Summer Youth Music Camp

Providing opportunities for youth to enhance their musical talents through instruction by professional clinicians.

Join Lenoir-Rhyne as we host our 12th annual Summer Youth Music Camps for middle school and high school students Monday-Friday, July 14-18, 2025. 

Both the Choir and Band Camp are schedule on these dates. Both camps are housed in the Mauney Music Building, located on LR's Hickory campus.

Register for a Summer Youth Music Camp

Program Highlights

Choir director Ryan Luhr leads a practice with young summer camp singers
  • Campers have the option of the traditional day camp or a residential camp
  • The cost for day campers is $245, which includes instruction, five lunches in the LR dining hall, and a camp T-shirt
  • The cost for overnight campers is $475. This fee Includes all of the day camp benefits, as well as overnight accommodation and supervision by camp counseling staff, 14 meals, and evening entertainment or social activities.
  • Daily instruction is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Day camp students can be dropped off as early as 8am and picked up as late as 5:30 p.m. Supervision is provided at all times.
  • Our choral camp is open to all, regardless of experience level. Our band camp is open to students with at least one year experience in band.
  • Students will be placed in ensembles in consultation with their school band or choral director.
  • Every student receives daily instruction during full ensemble (band or choir) class (two per day) – a small ensemble class, and a musicianship class.
  • Registration remains open through June 15. After June 15, registrations accepted as staffing permits.

*Please note: Camp specifics and pricing subject to change.

Scholarships

We work hard to keep our costs as low as possible so that we make the camp available to as many people as possible. We don’t build in any profit margins, but because of this we also don’t build in extra revenue to fund scholarships. 

We recommend that interested students check in with their band director to see if there is any band booster money that might support attendance, or of places that have scholarships within a particular county, like the Community Music Foundation in Caldwell County.

Refund Policy

The deposit is nonrefundable. We do not offer tuition refunds after May 1.