MUSIC CONNECTION
The sound of success starts with you.
MUSIC TO EVERYONE'S EARS
Supporting over 6,000 students
The Music Connection is open by appointment.
To rent an instrument, please select “Rent of Purchase an Instrument” below. To come into our office for any other reason such as returning an instrument, making a payment or to repair an instrument, please select “Office Appointment”.
Summer Musical: Secret Garden
Join us as Napa County youth perform the enchanting classic of children’s literature, reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother. Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his disabled son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden that beckons the children with haunting melodies and the “Dreamers,” spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden’s compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.
Friday, August 4, 2023 at 7:30pm
Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Location: NVUSD’s Evan’s Auditorium – 2425 Jefferson St.
Elementary
Band Camp
July 10 – July 13
& July 17 – July 20
8:30am-10:30am
Under the Direction of:
Bill Gantt, Wendy Scott, and Chris Pimentel
Cost: Free!
Location: Unidos Middle School
Multi Use Room & Music Rooms
1850 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA
Instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, Trombone.
This workshop is open to current 4th – 5th grade students.
Elementary
Strings Camp
June 20 – June 23
& June 27 – June 30
9:00am – 10:50am
Under the Direction of:
Cody Alves, Stephanie Hawks, Sue Helms
Cost: Free!
Location: Unidos Middle School
Multi Use Room & Music Rooms
1850 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA
Instruments: Violin, Viola, Cello
This workshop is open to current 4th – 5th grade students.
Elementary
Choir Camp
June 20 – June 23
& June 27 – June 30
8:30am – 10:30am
Under the Direction of:
Alan U’Ren, Kortney Cole, Christopher Slough
Cost: Free!
Location: Redwood Middle School
Music Room
3600 Oxford St. (Napa)
Open to All Students
This workshop is open to current 4th – 5th grade students.
Middle School
Band Camp
July 10 – July 13
& July 17 – July 20
11:00am-1:00pm
Under the Direction of:
Bill Gantt, Wendy Scott, and Chris Pimentel
Cost: Free!
Location: Unidos Middle School
Multi Use Room & Music Rooms
1850 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA
Instruments: All Instruments
This workshop is open to current 6th – 8th grade students.
Middle School
Strings Camp
June 20 – June 23
& June 27 – June 30
11:00am – 1:00pm
Under the Direction of:
Cody Alves, Stephanie Hawks
Cost: Free!
Location: Unidos Middle School
Multi Use Room & Music Rooms
1850 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA
Instruments: Violin, Viola, Cello
This workshop is open to current 6th – 8th grade students.
Middle School
Choir Camp
June 20 – June 23
& June 27 – June 30
11:00am – 1:00pm
Under the Direction of:
Alan U’Ren, Kortney Cole, Christopher Slough
Cost: Free!
Location: Redwood Middle School
Music Room
3600 Oxford St. (Napa)
All Students Welcome
This workshop is open to current 6th – 8th grade students.
Musical Theater
Camp (Musical)
July 12th – August 5th (Monday-Fridays)
11:00am – 3:00pm (Middle School)
11:00am – 5:00pm (High School)
Auditions by appointment July 12, 13, 14
Under the Direction of: Patty Profitt & Emily Profitt
Cost: Free!
Locations:
Evan’s Auditorium 2425 Jefferson St. (Napa, CA)
Performance Dates:
August 4th 7:00pm and August 5th 2:00pm and 7:00pm
This workshop is open to current 6th – 12th grade students
High School Choir Camp
(A Capella Music Camp)
June 20-23 and June 27-30
9:00am – 1:00pm
Under the Direction of: Duncan Cooper & Dave Ruane
Cost: Free!
Location:
Napa High School Choir Room – 2475 Jefferson St. (Napa, CA)
Performance:
Performance on June 29 (NHS Little Theater)
This workshop is open to current 9th – 12th grade students.
High School
Orchestra Camp
July 10 – July 13 & July 17 – July 20
1:30pm – 4:30pm
Under the Direction of: Brendan Day
Cost: Free!
Locations:
American Canyon High School
Theater 3000 Newell Drive (American Canyon, CA)
Performance Dates:
TBD
Middle & High School
Mariachi
June 20-23 and June 27-30
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Under the Direction of: Luis Perez
Cost: Free!
Location:
Napa High School Music Building 2475 Jefferson St. (Napa, CA)
6th – 12th Grade students Instruments: Violin, Trumpet, Guitar, Guitarron, Vihuela, Vocal
MUSIC TO EVERYONE'S EARS
About the Music Connection
Since 1997, the Music Connection has been dedicated to connecting 4th – 12th grade students with music — regardless of their ability to pay — by providing quality musical instruments, music camps, workshops, and performances for more than 6,000 students each year.
Students can select from instruments including flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola and cello. Instruments are rented to 71% of students for only $10 per month.
Music Connection is currently open by appointment only.
Contact the Music Connection: 707-259-8565
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AFTER SCHOOL + SUMMER CAMPS
MUSIC FESTIVAL DAYS
INSPIRED MUSICIANS
Ways to get involved
Band and String Buddies
Band and String Buddies is a free afterschool program that pairs 4th and 5th grade band and string students with a personalized musician “buddy” — either a high school student or a music teacher. This weekly extracurricular time together builds student engagement and skill for the more than 75 students who participate.
Valley Honor Band and Orchestra
The Honor String Orchestra and Honor Band for middle school students is a free afterschool program that focuses on expanding technique, tuning and pedagogy. It lays the foundation for music theory and musicianship and is a vital program for continuing middle school students’ music education due to classroom program cuts.
Summer Music Workshops
Summer Music Workshops are two-week music camps offering 4th – 8th grade participants a total of 24 hours of music instruction — the equivalent of an entire year of music instruction at the elementary level. Led by NVUSD music teachers, with high school students serving as mentors, these camps expand upon what has been taught in the classroom and focus on the fundamentals of music education.
Music Festival Days
Music Festival Days bring together 5th – 12th grade band, strings and choral musicians. The elementary and middle school students perform and work with their future music teacher(s), while the high school students act as mentors and hosts to the younger musicians. These nine days of music, learning and collaborating each culminate with a concert performed by the 300 students from all grade levels.
Instrument Rental & Sales
Band Instruments
TRUMPET/TROMBONE: new $35.00, used $30.00
SAXOPHONE: new $70.00, used $65.00
String Instruments
VIOLA: new $25.00, used $20.00
CELLO: new $50.00, $45.00
Donate an Instrument
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