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Monmouth University Summer Music Camp

July 22-26, 2024

Monmouth University’s Summer Music Camp provides an immersive music experience for beginner, intermediate, and advanced high school instrumentalists or vocalists. For five days, campers experience life as a Monmouth University music student through taking:

  • Group Lessons
  • Sectional Rehearsals
  • Workshops
  • Masterclasses
  • Ensembles (small groups in various styles and concert band)  
  • Classes (Music Theory, Ear Training, Composition/Arranging, Improvisation, Jazz History)

All campers will receive a t-shirt at the beginning of camp and a certificate of completion at the end!

The Summer Music Camp will conclude with a final concert in Pollak Theatre at 3:30 p.m. All parents/guardians and family are welcome to attend.

Sample Camp Day Overview (8 a.m.–5 p.m.)

  • 8 a.m.–8:45 a.m. Breakfast for on-campus students (dining hall)
  • 9 a.m.–9:45 a.m. Group lessons/sectionals (Rotate throughout week)
  • 10 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Ear Training, Theory, Improvisation Class (Rotate throughout week).
  • 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Large Ensemble Rehearsal
  • 12:15 p.m.–1 p.m. Lunch for all campers (dining hall)
  • 1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Masterclass, Group Improvisation Workshop (Rotate throughout week)
  • 2:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Small Ensemble
  • 4 p.m.–5 p.m. Large Ensemble
  • 5 p.m. Student pickup

If you have any questions, please email monmouthmusiccamp@monmouth.edu.

Photo of Jonathan E. McElroy

Jonathan McElroy

Director of Summer Music Camp

Music and Theatre Arts

Lauren K. Woods Theatre Complex, 216

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Jeffrey Cook

Assistant Director of Summer Music Camp

Music and Theatre Arts

Lauren K. Woods Theatre Complex