Music Masters Make
Campers Happy

The ASCAP Foundation brought ASCAP composers and artists with music education experience to 125 New York City public school children attending the 2006 Summer Music Camp operated by Manhattan School of Music, in partnership with The ASCAP Foundation and the New York City Department of Education. The Imani Winds quintet, featuring Valerie Coleman, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Mariam Adam, Jeff Scott and Monica Ellis, treated middle school campers to a very special master class in performance. Tom Chapin, with collaborators Jon Cobert and Michael Mark, charmed the audience with their catchy, humorous songs and demonstration of a wide variety of instruments including the kids' favorite, the didgeridoo. Both Imani Winds and Tom Chapin were Grammy nominees this year for newly released albums. The ASCAP Foundation's support for the 2006 Summer Music Camp was funded by a "Summer Schools in the Arts" grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and by The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund.