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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
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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