Summer music activities

The NAU Curry Summer Music Camp is back again for our 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.

Registration for the 2025 Curry Music Camp is now closed.

Please keep an eye out next January for the
2026 Curry Music Camp Registration!

Important Dates and Deadlines

Wednesday, January 1st:
Registration opens for the 2025 Curry Summer Music Camp. Registration will require a non-refundable $60 deposit to secure a spot in the camp.

Friday, May 9th:
Registration and $60 deposit deadline. Registration is open until either all spots are filled, or the deadline date of May 9th passes.

Any registrations after we fill capacity or after May 9th will automatically be placed on a waiting list. Registrants on the waiting list will be notified no later than Wednesday, May 28th 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 26th:
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.

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 26th;
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 30th.

If on Wednesday, May 28th 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 26th for all fees excluding the non-refundable $60 registration deposit. No refunds will be issued for cancellations after May 26th 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 2025. 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. Shane Werts
NAU Associate Professor of Oboe

Ensemble Conductors

Amy Bennett, Curry String Orchestra
TBD, Curry Concert Choir
Dr. Brent Levine, Curry Band
Dr. Stephen Meyer, Curry Band

Masterclass and Elective Faculty

Violet Orchard, Bass
Michelle Fletcher, Bassoon
Dr. Eric Lenz, Cello
Cris Inguanti, Clarinet
Dr. Emily Hoppe, Flute
Nancy Sullivan, Horn
Dr. Shane Werts, Oboe
Dr. Abby Fisher, Percussion
Dr. Jonathan Bergeron, Saxophone
David Vining, Trombone
Dr. Kevin Tague, Trumpet
Dr. Benjamin Ordaz, Tuba/Euphonium
Staci Dickens, Voice
Dr. Jackie Schwandt, Viola
Steven Moeckle, Violin

Curry Nurse

Janessa Green, Stafford Unified School District

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