If you're wanting to re-live the National Music Camp experience from the comfort of your home town, take a moment to explore this website.  Musica Fever can now be found online... and in colour; and there are hundreds of photos in photo gallery.   On the AYO website, you can view videoed farewell messages from the tutors.

It's official: Adelaide will host National Music Camp in 2009.  If you're interested in applying for camp (in any of the programs: orchestra, composition, arts administration and Words About Music), keep your eye on the AYO website for the announcement of Music Director, Conductors, Tutors, and audition requirements in late March/Early April.

Australian Youth Orchestra's National Music Camp is an institution. Each January, NMC brings together over 200 young musicians, composers, aspiring music administrators and writers from all over the country to practise and to perform together, guided by experienced tutors.  It is an environment where many of Australia’s professional musicians had their first high-level orchestral experience – and one to which many now return, to share their knowledge as members of the tutorial staff.

NMC 2008 kicked off on Sunday 6 January. Two weeks of learning, playing and performing culminated in two evenings of orchestral concerts (12 & 19 January). Music Director for 2008 was distinguished harpist Marshall McGuire.

This website is part of National Music Camp's Words About Music program, aimed at aspiring music journalists and broadcasters. During the camp, the WAM participants wrote program notes, developed their interview techniques (written and broadcast), gave pre-concert talks, compiled and edited Musica Fever, the magazine of National Music Camp, and managed this website.

To learn more about NMC and AYO's other programs, please visit AYO's official website.