Thank you for your interest in Summer Music Camps at Meredith College. 

Community School of Music Summer  camps will soon  be enrolling students for  Summer  2023.  If you do not see dates and information for a camp you are interested in, please check back before May to see what will be offered.  Our instructors are finalizing their plans now.  

Registration links are listed below each camp description if the camp is open for registration.

We hope to see you this summer!

NEW FOR SUMMER 2023: Meredith Summer Strings Pops in the Park

This camp is sponsored by Meredith College in collaboration with Wake County Public Schools. With a goal of providing student musicians with an opportunity to develop their musicianship skills when school is not in session. The camp will culminate in a performance of pops music in the picturesque McIver Amphitheater. The staff will be Wake County strings educators and Meredith College music faculty.

The camp is open to area strings students who have a minimum of one year of performing experience. The music to be performed will include pops and film score music geared toward students who have played for around 1-2 years.

CAMP DATES: June 12-16, 2023, 9:00am-4:30pm

COST: $220.00 (Payments due by June  5, 2023). The cost of the camp includes lunches and a T-shirt.

Registration Deadline:  Monday, June 5, 2023 (late registrations accepted on a space-available basis)

For more information, contact Dr. Jim  Waddelow  at waddelow@meredith.edu.

Link to Meredith Summer Strings Pops in the Park  Registration Form.

Music Theatre Vocal Boot Camp

Designed to enhance musical theater skills (singer/dancer, singer/actor) this camp is for high school (minimum age 14) and adult students who wish to improve their skills during the summer.  The camp size will be limited to 25 students.  An audition video is required.  The camp will take place in the Wainwright Music Building at Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27607.

CAMP DATES: June 12-17, 2023, 4:30pm-9:00pm

COST: $200.00 (Payments due by June 12, 2023)

Registration Deadline:  Monday, June 5, 2023 (late registrations accepted on a space-available basis)

Students must select and prepare three songs to rehearse during the camp (including one BALLAD and one UP-TEMPO PIECE).   An  email video/audio audition recording of one of these songs will need to be submitted.

For more information, contact Dr. Jean Wozencraft-Ornellas at jornellas@meredith.edu.

Link to Music Theatre Vocal Boot Camp Registration Form.

Woodwinds Boot Camp at Meredith College

The Meredith College Music Department  will again be offering the Woodwinds Boot camp  in June of  2023.  This camp is taught by Meredith College faculty and artist-teachers from area colleges including Duke University, UNC, and UNCG who perform with orchestras across the state and with the NC Symphony and the NC Opera orchestra in the Triangle. 

Middle School  and High School Students will play in small ensembles and workshops, private lessons, enjoy faculty performances and masterclasses, and of course work on building their foundational skills on their instruments.

These workshops are a wonderful supplement to ongoing private lessons, or a starting point for focused practice and best habits. Students will be placed into chamber groups, but intermediate and advanced students may choose to register with friends as pre-formed ensembles such as saxophone or clarinet quartets, woodwind quintets, mixed trios, etc.

**Please note Continuing Education credits are available for band directors.

 Basic Schedule and Fees:

CAMP DATES: June 25- 29, 2023, 9:00 am- 1:00 pm

COST: $200.00 (Payments due by June 25, 2023)

Registration Deadline:  June 12, 2023 (late registrations accepted on a space-available basis).

Sunday: meet and greet, faculty performance in the afternoon

Sunday-Thursday
All students (rising 6-8 graders and rising 9-12 graders) will have morning sessions from 9:00-1:00 with  lessons, workshops, group masterclasses and ensembles.   

There will be a final recital on Thursday at 2:00pm.

Registration Deadline: June 11, 2023 (late registrations accepted on a space-available basis)

NOTE: High school participants will be contacted prior to camp regarding placement and your previous experience in music. Please attach a short 2-3 minute video recording to this registration demonstrating your skill level.

For more information, contact Dr. Carla Copeland Burns at cecopelandburns@meredith.edu.

Link to Woodwinds Boot Camp at Meredith College Registration Form .

Bull City Strings Camp

This camp, sponsored by Meredith College in collaboration with Durham Public Schools, is designed to provide student musicians with a chance to continue to develop their musicianship skills when school is not in session.

CAMP DATES: June 26-30, 2023

LOCATION:: Charles E. Jordan High School

COST: $160.00 (Payments due by June 1, 2023).

Checks payable to Meredith College.  Financial assistance is available by request.

PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY:   June 1, 2023.

CONTACT CARRIE HENDERSON at carrie_andrews@dpsnc.net with questions.

Link to Bull City Strings Camp Registration Form.

Meredith College Percussion Camp

Percussion Camp will be held again this summer at Meredith College .  It is open to fifth through ninth graders who are interested in enhancing their skills in a group setting. 

CAMP DATES: July  18-21, 2023

LOCATION: 119 Wainwright Music Building, Meredith College.

COST: $225.00 (Payments due by July 1, 2023). 

CONTACT Hal Sargent  at fdsargent@meredith.edu with questions.

Link to Meredith College Percussion Camp Form

Piano Camps: Three piano camps will be offered during the summer of  2023.

Click on the camp name for more detailed information about each camp. The registration link for all three camps is listed below.

• Intensive Piano Camp
• Middle School Composition Camp
• High School Theory Camp

Link to Piano Camps Registration Form.

Registration for all summer music camps are made through the Meredith College Community School of Music