Summer Music Centers

Odee Maier, Chairman
6292 13th Circle South, Fargo, ND 58104

application form FOR ALL SUMMER MUSIC CENTERS


Note: The following listings are alphabetical, by the school/camp name.

The Aspen School of Music
2 Music School Road, Aspen, Colorado 81611

Camp Date: 9 weeks, June-August
Category: Strings

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

Up to 25

$400 NFMC

February 1

Write for Info: Sarah Mazur, Admissions Counselor
NFMC Representative: Linda King

Brevard Music Center
(Rose Thomas Smith Award)
Box 312, Brevard, North Carolina 28712

Camp Date: 6½ weeks, June-August
Category: Band and Orchestral Instruments

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

14-20

$2,000
(Funded by the Rose Thomas Smith Legacy)

March 1
Write for Info: NFMC Representative (before February 1)
NFMC Representative: Sara Helen Moore

The NFMC Lucile Parrish Ward Award
Brevard Music Center
Box 312, Brevard, North Carolina 28712

Camp Date: 6½ weeks, June-August
Category: Piano, Preferably, or Band and Orchestral Instruments

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

18-24

$600 NFMC
(Funded by the Lucile Parrish Ward Endowment)

March 1
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Elizabeth Paris

Chautauqua Music School
Box 1098, Chautauqua, New York 14722

Camp Date: 7 weeks, July-August
Category: Piano, Strings, Music School Festival Orchestra Members

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

14-25

Three $500 awards
$400 each given by Penn., Ohio, New York FMC plus $300 each funded by Oscar Valentin Endowment

April 1
Audition by tape or live, consult Chautauqua
Write for Info: Sarah M. Umberger
NFMC Representative: Lois Tamplin

The NFMC Eleanor Pascoe Award in Voice
Chautauqua Music School
Box 1098, Chautauqua, New York 14722

Camp Date: 7 weeks, July-August
Category: Voice

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

16-25

$300 NFMC
(Funded by the Eleanor Pascoe Endowment.

April 1
Audition by tape or live, consult Chautauqua
Write for Info: Sarah M. Umberger
NFMC Representative: Lois Tamplin

Eastern Music Festival
P.O. Box 22026, Greensboro, NC 27420

Camp Date: 6 weeks, Mid-June to Early August
Category: Orchestral Instruments, Piano

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

14-20

$350 NFMC
Matched by Festival

March 1
Write for Info: Melissa Edwards, Director of Admissions
NFMC Representative: Carolyn Summerlin

Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475
(honoring Irene Muir, a past national president)

Camp Date: 4 two-week sessions; 2 one-week sessions
Category: Instruments, Voice, Piano, Guitar

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

Junior and Senior High

Four – $175 NFMC Awards

May 1
Write for Info: School Director
NFMC Representative: Sue Ann Reeves

Gwladys Comstock Award for Music Camp
(By the Idaho Federation of Music, for Camp of recipient’s choice)

Camp Date: (consult camp selected)
Category: Instrumental, Voice

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

12-18

$500 – 1st Place
$250 – 2nd Place
(Funded by the Idaho Federation)

March 1
Audition by tape or CD only
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Connie Hutchens

Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point
16311 Highway 62 West, Eureka Springs, AR 72632

Camp Date: 8 week session
Category: Opera Study & Performance with Orchestra

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

20-35

$1,700 Funded by NFMC

March 1
Write for Info: Jim Swiggart
NFMC Representative: Lee Meyer
8101 Club Court, Austin, TX 78759

Mary Prudie Brown Music Education Award
(Honoring a past national president)
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Center
16311 Highway 62 West, Eureka Springs, AR 72632

Camp Date: 8 Weeks, June – July
Category: Opera Study

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

20-35

$1,000 NFMC
Award to be used for continuing education in the field of music education.

No separate application necessary.
Winner to be selected from those participating in the session
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Betty Hall

Interlochen Arts Camp
Interlochen, Michigan 49643

Camp Date: 6 weeks, July-August
Category: Piano, Voice, Orchestral Instruments

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

Must be in High School

$800 Award funded by Herman and Mary Neuman Legacy

February 15
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Hazel Lawrence

International Music Camp
Peace Gardens, ND 58318
(Honoring Agnes Jardine, a past national president)
[Dr. Timothy Wollenzein, Camp Director
1930 23rd Avenue SE, Minot, ND 58701]

Camp Date: 8 weeks, June-July
Category: Band, Piano, Guitar, Orchestra, Art, Dance, Drama

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

Junior High School
Senior High School

Six – $150 NFMC
(Funded by by Jardine Endowment)

April 1
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Mavis Ness

Junior Composers Institute

Camp Date: First full week after July 4
Category: Composition

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

14 – 19

$400
(Funded by the Evelyn Sampson Endowment for a student whose teacher is a member of the North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs)

May 20
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Gordon Maier

Kneisel Hall
P.O.Box 648, Blue Hill, Maine 04614
(Honoring Ada Holding Miller, a past national president)

Camp Date: 7 weeks, June-August
Category: Strings and Piano

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

15-30

$800 NFMC

April 1
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Ellen Werner

Marrowstone Music Festival
11065 Fifth Ave. NE, Suite A, Seattle, WA 98125
[Rogers Radcliffe, Music Director]

Camp Date: 3 weeks in August
Camp Location: Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA
Category: Orchestral (Except percussion)

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

13-21

$275 NFMC

April 1
Write for Info: Seattle Youth Symphony
11065 Fifth Ave. NE, Suite A, Seattle, WA 98125
NFMC Representative: Virginia Wyland

Meadowmount School
1424 County Route 10, Westport, New York 12993

Camp Date: 8 weeks, June – August
Category: Violin, Viola or Cello

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

10-25

Two $112.50  NFMC

April 30
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Mary McGowan

Music Academy of the West
1070 Fairway Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
[Lawrence Leighton Smith, Musical Director]

Camp Date: Last week of June – mid August
Category: Opera Study, Voice Technique

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

Open, expected minimum age 16

$900 NFMC

February 1
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Elizabeth Mosher

Ravinia Festival
Steans Institute for Young Artists
418 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035

Camp Date: 2 Weeks, June
Category: Jazz instrumental

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

College Student

$2,500 NFMC Funded by Rose Thomas Smith Legacy

No separate application necessary – winner selected from those participating in the session
Write for Info: Ravinia Festival
NFMC Representative: Shirley Carroll

Rocky Ridge Music Center
465 Long Peaks Road, Estes Park, Colorado 80517
[Carina Valy, Director]

Camp Date: 5 weeks, June – July
Category: Orchestral Instrumentals

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

Senior High School or College
(Exceptional Jr. High considered)

$450 NFMC

April 1
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Mrs. Thomas Marks
625 Whedbee, Ft. Collins, CO 80524-3131

Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artists Program
P.O.Box 2408, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Camp Date: Approximately June 15 – August 30
Category: Voice

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

20-30

$400 NFMC
(Funded by Ruth Freehoff Bequest)

November 15
Write for Info: Brad Woolbright
NFMC Representative: Angelica Plass

Gladys Coult Summer Award
Sewanee Music Center, University of the South
735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37375

Camp Date: 5 Weeks, Late June – Early August
Category: Instrumentalist

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

High School or College

$400
(Funded by the Gladys R. Coult Endowment)

April 1
Write for Info: Mark Savage, Managing Director Sewanee Music Festival
NFMC Representative: Elizabeth Reed

Faye and John Abild Award
Simpson College
701 North C Street, Indianola, Iowa 50125

Camp Date: One week in July
Category: Piano

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

14-18

2 – $400 NFMC
(Funded by the Faye & John Abild Legacy)

May 1
Write for Info: NFMC Representative
NFMC Representative: Patti Abild

The Walden School
PO Box 432, Dublin, OH 03444

Camp Date: 5 weeks, June-July
Category: Composition and Theoretical Skills

Age Limit Award Amount Deadline for Application

9-18

$250 NFMC

March 1
Write for Info: Seth Brenzel
31A 29th Sreet, San Francisco, CA 94110
NFMC Representative: Esther Landau