SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA
Monday, June 23–Friday, June 27, 2025
Save the date for the new and expanded MYS Summer Extravaganza!
Join us for a vibrant and immersive weeklong day camp for orchestral musicians entering grades 2–HS grad.
Experience full rehearsals, sectionals, music history classes, and guest artist performances. The week culminates in an informal Friday concert.
Schedule: 9:00 AM—3:00 PM Monday—Thursday; 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Friday
Tuition: $425 camp fee. Reduced fees are available—please contact us for scholarship information.
Directors: Patricia Kelly (Summer String Orchestra); Mark Mandarano (Summer Chamber Orchestra)
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 16
Summer String Orchestra
This ensemble is designed for advanced beginner/intermediate string musicians entering grades 2–9 (Suzuki Books 1–5). It is open to violin, viola, cello, and bass players. No audition is required.
Summer Chamber Orchestra
This ensemble is designed for advanced string, woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians at the Repertory Orchestra level or above. This ensemble will rehearse and perform parts of a Haydn Symphony. Due to the instrumentation of the chamber orchestra, a limited number positions are available. A brief recorded audition may be required for placement in the Chamber Orchestra.
Chamber Orchestra Instrumentation
Violins
Violas
Cellos
Basses
2 oboes
2 horns
“I am looking forward to seeing kids from last year, new members (tell your friends), and even kids from our Philharmonic orchestra who want to get a lot of sightreading under their belts! I would love to have any string player who is at the end of Suzuki book 1 or beyond sign up. See you in June!"
~ Patricia Kelly, Camp Director