SUMMER 2025
Teton Music School Instructors have designed a summer schedule of private instruction and weeklong camps to take students of all levels on a musical journey. Enrollment dates vary.
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Private Lessons | Summer Session begins June 23 (Ages 7-Adult)
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Summer Bucket Band | Fridays, 3:30-4:15, June 27 - August 8
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Junkestra! with Art Association | June 30 - July 3 (Grades K-2 & 3-5)
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Summer Sing! with Melissa Elliott | July 7 - 11 (Rising Grades 6-10)
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Summer Strings with Grand Teton Music Festival | July 14 - 18 (Rising Grades 6-10)
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Arts Sampler I with DW, Off Square & pARTners | July 21 - 25 (Grades K-2 & 3-5)
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Arts Sampler II with DW, Off Square & pARTners | July 28 - August 1 (Grades K-2 & 3-5)
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Scholarships are available for all summer programs in partnership with One22. Additional support is available through Teton Music School.
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Private Lessons
Ages 7-Adult
Keep your skills honed or gain a new one this summer with weekly 30- or 60-minute private lessons in piano, guitar, bass, woodwinds, voice, music production, and drums.
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Rates
$342 - 30-minute private lessons, six-week session
$684 - 60-minute private lessons, six-week session
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Dates / Times
Six-week summer session, June 23 - July 31​​
(Fridays will go through August 8 due to July 4 holiday)
Summer Bucket Band
Grades 3-5
Drummer Ed Domer will introduce students to the basics of rhythm and teamwork in this weekly class. Bucket drumming, also called street drumming, is a style of music which involves drumming on plastic buckets and other objects to create rhythmic grooves.
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Bucket Band is designed to offer students the opportunity to explore their interest in drumming and be a springboard to participate in private lessons and ultimately our popular music ensembles.
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Students should come with their own pair of drumsticks.
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Schedule
Fridays, 3:30-4:15pm
June 23 - August 8 (no class Friday, July 4),
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Tuition
​$195 - six-week summer session
Junkestra!
Grades K-2 & 3-5
Discover “found sounds” to make your own instrument and play in our junk orchestra, the Junkestra! Art Association and Teton Music School are teaming up to bring you a student band with homemade instruments using objects from nature and recycled materials. Students will learn basic musical concepts with instruments, singing and simple movement in the music rooms at TMS, and they will create a variety of playable instruments in the art studios at the Art Association. Musical friends from Grand Teton Music Festival will join us
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Rates
$388
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Dates / Times
June 30 - July 3, 9a - 3p
Summer Sing!
Grades 6-9
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Led by beloved TMS instructor and JHMS Choir Director Melissa Elliott, students will find their unique voices, explore different styles and genres of music, and learn different singing techniques from classical to pop. Five days of music, skill building, ensemble play, friendship and activities! The camp culminates in a performance to share what they learned.
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Rates
$495 camp tuition
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Dates / Times
July 7-11, Monday - Friday, 9:00a - 3:00p
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Summer Strings
Grades Rising 6-10
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Led by Vince Gutwein, Director of Strings for Jackson Hole Middle Schools, Lisa Horst Schrock, Guest Clinicial from Vel Phililps Memorial High School (Madison WI), Summer Strings Camp is for students learning violin, viola, cello and bass. Campers will interact with world class musicians from Grand Teton Music Festival, participate in beginning and advanced classes, take a field trip to a GTMF dress rehearsal, and perform a Faculty/Student recital at the end of the week in GTMF's concert hall, Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. Five days of music, skill building, ensemble play, friendship and activities!
No Instrument? No problem. Instruments are available on loan.
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Rates
$545 camp tuition for Rising Grades 6-10
Scholarships Available
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Dates / Times
July 14-18, Monday - Friday, 9:00a - 3:00p
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Arts Sampler
Grades K-2 & 3-5
Join Teton Music School, Dancers' Workshop, Off Square Theatre, and pARTners for a one-of-a-kind arts experience! Students will participate in four daily "mini-camps" with each organization to explore their creative side through music, dance theater, and visual art. This sampler will not only provide a complete creative experience, but will allow your student to find their future passions in the arts!
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Rates
$495
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Dates / Times
Option 1 - July 21 - 25, 9a - 3p
Option 2 - July 28 - August 1, 9a - 3p
We believe in music education for all
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A key mission of the school in the past year has been to expand access to great music education through scholarships, expanded programming, and focused fundraising efforts. Currently, scholarships are available in partnership with One22. We can also refer families to Boundless. If you share our vision, consider supporting with a tax-deductible donation.