<p>Hi, What are some good summer jazz piano programs for high school age kids</p>
<p>New York Summer Music Festival out of the SUNY-Oneonta doesn’t push its jazz program as much as it does its classical … but there are some good faculty there for jazz; most coming from Manhattan School of Music. [Summer</a> Music Camp - NYSMF - New York Summer Music Festival - for Outstanding Young Musicians](<a href=“http://www.nysmf.org%5DSummer”>http://www.nysmf.org)</p>
<p>Our daughter went for voice last year for 2 weeks, and she’ll be returning for a longer stay this summer. really loved the atmosphere.</p>
<p>Where do you live, or how far are you willing to travel? There are lots of great programs, but some of them have deadlines at the end of Feb.</p>
<p>Son has done 1 week jazz camps at U of North Fla, FSU and Jamey Aebersold (U of louisville). Liked all 3. They give a brief placement audition and theory test and group students accordingly.
He also applied and was accepted to the Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony in Stockton, CA this past summer. That was a great experience! They only take 3 pianists though.</p>
<p>Here are a couple in Michigan:</p>
<p>Interlochen [Interlochen</a> :: Summer Arts Camp :: Jazz](<a href=“http://www.interlochen.org/camp/summer_camp_programs/music/high_school_2/jazz]Interlochen”>http://www.interlochen.org/camp/summer_camp_programs/music/high_school_2/jazz)</p>
<p>Blue Lake
[Blue</a> Lake Fine Arts Camp Jazz Program](<a href=“http://www.bluelake.org/program_jazz.html]Blue”>http://www.bluelake.org/program_jazz.html)</p>
<p>Not sure how much you are willing to spend or how long your child wants to be at camp, but these are at opposite ends of the spectrum.</p>
<p>I second Brubeck jazz colony. Also, the Berklee 5 week performance program is great, just about every jazz musician I know has done it.</p>
<p>Stanford Jazz Camp, if you’re on the W Coast.</p>
<p>My son, a jazz pianist, attended the National High School Music Institute at Northwestern (5 wks) and the Univerity of the Arts in Philly (2 wks.). Both were good experiences.</p>
<p>We live in California, but are willing to travel anywhere. My son went
to Eastman last summer</p>
<p>[The</a> University of the Arts : Summer Institute for High School Students](<a href=“http://www.uarts.edu/k-12/precolsi.html]The”>http://www.uarts.edu/k-12/precolsi.html)</p>
<p>Kind of along the same line. . . has anyone ever entered and/or won the Guthman Piano Competition in Atlanta? Classical/jazz or both. Any info?
Thanks.</p>