We’re planning an exciting line up of camps for summer 2025! We expect to offer a wide variety of camps, workshops, and more, for students of all ages.
Most summer programs assume no prior musical experience, except where noted.
Our 2024 offerings included:
- Music and Movement: A wide range of classes – from Bouncing Babies to Singers, Stompers, and Drummers – keep our youngest musical learners busy!
- Creative Arts Camp: Three age-based cohorts rotate through daily arts activity periods, learning skills and creating musical, dance, and visual art pieces.
- Summer String Camp: Open to all string players in the classical and folk traditions.
- Movement Therapy: Come explore movement and play in our new sensory room! Each sesison will include others in the same age range to enhance social-emotional learning.
- Instant Folk Ensembles: Open to all string players with at least a year of experience, this camp builds musical skills, knowledge of folk traditions, and more.
- Piano Dynamos Camp: Attendees enjoy the company of their fellow pianists as they expand their musicianship skills.
- Jam Camp: This camp invites instrumentalists and singers to come together for a week of jamming in many styles,
- Puppetry Arts Camp: Build and perform a varierty of puppet styles, from 2D creatures and characters to a giant parade-style group puppet.
We’ll be announcing our 2025 lineup in January 2025, so visit this page again!
Music & Movement
Movement Therapy in the Sensory Room
For ages 6 months – 10 years
Come explore movement and play in our sensory room! Read about emotions, be held by a swing, say hello to our bubble fish, play with a sensory bin, practice balance on our stepping stones and move and play how your needs move you today! Each session of movement and play will include other children in the same age range to enhance social-emotional learning in a safe and warm space.
Piano Dynamos Camp
For ages 9-15, with minimum of 1 year of study
Enjoy the company of your fellow pianists as you expand your musicianship skills! Sessions include ear training, theory, sight reading, improvisation, practice strategies and much more. Performance classes, supervised practice, art, and outdoor activities add to a fun week. Recommended ages 9-15. Elementary through early advanced levels accepted. (Minimum one year of study).
Summer String Camp
For ages 8-15, with minimum of 1 year of experience
This weeklong, full day string music camp is pen to all string players in the classical and folk traditions – violin/fiddle, viola, cello, ukulele, guitar, etc. This camp is recommended for ages 8 to 15 with at least one year of experience. String Camp participants will build musical skills, learn to play in a group, meet new friends, and have fun while building their instrumental abilities and musicianship. Solos, duets, and ensemble work will build confidence, cooperation, and performance skills. There will also be outdoor time, breaks and art activities.
Puppetry Arts Camp
For students entering grades 1 – 6
Come and join us for a week of puppetry magick and wonder! Campers will have the chance to build and perform a variety of puppet styles, from two dimensional creatures and characters, to a giant parade style puppet built and performed by the group! Cardboard, glue, paper, and paint will be transformed into a colorful performance through your artistry, as you acquire the skills and tool-craft needed to become true Junior PuppetMasters. Experience a week of creativity and art making like no other, where puppets spring from your imagination, and come to life!
Summer Jam Camp
For students entering grades 5 -12
Open to students in grades 5-12 (including students that would like to bring their existing band), this camp invites instrumentalists and singers to come together for a week of jamming in many styles, including jazz, rock, and blues. There will be jam bands for both beginning and advanced students. Participants will develop ensemble skills, increase proficiency and technique on their instrument/voice, work in the recording studio, and create an album of their projects at the end of the week together.
Creative Arts Camp
For students entering grades 1-6.
Join us for 1, 2 or 3 weeks of Creative Arts Camp!
Extended care options available
Three age-based cohorts (grades 1-2; 3-4; and 5-6) rotate through three arts activity periods, learning skills and creating musical, dance, and visual art pieces. A healthy dose of indoor and outdoor games, breaks, and lunchtime provides plenty of fun and creates strong friendships.
We will also be accepting applications for Leaders in Training (LIT) and Counselors in Training (CIT) positions. LITs are students entering grades 7-9, and receive 50% off camp tuition. CITs are students entering grades 10 and above, and work as volunteer interns whose hours can be counted toward community service.
Instant Folk Ensemble Workshops
Open to intermediate musicians, ages teen through adult. All folk instruments welcome.
Join forces with musical friends and form a pop-up folk ensemble! For part of this two-hour workshop, we will split into two groups (backup and melody), and learn a tune, with coaching from CCMS folk faculty members. Then we’ll come back together and work as a team, along with both faculty leaders, to come up with an arrangement of the tune and enjoy playing it as a group. Whether or not you’ve never played folk music or participated in an ensemble before, we hope you’ll join the band!
Private Lessons
Summer is a wonderful time to try a new instrument or voice lessons, or to sharpen your skills. We offer a flexible semester where students can sign up for as many lessons as they would like!
