URI Summer Music Academy

This camp is open to string, woodwind, brass, piano, and percussion students who have completed the 7th through 12th grade in June of 2025.

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URI SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY

Week #1 July 20-26 (Concert Band, String Orchestra, Chamber Music, Jazz)

Week #2 July 27-August 3 (Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music, Jazz)

Artistic Director: Allison Lacasse

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About the Program:

• Hosted at the URI Kingston campus, the camp is open to string, woodwind, brass, piano, and percussion students. To enroll in the camp, you must have completed the 7th through 12th grade in June of 2025.
• The main focus of the camp is to provide interactive, welcoming, and joyful large ensemble and chamber ensemble experience. The students will partake in studio classes (with a URI faculty member or URI guest artist teaching all of the students of each section), chamber ensemble concerts, workshops/clinics, music theory classes, and many other workshops, masterclasses, and sessions!
• Campers will enjoy an authentic Rhode Island experience! Musicians will take a field trip to a local beach for an afternoon of fun midway through camp. The campers will have time to relax and enjoy some down time together, oceanside! Each night will have a planned event for everyone, including a movie night, faculty recital, open swim at the university pool, and other fun activities.

Performances:

Week #1 Chamber Music Performance: Friday, July 25, 2025, 3:30PM

Week #1 Concert Band, String Orchestra, & Jazz Ensemble Performance: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 12:00PM (Fine Arts Center Recital Hall)Week #2 Chamber Music Performance: Friday, August 1, 2025: 6:15-7:00PM (Featured Group at Kingston Chamber Music Festival)

Week #2 Symphony Orchestra: Sunday, August 3, 2025: 12:00PM (Fine Arts Center Recital Hall)

Week #2 Chamber Music Performance: Sunday, August 3, 2025: 2:45-3:30PM (Featured Group at Kingston Chamber Music Festival)

Faculty Recitals (all are welcome, free of charge!)

Wednesday, July 23, 7:00PM

Wednesday, July 30, 7:00PM

Chamber Music Coachings with KCMF Coach:

KCMF Week 1: July 22, 23 24 (Time: TBD)

KCMF Week 2: July 28, 30, August 1 (Time: TBD) ; August 3, 3:00PM Performance

Tuition

• Residential both weeks: $2,775
• Residential week 1: $1,325
• Residential week 2: $1,450
• Commuter both weeks: $1,645
• Commuter week 1: $820
• Commuter week 2: $850
• Tuition includes: all instruction, a field trip to the beach, a camp T-shirt, room & board (commuter students will be provided lunches and dinners). Students must pay for their own dinner for the evening of the beach field trip.
• Students may also wish to pre-purchase a private lesson with their studio teacher; rates for private lessons are $75 for a 60-minute lesson.
• A community swim pool pass is $5, and students will be expected to bring cash for that event if they choose to go to the pool on the night that the group goes!
• Financial aid may be available to those that qualify. Scholarship information is available HERE.

Placement: Videos due 4 weeks prior to camp

• There are no auditions for this camp; all 7th-12th grade band musicians are welcome! Students will be asked to submit a sample of their playing prior to camp so that they are placed in the appropriate seats in large/chamber ensembles.
• Some of the best music-making experiences are the ones where you are playing side by side with advanced musicians, pushing you to be the best player that you can be! It is our philosophy that all students can be taught, and we are devoted to working hard with you this week as you progress as a musician!
• Placement instructions: please share a google drive file of a video of you playing your instrument. Please choose two different selections of music (no more than 5 minutes of music combined). The two pieces should be contrasting in nature; one solo should show off your slow/lyrical/expressive playing, and the other piece should show off your technical ability, range, and overall control of the instrument. If you have any questions about this, please send YWxhY2Fzc2UgfCB1cmkgISBlZHU= an email!
• Please submit your video at this

NAfME & Sibling Discount

• Children of active NAfME members receive a $50 discount. Please show proof of active membership on the registration page.
• Families with multiple siblings will receive a $50 discount per sibling.
• Only one discount may apply per camper.

Housing and Dining

All residential students will be staying in an air-conditioned campus dormitory. There will be 1 trained student counselor per 10 student campers, and the counselors will shadow the musicians’ schedules throughout the week of camp, fully supervising students at mealtimes, rehearsals, flex hours, evening activities, and walks between the dorms and all other points on campus. The students residing on campus will be provided 3 meals per full day, and commuter students will be provided lunch and dinner at the dining hall.

Important Dates Week #1

• Registration Closes: June 20, 2025
• Week #1 Resident Check-In: Sunday July 20 (check-in between 2pm-4pm)
• Week #1 Resident Check-Out: Saturday July 26 (approx. 1:30pm)
• Residents that are staying for week #2 will have afternoon/evening activities provided for them and will stay in the same dorm room

Important Dates Week #2

• Registration Closes: June 20, 2025
• Week #2 Resident Check-In: Sunday July 27, between 2-4PM
• Week #2 Resident Check-out: August 3, 6:00PM
• Entire Camp Dismissal: August 3, 6:00PM

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