Summer Camps

Get More Out of the Summer: MacPhail Center for Music Summer Camps 

MacPhail summer music camps blend high-quality instruction from experienced professional teaching artists with the fun and excitement of making music with other students who love music.  

Camps range from absolute beginners hoping to try out multiple instruments to advanced players. 

Sessions are designed specifically for either in-person learning or virtual live instruction.  

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Register now for Summer Camps 2021! Offerings in person and online.

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Other Summer Programs at MacPhail

3 Easy Ways to Find the Camp that’s Right for You!

  1. Simply explore all camp options below
  2. Use the convenient Filter Boxes below to search by age, instrument and/or location 
  3. View these “At-a-Glance Calendars” of all camps. 

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Minneapolis – Summer 2021
Summer Camps
Composition Camp – In Person

Meet other young composers who share your passion for creating music. Gain the tools you need to grow as a composer. Study the works of living and historic composers to …

Tuition
$384.00
Austin – Summer 2021
Summer Camps
Fine Tuning Strings Camp – Austin

Spend a fun week bringing your skills to the next level. We’ll review techniques and concepts that will enable you to be in top shape for the next school year. …

Tuition
$125.00
Minneapolis – Summer 2021
Summer Camps
Jazz Camp- In Person

Join the finest young jazz musicians for an intense summer jazz camp experience for students of all skill levels. Through auditions, students will be placed in a jazz combo that …

Tuition
$404.00
Minneapolis – Summer 2021
Summer Camps
Rock Week – In Person

Get your music out of the basement and onto the stage! Attend MacPhail’s most popular and longest running camp for a week of jammin’ with new friends and creating your …

Tuition
$442.00
Minneapolis – Summer 2021
Summer Camps
Seeing Space: Field Recording with Mobile Devices – InPerson

The art of field recording, audio recordings produced outside of a recording studio, has long served a dual purpose as functional and sound art. Having uses in sound design, film …

Tuition
$140.00
Minneapolis – Summer 2021
Summer Camps
String Chamber Camp – In Person

Join us for String Chamber and Orchestra Camp, a comprehensive and intensive full-day string camp for middle school and high school students. This camp offers the complete string experience from …

Tuition
$471.00
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