What is the cost, and what is included?
What do you get? Well, besides the opportunity to enjoy the majestic view from Wildacres Retreat, the following are included with your camp fee:
- Masterclasses with Mark and Loren and this year's world- renowned guest artists
- Daily Reed making classes with Mark Popkin
- Performance opportunities with accompanist Nancy Johnston at daily Recital Hour
- Expert repairs from Jim Laslie and Paul Nordby (only for campers who stay for the whole session)
- All meals in the beautiful Wildacres dining hall. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served
- Accomodations in semi-private, hotel-style rooms with bath and mid-session linen service
- Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp T-shirt (new design each year!)
- Camp "tourbook" that includes valuable repertoire not found in the Stadio book
- Instrument demonstrations and testing with bassoon makers such as Fox, Moosman and Puchner
This year's camp is from May 31 through June 10. The all-inclusive camp fee is $700.00. A $200.00 deposit is required with your application form and secures your room. You may pay online or with check or money order made out to Mark A. Popkin. See the "sign up" page for the form.
Scholarships
Costs of Camp continue to rise, making it ever more difficult for students in need to attend. We are able to offer limited scholarship assistance to some of our campers through the amazing generosity of past and present campers, and via fund-raising events held during Camp. Our memorial scholarship funds in the names of Elsie Popkin, Doris Glickman, and Margaret Comstock are held in trust for us by the Wildacres Foundation. Should you wish to make a donation to the scholarship fund, kindly send us a check made payable to the Wildacres Retreat, with "GPBC Scholarship Fund" in the "for" line. Checks may be sent to us at the application address of 717 S. Marshall Street, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101.