About Camp
Who
Any student entering grades 2-6 as of Fall 2025 who is interested in connecting through singing, movement, and fun musical activities. Alumni campers may register up through grade 7 as campers, and as junior volunteers when entering grades 8+. Camp is designed for those who love singing so they can build choral skills, explore sound with various instruments, and to find even more reasons to love making music, all while meeting new friends! Music reading is not a requirement, but is a plus! The camp’s musical content will be secular in nature.
What
Camp activities include vocal warm-ups, music games, and specialist activities such as percussion, drama and acting, vocal technique, and more. A packet of printed music and a camp t-shirt are included with tuition fees. Campers will learn songs and receive instruction on proper breathing techniques, melody and rhythm, vocal tone quality, and choral singing skills.
When
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Monday, July 14, 2025
thru
Friday, July 18, 2025
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Where
Sing! Choir Camp 2025 will be held inside and in person at
Bothell United Methodist Church
18515 92nd Ave NE
Bothell, WA 98011
Please feel free to contact us here for more information.
How
Register online:
(registration opens January 1st, 2025)
- Fill out the online registration form and pay the stated tuition online.
Cost
The fee is $175 per child (includes tuition, printed materials, camp shirt), $150 for each additional sibling and junior volunteer entering grades 8+.
Food and Snack
Campers pack their own morning snack, lunch, and bottle of water. Bothell United Methodist Church is a nut-free facility.
Partial & Full Scholarships
Need-based scholarships are available to those who find full tuition a hardship. Click here to inquire about this option and a staff member will contact you with more details.
Staff
Camp staff includes direction from Choir of the Sound Conductor and Artistic Director, Jeremy Matheis, Theory and Percussion Instructor Robin Ethridge, Vocal Instructor Teresa Lin, Conductor, Vocalist, and Percussionist Miriam Anderson, and Choir of the Sound Accompanist Avery Groenmann.
Sample Schedule
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:20 | Group Warm-Up | Sanctuary |
| 9:20 - 10:00 | Rehearsal | Sanctuary |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Game/Morning Snack | Outside |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Small Group 1 | Various |
| 11:05 - 11:30 | Rehearsal | Sanctuary |
| 11:35 - 12:05 | Lunch | Outside |
| 12:10 - 12:40 | Small Group 2 | Various |
| 12:45 - 1:00 | Closing | Sanctuary |
Meet the Staff
Jeremy
Matheis
Favorite Snack:
Homemade Oh Henry bars
Favorite Place to Make Music:
St. Mark’s Cathedral
Conductor, vocal coach and vocalist, Jeremy uses an energetic and unique approach to teaching vocal technique, which has quickly gained him recognition for his work with choral ensembles. His experience in music is broad, embracing conducting, barbershopping, teaching, singing and Church music.
Jeremy received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from Trinity Christian College while pursuing advanced studies in voice pedagogy and conducting. He then relocated to Seattle for graduate study at the University of Washington to work with Dr. Geoffrey Boers and Abraham Kaplan while studying voice with Gregory Carroll. He joined the St. Mark’s Compline Choir in 2006, learning from and singing for its founding Director, Dr. Peter R. Hallock.
Jeremy is currently Artistic Director of Choir of the Sound and Director of Operations at Bothell United Methodist Church. Previously he was Director of Music at Bothell United Methodist Church, where he oversaw an eclectic music department with voice and instrumental ensembles for all ages. He was also Director of Sandpoint United Methodist Church and the Seattle SeaChordsmen, helping them achieve the distinction of Most Improved Chorus at the 2010 Division II Competition. Jeremy was the Artistic Director/Conductor for the Cascade Foothills Chorale in Enumclaw from 2007-2010.
Jeremy’s work as a teaching conductor has brought him increased distinction, focusing on building technique through increased knowledge and engagement. Singers appreciate the freshness he brings to familiar music and the way in which he connects with his choir using his natural, infectious energy.
In addition to an expanding conducting career, Jeremy continues to sing weekly and is the Associate Director of The Compline Choir at Saint Mark’s Cathedral. He is also a Festival Co-Chair for the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium’s biennial festival, Seattle Sings!
Robin
Ethridge
Favorite Snack:
Raw Cashews
Favorite Place to Make Music:
St. Mark's Cathedral
Robin Ethridge likes all kinds of music. Her favorite is ringing handbells. No, it's singing. No, no! It's percussion! Well, they're all her favorite. What she likes most is helping other people love music, too.
Robin received her Bachelor of Music degree in Church Music with an Instrumental Emphasis in Horn from Mississippi College, a Master of Music in Musicology from the University of Alabama and completed all her coursework for a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
By day she works in Human Resources as a Senior Systems Analyst, putting things in order in spreadsheets and reports and graphs and numbers and formulas. In the evenings she rings with Bells of the Sound, sings and plays percussion with Choir of the Sound, and rings, sings, plays a lot of other things in different music ensembles at Bothell United Methodist Church. Robin is looking forward to meeting the campers this summer, making a lot of great music, and having a ton of fun.
Teresa
Lin
Favorite Snack:
Theo Chocolate Bars
Favorite Place to Make Music:
At Home With Her Two Daughters
Teresa is a professional mezzo-soprano and private voice teacher in Kirkland. Her passion for stage performance comes from her experience singing opera, operetta and musicals in Germany, and has evolved into an enthusiastic and engaging teaching style that marries classical vocal techniques with dramatic interpretation of text and story.
Teresa enjoys singing in non-traditional spaces, and has given recitals in a botanical conservatory, a maritime museum, an outdoor gazebo, and a library. One of her favorite gigs is singing the National Anthem for local organizations, including the Seattle Mariners, Storm, Thunderbirds, University of Washington, and Seattle University. She is on the vocal faculty for Midsummer Musical Retreat, a music camp for grown-ups, and has instructed music history and voice at the DigiPen Institute of Technology and history and ear training at the Seattle Conservatory of Music.
Teresa earned a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance and Masters of Arts in Music History from the University of Washington, Bachelors degrees in Vocal Performance and German from Washington State University, and studied at the Mozarteum and the University of Salzburg in Austria.
Miriam
Anderson
Favorite Snack:
Cherries
Favorite Place to Make Music:
Echo-y Staircases
Miriam began studying voice and percussion at the age of 10. She studied both choral and orchestral conducting during her undergraduate years at UC Berkeley and holds a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Washington.
Miriam is passionate about using choral music to build community and connection, and as a form of outreach, integrating her backgrounds in both music and peace studies. She directs the Piccolini and Entrata ensembles of Seattle Girls Choir, is a teaching artist with Seattle Opera's youth programs, and teaches choir at Seattle Waldorf High School. In addition, she directs a number of adult ensembles in the Seattle area, including Puget Soundworks, The Seattle Labor Chorus, and the Northminster Presbyterian Church Choir.
Miriam frequently gigs in the Seattle area as a percussionist, vocalist, and conductor. When she is not making music, Miriam enjoys dance, yoga, reading, cooking, and playing with her cat, Echo.
Avery
Groenmann
Favorite Snack:
Popcorn
Favorite Place to Make Music:
Where his friends are or piano is
Esteemed accompanist for Choir of the Sound since 2011, Avery Groenmann began accompanying at the tender age of 13. With extensive training and a lifetime of experience in both piano and voice, he prides himself on his musical versatility. A graduate of Shoreline Community College with a degree in Piano Performance, he currently works as Staff Accompanist for the Shoreline Voice Department. He also acts as Music Director for local high school drama productions (including Shorecrest High School’s Into the Woods and Les Miserables, among others), as well as choral accompanist for Terrace View Presbyterian Church.
Registration
(Opens January 1st, 2025)
Contact
If you'd like to contact us, please fill out our contact form below or email directly. Please include a daytime callback phone number if you’d like to speak to one of our camp staff.
Email: contact@singchoircamp.org
Our Partners
Sing! Choir Camp is made possible with a grant from the Beeks Family Legacy Foundation, resources from Choir of the Sound, and a wonderful space provided by Bothell United Methodist Church.
