Summer is just around the corner and there are many great summer music camps in the area. The following is a list provided by the JAMS Music Department:
Band and Orchestra
SPS Summer Music, All-City Band & Junior All-City Band
Three weeks, tbd. 9 a.m. to noon, Jane Addams Middle School. Best for students who are entering 6th grade or have completed Intermediate Band or Orchestra; the All-City Bands are marching bands that perform in parades around the region. Super-fun!
SYSO Summer Music
Shorecrest High School: July 6-17, 9 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. or Newport High School, July 13-24, 9 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Best for students who have completed at least Junior Band or Orchestra. Saxophones not eligible. Highly recommended. https://syso.org/programs/summer-music/
Seattle Saxophone Institute
July 20-23 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Roosevelt High School (Grades 7-9); July 27-30, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. (Grades 9-12) Not just jazz! Specialists focused on all aspects of sax playing. http://www.seattlesaxinstitute.com/
Jazz:
Jazz at Cornish
July 13-18, 9 a.m-4 p.m. Small combo work with low student-instructor ratio, emphasis on improvisation and music theory.
https://www.cornish.edu/summer/courses/jazz_at_cornish/
Shoreline Jazz Camp
August 10-14, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Shorecrest High School. Good for students with some jazz background but less improvisation experience as well as those comfortable improvising. Highly recommended. http://www.shorelinearts.net/event-program/10051/
UW Jazz Workshop
Dates not yet posted, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Only students entering HS are eligible.
http://www.uwjazzworkshop.com/
Centrum
July 19-26, sleep-away, Port Townsend. HS-age students only. https://centrum.org/jazz-port-townsend-the-workshop/