Summer music activities
NAU Curry Summer Music Camp Accordion Closed
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.
Tuesday, June 17 – Saturday, June 21, 2025
Full Schedule Coming Soon!
To secure your spot at the 2025 Curry Summer Music Camp, please follow the Registration link below and complete the registration by May 9th, 2025. 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!
Register Here!
(Opens January 2nd, 2025)
Registration Information:
Camp Fees:
Resident Campers – $635
4 nights in the dorms, 3 meals daily*
Linens are not included; please plan to bring linens for a twin size bed, towels, and soap
Commuter Campers – $430 (All Meals) / $370 (Lunch & Dinner Only)
All Meals Campers – 3 meals daily*
Lunch & Dinner Campers – lunch and dinner daily*
*All Camper Packages will include dinner only on Day 1. Residents & All Meals Commuters will have breakfast & lunch on Day 5. Lunch & Dinner Commuters will have lunch only on Day 5.
Included with Registration:
Curry shirt, Curry sticker, Movie Night at the on-campus Prochnow Theater (with snacks!), Faculty/Counselor Recital, Masterclasses and three Elective Classes with NAU Faculty, and a Counselor-lead* Elective Class.
*All Curry Counselors are current or former students of the Kitt School of Music
Electives:
Elective classes are selected during registration, and may include:
- Reed Making (instrument dependent)
- Jazz Ensemble (instrument dependent)
- Percussion Ensemble (instrument dependent)
- Musical Theatre
- Vocal Techniques
- Popular Music Survey
- Composition & Music Theory
- Leadership
- Conducting
Private Lessons:
30 minute Private Lessons are optional and are an additional $40. A lesson can be added during registration.
Other Camp Activities:
Camper Honors Recital (please see details during registration), Curry Lip Synch Battle, Curry Olympics, On-the-Lawn Lunch before the Final Concert, and a downloadable recording of the Final Concert/ online streaming through YouTube.
Incidental Fees:
Lost Room Key fee (collected at time of loss): $50
Lost Meal Card fee (collected at time of loss): $50
Property Damage (when applicable): case-by-case dependent
Important Dates and Deadlines
Tuesday, January 2nd:
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 may 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 may 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 9th 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 is able to complete all other aspects of the registration, including the registration forms, by Friday, June 6th;
- Students are able to pay in full for the camp fees by no later than Friday, June 6th.
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
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