“The Best Place on Earth”

Young Artist Piano Camp has been a home to countless wonderful students for over 30 years. Some go on to have fantastic musical careers performing or teaching.  Others keep music as a form of self expression as they make their way through life. No matter the result, Camp tends to change those who participate in unforgettable ways.  We can’t promise that your young performer will fall in love with music, get inspired to practice, and make like-minded friends, but it’s happened over and over again.

Camp will be held July 13-20th, 2024 on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Faculty and students follow a similar basic schedule during the week. Meals will be served at Superior Dining Hall for breakfast through dinner.  After breakfast, we have morning Musicianship Class, followed by smaller group Studio Classes. In the afternoon, depending on the day, we have practice time, private lessons, some free time for activities or rest, and our friendly Music Trivia Contest (Forum) as students team up to identify the music and life of Frédéric Chopin. After dinner we may have either an evening performance at the gorgeous Weber Center, games, free time at the dorms, or more practice time. Students will have a curfew and lights out time enforced by camp counselors. Saturday morning, we celebrate all of our musical devotion with a grand performance featuring every single camper!

This year we have some other special events as well.  All events will take place at Weber Music Hall on the campus of UMD

Guest Artist Concert on Sunday July 14th at 7:00PM

• Guest Artist Tatiana Roitman-Mann will perform a concert for campers and faculty, open to the public

Guest Artist Master Class on Monday, July 15th at 1:00PM

• Guest Artist Tatiana Roitman-Mann will host a Master Class.

Chopin Concerto Performance on Thursday, July 18th at 7:00PM 

• Winner of the YAPC concerto competition will perform Chopin’s Concerto #2, 2nd & 3rd movements with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra!
• Concert is part of the LSCO concert series and tickets can be purchased at www.lakesuperiorchamberorchestra.com or anywhere LSCO concert tickets are sold.

Chopin Recital on Friday, July 19th at 7:00PM

• Campers have the opportunity to perform a piece of Chopin’s music.

Final Recital on Saturday, July 20th at 9:30AM, 11:00AM, and 1:00PM 

• Campers have the opportunity to perform a polished piece for the culmination of the Young Artist Piano Camp

We have received a generous donation from the Minnesota Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts, which has made camp as affordable as it is. If you’ve ever considered attending Young Artist Piano Camp, this may be the best year yet!  We love welcoming new young performers to our community of musicians, so come check out the magic for yourself.

At what level does a student need

to be able to play to attend camp?

Camp is designed to be appropriate for a student able to play a Bach Minuet all the way to the most advanced pieces, such as a Rachmaninoff Concerto. Camp is best for ages 10 – 18. Younger than 10 would need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian, and would need to be discussed with the Program Director ahead of time. 

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