Join high school students from around the nation for an intense week of music-making under the direction of St. Olaf College’s acclaimed music faculty.
Your days will be filled with classes, lessons, and rehearsals, followed by evening faculty recitals, students performances, and social and recreational activities directed by St. Olaf music students.
The final concert will be streamed online.
You will return home with new skills, new energy, new friends, and a heightened commitment to music.
Band - Orchestra - Choir: $680
For students who have completed grades 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12
This performance-based experience will challenge you to stretch your musical abilities as you participate in major ensembles like band, orchestra or choir (you may choose up to two ensembles); string, brass, and woodwind chamber music groups (see class description); and private lessons, in addition to solo recital opportunities and highly participatory class offerings.
Instructors and faculty subject to change. Check back in the spring for confirmed list.
Meet the Academy Instructors
Each student will have the opportunity to take two 30-minute private lessons with the music faculty, included with tuition.
Additional Lesson Package: $70
Students may purchase two additional half-hour lessons (instrument of your choice or voice).
Enroll in two or three classes, depending on your major ensemble participation. Registration is on a first-come basis.
• Acting for the Lyric Stage (NEW)
• Chamber Music (Strings, Brass, Woodwinds)
• Conducting Basics
• Fresh Beats
• Javanese Gamelan
• Handbells
• Intro to Guitar
• Jazz Improvisation
• Keyboard-Specific Pedagogy/Master Class (NEW)
• Music Theory & Aural Skills
Lodging, meals, class materials and camp t-shirt. Students are housed in comfortable, secure student residence halls. Bedding and bath towel are provided. Instructors and counselors live in the residence halls and provide 24-hour supervision. St. Olaf employs a professional security staff that is on duty 24/7.
Contact the St. Olaf camp office to inquire about commuter, additional housing, and transportation options to and from the airport.
Transportation Options
Students are housed two per room and may request a specific roommate. Roommates need to request each other on their registration form. Camp space is filled on a first-come basis and spots cannot be held for a late-registering roommate.
Meals are prepared by Bon Appetit. Healthy options include the salad bar, grilled meats and veggies, and hot entrees, cereals, yogurt, fresh fruit, a deli station, soup, and dessert station. There are plenty of food options for vegetarians, gluten-free, and other specific needs. However, if you have a specific food allergy, please email us so we can get your camper connected with the kitchen. (summer@stolaf.edu)
Camp begins Sunday with check-in anytime between 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm at the designated residence hall. Official check-in is dependent on students audition time in CHM and HOM (band and orchestra only). Check-out begins on Saturday between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm with parents welcome to arrive early to join their student(s) for lunch in Stav Hall between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm. The final performance is in Boe Memorial Chapel and begins at 3:00 pm.
Register now with our secure online form or complete a printable registration form and send it via mail. Registrations are accepted until capacity has been reached. When completing the online form please see the following payment options to the right.
For those who have registered and need to make a payment, either their $100 deposit or the balance.
Option 1: Pay in Full.
At the conclusion of the registration form, you will be asked to submit credit card information. Once submitted, the full amount will be paid.
Option 2: Deposit Only.
Submit a minimum $100 non-refundable deposit to reserve your athletes spot today. Registration is not officially accepted until completed registration form and deposit is received on the same day. Payment must be paid in full 4 weeks prior to camp start date.
Written cancellations (post or email) received four weeks prior to camp start date will receive a refund less the $100 non-refundable deposit. No refunds given within four weeks of camp start date, but substitutions are accepted.
The Hill that transforms your summer