Summer Programs
Please use this information as a planning guide of various programs and tentative application dates. If you are aware of any additional programs we can add to our list to maximize student possibilities please forward to conleya@asmsa.org.
** The deadlines for red highlights have already passed and will be updated after they publish their 2025 dates/costs. Please familiarize yourself with available programs so you can identify your interest, know the requirements, and be ready to apply when the application is published and/or comes back around the following year.
Syracuse Summer Pre-College: On-Campus, Online, and On-Location
Program Grades: Ages 15+
Take classes online, on-campus, or on-location through Syracuse University.
Application Opens: January 2025
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025
Program Dates: Dates vary depending on program
Program Costs: $65 application fee; merit scholarships, need-based scholarships, and discounts available. Costs vary depending on program.
Program Grades: Ages 14-18
Students compose or perform music in the Sewanee Summer Music Festival.
Application Opens: November 1, 2024
Application Deadline: February 15th, 2025
Program Dates: July 20-31, 2024
Program Costs: Financial aid is available.
Application Fee: $50-75
Program Costs: $3750
Brevard Music Center Summer Institute
Program Grades: Ages 14-18
Music students refine, rehearse, and recite pieces with private lessons. Programs include Orchestral Studies, Piano, Voice (Classical), Voice (Musical Theater), Jazz, Composition, Classical Guitar, Saxophone, Low Brass Seminar, and Flute Seminar.
Application Opens: November 1, 2024
Application Deadline: Vary by instrument
Program Dates: Vary by instrument
Program Costs: $65
Brevard Music Center Summer Institute
Program Grades: Ages 14-18
Music students refine, rehearse, and recite pieces with private lessons. Programs include Orchestral Studies, Piano, Voice (Classical), Voice (Musical Theater), Jazz, Composition, Classical Guitar, Saxophone, Low Brass Seminar, and Flute Seminar.
Application Opens: November 1, 2024
Application Deadline: Vary by instrument
Program Dates: Vary by instrument
Program Costs: $65
Tisch Summer High School Program - Recorded Music
Program Grades: Rising Juniors & Seniors
The Tisch Summer High School Residential Program is an intensive, four-week pre-college program open to high school sophomores and juniors from around the world. Students apply to one of these artistic tracks: Dance, Drama, Production & Design, Dramatic Writing, Filmmaking, Game Design, Photography and Imaging, or Recorded Music.
Application Opens: October 2024
Application Deadline: December 13, 2024
Program Dates: July 6, 2025 - August 2, 2025
Program Costs: $14,437 (limited scholarships available)
NYU Collegiate Seminar Program
Program Grades: Juniors
The NYU Collegiate Seminar Program offers high school juniors the opportunity to experience college-level classes at a top-tier research university. Selected students will participate in one or more two-hour seminar-style classes taught by leading NYU faculty in a variety of academic subjects.
Application Opens: September 16, 2024
Application Deadline:
Deadline for Nomination: October 28, 2024
Final Application Deadline: November 8, 2024
Program Dates: Varies by program
Program Costs: Free
Program Grades: Varies between programs, please check website
Study with world-renowned faculty at the preeminent institute for contemporary music and performing arts. Find on-campus or online summer programs for your experience level in music performance, theater, dance, music production, songwriting, and music business.
Application Opens: October 2024
Application Deadline:
May 1: Payment deadline for June programs
June 1: Payment deadline for July programs
July 1: Payment deadline for August programs
Program Dates: Varies between programs, please check website
Program Costs: Varies between programs, please check website
Racer Instrumental Music Academy
Program Grades: Rising freshmen to recent 12th grade graduates
Racer Instrumental Music Academy (RIMA) is a week-long summer music camp at Murray State University. Be part of a large concert band and prepare a variety of fun and challenging band literature, culminating with a final Saturday morning showcase concert.
Application Opens: October 2024
Application Deadline: May 9, 2025
Program Dates: June 8-14, 2025
Program Costs: $150 nonrefundable deposit required at registration (2025 All-State Participants can receive a $100 scholarship)
Resident Camper: $550
Commuter Camper: $450
Program Grades: Rising freshmen to recent 12th grade graduates
Choral music, musical theatre, pop a cappella and solo music will be explored throughout the week. Campers will spend the week rehearsing a variety of fun and challenging music that will be presented on the Saturday morning student showcase.
Application Opens: TBA
Application Deadline: May 10, 2024
Program Dates: June 9-15, 2024
Program Costs: $125 nonrefundable deposit required at registration (There are several talent and need-based scholarships available. Scholarship submission deadline is May 3, 2024)
Resident Camper: $535
Commuter Camper: $435
Program Grades: 9th-12th grade
Senior High Camp is a band camp that prepares students for All-State and helps students with basic needs on their instruments.
Application Opens: TBA
Application Deadline: Applications not yet open
Program Dates: June 16-20, 2024
Program Costs: $25 for private lessons
Idyllwild Art Summer Teen Programs
Program Grades: Depends on program chosen
Engage in various enriching programs in STEM, art, film, music, and more.
Application Opens: November 2024
Application Deadline: Varies based on program
Program Dates: Depends on program chosen
Program Costs: Depends on program chosen
Program Grades: High school students
Badger Precollege is an immersive college-prep program that allows students in grades 9-12 to take college-level courses in an area of interest of their choosing.
Application Opens: Varies by program
Application Deadline: Varies by program
Program Dates: Varies by program
Program Costs: Prices vary depending on the program, but can range from $800 to $4,300
Program Grades: Open to All Students (Limited Space)
The Interlochen Arts Camp is for students who want to study music, theatre, visual arts, creative writing, film and new media, dance, and interdisciplinary arts.
Application Opens: September 1, 2024
Application Deadline: Priority deadline: January 15, 2025
They will accept applications following the deadline until program enrollment is full.
Program Dates: Program Dates vary depending on how the length of stay. The dates are generally between range of June - August.
Program Costs: Costs vary depending on length of stay (ranging from one to six weeks). Check the website for more details. Financial aid is available in some cases.
Program Grades: Rising 10th, 11th and 12th graders
The program offers a unique exposure to nontraditional methodologies of creating theatre, placing them in the dual role of writer and performer. Students work with professional playwrights, poets, directors, musicians and actors to explore the process of creating a unique performance.
Application Opens: December 1, 2024
Application Deadline: April 18, 2025; limited space
Program Dates: June 14-21, 2025
Program Costs: Free
Program Grades: Elementary school students through high school students
Explore different career opportunities.
Application Opens: October 2024
Application Deadline: Varies by program
Program Dates: Varies by program
Program Costs: Varies by program
Program Grades: Rising Seniors
The Arkansas Governor’s School is a four-week summer residential program for upcoming high school seniors who are residents of the state of Arkansas. Students are selected on the basis of their special aptitudes in one of the nine fields: Choral Music, Development Engineering, Drama, English/Language Arts, Instrumental Music, Mathematics, Natural Science, Social Science, and Visual Arts.
Application Opens: October 15, 2024
Application Deadline: February 10, 2025
Program Dates: July 6, 2025 to August 2, 2025
Program Costs: Free
Music - Pre-College Programs - Carnegie Mellon University
Program Grades: 16+ and Sophmore or Junior
Pre-College Music consists of private studio lessons, major performing ensembles, and music support courses.
Application Deadline:
Early Decision: February 1, 2025
Regular Decision & Scholarship: March 1, 2025
Program Dates:
June 21, 2025 - July 12, 2025 (3-week option)
June 21, 2025 - August 2, 2025 (6-week option)
Program Costs: $50 application fee; $800 enrollment deposit (Scholarships & Financial Need options available, check website)
3-Week Residential: $7,400
6-Week Residential: $10,866
3-Week Commuter: $5,600
6-Week Commuter: $7,766