Summer Music Camps
If you enjoy band and love making music, summer music camps are a great way to further your skills. At these camps, you get to experience living in the dorms, making new friends from other schools, and diving into some great music. Below, you will find links to camps around the area.
Augustana Summer Music Camp (Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.augie.edu/arts/camps-festivals-and-competitions/2020-summer-music-camp
http://www.augie.edu/arts/camps-festivals-and-competitions/2020-summer-music-camp
- Large ensembles: Band, Choir, Orchestra
- Small ensembles: Percussion Ensemble, Piano (Beginning and Intermediate), Guitar (Beginning and Intermediate), Vocal Jazz, Jazz Band, Academy Brass Choir*, Woodwind Choir, Academy Opera Theatre* and String Trio Academy*
- Enrichment courses: Music Theory I, II; Music History I, II,; Music Technology I, II; Drum Major Conducting** and Jazz Improvisation**
- Private voice and instrumental lessons
- Grand Finale concert at Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Jazz Camp (Sioux Falls, SD) https://sfjb.org/education/jazz-camp/ Camp class offerings include Jazz improvisation, Jazz Theory, History of Jazz, Combo Rehearsal, Big Band Rehearsal, Lessons, Concerts, Master Classes, Evening concerts with faculty, guests, and students. This year, for the campers final performance, they will perform as the opening act at the Levitt at the Falls! |
SDSU Music Camp (Brookings, SD)
https://www.sdstate.edu/school-performing-arts/music/all-state-music-camp
Audition/Contest Preparation, Beginning Band, Careers in Music, Chamber Music/Small Ensembles, Choirs, Computer Technology, Improvisation Class, Piano Classes, Private Lessons, Theory/Composition, Vocal Techniques. Final Concert at 3 p.m., Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center featuring Band, Chorus and Jazz Ensembles.
USD Music Camp (Vermillion, SD)
https://www.usd.edu/fine-arts/music/summer-music-camp
Summer Music Camp is a six-day experience of learning and music-making open to students who have completed grades 5–12. Activities include vocal and instrumental ensembles as well as a variety of other musical activities. Opportunities for private lessons in a specific instrument or voice are also available.
https://www.sdstate.edu/school-performing-arts/music/all-state-music-camp
Audition/Contest Preparation, Beginning Band, Careers in Music, Chamber Music/Small Ensembles, Choirs, Computer Technology, Improvisation Class, Piano Classes, Private Lessons, Theory/Composition, Vocal Techniques. Final Concert at 3 p.m., Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center featuring Band, Chorus and Jazz Ensembles.
USD Music Camp (Vermillion, SD)
https://www.usd.edu/fine-arts/music/summer-music-camp
Summer Music Camp is a six-day experience of learning and music-making open to students who have completed grades 5–12. Activities include vocal and instrumental ensembles as well as a variety of other musical activities. Opportunities for private lessons in a specific instrument or voice are also available.