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Composing & Arranging Camp | June 15-18, 2026
Enhance your compositional skills through a blend of workshops, practical application assignments, and personalized feedback. This comprehensive educational experience will foster your creativity, technical skills, and professional growth in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Those interested must submit an application form so we can approve your fit for the camp. Upon approval of your application, you may register and pay.
Open to high school and college students
Accepting applications now!
Early-bird rate application deadline: April 10, 2026
Application closes: May 1, 2026
Registration forms due: May 10, 2026
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Meet Our Camp Faculty
Dr. David Ledgerwood
Dr. Ledgerwood has M.A. degrees in Sacred Music and Music Theory and Composition and a DMA in Music Education. Dr. Ledge has served in Christian schools and Christian higher education for over 40 years, recently retiring from his postion of chair of the music department at Maranatha Baptist University. He continues to teach composition and arranging at MBU and has published over 50 works.
Marianne Forman
Marianne Forman has been arranging and composing since childhood. She holds a B.S. in Music Education with concentrations in piano and choral music. Because of her extensive background in both concert and church music, Marianne is passionate about creating music that is both beautiful and functional.
She is a four-time attendee of the John Ness Bess Foundation Composers’ Workshop, studying composition under Dan Forrest, Craig Courtney, and Howard Helvey. In 2021, she was invited to a summer mentoring session with Dan Forrest, sponsored by the John Ness Beck Foundation. In 2020, Marianne was awarded an honorable mention in the King’s Singers New Music Prize for her SSAA setting of James Weldon Johnson’s “The Gift to Sing,” and in 2023 she won both categories of the Stockton Chorale Emerging Women Composers Competition for her settings of “The Pasture” for SATB choir and “Wanderlust” for SA youth choir. Her sacred and concert choral pieces have been performed around the world and are appreciated for their compelling melodies and accessible settings. In 2024, she completed her first extended work, titled TRINITY: Our God of Hope of Help, a five-movement reflection on God’s care for His children through the Persons of the Godhead. TRINITY is scored for SATB choir, piano, and string ensemble.
In addition to composing, Marianne is an adjudicator, church musician, and private piano instructor in sunny San Diego, California, where she resides with her husband and four children.
More Information
Registration & Payment Info
Registration:
- Camp openings are limited to facilitate individual attention.
- Application opens December 15 and closes May 1, 2026.
- Campers will receive a registration link upon acceptance. Registrations are due by May 10.
- A non-refundable $35 registration fee is due upon registration. The balance is due by May 10.
2026 Rates:
- Application in by April 10 – $295
- Application in by May 1 – $345
Payment Policies:
- Online payments only, please.
- The $35 registration fee goes toward the full camp tuition amount.
- Camp payments are due in full by June 1 for the purpose of an expedient camper check-in experience.
- Refunds: Refund requests must be received in written form via email to the Music Office at finearts@mbu.edu. The registration fee is non-refundable, and refunds will not be given after June 1.
Camper Check-In Info
Camper Check-In Times:
- 12:30-1:30 PM on Monday
Campers’ first/last meal:
- The first meal is dinner on Monday.
- The last meal is dinner on Thursday (optional, may check out before dinner at 5:30)
- When registering, campers may choose to pay $15 to stay Thursday night and recieve a sack breakfast for Friday morning.
Transportation to and from the airport:
- Campers flying in for camp needing transportation should take the Badger Bus to Johnson Creek. Maranatha will provide transportation for campers to and from Johnson Creek, but will not be able transport campers to and from the airports directly.
- Campers needing to be picked up from the Badger Bus stop in Johnson Creek should contact allison.morken@mbu.edu.
Immunization and Insurance Waivers:
Campers without insurance or up-to-date immunizations must sign waiver forms as part of the online registration process.
What To Bring
Camper Dress Code:
- Clothing should be appropriate for the specific camp and always modest. Campers wear modest shirts and loose-fitting pants/jeans or knee-length shorts/skirts for classes and rehearsals.
What to Bring:
- Water bottle
- Personal items such as a towel, soap, sleeping bag/bedding, pillow, Bible, notebook, and pencils. Mark all personal items with camper’s name.
- Personal fan for the dorms.
- Bring all prescription and over-the-counter medicine in original containers or with original prescription label to the check-in line in a quart-sized ziplock bag with camper’s name, times for taking the medication, and dosage instructions written in permanent marker on the bag.
- Your instrument
- Laptop/iPad, staff paper, pencil, any compositions/arrangements you have in progress.
What NOT to Bring:
Magazines, air conditioners, computers/media players, TVs, fireworks, skates, scooters, cell phones, weapons such as knives/guns, and drugs/alcohol/tobacco products of any kind (prescription medications will be collected and distributed by the camp nurse). Clothing should not have offensive graphics or words.
Contact Info
If you still have questions after reading the website, please do not hesitate to contact us. For questions regarding…
- registration and payment questions: Allison.Morken@mbu.edu
- camp policies and procedures: Doug.bachorik@mbu.edu
If you do not receive a prompt response (sometimes the spam filter blocks emails), please e-mail Allison.Morken@mbu.edu or call at 920-206-2350.
Watch Workshop Videos
Would you like to learn from the camp speakers? Purchase the workshop recordings!
- Twelve 40-minute sessions
- Speakers Dr. David Ledgerwood, Marianne Forman, and other guests
- $75 cost
- Unlimited on-demand access via private YouTube links
- Videos will be available the week following camp
- Limited-time offer – video access must be purchased by June 18 and will not be available after this time.
To purchase, go to https://forms.mbu.edu/467.