Summer music activities
NAU Curry Summer Music Camp Accordion Closed
The NAU Curry Summer Music Camp is proud to return this year as a 5-day, musical mountain experience for choir, band, and orchestra students from Arizona and all around the Southwestern United States. Join us for the opportunity to receive world-class music instruction from elite musicians, and to rehearse and perform in NAU’s Ardrey Auditorium on our Flagstaff Mountain Campus.
Tuesday, June 4th – Saturday, June 8th
Full Schedule Coming Soon!
To secure your spot at the 2024 Curry Summer Music Camp, please follow the Registration link below and complete the registration by May 3rd, 2024. A non-refundable $60 deposit is required with your registration.
Instruction for the Curry Camp will be directed by esteemed NAU faculty members and students of the NAU Kitt School of Music. See your Curry Coordinators below!
Registration Information (Opens January 2nd):
Camp Fees:
Resident Campers – SOLD OUT
4 nights in the dorms, linens, 3 meals per day (dinner on day 1, breakfast and lunch on day 5)
Commuter Campers – $360 (All Meals) or $320 (Lunch and Dinner Only)
All Meals Campers – includes 3 meals per day (dinner on day 1, breakfast and lunch on day 5)
Lunch & Dinner Campers – includes lunch and dinner each day (dinner on day 1, lunch on day 5)
Incidental Fees:
Lost Room Key fee (collected at time of loss): $30
Lost Meal Card fee (collected at time of loss): $30
Property Damage (when applicable): case-by-case dependent
Important Dates and Deadlines
Tuesday, January 2nd:
Registration opens for the 2024 Curry Summer Music Camp. Registration will require a non-refundable $60 deposit to secure a spot in the camp.
Friday, May 3rd:
Registration and $60 deposit deadline. Registration is open until either all spots are filled, or the deadline date of May 3rd passes.
Any registrations after we fill capacity or after May 3rd will automatically be placed on a waiting list. Registrants on the waiting list will be notified no later than Wednesday, May 22nd if there is a spot for them in the camp. If no spots are open at this time, waitlist registrations will be cancelled. Please see our waitlist policy below.
Monday, May 20th:
Payment-in-Full deadline for all camp fees. Payments must be submitted through the Active Network Portal above by no later than 5pm Arizona Time.
Failure to meet the Payment-in-Full deadline will result in a forfeiture of your spot to a waitlisted student and/or cancellation of your registration. The $60 deposit will not be refunded if your registration is cancelled due to failure to meet this deadline.
Cancellation deadline for full refund of camp fees, excluding the non-refundable $60 registration deposit. Please see our refund policy below.
Supplemental Forms deadline: all supplemental forms for the Curry Camp must be completed and uploaded by this date, including the Attendee Handbook (included in the confirmation email).
Failure to meet the Supplemental Forms deadline will result in a forfeiture of your spot to a waitlisted student and/or cancellation of your registration. The $60 deposit will not be refunded if your registration is cancelled due to failure to meet this deadline.
Waitlist Policy
Students who are placed on the waitlist either due to a lack of open spots or due to missing the deadline date of May 3rd will not be charged any fees until their registration is transferred from the waitlist onto the active roster.
Students will only be added onto the roster if:
- A spot has opened up due to cancellation or failure to meet the Payment-in-full deadline of May 20th;
- The waitlisted student has completed all other aspects of the registration, including the registration forms;
- Students are able to pay in full for the camp fees by no later than Friday, May 31st.
If on Wednesday, May 22nd there are still no open spots for the camp, all students who are on the waitlist will have their registrations cancelled.
Refund Policy
Refunds will be processed through Active Network onto the card used during registration. Refunds are available up until Monday, May 20th for all fees excluding the non-refundable $60 registration deposit. No refunds will be issued for cancellations after May 20th baring exceptional circumstances.
In the event that an attendee is dismissed from the camp, all fees will be forfeited over to the Curry Summer Music Camp.
In the event of the camp’s cancellation on the part of the Curry Summer Music Camp, all expenses will be refunded in full to the card used to register through Active Network.
Enrollment and Eligibility
Enrollment is open for all students who are going into school grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Fall of 2024. Registration will require students to list their anticipated grade level and the school which they will be attending.
Meet your Faculty Coordinators
Dr. Stephen Meyer
NAU Director of Bands
Dr. Brent Levine
NAU Associate Director of Bands
Ensemble Conductors
Amy Bennett, Curry Strings Orchestra
Tim Westerhaus, Curry Concert Choir
Brent Levine, Curry Symphonic Band
Stephen Meyer, Curry Symphonic Band
Masterclass and Elective Faculty
Emily Hoppe, Flute
Rebecca Scarnati, Oboe & Reed Making
Bradley Johnson, Bassoon & Reed Making
Cris Inguanti, Clarinet
Jonathan Bergeron, Saxophone
Nancy Sullivan, Horn
Kevin Tague, Trumpet
David Vining, Trombone
Benjamin Ordaz, Tuba/Euphonium
Abby Fisher, Percussion
Desmond Siu, Violin & Conducting
Jackie Schwandt, Viola
Eric Lenz, Cello
Violet Orchard, Bass
Staci Dickens, Voice & Musical Theatre
Flagstaff Piano Festival Academy Accordion Closed
Hosted by Northern Arizona University Kitt School of Music, the FPF Academy invites young pianists, piano teachers, and auditors of all ages to an immersive week-long piano experience that includes daily opportunities to practice and perform in lessons, masterclasses, performance classes, a young artist concert, and the FPF Competition. In addition to performance preparation, the FPF Academy offers seminars on topics ranging from career goals to piano technique, performance anxiety, and competition/audition preparation.
Drawing from Flagstaff’s unique history and geographical setting—7,000 feet altitude, on sacred Native American land at the base of the San Francisco Peaks & Mount Elden, with proximity to Sedona and the Grand Canyon—the FPF Academy promotes the outdoors and a healthy living-learning environment that includes hiking, yoga sessions, as well as visits to local attractions such as
Lowell Observatory (where Pluto was discovered), Walnut Canyon (ancient cliff dwellings),
and the Museum of Northern Arizona (Colorado Plateau’s Native American art and history).
Join us Saturday, June 22 – Saturday, June 29, 2024