in NCSICA may purchase souvenirs from private North Carolina companies specializing in DVD and CD recordings. Anticipated cost for these items is: $25.00 per DVD/CD recording. Orders can be placed at the open rehearsal on Friday. These items will be mailed to participants approximately 90 days after the close of camp.

Certification / Graduate Credit

North Carolina Music Teachers may request a letter of participation indicating they have completed 30 hours of instruction for the week long workshop ($35.00 fee). As the superintendent of your school system must approve such hours in advance, teachers are reminded to secure this approval prior to attending the workshop.

Master Classes

Master Classes for adult participants will be taught by the guest clinicians and visiting consultants. Master Classes are available at no cost to registered participants. Others may register for each class at a cost of $15.00 per rehearsal or class.

Cost

Cost per student and adult for the five days (Sunday afternoon through Friday afternoon) including all meals, room, accident insurance, music, materials, instruction, complimentary T-shirt, keychain, social activities, performances and guest artists, use of recreational facilities is $395.00.

History

During the first thirty-one years of operation, Dr. Lara Hoggard, William Rand Kenan Professor (Emeritus), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was the musical director. The following nationally recognized choral musicians have served as clinicians for the students and teachers of NCSICA since that time:

1964 NCSICA at UNC-CH with Dr. Lara Hoggard

Paul Salamunovich, Eva Mae Struckmeyer, Donald Neuen, Linda Spevacek, John Cooksey, Ronald Shirey, Jing Ling Tam, Rodney Eichenberger, Andre Thomas, Kevin Fenton, Lee Kjelson, Lynne Gackle, Jo-Michael Scheibe, Judy Bowers, Carl Stam, William Cutter, Sally Herman, Ann Howard Jones, Henry Leck, Mary Goetze, Cynthia Bradford, Earlene Rentz, Richard Cox, Rhonda Flemming, Anton Armstrong, Janeal Krehbeil, Simon Carrington, Granville Oldham, Z. Randall Stroope, Carolee Curtright, Weston Noble, Martha Shaw, Rollo Dilworth, Lynnel Jenkins and Jeffrey Ames.

Registration Deadline

All applications with registration fees must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2010 to avoid additional late charges - see application. Housing may be limited this year. Campers are encouraged to apply early and will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. There will be a $50.00 handling fee for cancellations made prior to May 14, 2010. Cancellation notification must be made in writing and postmarked by May 14. We'll try, but we can't guarantee availability of housing, music, t-shirts or roommate choices for registrants who apply after June 1. No refunds will be made after May 15, 2010.