Mark O'Connor Brings Prestigious String Camp To New York City For the First Time

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Mark O'Connor will bring his prestigious string camp to New York City for the first time ever in 2009. O'Connor has gathered twenty of the world's top violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists to give aspiring string players as well as advanced and professional string players an extraordinary week of instruction and performance.
Featured genres range from folk fiddling to jazz, classical to world music; it's a unique experience for the students, teachers, and New York City. Camp runs from July 27th - 31st, 2009, with registration beginning 1/11/09, exclusively at MarkOConnor.com.

Born 15 years ago in the hills of Tennessee and later expanded to Southern California, O'Connor's camps have given thousands of students the chance to try out new musical styles and techniques under expert guidance, play informally with their peers in jam sessions, hear performances by their teachers and fellow students in the evenings, and more - truly a life-changing program. Many current professional musicians were former students at the O'Connor camps, including:

* Natalie McMaster
* Members of Nickel Creek
* Members of Crooked Still
* Members of The Infamous String Dusters
* Andy Leftwich (member of the Ricky Skaggs Band)
* Casey Driessen (plays with Bela Fleck)
...and many more!

The New York Camp will take place at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School & the Society for Ethical Culture, just a block from Lincoln Center. Please find a complete list of teachers below.

COMPLETE LIST OF MARK O'CONNOR STRING CAMP INSTRUCTORS:

VIOLIN
Mark O'Connor
Lara St. John
Philippe Quint
Darol Anger
Bruce Molsky
Shane Cook
Daniel Carqile
Mysore Manjunuth
Yale Strom
DBR
Tracy Silverman
Sara Caswell
Matt Glasser

VIOLA
Kenji Bunch
David Wallace

CELLO
Mike Block
Maya Beiser

DOUBLEBASS
Rachel Calin
Carlos Henriquez

"A Feast for the ears, mind, & soul" - violinist and instructor Sara Caswell on Mark O'Connor's String Camps

"This is my 13th year teaching at Mark's Camp, and every year is intense, challenging, and marvelous in a different way" - violinist and instructor Darol Anger