JazzArts Summer Music Camp

2025 JazzArts Summer Music Camp, presented at UNC Charlotte

JUNE 23-27, 2025,  9:00am-3:00pm
UNC Charlotte Main Campus
Robinson Hall, 9027 Mary Alexander Rd

REGISTRATION FOR 2025 SUMMER MUSIC CAMP IS NOW OPEN!

The JazzArts Summer Music Camp is an exciting one-week comprehensive music training program for students, grades 7-12, devoted to America’s original art form: JAZZ. Students will be immersed in an intensive jazz curriculum and have the opportunity to interact and play with other motivated young musicians from across the Charlotte region.

The JazzArts Summer Music Camp curriculum includes small combo performance, jazz improvisation, jazz history and listening, jazz theory (basic to advanced), master class instruction on bass, drums, guitar, piano, saxophone (all woodwinds), trombone and trumpet, and student jam sessions. All instruments are welcome, including vocals.

There will be a culminating community concert performance on Friday evening, the last day of camp.

2025 Special Guest Clinician: Philip Norris

Philip Norris currently resides in New York City, having recently graduated from The Juilliard School of Music with a Bachelors and Masters degree in Jazz Studies. He first began his path in music in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, on the piano and french horn before developing his passion for bass at age 13. His collaborations encompass esteemed names such as Wynton Marsalis, The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, Joshua Redman, David Sanborn, Veronica Swift, and more recently Emmet Cohen. In a continuum of artistic expression, Philip perpetuates his affection for music, both in collaboration with celebrated peers and in his independent musical endeavors.

Placement Auditions

Auditions are held for placement at the appropriate skill level. Students at all levels, with at least one year experience in a school band or private lessons, are welcome! Four skill levels are offered.  Click here for audition details.

Auditions will take place on Saturday, June 21 in Robinson Hall on the campus of UNC Charlotte. Students who participated in a JazzArts Academy Spring 2025 program are not required to audition.

Tuition

$375 (includes $20 registration fee).

Limited need-based Financial Aid scholarships are available to eligible students for up to 90 percent of the tuition costs. Please email info@thejazzarts.org to register if you are applying for financial aid or seeking a payment plan, as you will not be able to complete the registration online. The deadline to apply for financial aid is June 1, 2025.

If you are registering multiple children, please contact Education Director, Patrick Brown, at pbrown@thejazzarts.org to receive a purchase code for a “sibling discount.”

Payment and Refund Policy

Tuition is due at the time of registration. Full payment may be made by check, money order or credit card. A payment plan is available if prearranged.  A full refund will be granted up to one week before the first program day – minus the $20.00 registration fee.

Have a question?

If you’ve got a question we didn’t answer on the website, call us at 704-334-3900 or contact Education Director Patrick Brown directly at pbrown@thejazzarts.org.

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Special Thanks

Thank you to the Infusion Fund, South Arts, Ford Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, North Carolina Arts Council, and Knight Foundation for providing the generous support that allows this program to remain accessible and affordable.

Special thank you to UNC Charlotte, Bank of America, Akers Foundation, and The Ella Fitzgerald Foundation for their belief in students having the opportunity to learn jazz.