URI SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY

Join us July 18 - August 1, 2027!

Artistic Director: Allison Lacasse

Email: alacasse@uri.edu

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Register for URI SMA 2027 until June 18, 2027!
Cancellation fee June 19-June 30 is 50% of tuition.
Cancellation fee July 1 - August 1 is 100% of tuition.

URI SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY

Week #1 July 18-24 (Sunday to Saturday)

Week #2 July 25 - August 1 (Sunday to Sunday)

Artistic Director: Allison Lacasse

alacasse@uri.edu 

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About the Program:

• Hosted at the URI Kingston campus, the camp is open to voice, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion students. Piano students will be placed in the ensemble as mallet percussionists & will participate in percussion studio class. To enroll in the camp, you must have completed the 7th through 12th grade in June of 2027.

• The main focus of the camp is to provide interactive, welcoming, and joyful large ensemble and chamber ensemble experience. The students will partake in studio classes (with a URI faculty member or URI guest artist teaching all of the students of each section), chamber ensemble concerts, workshops/clinics, music theory classes, and many other workshops, masterclasses, and sessions!

• Campers will enjoy an authentic Rhode Island experience! Musicians will take a field trip to a local beach for an afternoon of fun midway through camp. The campers will have time to relax and enjoy some down time together, oceanside! Each night will have a planned event for everyone, including a movie night, faculty recital, open swim at the university pool, and other fun activities.

Performances:

Check our detailed google calendar!

2027 Tuition

• Residential both weeks: $3,500

• Residential week 1: $1,675

• Residential week 2: $1875

• Commuter both weeks: $2,250

• Commuter week 1: $1050

• Commuter week 2: $1200

• Private lesson: $75 per 60-minute lesson (optional)

• *New* Body Mapping Private Lesson with Jane Murray: $75 per 60-minute lesson (optional)

• Tuition includes: all instruction, a field trip to the beach, a camp T-shirt, room & board (commuter students will be provided lunches and dinners). Students must pay for their own dinner for the evening of the beach field trip.

• A community swim pool pass is $5. Students can pay via card or cash.

• Financial aid may be available to those that qualify. We are inredibly grateful that the Kingston Chamber Music Festival awards one camper a free ride for a 2-week residential tuition each year at SMA. You may apply for that scholarship by clicking the link to our scholarship page..

• Checks should be made payable to University of Rhode Island and mailed to URI Music Department, Attn: URI SMA, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881 before June 30, 2027. Please put your child's full name on the memo line. 

• If you need or wish to pay via credit card, please contact jessica_peabody@uri.edu  and we can work out a way for you to do that.

Placement: Videos due June 18, 2027

• There are no auditions for this camp; all 7th-12th grade musicians are welcome! Students will be asked to submit a sample of their musicianship prior to camp so that they are placed in the appropriate seats in large/chamber ensembles. 

• Some of the best music-making experiences are the ones where you are playing side by side with advanced musicians, pushing you to be the best player that you can be! It is our philosophy that all students can be taught, and we are devoted to working hard with you this week as you progress as a musician!

• Placement instructions: You can find the information for what kind of repertoire to prepare and record here!

• If you have any questions about this, please send alacasse@uri.edu an email!

NAfME & Sibling Discount

• Children of active NAfME members receive a $50 discount. Please show proof of active membership on the registration page. 

• Families with multiple siblings will receive a $50 discount per sibling.

• Only one discount may apply per camper.

Housing and Dining

All residential students will be staying in an air-conditioned campus dormitory. Dorms are apartment style - every child has their own private bedroom in a 4, 5, or 10 person apartment. Bathrooms are shared within the apartment and are completely private. There will be 1 trained student counselor per 10 student campers, and the counselors will shadow the musicians’ schedules throughout the week of camp, fully supervising students at mealtimes, rehearsals, flex hours, evening activities, and walks between the dorms and all other points on campus. The students residing on campus will be provided 3 meals per full day, and commuter students will be provided lunch and dinner at the dining hall. 

BAND APP

We will be using the "Band App" this summer at camp. 

Important Dates Week #1

• Registration Closes: June 18, 2027

• Week #1 Resident Check-In: Sunday July 18 (check-in between 2pm-4pm) at Garrahy Hall

• Week #1 Resident Check-Out: Saturday July 24 (approx. 3:00pm)

• Residents that are staying for week #2 will have afternoon/evening activities provided for them and will stay in the same dorm room

Important Dates Week #2

• Registration Closes: June 18, 2027

• Week #2 Resident Check-In: Sunday July 25 between 2-4PM at Garrahy Hall

• Week #2 Resident Check-out: August 1 1:00PM

• Entire Camp Dismissal: August 1 immediately following the Kingston Chamber Music Festival concert. (SMA campers are performing in the pre-concert showcase and must attend the full concert after they perform.)