We are working on the assumption that the 2021 RSSC will go ahead and are currently working with Camp Clayton to nut out how we can run it with the current COVID-19 restrictions.
Applications for the 2021 String Camp will close on Christmas Eve. If the camp needs to close for COVID-19 related causes then at this stage there will be a full refund.
Once we have worked things out with Camp Clayton we will be putting the latest information on this website – – so keep watching!
Application Form can be found on the “Apply” page
There has been a change in the schedule regarding chamber music for this coming 2018 Residential Summer String Camp.
The chamber music programme will still happen as in previous years, but where recently there has been a public concert on the Friday evening, for the 2018 camp this will not happen. Instead there will be many other opportunities to perform chamber music throughout the week.
This year’s camp runs from the 17th of January 2016 (Sunday) to the 23rd of January 2016 (Saturday). The information that follows applies between those two dates.
Campers must not arrive at Camp Clayton before 3:30pm as there may be other groups on the site and we have been asked to keep to our booked times.
Registration is from 4:00pm to 5:30pm in the Dining Hall Foyer. Please go there to collect your nametag and folder before proceeding to anywhere else on the site.
Announcements will be made in the Dining Hall starting at 5:30pm. Campers must not miss these even if it means a delay in moving bags to rooms.
Parents and family are welcome to visit the camp during the week, but you need to contact us ahead of time as Camp Clayton management have strict policies about visitors. Unregistered visitors may only be on the site:
We are at the capacity of the Dining Hall, so cannot offer any meals that have not previously been booked.
Registered concert guests have been e-mailed details for this item.
This concert is held in the Stadium (the largest building on the Camp Clayton site, easily visible from the car park). Audience members may enter from 1:30pm. The music begins at 2:00pm and runs until 3:30pm. All campers must leave Camp Clayton by 4:00pm.
Please do not go anywhere else on the site looking for your children. They will find you at the Stadium, and will show you where to collect their bags after the concert.
Check the lost property box before you leave.
When packing for the camp, the Seven-Day Ulverstone Forecast may be useful. On the 16th of January 2016 this predicted temperatures from 12°C to 27°C, with a 50% chance of rain (0 to 4mm).
With the 26th Residential Summer String Camp beginning on Sunday, 17th January 2016 it is a good time for campers and parents to take another look at the Information Sheets, found at the link below.
RSSC 2016 Information Sheets (PDF)
This is on page 2 of the information sheets. Please also be aware:
This is on page 3 of the information sheets, and this map.
Make sure any parents or friends coming to either concert know the times detailed on page 6 of the information sheets.
Parents and family are welcome to visit the camp during the week, but you need to us ahead of time as Camp Clayton management have strict policies about visitors.