About Mike Block String Camp

Mike Block String Camp is an annual summer workshop for string players of all ages and backgrounds, focusing on non-Classical traditions and contemporary musical styles, with emphasis on learning by ear, creativity, collaboration, and performance. Begun in 2010, MBSC provides level-based classes catered to college students, amateur adults, kids, professionals, high schoolers, and middle school students. Our students include locals from Vero Beach, as well as those who travel across the country, and across the world, joining us from China, Singapore, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Canada, New Zealand, and more.

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The Virtual Set-Up

The faculty has come up with an exciting online experience for you (during the same dates) that will make the virtual experience as meaningful as possible by maintaining level-based classes, community-building activities, the ever-popular Elective Classes, as well as nightly play-along jams, and performances by both faculty and students.  

All students this year will be together in the ONLINE TRACK, and when you enroll, you will gain access to "Member Only" pages of this website, which is where we will share elective class options, and Zoom meeting links to all the classes. Students will even be able to create a profile and connect with each other through our member directory. In order to facilitate participation from across US time zones, as well as Europe, our classes will be held between 1:00-5:00p ET, plus nightly activities, totaling over 26 hours of experiences to choose from.  It will be during the same dates as originally planned: July 6-11, 2020.  

We appreciate that nothing online can replace the thrill of jumping in the ocean after a day of playing music together, but we’re grateful for the opportunity to connect and share music with you all virtually. 

The Faculty

Teaching at MBSC in 2020 are:

• Mike Block, cello

• Casey Driessen, fiddle/violin

• Natalie MacMaster, fiddle

• Darol Anger, fiddle/violin

• Michael Thurber, bass

• Lauren Rioux, viola/violin

• Rushad Eggleston, cello

• Natalie Haas, cello

• Hanneke Cassel, fiddle/violin

• Joe Walsh, mandolin

• Taylor Morris, fiddle/violin

• Melissa Brun, cello

• Zach Brock, fiddle/violin

• Colin Cotter, fiddle/violin

• Arun Ramamurthy, violin

• Trina Basu, violin

Listen to tracks featuring MBSC 2020 faculty on Spotify!

The Cost

$250 per student

$350 per household (with multiple students)

If you would like to make an additional donation to camp, please do so HERE. All funds brought in through this link will go directly toward paying our faculty, and to our student Scholarship Fund.

Enroll by July 1st to be a part of Mike Block (Virtual) String Camp 2020!

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