A week of music and memory-making

A partnership between Summer Music Clinic and the Mead Witter School of Music, the 2025 UW–Madison Summer Music Clinic is a week-long music camp with sessions for both middle and high school students.

Registration opens in early January and is open through May 15, 2025. Register and learn more at precollege.wisc.edu/summer-music-clinic.

Summer Music Clinic offers the opportunity to learn from experienced educators around the country and UW–Madison, meet and collaborate with people of similar interests, create, and share and grow your own unique creative and musical voice with others.

Young musicians, music lovers and those who enjoy all forms of music and creativity are invited to a week of music and memory-making on the UW–Madison campus.

2025 Sessions offered

Junior Session (Grades 6‑8) June 22-28, 2025

June 22-28, 2025

Junior session offers an opportunity for students in 6th-8th grade to come and play, sing, create, and learn about music at all experience levels. Students will choose one of four paths based on what they create, sing, or play and then have one hour per day to choose an elective to dig deeper, try an additional path, or try something new! Each path has a balance of small and large group instruction and learning of technique combined with student creativity and choice.

Learn more and register at precollege.wisc.edu/smc/junior-session

Senior Session (Grades 9-12) June 29-July 5, 2025

June 29-July 5, 2025

The SMC senior session provides an opportunity for students finishing 9th-12th grade to play, sing, create, and learn about music at all experience levels. Students will choose their complete experience based on their goals! Each path has a balance of small and large group instruction learning, exploring different techniques combined with student creativity and choice.

As a Summer Music Clinic student, you will collaborate with other students and faculty to experience the music of the world through listening, participating and creating together. You will grow as a musician and an individual through challenging courses and music and are able to choose multiple courses that have a variety or focus on one specific area, depending on your goals. Multiple ensembles and varied experiences are encouraged.

Learn more and register at precollege.wisc.edu/smc/senior-session

Tuition Waiver Award program

Summer Music Clinic registrants who are completing their junior year at a Wisconsin high school, are permanent legal residents of Wisconsin, plan on majoring or double majoring in music at UW–Madison or UW–Milwaukee, and are attending Summer Music Clinic Senior Session are eligible to audition for the Tuition Waiver Award Program.

This program recognizes exceptional musical achievement in the Wisconsin high school system by awarding 10 students a tuition-free undergraduate college education at UW–Madison or UW–Milwaukee. The purpose of the award is to provide the opportunity for selected students to experience high quality musical education and to help them reach current and future goals.

Students may audition in voice or all instruments leading to all paths available at the Mead Witter School of Music at UW–Madison. Students must be a music major or double major with a music major to be eligible for this award if attending UW–Madison.

Applications are due June 1, 2025. The preliminary audition round will take place during the day Sunday, June 29, 2025, and the final round is on the evening of Wednesday, July 2, 2025. The auditions will be in person at UW–Madison in coordination with Summer Music Clinic.

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A week of music and memory-making

2025 Sessions offered

Tuition Waiver Award program

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