Inspiring the next generation of musicians

WSU continues 28-year tradition with youth camp

Thirty-four adolescent musicians, adorned in matching red T-shirts, invaded the Washington State University Pullman campus on Sunday for the university’s week-long Summer Keyboard Exploration. They came from as far away as Singapore and as close as the Palouse.

The program, now in its 28th year, allowed the 7th- through 12th-grade performers the chance to improve themselves musically as well as worldly by working with the university’s School of Music faculty, studying classical and jazz piano, improvisation and organ.

WSU music professor Dr. Jeffrey Savage said the students had the opportunity to work with a different instructor each day of the camp, individually and together in a group setting during several master classes, concentrating on solo performance literature, technique and ensemble playing.