Music Department

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 Music Camp, HS Music Camp, Chamber Music Seminar, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117, 1-800-955-HART, http://hcd.hartford.edu/Programs/Summer.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 Music Academy, grades 6-8, Senior Music Academy, grades 9-12,  Theater Academy, ages 13-18,. 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

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, Mark Churchill, Director, New England Conservatory Summer School, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston , MA (FAX617.585.1135),(617)-585-1130. http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer/young_performers/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/index.cfm?id=944E3F6C-C5C7-4BD8-1C7CE753B93B1426

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

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

College of Saint Rose Summer Academy for Youth,  grades 6-10; theater, art, music, cultural studies, writing, science and technology; sessions run July 6 - August 14;morning and/or afternoon ; full-day and multiple week; (518) 454-5144  www.strose.edu/summeracademy.

College of Saint Rose Summer Jazz Program, $265,  grades 7-12; six-week program Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-8 p.m. (not required to attend all six weeks); Dr. Paul Evoskevich,  (518) 454-5195 or paule@strose.edu.

College of Saint Rose Summer Youth Music Camp, full-day two-week program  grades 8-12;  Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Choir or the Intensive Piano option; also music theory, music appreciation, conducting, acoustic guitar and music industry;  (518) 337-2388, email musiccamp@strose.edu or visit www.strose.edu/summer.

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.
 http://www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/cym/index.cfm

Eastern U.S. Music Camp at Colgate Univ., Hamilton, grades 6-12, 2,3,4 week sessions, $1,999-3,923, 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, programs for HS students by audition,
Community Music School & Summer Session Office: Telephone: 585-274-1400 or 1-800-246-4706
Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester  http://www.esm.rochester.edu/summer/highschool.php

Fredonia HS/MS Summer Band Camp, Dr. Levy,  Director of Summer Programs, School of Music, SUNY Fredonia Fredonia, NY 14063, (716)-673-3151  (fax: 716-673-3154) http://www.fredonia.edu/music/community/summercamp.asp 

French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Hancock, NY, Ages 7 – 17, 800-634-1703 www.frenchwoods.com

Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, Oneonta, ages 12-22, 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.hartwickmusicfestival.org/

Ithaca College Summer Piano Institute, 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 http://www.ithaca.edu/gps/piano/

Ithaca College - Pre-college programs, piano, strings http://ithaca.edu/music/opportunities/index.php

Luzerne Music Center, Lake Luzerne, Junior Session, ages 11-14, $1700 – 2 weeks, $3250 – 4 weeks, Senior Session, ages 15-19, $1700 – 2 weeks, $3250 – 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, . RSI,  PO Box 161, Tallman, NY 10982, (845)-357-7011 or email RSImus@Hotmail.com

Skidmore College Jazz Institute, Saratoga Springs, Skidmore College Summer Flute Institute, Office of the Dean of Special Programs, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, (518)-580-5590. http://cms.skidmore.edu/odsp/

Signature Band & Choir Camp, Ithaca College, Teen Camp/Jazz Camp, ages 14-17, $2100, Youth Camp, ages 11-13, $1050, Dr. Richard Ford, 138 Fellows Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210, (315)-478-7840 http://www.signaturemusic.org/

Pennsylvania

48th  Annual HS Music Camp, West Chester,  grades 9-12, Band, Orchestra, Chorus, $575 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, $6169. Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Programs, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, 412-268-2082 http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/ 

Elizabethtown College Music Camp, Elizabethtown, $525, complete music camp featuring voice, piano, band, orchestra and chorus; contact: Grant Moore, Elizabethtown College, One Alpha Dr., Elizabethtown, PA, (717) -361-1114 http://www2.etown.edu/musiccamp/

Lebanon Valley College Summer Music Camp, Annville, grades 9-12, $535, 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, Choir, Instrumental, Percussion, Saxophone, Youth Music Camp, Lindsey Sikorski, 203 Memorial Hall, Mansfield Univ., Mansfield ((570) 662-4808
 (800) 661-3640 http://cll.mansfield.edu/camps/music/

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, ages 15-19, Jazz workshop, Acting, Dance, Musical Theater, Acting,  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/k-12/precolsi.html

Vermont

Kinhaven, Weston, Junior Program: $2600. 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 $6150. http://www.kinhaven.org/

Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Camp for Strings and Piano, Lake Dunmore, Grades 6-12, $3,125-$5125,  www.pointcp.com

Putney School Summer Programs, Putney, VT, co-educational ages 14-17,  Visual and Performing arts workshops, (802)-387-6297,http://www.putneyschoolsummer.org/workshops/visual_performing_arts.html

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