Cazadero Performing Arts Family Camp

Is there a swimming pool

administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:08 +0000

Yes. Open at certain times of the day for children under 16 under supervision of our lifeguard.

Volk, Monica Volk

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:09:45 +0000

is a recent graduate of Oberlin College with a BA in Neuroscience and Biology. She has been swing dancing for over five years, and is looking forward to teaching at Caz again! She also enjoys board games, card games, dominoes, and any other kinds of games she can get her hands on. This will be her 15th year at Family Camp.

Volk, Mike Volk

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:08:32 +0000

is a self-employed mechanical engineer, and has enjoyed playing the harmonica since he was a kid. He taught himself to play harmonica, after getting a basic introduction from a friend. He enjoys playing harmonica with lots of traditional, folk, rock, and blues tunes, and is a big fan of singer songwriters who also play harmonica, like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Steve Earle.

Sorgen, Zach Sorgen

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:07:02 +0000

is the lead singer/keyboardest/songwriter of the Bay Area based band Thirstbusters. After 10 years of Jazz and Classical piano training, he played in the Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble. Now a music major at Vassar College, he is the primary pianist for the school Big Band and Jazz Combo and is also the co-pitch of one of the oldest a cappella groups. At Vassar he also sings in choir, gives piano lessons, and has interned at an independent record label. He has played a lead role in the musicals Hair, Grease, and Godspell and musical directed Spelling Bee. Open to all genres and with experience in Jazz, Musical Theater, and Classical, he is most passionate about Pop/Rock.

Schlesinger, Freeman Schlesinger

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:05:20 +0000

is looking forward to teaching Hip Hop Dance at Caz after premiering some of his dance moves at last year’s Untalent Show which, when you think about it, should boost the confidence of anyone taking the class. He has completed his sophomore year in the Visual Arts department at the San Francisco School of the Arts and has continued his studies this summer in Zongshan, China and at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.

Ruby, Mike Ruby

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:03:44 +0000

is an actively gigging electric and upright bassist from Oakland, CA. Having started his performance career playing drums and guitar for Bay Area organization, Bandworks, Mike made a permanent switch to bass in his early teenage years. He studied drama at Interlochen Center For the Arts and was in Piedmont High School’s advanced theater program before pursuing music full-time. Currently, his affiliated musical projects include hip-hop trio Treehouse, indie rock band Lee, and blues rock outfit, Lucky Dutch, as well as a slew of collegiate jazz ensembles. Mike has played the Chicago Blues Fest twice and has opened for B.B. King in Mississippi. He has also done

Rubin, Jacob Rubin

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:02:18 +0000

has been a Caz camper since 1997 and teacher since 2007. He is currently a student in the BFA Creative Writing department at Goddard College. He has been writing and editing semi-professionally for a number of years now, and recently began a career in stand-up comedy. It’s been going strangely well, and he’s been performing at such venues as the Purple Onion and the Comedy Store, in addition to other places all across California.

Ogilby, Les Ogilby

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:00:45 +0000

has been an elementary school teacher for over thirty years. He has taught his classes of students how to play harmonica for the last 15 years. He is a big fan of Sonny Terry, Bob Dylan, and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Les plays harp as a member of Big D and the Blues Street Band that performs in the Los Angeles/Orange County Area.

O’Brien, Brennan O’Brien

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:59:28 +0000

Carpenter and Caz camper, has been studying photography since 1974 including course work at UC Berkeley, and sees no reason to stop. He has shot with large format, medium format, 35mm and oatmeal boxes. Since converting from film to digital in 2003 a new horizon has opened in his photography.

Murphy, Nick Murphy

administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:58:07 +0000

was the primary double bass and electric bass player for the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble and Berkeley High Combos 1 and A which won 1st place at the Monterey Jazz Next Generation Festival. He has been playing electric bass for ten years and the stand up bass for six years. He primarily plays jazz but also enjoys playing reggae, funk, rock and Latin styles of music.