4 benefits of high school music camps
Attending a music summer camp during your high school years is an unforgettable life-changing experience.
High school music camps offer an enriching summer experience that can inspire creativity and foster growth. If you’re a teen looking to advance your musical skill and increase your future opportunities as a musician and artist—all while enjoying friendships and fun in a beautiful natural setting—Interlochen Arts Camp is the perfect place for you. Here are four reasons to explore our high school music camps.
1. Timing that accommodates your summer plans
Interlochen high school music camps are designed to flex with your summer schedule. That’s why we’ve designed more than 30 summer camps of varying lengths—running throughout the weeks of June, July, and August.
High school students at Interlochen’s summer music camps love the options of attending camp for one, three, or six weeks at a time. One-week camps are referred to at Interlochen as “Intensives”—they’re hyper-focused condensed instruction. Three-week and six-week high school music camps offer extended experiences, with more instruction and performance opportunities to see musical growth over time.
2. Full summer camp experience
There’s nothing like a time away from home—enjoying the outdoors, experiencing activities and games, and making new friends from all around the world. Attending one of Interlochen’s high school music camps gives you the chance to do more than just music: Interlochen’s campus and daily schedule include all the awesome fun of traditional summer camp.
Situated between two lakes, Interlochen Arts Camp offers recreation time where you can go for a swim, read a book, play games with your cabin-mates, join a pick-up basketball game, or just get in a few hours of extra practice. The time away from your musical studies is easy to fill, and friends from music camp and other artistic disciplines can get to know one another, building lasting friendships with other artists, and generally having a good time.
3. Training with premier, experienced faculty
High school music camps at Interlochen offer you the unique opportunity to learn from top music professionals. Each day, students receive exceptional music instruction as they study with world-renowned faculty. Instructors will expand your capabilities in areas of technique, expression, sound, musicality, tone, rhythm, confidence, and more. Group music classes are led by professionals who bring everyone together to discuss, rehearse, listen, and explore.
Pursuing your musical passion with a group of like-minded high school friends is itself an unforgettable experience. But at Interlochen’s high school music camps, you also have the advantage of receiving guidance and feedback from some of the best musicians in the world, all dedicated to building your ability to handle challenging repertoire and increase your musical skill.
4. Growth opportunities in your specific area of music
The environment of Interlochen Arts Camps is created to help you thrive. The entire curriculum, the focus of the faculty, and the structure of the week(s) exist to accelerate your musical growth.
Performance opportunities are a key feature of Interlochen’s summer high school music camps. Each recital or concert develops additional confidence in your ability to share your music with others. Music camp takes your music skills to the next level.
If you’re looking at high school music camps and you want an experience that will transform your musical ability, you’ve come to the right place. Your time at summer music camp will provide you with lasting friendships with other high schoolers who love music. And the instruction you receive will increase your motivation as a musician and inspire you to reach your full artistic potential.
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