Summer Music Camps in Colorado
The most exciting week of your summer.
Major summer fun and creatively educational, kids ages 6-14 will LOVE our music camps! Camps feature unique themes, popular ensemble music, games, and challenges that reinforce and grow each student’s skills. From beginner, to intermediate, every student is sure to find the right environment to help them take the next step in their music proficiency, and have a ton of fun along the way! Camps are scheduled for convenient summer mornings and afternoons and will have repeat scheduling so you can work them into your busy schedule.
All our camps are hosted on site, with some of the best teachers in the area for their specialties, making each camp a tremendous value, both for your student, and for your wallet.
Find the perfect Summer Music Camp!
Circus Piano Camp
In this camp you will teach an elephant how to play piano at a circus. Just kidding, no live animals will be involved at this camp! This camp is for younger beginners, ages 6-7, or those who have been learning piano for a short time (1-2 years or less.) Students will enjoy learning the basics through circus themed activities, games and tons of fun!
Flute Camp
For students entering grades 5-8 with 3 levels of options based on age and experience. These camps feature fun ensemble music, games, and challenges that reinforce and grow student’s skills from beginners to intermediate players.
Saxophone Camp
For students entering grades 5-8, who play any type of saxophone with 2 levels of camp options based on age and experience. These camps feature fun ensemble music, games, and challenges that reinforce and grow student’s skills from beginners to intermediate players.
Orchestral Strings Camp
These camps are for orchestra students with at least 1 year of experience who play violin, viola, cello or double bass. It will feature fun ensemble music, games, while still having fun collaborating with friends and leveling up things that can be tricky to master!
Escape Room Piano Camp
This camp is hard to get out of… for beginners or students, ages 8-12, who have been learning piano for a short time (1-2 years or less)! Students will enjoy learning the basics through escape room themed activities, games and tons of fun!
Brass Camp
For students entering grades 5-8, who play trumpet, trombone, or baritone with 2 options based on age and experience. These camps feature fun ensemble music, games, and challenges that reinforce and level up student’s skills.
Rhythm Cup Camp
An energetic, unique class for students to work on building rhythm skills in a way that helps internalize what rhythm FEELS like! This camp is suitable for any student who has struggled with counting music, students who are thinking about starting music lessons, and for those that want to reinforce their skills.
Clarinet Camp
For students entering grades 5-8 with 2 levels of options based on age and experience. These camps feature fun ensemble music, games, and challenges that reinforce and grow student’s skills from beginner to intermediate.
Meet our Teachers!
Diana Bluebaugh
Piano
Brenda Romanello
Flute
Keven Stewart
Brass
Jayne Copland
Flute
Sian Battenfield
Orchestral Strings
Ben Sevy
SaxophoneDiana Bluebaugh
Piano
Diana is a Piano Specialist with 27 years of teaching experience for every age including at the college level. She is Conservatory Trained, has Top Music Certification, and is a 2 time Steinway Top Teacher Award Recipient. Her specialization is in creative, innovative teaching that includes improvisation, composition, sight reading, rhythm, and technique in lessons that are designed to be fun, energetic and light the fire for learning to play.
Brenda Romanello
Flute
My name is Brenda Romanello, and I teach the music classes of Beginning Band, Intermediate Band, Pep Band, Choir, Beginning Guitar, and World Music at Castle Rock Middle School. Before teaching at CRMS, I taught elementary band and orchestra, elementary general music, pre-school, and was the rehearsal coordinator of the Keene State College Youth Chorus, Keene, NH. Also, in NH, I was the Director of Music of the United Church of Jaffrey, Jaffery, NH. Previous to my teaching career, I was a cast member of ‘Up With People’ and I studied flute with Jane Shuydel at the Regina Conservatory of Music, in Regina, Sask., Canada. I look forward to being a part of the world of flute at the inaugural year of Music Makers Summer Camps!
Keven Stewart
Brass
Keven actively teaches in high schools in the area tutoring students preparing for auditions, and maintains a very busy private studio. He is President and Solo Euphonium for Colorado Brass, Tenor Trombonist for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and has served as Executive Director for the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association since 2015!
Jayne Copland
Flute
Jayne is a Flute Specialist that teaches at many High Schools and Middle Schools on the Front Range. She has worked with Colorado Honor Band Association, Douglas County High School and Mountain Vista High School. She has also taught at the college level as adjunct professor of flute at Centre College in Danville, KY. She currently plays in The Littleton Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Wind Ensemble. Flute Choir is one of her favorite things to introduce and she believes that ensemble playing is not only important in growing as a musician, but also fun! She maintains a busy private flute studio in Parker, Castle Rock and Highlands Ranch.
Sian Battenfield
Orchestral Strings
Sian is an Orchestral Strings Specialist. She is the orchestra teacher, elementary school choir director and general music teacher at Ascent Classical Academy in Lone Tree. Prior to joining Ascent, Mrs. Battenfield resided in the UK and worked as a professional musician and a music teacher. A multi-instrumentalist, Mrs. Battenfield currently plays violin and harp with the Castle Rock Orchestra but has played with many orchestras over the years on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to orchestral strings, she is an experienced professional harpist and has taught private lessons for many years. She has extensive experience working with students in a wide range of educational and performance settings! She is delighted to be joining Music Makers to teach Orchestral String Camps this summer.
Ben Sevy
Saxophone
Summer Music Camps FAQs
Go check out our camps here, and select the camp you want to take. Then, add to cart and complete the registration, making sure to add the student’s full name when prompted.
All of our teachers are local and highly involved in music education in the Castle Rock and Colorado Springs areas. We are so thrilled to be partnering with each of them! You can find specific details about each teacher in the “Meet our Teachers” section!
Our camps run June-July, Monday-Friday for either 2 or 3 hours per day depending on age and the camp offered. They will be hosted at 65 Topeka Way, Suite 300, in Castle Rock, CO – the future retail storefront!
The age ranges are from 6-14. Each camp has grade and experience tips to help parents know what class to sign up for. If you aren’t sure what level or type your student would enjoy, give us a call! We can help you make the right choice.
2 hour camps cost $199 and 3 hour camps cost $299. There are no hidden fees! You can sign up easily through our website here. The only additional cost would be if you decide to rent an instrument through our Rent+ Program!
We have purposefully kept camps to an 8-12 student maximum. We believe these smaller, concierge camps help students get private tutoring while also benefiting from peer collaboration. Each student gets one on one time with the teacher.
All supplies will be provided except for the practice instrument. It is helpful to have an instrument to practice on at home and students should bring their instrument with them to camp! Students taking piano camp do not need to bring their keyboard to camp. If you don’t have an instrument, our Rent+ Program is low cost, month to month and you are not committed to a long term rental contract!
Music Camp registration is nonrefundable, but we are willing to switch your camp dates, times or transfer your registration to another student. Call 303-663-4084 to make changes!
Summer is a great time for a student to try something new or reinforce what they have been learning! When students keep playing during the summer break they grow their music skills, make new friends, reinforce concepts they might struggle with and don’t get rusty. They can make more progress, without the pressure of other responsibilities and homework, while truly enjoying their music. Summer camps relieve summer boredom!
This is the perfect opportunity for them to try something new! Our piano camps, rhythm cup camps and some of our band camps can be taken by total beginners.
Yes! Music SHOULD be fun!! Each camp is formulated to be an enjoyable mixture of fun and learning. Our camps are not boring classrooms!