Summer Camps

Taylor Swift Camp

Are you a “Swiftie?”

Join Blue Tree instructors Darren Jackson & Brianna Lane to learn and perform Taylor Swift hits in a group setting! For all Taylor fans from 3rd grade on up. Camp ends with a final performance at Blue Tree!

FREE Taylor Tee for EVERY camper!

Songwriting For Teens Day Camp

Have you always been able to make up your own melodies? Is it fun to come up with chords and new musical ideas? If so, this is the camp for you!

Campers will learn songwriting basics such as building a song from the bottom up with form, chords, lyric writing, arranging and more! Join Blue Tree teacher Hannah Hebl and colleagues as they share their own songwriting tips and tricks to help you learn how to write your own songs. Share your music live at the Saturday Songwriter Showcase following the week-long camp!

Summer Choral Camp

If you love to sing, this camp is for YOU!

This summer choral camp will have campers learning songs with a WATER theme! Think “Down By the Bay,” “Surfin’ USA” by the Beach Boys and “Ocean Eyes” by Billie Eilish just to name a few. We will also work on some fun set design (with a beach theme!) for our Saturday showcase. This camp is perfect for anyone who loves to sing and learn some basic choreography. Come join us!

Summer Theatre Camp: Acting, Movement, & Music I & II

One week theater camp! Campers will learn about vocal projection, improvisation, memorization, audition techniques, and creative expression! Excellent for learning confidence, problem-solving, communication, and body positivity. Families are invited to see campers perform a short play at a Saturday performance showcase!

Preschool Music Class

Do you have a little one who just loves music?

This hour-long afternoon class for preschoolers is the perfect way to instill the love of music and movement in your child. Children will enjoy dancing, playing with scarves & ribbons, along with learning songs about colors, numbers and animals. Move and groove to many different styles of music, explore percussion instruments (such as shakers and tambourines) and play hide and seek with a parachute!

Recorders of Slovenia

Yeah, those things!

Dobrodosli! This class takes you beyond the basics of elementary music into the eastern European culture of recorders, ensemble performance, advanced notes/techniques, and songs from Slovenia. Final performance on Friday at the end of the camp!

Price includes a 3-piece wooden recorder (Hoffman Soprano) that students will play, learn to care for & take home at the end of the camp. Register by the deadline so that we are able to order a recorder for your student!

Kids Celebrate Minnesota Music!

Join Blue Tree Instructor Brianna Lane & guests to learn about some AWESOME musicians that hail from our great state of Minnesota! A comprehensive camp that includes learning & performing songs by these Minnesota legends, as well as watching videos, playing games and ending with a final performance showcase!

Beatles Camp

It’s Been A Hard Day’s Night, so let’s all celebrate this summer with the Fab Four!

Join us to learn all about the Beatles: John, Paul, George & Ringo! Campers will learn popular songs from all catalogues, dig into some cool media and films (The Beatles Compleat & Yesterday) and form small groups to create their own "Beatles Band" for the Saturday performance showcase.

Rock Band Camp

This is the camp you’ve been waiting for! Wanna learn how to create your own music and play it LIVE in a real band?

Calling all kids who sing, play keys, percussion, guitar & bass to join us for this awesome camp experience! Chock-full of student workshops, break-out group sessions with professional musicians & instructors, songwriting, performance training and more, this camp has it all. The week closes out with your band playing a live, on-stage rock show!