<p>I'm a highschool senior looking for some good, intense music camps for this summer. I was never too serious about music before the past year or so (even though I've been playing since 4th grade), so, preferably, I'd like to find a camp that only requires auditions for seating or not at all.</p>
<p>I've found <a href="http://www.stolaf.edu/services/conferences/camps/musiccamp/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.stolaf.edu/services/conferences/camps/musiccamp/index.html</a>, which looks good and the sort of thing I'm looking for.
If anyone has any comments about this program or any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Um, don't know what you mean by intense, but Kinhaven Music School in Weston, VT has some very talented kids and a great laid-back environment. It's a six-week chamber music program, and admission is competitive, but once you're in, competition virtually ends-everyone is friendly and supportive. That doesn't mean that the program is any less music-focused, though;there are set schedule/practice and rehearsal times, but there's also plenty of recreational activities like swimming/art/tennis/etc. as well. Personally I found it to be a nice balance of musical and non-musical activities. The only auditions that are held take place the second day, and those are for placement into the 1st chamber music assignments; orchestra seats rotate equally according to the week. Plus, the scenery is breathtakingly gorgeous. So yes, I highly recommend Kinhaven for any serious musician; however, if cutthroat competition is what you're looking for, I would consider places like Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan (based on what I've heard).</p>
<p>Yeah, that wasn't very clear.
I meant intense as in lots of music and theory and stuff, not competative.</p>
<p>Thanks. I'll look into that.</p>