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There are MANY summer music camps and arts camps all over
the country as well as here in New England. There are day
camps around the Boston area and overnight camps that last
for one week, three weeks, four weeks, six weeks or eight
weeks! Some are REALLY competitive and others more laid
back. Some include young children, some are for serious,
advanced musicians who are college age and older. This page was created for our Wayland students, but many others have found it useful as well. Wayland students: I have printed brochures and even some video tapes on some of these - let me know if you want to look through the materials that I have. --MsM Links checked on 08/22/04 |
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New England Music Camp in Sidney, Maine (near Waterville) has been around since 1937 and has fostered many of our great musicians (BSO players and others!). It has a wonderful combination of intense musical study with a laid-back approach of rotating first chair seating and insisting that all campers take part in afternoon swimming, boating & other activities. It also happens to be my alma mater and we have a number of Wayland students who go and some who have been counselors. 4 or 8 week sessions. |
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Rivers Music School Summer Jazz Program in Weston at the River School is for students of all ages and experience who want to learn more about jazz. This program is more like taking classes than like a camp in that you sign up for the classes/lessons that interest you and show up at the school at the appropriate time. Many of our students have done this great summer program - I highly recommend it! See me for a brochure or contact the school. |
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Since 1986 the Spencer Brook Music Festival in Concord, MA, has offered music students a fantastic week of making music in an atmosphere of fun and friendship. Participants&emdash;elementary through high school age&emdash;play in small chamber music groups and also in orchestra, practice in technique workshops, get individual coaching, and enjoy student and faculty performances. After lunch there is recreation&emdash;soccer, Frisbee, and informal chamber music and coaching until 2:15. |
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Welcome to the Weston Drama Workshop! The Weston Drama Workshop is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to develop an interest in and foster an appreciation of the performing arts. Young people gather for five or six intense weeks in July to mount a variety of shows, from large cast musicals to intimate plays for a dozen actors, whether in the productions themselves or helping in the technical crew. Middle school students participate in a Morning Program that runs from 9 AM to 1 PM. Students of high school and college age rehearse in the evening hours. All students interested in the technical production aspects of a show can become involved in our Tech Program. |
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Summer Music Festival at Thayer Performing Arts Center This week-long Summer Music Festival at the Thayer Performing Arts Center (Atlantic Union College) in Lancaster, Massachusetts is a non-competitive but intensive chamber music program for string players and pianists age 12 and up (woodwind players and pianists with chamber music experience are also invited to apply). There is also an adult Chamber Music session and a Choral Arts session. |
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Two summer programs especially for singers will be held at beautiful St. Mark's School in Southborough. Participants in Sing, Act, & More! (July 24- Aug 4, ages: 11-13) and Singers Can Act! (Aug 7- Aug 18 ages: 14+) will work with energetic, top notch faculty and receive coachings in voice, movement and drama. Both day programs end in a staged, final concert. For program descriptions, faculty bios and application, see our website: www.stmarksschool.org/summermusicinstitute or contact Debra Parker at 508-786-4000, e-mail: debraparker@stmarksschool.org |
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The Middlesex Summer Arts Program is a day program in Concord, MA. The program includes tracks in acting and performance, music, creative writing, dance, theater technical support, and the visual arts. Both the novice and the experienced student are offered challenges in this program. |
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Camp Encore/Coda is a three and a half week or seven week music camp in Sweden, Maine. Relaxed atmosphere, grades 3-11. |
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Charles River Creative Arts Program is a summer co-ed day camp for ages 8-15, located at the Charles River School in Dover, MA. Campers choose their own program from dozens of offerings in art, dance, drama, music, media, writing, as well as gymnastics and other sports. The two 4-week sessions fill up quickly! Call early: 508-785-8250 |
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The Cambridge School of Weston's EIGHTH MODULE is an arts and academic enrichment program for ages 12 to 18. Music, dance, theater, visual arts, humanities and science for the passionate, adventurous, curious and creative teen. Five week program; full and half-day options. Website: www.csw.org/eighthmodule. Call Martha Armstrong Gray at(781) 461-1174. |
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 Belvoir Terrace is a Fine and Performing Arts camp for girls from 9-17, in Lenox, MA. The camp is one seven week session and is very intensive study in the arts, but available to girls of all skill levels. |
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Interlochen Center for The Arts is both a year round academy for the arts and a summer camp. It is one of the best for intense, musically competitive environments! It is in Interlochen, Michigan |
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Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp has a comprehensive program in Music, Art, Theatre, and Dance. The camp is located in the Western part of the lower peninsula. The web site doesn't specify ages, but the pictures include young students & I know it goes through high school. |
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Brevard Music Center provides intensive summer study for gifted high school, college, and pre-professional musicians, ages 14 and older |
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Greenwood Music Camp is a small chamber music camp in Cummington, Massachusetts.There are two sessions. The senior session runs for five weeks and most campers are in high school, but a very few are in middle school. The junior session runs for two weeks and takes campers up to age 13. Campers younger than 10 are pretty rare. |
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Point Counterpoint is a Chamber Music Camp for violin, viola, cello and piano on Lake Dunmore, Vermont, this camp provides chamber music opportunities for 50 students, ages 11-17, in 3, 4 & 7 week sessions. |
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Kinhaven Music School is located in Weston, Vermont and offers a two week junior session (grd 4-7), a six week senior session (ages 13-18) and adult sessions. |
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French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts is located on a private lake in the Western Catskills of New York State. French Woods is a children's camp offering specialty programs in music, theatre, dance, circus, fine arts, horseback riding, sports, tennis, adventure challenge course, and waterfront. Campers attend for three, six or nine weeks. |
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Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, located in East Sullivan, New Hampshire, combines concerts by the Apple Hill Chamber Players with chamber music workshops which are attended by a community of 275 student participants of all ages, backgrounds, skill levels, and geographic locales. |
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Strings International Music Festival is a resident summer music program in New Jersey featuring members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and other internationally renowned musicians. |
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Domaine Forget is Music & Dance Academy located in Saint-Irénée, 90 minutes north of Québec City. It offers 2 - 4 week sessions for each family of instruments, dance, choral music, chamber music & new music (composers sought). Participants range from youn professionals to intermediate students. French & English spoken. |
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Summer Sonatina is an international piano camp for students (ages 7-17) held in a large historic mansion in Old Bennington, Vermont. |
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The Walden School is a five-week summer music camp and festival with an international reputation for providing creative theoretical training for young musicians, ages 9-18, beginners to advanced. Walden is in residence each summer at the Dublin School in Dublin, New Hampshire. |
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The Nelson Summer Songfest is a 2 week long Festival Concert Series and Educational Programme for solo singers, choral singers and pianists, held annually in Nelson, British Columbia during the last two weeks of August. Study with internationally renowned faculty in the spectacular setting of the West Kootenays. Choral programmes available for children, youth and adults, and solo voice and piano collaboration programmes available for advanced, pre-professional singers ages 18 and up. |
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The Chautauqua Institution in Western New York State runs an arts program (music, visual arts, dance & theatre) for SERIOUS music students. I believe, but I am not positive, that it is from ages 17-22 and you must be enrolled in a college arts program. See the website for information about auditions, etc. This is a VERY competitive program. (at website, pull down the "direct links" menu to "Summer School of ..." |
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The Elisabeth Morrow School Summer String Festival is a musically enriching, fun-filled week for motivated violinists, violists, cellists and harpists ages 4-12. This is a day program at the school in Englewood, NJ. |
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The National Guitar Workshop is a place for SERIOUS guitarists of all ages (most seem to be in the 15-22 year old range). Three of our middle school students attended last year & the week received rave reviews. |
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Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory, a festival which takes place in Steamboat Springs, CO from mid-June through early August, is selective, but it's unique atmosphere is not highly competetive. We have violin, viola, cello, and harp students ranging from age 10-22 in the three divisions. In addition to chamber music, private lessons, and individual practice, which form the core curriculum, there is also opportunity to take interdisciplinary classes such as Tae Kwon Do and photography, and numerous outdoor activities. |
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Long Lake Camp for the Arts is located in Long Lake, NY, and provides a place for students who want to immerse themselves in THE PERFORMING ARTS and FINE ARTS. Sessions are 3, 6, 8 or 9 weeks for students ages 10-16. For more information contact Marc and Susan Katz 33 Western Drive, Ardsley, NY 10502. (914) 693 7111 - Fax : (914) 693 7684 Email : marc@longlakecamp.com |
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MUSIC ON THE HILL (MOTH) is four weeks of music, friendship and fun. The camp balances a stimulating musical program emphasizing study and performance of chamber music with supervised recreational activities and a choice of arts workshops. |
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INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INSTITUTE AND FESTIVAL at Coolfont Residential intensive training for intermediate and advanced string and a limited number of advanced piano students. All ages. Up to 40 students. The program includes four individual lessons, daily chamber and orchestra music, solo performances, concerts, lectures, seminars, sports and recreation, reflections. Room, board, and use of the Coolfont Spa facilities included. Located only 1.5 hours from Baltimore. *includes scholarship on the basis of need, talent, and application date. Berkeley Springs, WV- Coolfont Spa and Conference Center P.O.Box 28060, Baltimore MD 21239 |
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 The Green Mountain Suzuki Camp is a 5-day camp for string and piano students ages 4-16, located in Rochester, Vermont, in the heart of the beautiful Green Mountains. Formerly the Killington Music Festival Suzuki Program, our camp is now sponsored by the Rochester Chamber Music Society. Our enthusiastic returning professional staff is committed to creating an inspiring week of music and fun for your family. Each student at the camp has a master class and a group lesson each day that provide motivation and reinforcement to home study. For the parent who accompanies the child each day, the camp is an opportunity to share ideas with other parents and teachers, reinforce each other's efforts, and learn new skills for working with his/her child. In order to provide as wide a range of musical experiences as possible, each student can also choose elective classes in international folk dancing, Orff Schulwerk, African hand drumming, chorus, beginning string orchestra, and handbells. Unique to our camp, advanced students may participate in a chamber music group, working every day with piano and string coaches. |
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Tchaikovsky Summer School in Cambridge, MA - the first and only program of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in the United States. A series of master classes for violin and cello players will be taught by the leading faculty members of the Conservatory, including Vladimir Ivanov, Chairperson of the Violin Division and Head of Orchestra Department of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory; and Kirill Rodin, Cello Professor of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, First Prize and Gold Medal recipient at the VIII International Tchaikovsky Competition). Contact Katerina Antonova Popova (781) 286-7565 katerina_popov@comcast.net |
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Classicopia Summer Music Camp is a non-competitive chamber music camp located on the campus of Kimball Union Academy, a private school in Meriden, NH. Two sessions are offered for youth on all instruments as well as singers. Further information and applications are available on our website at www.classicopia.org. |
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Rocky Ridge Music Center - Intense classical seminars and performances near the trailhead to fabled Long's Peak (14,256') in Rocky Mountain National Park. The oldest music camp in the West (1942) offers international musicians from top schools for instruction in private lessons, master classes, chamber ensembles, orchestra and theory for strings, winds, brass and piano. Ages 10-22. Adult piano seminar in August. |
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Stringwood Summer Chamber Music for Strings represents a significant opportunity for intensive study with the superb Artaria String Quartet in a pristine natural environment. Located in beautiful southeastern Minnesota, Stringwood is a 2-week chamber music program in June for students ages 13-18. The schedule includes morning coachings with Artaria, afternoon lessons, rehearsals and outdoor activities such as canoeing, rock-wall climbing, high-ropes challenge courses and hikes through the 80-acre campus. For more information, visit the website at http://www.stringwood.com or contact artistic director Ray Shows by phone at 651-554-1777. |
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Upper Valley Music Center - Summer Music Program offers a three-week Summer Music Day camp program for children age grades Kindergarten through 12. Everything from brass and woodwinds, strings, chorus, musical theatre, Orff instruments, "Meet the Instruments!", as well as a highly specialized Chamber Ensemble camp focusing on chamber and orchestral performance for advanced young musicians. The Summer Program takes place in Hanover, New Hampshire and in Moultonborough, New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee each year in late June and early July. |
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Elm City ChamberFest is a 10 day intensive chamber music program for intermediate to advanced string players aged 8-18. All activities take place fro 9am-5pm and meet in New Haven, CT. Our phone # is (203) 624-5189 ext. 34 or visit our website at http://www.elmcitychamberfest.org/. |
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The Alpine Chamber Music Festival provides young musicians with an incomparable opportunity for summer study of their instrument, as well as of staples of the chamber music repertoire, while enjoying the remarkable beauty and culture of Leysin, Switzerland. The Alpine Chamber Music Festival is at the Leysin American School, Leysin, Switzerland www.las.ch/summer/acm.htm |
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Waterville Valley Music Center -- The Waterville Valley Music Center was established in 1996 to bring music to the Valley. We offer classical music at its highest level and provide cultural enrichment to the White Mountains' residents and visitors. It is a non-profit cultural and educational organization and we continue to offer an annual series of concerts for the public and structured classes for young aspiring musicians as well as adult amateurs. Our summer music camp is staffed by well-known international musicians and experienced musical pedagogues. http://www.wvmusiccenter.org/ |
Sarteano Chamber Choral Workshop -Young Adult/High School Division This international workshop in Tuscany, Italy, is for serious singers ages 15 - 20, who are looking for a strong chamber ensemble experience. You will be part of a twenty-six to twenty-eight voice auditioned ensemble. Rehearsal and seminar time will be augmented by touring Sarteano's historic sites and planned recreational and educational events. For more information, go to the website or contact Brian O'Connell & Gail Leicher, sarteanochoral@rcn.com |
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The UNH Summer Youth Music School (SYMS) is designed for students who have not yet entered college. The Junior Session is one week and the Senior Session is two weeks; both programs are housed on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. |
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The MA ASTA with NSOA Summer String Experience offers a week of musical activities including orchestra, chamber music, technique classes and music enrichment classes in fiddling, musicianship, and in music & movement, depending on the program. In addition, recreational activities will be provided. This one week summer music program is for students in grades 5 through 12. It is held at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. For further information contact Patrick C. Smith at smithp@arps.org. --Wayland Students, Mrs. Ezbicki teaches at this camp & has info. |
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The University of Southern Maine Fine Arts Institutes & Academies are housed at the Gorham Campus. There are six different sessions, each of which is aimed at a specific age group (grades 4-6, HS, 7th & 8th, etc.) and each of which focuses on a different subject (Choral, Strings, Band, Piano, Music Academies, Theatre, etc.). Call: 207-780-5617 or 1-800-800-4USM, ext. 5617, or email summer@usm.maine.edu. |
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Hartwick College Summer Music Festival is in Oneonta, New York. We have had Wayland students go and it is a really fine program. Sessions are 2, 4 and 6 weeks, ages 9-22. |
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Eastern U.S. Music Camp is located at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY and runs 2 week, 3 week and 4 week sessions. It is a co-ed camp, ages 11-19 |
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Jazz in July is a program by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst faculty and guest instructors. The programs are for high school through adult students and include specialties in big band, vocal, jazz strings and small combo playing. Auditions are required for some areas of study. For more info on requirements & auditions, go to the website, call 413-545-3530 or email jwebster@admin.umass.edu. |
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Penn State High School Summer Music Camp - High School Summer Music Camp at Penn State offers high school age musicians a unique opportunity to live for one week on a university campus in an environment saturated with music, receive instruction from University faculty, and experience what it's like to be a professional musician. |
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The Ithaca College School of Music invites talented young pianists, aged 12 through 18, for a week of intensive piano study in the heart of the Finger Lakes. |
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The Best Friends Diamond Girls Leadership Program Summer Jazz Camp is geared toward rising 9th graders and current Diamond Girls. The purpose is to introduce new Diamond Girls to the program, and to learn songs from the Diamond Girls Jazz Choir repertoire. The camp is also designed to offer an introduction to the Diamond Girls Performance Dance Troupe. The camp will offer the following: Intensive vocal rehearsals, Performance etiquette, Jazz History, Music Theory/Sight reading course, Live concerts by professional musicians. The camp takes place at Howard University, Washington, DC from Monday, July 22, 2002 &endash; Friday, July 26, 2002. For info: Lori A. Williams - Best Friends Foundation: 202-237-8445 work, 202-237-2776 fax |
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Musicorda: The Pioneer Valley's Premier Summer Music Festival and Summer String Program, in residence on the Mount Holyoke College campus, South Hadley, Massachusetts |
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The Eastern Music Festival and School is one of this country's foremost training programs for aspiring young musicians between the ages of 14 and 20, presented within the nationally known summer music festival of which it is part. For five weeks faculty and students gather on the beautiful campus of Guilford College in North Carolina. |
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The Wooster Music Camp is for young musicians in grades 5-11. The weeklong camp is typically held in the third week in July, supporting five bands and two orchestras. Each year, over 450 student musicians and 60 staff members from Ohio and the United States come to the Wooster Music Camp; the camp is located on the beautiful College of Wooster campus in Wooster, Ohio. |
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Pontiac Bay Orchestra Summer camps - we sponsor a series of summer camps just for youths, age 12 to 18, where they have a chance to read through and play orchestral music from film, television, and theater. 206-364-0907 |
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Credo Chamber Music Association presents several intensive summer musical programs for serious young musicians between the ages of 12 and 22. Under the direction of internationally renowned musician Peter Slowik, Credo is dedicated to combining high-level musical training and mentoring for string players and choral students and the opportunity for outreach and service to others. The programs are located at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. |
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 Summer Programs at The Boston Conservatory offers a two week intensive program for high school-aged singers of theater and classical music who want to explore their abilities and potential as vocal soloists, actors, choral singers, and all-round musicians. The program is residential (the students live in the Conservatory dormitories), attracting students from around the country and the world as well as Boston-area singers. Teachers are members of The Boston Conservatory choral, vocal, and theory faculties, with special guest teachers in theater, opera, and yoga. The Boston Conservatory also offers summer programs for high school-aged dancers. |
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BIMA - The Berkshire Institute for Music & Arts at Williams College is the first residential summer arts institute of its kind for Jewish high school students. BIMA offers a remarkable experience intensive arts opportunity for young people. The program runs during the summer at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. BIMA cultivates a vibrant, pluralistic environment for participants to develop artistic skills, to deepen their Jewish knowledge, and to ask questions about the intersection of their identity as Jews and young people committed to the arts. |
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Portland String Quartet Workshop, Colby College, Waterville ME. Each year, the workshop participants (eight string quartets) master major works in the chamber music literature and present them in public performance at the culmination of the session. Participants are selected through audition from throughout the United States and abroad. |
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The mission of the Summer Music Festival at Allegheny is to offer educational and intensive musical experience for young people, to provide young artists with the opportunity to perform and teach, and to expand the visibility of music throughout the region. 003 Reis Hall, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335 |
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The New York Summer Music Festival at SUNY Oneonta - Established in 1889 as a state school, SUNY Oneonta is a multi-purpose college of liberal arts and sciences, known for its exceptional facilities and its beautiful campus. Students are provided with opportunities to study extensively in many areas of instruction, including: Orchestras and bands for instrumentalists; Choral ensembles and original music theatre projects for vocalists; Composition workshops; A number of jazz classes and ensembles for those who desire intensive jazz training, and; Classes introducing new instruments, such as beginning piano and beginning guitar. In addition to supplemental classes spanning a wide range of ability levels and interests in areas of: music history, theory, computer technology in music, filmmaking, jazz improvisation, and many others! The NYSMF is for students ages 10-20. Students may attend for 2, 4, or 6 weeks |
And here is a link to a page with links to music camps across the
world
2000MusicCamps.com
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