Summer Music Camp Guide

     Summer music instruction is a wonderful way for students to explore in depth a field of interest. Listed below are some of the summer music opportunities in the Northeast. 

Connecticut

Hartt School of Music, Summer Vocal Institute, MS Band Institute, Children’s Music and Theater Co., Summer Horn Institute, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117, 1-800-955-HART, http://hcd.hartford.edu/SummerPrograms.htm

W.C.S.U. Summer Music Camp, Danbury, Summer Strings, Summer Band and Jazz, Summer Flute Institute, Laura Piechota, 181 White St., Danbury, CT (203)-837-8614  www.wcsu.edu/summermusic

Maine

Encore/Coda, Sweden,  James Saltman, 32 Grassmere Road, Brookline, MA (617)-325-1541 www.encore-coda.com

Maine Summer Youth Music Camps, Orono, Junior Camp grades 6-8, Senior Camp, grades 9-12, String Academy,  ages 10-18,  Musical Theater, grades 8-12,. Maine Summer Youth Music, School of Performing Arts, Orono, (207)-581-1773 www.usm.maine.edu/SummerSession

New England Music Camp, Sidney, ages 12-18, Davis Wiggin, 549-I Spring Street Manchester, CT  (860)-646-1642 www.nemusiccamp.com

The Piano Institute at Colby, Waterville, A workshop of intensive study, master classes, lectures, and private lessons, Special programs, Colby College, 4730 Mayflower Hill, Waterville (207)-872-3386, e-mail: summer@colby.edu

Massachusetts

Bay State String Camp Newton Centre, Ages 9-17,  Strings only, Jennie M. Chan, 27 Trinity Terrace, Newton Centre, MA 02459 (617) 244-9249, http://www.fase.org/studentactivities/baystatestringcamp.htm 

New England Conservatory Summer School, Boston, college students, Samuel Adams, Director, New England Conservatory Summer School, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston , MA (FAX617.585.1135),(617)-585-1130. http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer/index.html

New Hampshire

Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music

Nelson, 1 week sessions of intensive chamber music, ages 12-90, students grouped by ability not age, $1,000. Apple Hill, Box 217, Apple Hill Rd., East Sullivan, NH 03445 (603)-847-3371 www.applehill.org

Summer Youth Music School- Univ. of New Hampshire, Junior - grades 7&8, Senior - grades 9-12, band, choir, jazz, orchestra, opera, computer technology, composition, SYMS, Dept. of Music, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 College Road, Durham, NH 03824 (603)-862-2404 http://www.unh.edu/music/syms.htm

New Jersey

Westminster Choir College, Middle School Flute Camp, Middle School Guitar Camp,  Youth Opera Workshop, ages 8-17, Middle School Music Theater Workshop, grades 6 – 9,  HS Vocal Institute, HS Piano Camp, HS Music Theater Workshop, HS Jazz Piano. Work with Westminster artist faculty. Westminster Conservatory 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 924-7416 Ext.227 http://www.rider.edu/887_1116.htm

New York

The Adirondack Ensemble, non-competitive program for chamber music and jazz, ages 13-18. Adirondack Ensemble, PO Box 382, North Creek, NY 12853 (518)-251-5484 www.adirondackensemble.org

Bristol Hills Music Camp, Canandaigua, grades 6-12, Irene Hebert, 4304 Hepatica Hill Road, Manlius, (315)-682-6786 http://www.bristolhillsmusiccamp.com/

Crane Youth Music, SUNY Potsdam, grades 6-12, Continuing Education/Summer Programs, Raymond Hall 206, SUNY Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Avenue, Potsdam, NY 13676 (fax 315.267.3088), 800-458-1142. or (315) 267-2167.
 www.potsdam.edu/CRANE/CYM/

Eastern U.S. Music Camp at Colgate Univ., Hamilton, grades 6-12, 2,3,4 week sessions, $1,760-3,445, Thomas Brown, Eastern U.S. Music Camp, Colgate Univ., 7 Brook Hollow Rd, Ballston Lake, Tel./fax (518)-877-5121. www.easternusmusiccamp.com

Eastman School of Music Summer Session, Rochester, grades 7-12,

·         Music Horizons 7/7-7/27, For students who are seriously considering a career in music $2,710

·         Summer Jazz Studies (vocal and instrumental)  An intense two-week program for students serious about jazz, $1,795 (w/housing & meals)

·         Trombone Institute, $460.

Community Music School & Summer Session Office:
Telephone: 585-274-1400 or 1-800-246-4706
Fax: 585-274-1005
Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester  www.rochester.edu/Eastman/summer

Fredonia Summer Band Camp, grades 9-12, Fredonia Summer Choral Camp,  grades 9-12, $500, Dr. Lang,  Director of Summer Programs, School of Music, SUNY Fredonia Fredonia, NY 14063, (716)-673-3151  (fax: 716-673-3154) http://www.fredonia.edu/som/camps.asp

French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Hancock, NY, Ages 7 – 17, 3-week sessions, $4.350, PO Box 770100 Coral Springs, FL 33077 800-634-1703 www.frenchwoods.com

Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, Oneonta, ages 9-21, $1350-$4,000 w/housing, band, orchestra, jazz, choral, musical theater, piano, and chamber music, Alejandro Rutty & Diana Paige, Hartwick College Summer Music Festival and Institute, Oneonta (fax 607.431.4813), 800-388-0337. http://www.hartwick.edu/x3366.xml 

Ithaca College Summer Piano Institute, $1,190, Ages 12-18, Division of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Ithaca College, 120 Towers Concourse, Ithaca, NY 14850-7141; calling them at (607)-274-3143 www.ithaca.edu/cess

Luzerne Music Center, Lake Luzerne, Junior Session, ages 11-14, $1600 – 2 weeks, $2750 – 4 weeks, Senior Session, ages 15-19, $1600 – 2 weeks, $2750 – 4 weeks, Toby Blumenthal, 7648 Poule Verde Way, Naples, Fl, 800-874-3202 www.luzernemusic.org

Rockland Summer Institute of Orchestral and Chamber Music Studies, Tallman, NY, grades 9-12, $1495. RSI,  PO Box 161, Tallman, NY 10982, (845)-357-7011 or email RSImusik@aol.com

Skidmore College Jazz Institute, Saratoga Springs, $1400, Skidmore College Summer Flute Institute, Office of the Dean of Special Programs, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, (518)-580-5590. www.skidmore.edu/administration/osp/

Signature Band & Choir Camp, Ithaca College, Teen Camp/Jazz Camp, ages 14-17, $1,750, Youth Camp, ages 11-13, $875, Dr. Richard Ford, 138 Fellows Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210, (315)-478-7840 www.signaturemusiccamp.org

College of Saint Rose Summer Academy for Youth, grades 6-10, drama, musical theater, acting, instrumental ensemble, TV production (518)-458-5381 http://www.strose.edu/Future_Students/Adult_Continuing_Education/Summer_Academy/default.asp

College of Saint Rose Summer Jazz Program, $190, grades 7-9 (T & TH 6-8 p.m.), grades 10-12 (M & W 6-8 p.m.) Paul Evoskevich, director of Jazz Studies at Saint Rose, (518)-454-5195 evoskevp@strose.edu

Pennsylvania

44th  Annual HS Music Camp, West Chester,  grades 9-12, Band, Orchestra, Chorus, $495 w/housing, Dr. Kenneth Laudermilch, School of Music, West Chester Univ., 700 S. High St. West Chester, PA 19382 (610)-436-2739 http://www.wcupa.edu/CVPA/som/ps_spec_prog.html#camps

Carnegie Mellon University Music Pre-College Program, Pittsburgh, grades 10-12, theory, voice, instrumental, ensembles, jazz, $5,220. Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Programs, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, 412-268-2082 http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/ 

Lancaster County Music Camp at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, $495, complete music camp featuring voice, piano, band, orchestra and chorus; contact: Grant Moore, Elizabethtown College, One Alpha Dr., Elizabethtown, PA, (717) -361-1114 http://www.lancastermusiccamp.com/

Lebanon Valley College Summer Music Camp, Annville, grades 9-12, $520, Robert Hearson, Blair Music Center Lebanon Valley College, Annville (fax 717.867.6390), (877)-877-0423 www.lvc.edu/music-camp

Mansfield University Summer Music Camps, Mansfield, HS Honors Choir, $450, HS Honors Instrumental, $450, Youth Music Camp  ages 8-14, $450, Annette Gaugler, 140 Butler Music Center, Mansfield Univ., Mansfield (fax 717.662.4144),(717)-662-4710. (800) 661-3640 http://cll.mansfield.edu/High%20School%20Music%20Camp/HS%20Music%20Camp.cfm

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, ages 15-19, Jazz workshop, $1920, Musical Theater, Acting, 4 weeks, $3,190, Pre-College Summer Institute, The University of the Arts, 320 South Broad Street, Philadelphia (215)-717-6430 or 800-616-ARTS http://www.uarts.edu/precollege/sum_inst/index.cfm

Vermont

Kinhaven, Weston, Junior Program: $2300. Grades 4-7, string, wind, brass, and pianists. Senior Program:  Accepts 90 students, ages 13-18, personal audition or tape, Students are accepted for the entire time only $5,400. http://www.kinhaven.org/

Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Camp for Strings and Piano, Lake Dunmore, Grades 6-12, $2,825-$3425, Paul Roby, PO Box 3181, Terre Haute, Indiana (fax (812).877.2174), (812)-877-3745. www.pointcp.com

Putney School Summer Programs, Putney, VT, co-educational ages 14-17, Chamber Music (Strings & Piano), Music Composition, $3,100, boarding and day, visual and performing arts, (802)-387-6297, www.putney.org