Summer Camps
Summer Camps
Camp Con Brio
July 16 - 19, 2025
Camp Con Brio, String Camp of the Rockies provides string students with a wonderful musical opportunity each summer.
Campers consist of violin, viola, cello and bass students who are entering grades 6-8 (middle school) or 9-12 (high school). The minimum requirement is at least one year of classroom or private instruction on their instrument.
Our mission is to provide students with an educational and musical experience, at a reasonable rate, in a non-competitive and supportive environment.
Our goal is to get students excited about playing music and learning new skills while making friends and having fun!
Golden Bell Camp and Conference Center
Divide, Co
Rocky Ridge Music Camp
July 1-13, 2025
Rocky Ridge Music Center
Estes Park, Co
Junior Artist Intensive: Solo, Chamber, & Orchestra
Summer Music Camp in the Colorado Rockies || Ages 10 – 18
Level I: Ages 10-15 (An audition is NOT required for this level)
Level II: Ages 13-18* (An audition IS required for this level)
Accepting applications for violin; viola; cello; double bass; piano; composition.
In this two-week summer music camp for advanced high school musicians, students improve their musical skills and develop their unique voices through chamber ensembles, orchestra, performance classes, private lessons, audition preparation classes, workshops, musician wellness activities, and nature-based explorations.
Additionally, students collaborate to compose and premiere an original multi-disciplinary group composition for their final concert.
Additional opportunities for jazz, mariachi, and college musicians are also offered.
CU Boulder Summer Music Academy
June 15-19, 2025 ~ High School
June 22-26, 2025 ~ Middle School
CU Boulder School of Music
Boulder, Co
The High School Summer Music Academy is an opportunity for talented band, orchestra and piano students from Colorado and around the country to receive world-class music instruction in a one-week summer session. Band and orchestra participants are placed into a wind ensemble or string orchestra with a nationally renowned conductor. Select students are divided into one of many small ensembles to gain invaluable chamber music experience. Students will also participate in electives that will serve as preparation for collegiate music degree programs.
The Middle School Summer Music Academy is an opportunity for talented band and orchestra students from Colorado and around the country to receive world-class music instruction in a one-week summer session. Band and orchestra participants will be placed into a concert band or string orchestra with a nationally renowned conductor. When not in rehearsal, you can expect exciting games and activities throughout the week geared toward teamwork, creative and critical thinking ... and fun. A few activities from previous years included skit night, the Amazing Race and visiting Fiske Planetarium on campus.
Aspen Music Festival and School’s Mariachi Workshop
June 30-July 2
Basalt and Aspen, CO
Join us June 30-July 2, 2025, for a free three-day workshop with professional mariachi and musical mentors!
Learn from and perform alongside professional mariachi in this three-day workshop for students (grades 5-12)! An optional Mariachi Development training for music educators, high school juniors/seniors, university/college, administrators, and adult participants will be offered on Sunday, July 29. The program includes:
Active full-group rehearsals and technique-building sessions on traditional mariachi instruments (vihuela, guitarrón, violin, guitar, trumpet, and voice) and non-mariachi instruments alike...Whatever instrument you play, you CAN participate!
Instructional breakouts with musical mentors from across Colorado
Keynote presentations on the tradition and historical evolution of mariachi folk music
Intergenerational learning opportunities
A featured performance in the Klein Music Tent as part of the AMFS's Mariachi Celebration on July 2
An optional Mariachi Development training for music educators, high school juniors/seniors, university/college, administrators, and adult participants on Sunday, July 29
Fun, friendship, community building and more!