Below you will find all of the information you need to apply for a Birch Creek session. Application Instructions will give you specific guidance relating to the session you wish to attend. If after reading the information, you still have questions, please contact us by email: registrar@birchcreek.org or by phone at 920-868-3763. Thanks so much for your interest, and we hope to see you this summer! The Academy is open to students ages 13-19 years old.
Tuition Costs:
$2,100 for 2-week Session $100 Application Fee due upon registration, applied to tuition.
$900 for 1-week Percussion Junior Track Session $100 Application Fee due upon registration, applied to tuition.
Need-based and merit scholarships are available. See Scholarship application form below.
You will need to create an account and you’ll be able to log in from time to time and see the progress of your application, make payments, and fill out the required forms.
Key Features:
Completed applications will be reviewed for acceptance on a rolling basis beginning on FEBRUARY 1. Applications will continue to be reviewed through spring and early summer. Scholarships will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply early as positions fill quickly. If the Session is filled, you will be placed on a waiting list as cancellations do occur.
Percussion Application Instructions & Session Information (Printable PDF)
SENIOR TRACK Percussion & Steel Band applicants must submit placement video recordings with the Application OR after you are accepted.
• Videos are for ensemble placement only and not for acceptance into Birch Creek
Snare Drum
Required: One concert snare drum solo from Portraits in Rhythm by Anthony Cirone or a similar collection (all-state or all-region audition music is acceptable). Optional: One contrasting solo in a rudimental or contemporary style.
Keyboard Percussion
Required: One two-mallet solo or etude such as all-state or all-region audition music or from books such as Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone by Morris Goldenberg or Masterpieces for Marimba by Thomas McMillan. Optional: One four-mallet marimba or vibraphone solo of your choice.
You may also include additional videos.
Students are encouraged to include video performances of other percussion interests you have such as drumset, steel pan, jazz vibes/marimba, hand drums, piano, or other instruments. Do you sing, tap dance, play bagpipes, or have you composed your own music? If so, share it with us.
JUNIOR TRACK Percussion & Steel Band Applicants — No video audition is required, unless applying for a scholarship.
Completed applications will be reviewed for acceptance on a rolling basis beginning on FEBRUARY 1. Applications will continue to be reviewed through spring and early summer. Scholarships will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply early as positions fill quickly. If the Session is filled, you will be placed on a waiting list as cancellations do occur.
Symphony Application Instructions & Session Information (Printable PDF)
ADMISSION APPLICATION
You can also schedule a live audition with one of our Symphony faculty members in place of submitting an Audition Recording.
Completed applications will be reviewed for acceptance on a rolling basis beginning on FEBRUARY 1. Applications will continue to be reviewed through spring and early summer. Scholarships will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply early as positions fill quickly. If the Session is filled, you will be placed on a waiting list as cancellations do occur.
Jazz Application Instructions & Session Information (Printable PDF)
ADMISSION APPLICATION
• Two (2) pieces with a contrasting style.
Teacher Recommendation Form (Printable PDF)
Email, mail or fax this form to Birch Creek Registrar: registrar@birchcreek.org • PO Box 230, Egg Harbor, WI 54209 • Fax: (920) 868-1643
Summer 2020 Scholarship Procedure (Printable PDF)
Student/Family’s cost for all 2‐week sessions: $2,100
Student/Family’s cost for Junior Track Percussion Session: $900
Birch Creek has scholarship assistance available to our students based on financial need and instruments needed in each session. First, the initial student application requirements must be met before a Scholarship Application can be considered. Once accepted, a student may then submit a Scholarship Application (available on our website). Scholarship assistance is awarded on a first‐come, first‐served basis.
Review of applications for admission begins on February 1st, for all sessions. Applications continue to be welcomed after February 1st and are reviewed on a rolling basis until positions are filled. A student must be accepted before his or her scholarship application will be considered. Scholarships are awarded on a first come, first served basis — apply early!
Percussion & Steel Band – Students applying for scholarship assistance are required to submit one video recording on each a snare drum and on a marimba. If you submitted your part placement recordings for your Admissions Application, it will also serve for your Scholarship Application.
Symphony – The Audio Audition Recording (or live audition) you submitted for your Admissions Application will also serve for your Scholarship Application.
Jazz
– Two (2) pieces with a contrasting style.
– Upload links within online Scholarship Application.
– Email YouTube link(s) or wav files to registrar@birchcreek.org.
– If you submitted an audition with your Admission Application, it will also be used for your Scholarship Application.
For faster processing, please submit the scholarship application online.
Mail or fax a printed Scholarship Application to: Birch Creek, Registrar, PO Box 230, Egg Harbor, WI 54209. Fax: (920) 868‐1643. Eligibility for financial assistance is based solely on the applicant’s personal qualifications without regard to race, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
Scholarship Application (Printable PDF)
Birch Creek is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
