Ok, we’re biased!

At MajoringInMusic.com, we’re convinced that spending some part of your summer in a music camp or program is really helpful for anyone considering majoring in music on the college level, as well as anyone already certain this is the path they want to take.

Opportunities Include:

• helping students take their music to the next level;
• preparing students for auditions;
• raining and insights from master teachers and performers;
• learning and performing with young musicians with similar interests and talents;
• helping students better understand the competition for spots in conservatories and music schools.

According to Karen Dusek, BM, Eastman School of Music (clarinet), and administrative manager at the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Estes Park, Colorado, “One of the big benefits to high school students is being immersed in music 24/7 along with others who are totally focused on music.  This is when the hard decisions are made about career choices, college majors, and where to go to college or with whom to study.”

Students who attend summer music programs find they are practicing more and in many ways living the life of a music major. It’s a great opportunity to discover whether to dedicate the bulk of your waking life to learning and thinking about music as well as practicing it. If cost is an issue, check need- and merit-based scholarship opportunities offered by most camps and programs.

Photos: (Left: International Music Camp); (Right: Idyllwild Arts)

Taking Your Music Higher

Summer music programs are apt to catapult you into the next level of understanding music and singing or playing your instrument. This just can’t happen during the school year when you are as involved in academics as you are in music. Imagine the chance to really work at your music with the support of dedicated and highly talented teachers who may play in the symphony and/or teach at a conservatory or university music school once summer is over.

Many summer music camps and programs take place in gorgeous settings around the country and, for that matter, around the world. Music permeates the air. Opportunities are built in to allow you to also enjoy your surroundings as well as your peers. Not the least of the benefits are the contacts you’ll make in these programs. Friendships blossom into life-long connections and even professional networks. You never know when the person sitting next to you in a class or ensemble will end up being the next Yo Yo Ma or Sara Bareilles and will need you to perform with them when they tour. Or vice-versa.

Returning home with the realization that music is important in your life but not what you want to major in and work in is as much of a positive outcome as anything. As Karen Dusek states, “Regardless of which way their decisions take them, students will always have a solid foundation in music and a life-long love of music that has been nurtured by their experience at summer music camp.”

Have thoughts about or experiences from summer music camps and programs? Tell us about them here!

The music camps and music programs listed to the right have chosen to provide key information to make it easy to decide if they are a good fit for you.

We hope you will consider them
as you decide where to apply.

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Photo: Comox Valley Youth Music Centre