Important Update for 2023: Summer Band Camp Page
Attention! Effective as of 2023, we will no longer be updating the Summer Band Camp page.
However, we understand the value of having it accessible for your reference.
Please be aware that the information provided on this page may be outdated,
so we encourage you to verify details independently.
If you know of a US summer band camp that is not listed, please send us information – all we need is a website address. If you would like your camp’s information adjusted or would like to add information, please contact us. Our goal is for this to be a fully comprehensive list of all US summer band camps (concert band). It is free to have a band camp listed. You may contact us anytime at banddirector@BandDirectorsTalkShop.com.
Alabama
Auburn, Auburn University Summer Band Camps
Birmingham, UAB Summer Music Camp
Montgomery, ASU Summer Band Camp
Troy, Troy University Sound of the South Summer Music/Summer Leadership Camp
Tuscaloosa, UA Crimson Music Camp
Alaska
Fairbanks, University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Music Academy
Sitka, Sitka Fine Arts Camp
Arizona
Flagstaff, Curry Summer Music Camp at NAU
Arkansas
Arkadelphia, HSU Band Camp
Fayetteville, University of Arkansas Summer Music Camp
Monticello, UAM Summer Band Camp
Russellville, Arkansas Tech University
California
Arrowbear, Arrowbear Summer Music Camp
Cazadero, Cazadero Music Camp
Elk Grove, Mandarin’s Drum Corps Leadership Camp
Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
Irvine, Wildwood Music Camp
Lafayette, Lafayette Summer Music Workshop
La Honda, Hayword-La Honda Music Camp
Nevada City, Donner Mine Music Camp
Oakland, Laney Summer Music Program
San Diego, San Diego Summer Music Institute
San Jose, SJSU Summer in the City
South Lake Tahoe, Silver Lake Band Camp
Stockton, University of the Pacific, Pacific Music Camp
System Blue, Percussion Events
Turlock, Summer Music at Stanislaus
Walnut Creek, Floot Fire
Colorado
Boulder, CU Summer Music Academy
Fort Collins, Colorado Honor Band
Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa University Middle School Camp
Connecticut
New Hartford, Laurel Music Camp
Delaware
Newark, Community Music School Summer Camps
Florida
Gainesville, Gatorland Band Camps
St. Petersburg and Sebastian, Penny’s Marching Arts Training Camp
Tallahassee, FSU Summer Music Camp
Tallahassee, FAMU Marching 100 Summer Band Camp
Tampa, Summer Band Camp at USF
Georgia
Athens, UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music Summer Music Camps
Augusta, Augusta Summer Music Camps
Carrollton – Spirit U Spirit of Atlanta
Johns Creek, Vivace Band Camp
Milledgeville, Encore! Band Camp
Hawaii
No camps found – please contact us if you know of a reputable camp.
Idaho
Pocatello, ISU Marching Band Camp
Illinois
Charleston, Eastern Music Camp
Lockport, Southwest Community Band Camp
Macomb, Summer Music Institute 2018 at Western Illinois University
Normal, Illinois State University Junior High Band Camp
Peoria, Bradley Band Camps
Urbana, ISYM Junior & Senior High Bands
Indiana
Bloomington, IU Summer Music Clinic
Muncie, Music for All
Iowa
Cedar Rapids, KCCK Jazz Band Camp
Decorah, Dorian Summer Music Camp
Estherville, The Reggie Schive Jazz Camp at Iowa Lakes Community College
Iowa City, Iowa Summer Music Camps
Indianola, Simpson College Camps
Waverly, Band Camp at Wartburg College
Cedar Falls, UNI Jazz Combo Camp
Kansas
Hays, FHSU High Plains Music Camp
Kansas City, UMKC
Lawrence, KU Midwestern Music Camp
Manhattan, Kansas State University Summer Music Camp
Potwin, Kansas Lions Band Camp–WashburnUniversity
Kentucky
Paducah, PSO Summer Music Camp
Richmond, Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp
Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Stately Oaks Summer Camp
Baton Rouge, Southern University Band Camp
Grambling, GSU High School Band Camp w/World Famed Tiger Marching Band
Hammond, Southeastern Louisiana University
Monroe, University of Louisiana-Monroe
Natchitoches, Northwestern State Band Camp
Maine
Orono, University of Maine – Maine Summer Youth Music
Farmington, Maine Jazz Camp
Gorham, Southern Maine Music Academy
Sidney, New England Music Camp
Sweden, Camp Encore/Coda
Maryland
University of Maryland, Terrapin Music Camp
Young Musicians Summer Academy
Hyattsville, DMV Percussion Academy (percussion only)
Massachusetts
Boston, Floot Fire
Hingham, South Shore Conservatory Summer Music Festival
Lowell, Mary Jo Leahey Symphonic Band Camp
Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mpulse Summer Institutes – University of Michigan
East Lansing, Spartan Youth Middle School Band Camp
Interlochen, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Kalamazoo, Seminar: Western Michigan University
West Branch, Herter Music’s Band Camp–Camp Timbers
Twin Lake, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Minnesota
Bemidji, Bemidji MusiCamp
Northfield, St Olaf Music Academy
Mississippi
Fulton, ICC All-American Band Summer Band Camp
Hattiesburg, All-South Drum Major & Guard Camp
Jackson, Sonic Boom & J-Sette High School Summer Band Camp
Missouri
Maryville, Northwest Music Camp
Springfield, Missouri State Bands Alive 2018 Summer Camp
St. Louis, Webster University Band Camp
Montana
Red Lodge, Red Lodge Music Festival
Missoula, UM Summer Music Camp
Rollins, Flathead Lake Music Camp
Nebraska
Lincoln, The Middle School Band Camp
Nevada
Reno, Lake Tahoe Music Camp
New Hampshire
Durham, SYMS: Summer Youth Music School
New Jersey
Hackensack, Gramercy Brass Band Camp
Montclair, Stokes Forest Music Camp
New Mexico
Jemez Springs, Hummingbird Music Camp
Roswell, NMMI Summer Band Camp
New York
Canandaigua, Bristol Hills Music Camp
Colgate University, Hamilton, Eastern U.S. Music Camp
Fredonia, Fredonia Summer Music Festival
Ithaca, Ithaca College Summer Music Academy
Potsdam, Crane Youth Music @ SUNY Potsdam
Wheatley Heights, Usdan Summer Camps for the Arts
North Carolina
Boone, Cannon Music Camp
Greenville, East Carolina University Summer Music Camp
Greensboro, UNCG Summer Music Camp
North Dakota
Dunseith, International Music Camp
Ohio
Berea, Baldwin Wallace University Community Music School
Columbus, OSU Youth Summer Music Programs
Wooster, Wooster Music Camp
Oklahoma
Stillwater, OSU High School Summer Music Camp
Tulsa, UTulsa Band Camp
Edmond, UCO Summer Jazz Camp
Weatherford, SWOSU Music Camps
Oregon
Rockaway Beach, Northwest Band Camp at Twin Rocks
Eugene, Summer Music Camps @ UO
Wallowa Lake, Music Camps @ Wallowa
Salem, Young Musicians & Artists
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, The Penn Band Summer Music Camp
Scranton, Camp Crescendo
Rhode Island
Providence, Music Institute at RIC
South Carolina
Charleston, Charleston Southern University Summer Music Camp
Greenville, Furman Band and Orchestra Camp
South Dakota
Brookings, South Dakota State University All-State Music Camp
Vermillion, USD Summer Music Camp
Tennessee
Jefferson City, C-N Summer Music Camp
Nashville, Belmont University Summer Winds Band Camp
Texas
Abilene, McMurry Summer Music Camps
Arlington, University of Texas at Arlington
Austin – Longhorn Music Camp
Beaumont, Lamar University Band Camp
Brownwood, Howard Payne University Band Leadership Camp
Canyon, West Texas A&M University Band Camp
MS/HS – July 9-15, 2023 — Residential $699, Commuter $325
Scholarships are available for All-Staters and Honor Campers. Band Directors’ Workshop Continuing Education Activities. WTAMU Band Camp is one of the largest and most respected camps in the country. With 9 bands, your student is sure to be in a performing group that fits their needs. During the camp, students have daily band rehearsals, large group rehearsals, and small section rehearsals taught by some of the most experienced and motivating directors in Texas. Students also choose an elective from classes such as jazz, rhythm reading, music theory, drum majoring, conducting, oboe and bassoon reed making, marching band, along with brass, woodwind, and percussion ensembles. Private lessons are available. Audition music can be printed from the website.
Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce Blast of Brass
Denton, University of North Texas Workshops, Camps, & Masterclasses
Fort Worth, TCU Summer Music Institute/Summer Camps
Friendswood, Stars and Stripes Summer Band Camp
Houston, University of Houston Cougar Band Camp
Houston, Middle School Band Camp @ San Jacinto College
Houston, TSU Middle and High School Marching Band Power Camp
Huntsville, Sam Houston State University Summer Camps
Kingsville, TAMUK Summer Band Camp
Lubbock, Texas Tech Band and Orchestra Camp
Nacogdoches, SFASU Band Camps
Plano, Summer Music Camps
San Angelo, ASU Summer Music Camps
San Antonio, Summer Camps at UTSA
San Marcos, TXST State Band Camps
Seguin, Texas Lutheran University’s Summer Music Academy
Stephenville, Tarleton State University Summer Camps
Waco, Baylor Summer Music Camps
Various locations, Floot Fire
Various Cities in the US, Bocal Majority
Utah
Provo, BYU Summer Festival
Vermont
No camps found – please contact us if you know of a reputable camp.
Virginia
Chantilly, Franklin Band & Orchestra Camp
Charlottesville, Cavalier Marching Band at UVA
Hampton, HUBC High School Band Camp
Harrisonburg, James Madison University Summer Band Camps
Fairfax, The Central Fairfax Summer Band Camp
Fairfax, Judith Lapple Summer Woodwind Camp & Music Festival
Fairfax, Mason Community Summer Music Camps
Falls Church, Vienna Band Camp
Washington
Ellensburg, CWU Symphonic Band Camp
Washington D.C.
No camps found – please contact us if you know of a reputable camp.
West Virginia
No camps found – please contact us if you know of a reputable camp.
Wisconsin
Egg Harbor, Birch Creek
Madison, University of W-M Summer Music Clinic
Platteville, Pioneer Summer Band Camp
Plymouth, The Lakeland University Music Camp
Whitewater, UWW Camps and Conferences
Shell Lake, Shell Lake Arts Center Concert Band Camp
Wyoming
Laramie, University of Wyoming Summer Music Camp
This list is still under construction -we are still researching and compiling this list, and we need your help! If you know of a respected summer band camp in the US that is not listed, please send us information – all we need is a website address. If you would like your camp’s information adjusted or would like to add information, please contact us. We would like this to be a fully comprehensive list of all US summer band camps. It is free to have a band camp listed. You may contact us anytime at banddirector@BandDirectorsTalkShop.com.
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