International Music Camp for all the arts!
By Laurel1 on
The International Music Camp opened in 1953, with a one-week band camp session. Now it runs for at least 8 weeks each summer, and includes programs in music, dance, drama, art, photography, creative writing, drumming, and more.There are sessions for ages from 5th grade to adult. Costs range from $300 to about $500 for a week, all meals and lessons included, depending on your session and if you take one-on-one classes in addition to group classes.
The camp is located within the boundaries of the International Peace Gardens, on the US-Canada border between North Dakota and Manitoba, in the beautiful Turtle Mountain area, a region of rolling forested hills with lakes.When I attended (I won't say how long ago....) students were housed in a "barracks" like building with rows of bunkbeds.We also each had a day on bathroom cleaning duty, KP duty, and so on. There are now new buildings, including a really pleasant dorm that resembles a newer college dorm, so housing isn't the shock it once was.
Students choose the subject they want to spend their week studying, and each week offers several different subjects.You can check their website (internationalmusiccamp.org, I think) for more info; if you pay before May 15th, the tuition is discounted. The instructors come from all over the world, as do the students, and they are generally among the best in their field. Speaking for my experience, I was amazed at how much I improved in a mere week.Now I wish I were younger and could experience all the subjects they offer.
One other benefit for high school graduates are two, two-week sessions for those students who plan to major in music in college or university, and make it their career. These are intensive sessions with both group classes and one-on-one tutoring sessions in playing music, music theory, composition, and more. At the end of each week of camp, there is a public concert (or dramaperformance, or art gallery show) on the Peace Garden grounds. By then, the campers feel like pros.
For worrying parents, they should know that there is a nurse on-site, and clinics and hospitals within 20 minutes on both sides of the border.I highly recommend the Interational Music Camp both to students wanting to improve at their art, and for parents who are looking for something much more for their kids than water sports and hiking. Neither student nor parents will be disappointed; the memories from one week at this amazing camp will stay with you for the rest of your life!
This sounds like a wonderful place for kids to go and explore some of their passions that at their age, they may not get the oppertunity to do in school. It also sounds like it is located in a beautiful area where it is located. It's great to know such places are around that give kids the oppertunity to live their passion for a few weeks rather than always concentrating on accademics.
Wow this sounds like a really great place. As a parent of a child with asthma I like how they have a nurse on site. That is one reason I get nervous sending my child to camp.
Wow, wish I had known about this when my son was in high school. He loved music and played trumpet. He would have loved something like this. I think the price is great for a life time memory! Thanks for sharing!
Sounds like a great camping experience. Musical camps are really great. I went to a couple when I was high school. I like that the they have some services there to handle medical needs. Thanks for sharing this wonderful camp and all the information.
This sounds like a great camp. I didn't know they had camps for music. I like that you included that a nurse is on-site. I'm sure many memories will be had at this camp.
This sounds spectacular! I would have loved to go to a camp like this. I would also love to send my daughter to one like it. The school has a "band camp" every year but it's just for practicing marching drill, nothing like this. You've put the bug in me. I'm going to look around here to see if there is any summer camp like this available. Thanks!
This really seems like an amazing place to go. I always wanted to go to camp when I was a kid but they were all so far away. Thanks so much for the details! I'm sure people really enjoy going here.
Sounds really nice. I use to go to band camp each year at Camp Don Lee with our marching band to learn our new routine. This one sounds way more comprehensive.
Sounds like a nice camp for the musically inclined.
Sounds like they have a lot to chose from, my kids have never been to a camp.But this one sounds different than any I have ever heard of.