Music Studies Summer Programs

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
A summer school of the arts located on a 1,300 acre campus in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, offers fine arts education for all ages. Each summer, the principal camp program annually serves more than 5,300 gifted elementary, junior high, and high school students with diverse programs in music, art, dance, and drama while offering more than 175 performances during its Summer Arts Festival. Blue Lake also operates a widely acclaimed International Exchange Program and two public radio stations. Since its inception in 1966, Blue Lake has provided cultural enrichment to more than 300,000 gifted students and countless concert-goers.

CMU Summer Music Camp
Open to all high school strings, woodwind, brass, percussion and vocal students. Students interact with CMU faculty members, perform in chamber ensembles, and participate in full orchestra or concert band in our state-of-the-art concert halls. While at Music Camp, students stay in the CMU residence halls, eat in the residential restaurant and experience college life first hand. The camp is sponsored by the School of Music and Prof Ed.

University of Michigan M-Pulse
At Michigan, this motivating force is MPulse Ann Arbor - a summer phenomenon on the University of Michigan campus carrying high school students from around the world to exciting new levels of excellence in music performance, music technology, musical theatre, theatre, and dance.

MPulse Ann Arbor provides an opportunity for approximately 200 young musicians and performing artists to gain exposure to the rigorous training provided by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Designed for students who are considering studying these areas in college, participants work with distinguished University of Michigan faculty and alumni while experiencing campus life in Ann Arbor.

Founded in 1880, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance is one of the finest performing arts schools in the United States. Encompassing programs in dance, music, musical theatre, and theatre, UM is consistently ranked among the top performing arts schools in the country when compared with performance-oriented conservatories or with prestigious academic departments of music. Click here to listen to online recordings of UM ensembles.

During the MPulse Ann Arbor sessions, students have the opportunity to meet with admissions counselors from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and to tour the campus. Each session offers an information meeting devoted to the application and audition process for university programs.

Interlochen Arts Academy
Interlochen offers a wide range of summer music programs for high school musicians and attracts some of the world's most talented students and teachers. In addition to large-ensembles, Interlochen also offers summer music programs geared towards individual performers.