Summer Music Camp Founder
In 1988, Dell Schroeder
started Band at the Beach in
her backyard. Since then,
thousands of young students
have enjoyed making music
through the camp. In 2018,
after 30 years, the PLNU
Music Department was honored
to take over the operation
of the camp and continue
this wonderful community
tradition. Backed by the
BATB 501c3 non-profit
organization, the camp
continues to thrive and
advocate for quality music
in our schools.
This week-long day-camp is
designed to be inspiring and
keep students playing music.
Daily sessions include
exciting ensemble and
sectional rehearsals,
masterclasses, and a finale
concert in our Crill
Performance Hall. Unique to
this camp, is the salt and
pepper rehearsal format,
where students sit amongst
professionals and community
musicians. This special
format has proven to be a
powerful and impactful way
to help students to foster a
love of music-making.
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DELL
SCHROEDER
(Camp Founder,
woodwinds)
Current
Occupation: piano
and band
instrument
lessons, Music
theory and music
camp.
Awards:
PTA Honorary
Service Award
(Loma Portal
Elementary); PTO
Honorary Service
Award (Correia
JHS); Nominee Del
Mar Fair “Music
Mania” Banner
Project; Honoree
Point Loma High
School Bands
“Rhapsody on the
Point;” Induction
to the Florida
State University
College of Music
“Wall of Fame"
(FSU Band Alumni),
CMEA Retired (not)
Music Educator of
the Year.
Education:
Converse
College and
Florida State
University (BME);
San Diego State
University (MA);
National Music
Camp at
Interlochen,
Michigan;
California Life
Credential (Music
K-12).
Co-founder:
Peninsula Bands in
Concert
Founder:
Band at the Beach©
and Band at the
Beach Music Camp©
, Floot Troop©;
Summer Saxophone
Insanity©.
Memberships:
California Band
Directors’
Association;
CMEA/Southern
Border Section;
San Diego Clarinet
Society; San Diego
Flute Guild; Music
Teachers
Association of
California
(Certificate of
Merit teacher);
Presidio Optimist
Club; Southern
California School
Band and Orchestra
Association; Women
Band Directors
International;
Sousa Honor Band
(Staff); National
Association for
Music Education.
Participant:
Community Council
for Music in Our
Schools;
Organizer FSU Band
Alumni for
Disneyland Pigskin
Classic; Florida
State University
Band Alumni Board
of Directors; Full
Bar Saxophone
Quartet; Pit
Orchestra for West
Coast Premiere of
“Sing for the
Cure” narrated by
Michelle Nichols
(Lt. Uhuru from
Star Trek); San
Diego Concert Band
(Principal
Saxophone); San
Diego Concert Band
European Tour;
Saxophone
Christmas (Knott’s
Berry Farm and
Disneyland);
Westwind Brass
International
Summer Workshop;
USD Chamber Music
Workshop;
Hillcrest Wind
Ensemble
(clarinet), San
Diego City Guard
Band (clarinet),
San Diego Bassoon
Band, Bayfront
Ceremonial Band,
SDSU Summer Music
Institute
(volunteer),CMEA/SBS
Educator Band
2013, member of
the Spartanburg
(SC), Symphony and
the
Tallahassee(FL)
Symphony.
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2022 Board
Interim President, James Simon
Secretary Dell Schroeder
Treasurer James Trepasso
Enrollment Stefani Schmitz
Camp Director Dean Hickman
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I appreciate all the time you have
given to us. S.H.
I'm going to Pepperdine on a music
scholarship and I pretty sure it's because of you.
T.M.
Many thanks for the sacrifice and
hard work you have put into BATB. What a wonderful
opportunity you have created for these
students. E. K.
Band at the Beach is so different.
learned so much in just one week! C.W.
All the kids did an incredible
job. V. M.
Thank you for your awesome help at
making band camp fun. C.R.
It was a great concert and I there
must have been a great deal of effort behind the scenes.
You and you staff put on a great show and what you all
do for the students is remarkable. C.P.
We had the great privilege of
being in the audience for the Band at the Beach
concert on the 18th. There are no words strong enough
to express our admiration for the adults and the
students involved and the great concert they were able
to present. Everyone involved should be immensely
proud of his and her efforts.
Our grandson played the tuba in
the concert. He told us that he was amazed at the
superiority of the teachers that week over the
teachers he has had in other situations. His verbatim
comment was "These are real teachers!"
Thank you to you for your
leadership and for allowing us to hear the results.
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