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Summer Band Camps 2025


2025 Summer Camps

Our mission:

The Mission of the Auburn University Summer Band Camps is to provide students with an opportunity to enjoy learning from prominent instrumental music educators, making music with musicians from around the nation, and working with the outstanding summer camp faculty. Our desire is to see students grow as musicians, leaders, and individuals to further enrich their lives.

Registration Deadline: May 15, 2025

Summer Marching Band Camps

Marching Percussion Clinic - June 4 - 5, 2025

Marching Leadership Camp - June 11 - 14, 2025

Marching Auxiliary Camp - June 16 - 18, 2025

The Auburn University Bands proudly sponsors three separate Summer Marching Band Camps for high school students. Drum majors and section leaders will benefit from our Marching Leadership program, which emphasizes leadership training and conducting, as well as marching and music pedagogy. Colorguard, dancers, and majorettes will enjoy our Marching Auxiliary program, which includes basic and advanced technique development and group routines. This year, a separate track will be added for auxiliary captains, addressing teaching skills and choreography development. Lastly, percussionists can take advantage of our Marching Percussion program, which includes master classes, section rehearsals, and large ensemble rehearsals.

All Summer Marching Camp participants will take part in a combined Finale Concert at the end of the weekend, open to parents and the Auburn community.  Participants will also have fun hanging out with their new friends during breaks, lodging in AU Residence Halls, and taking part in organized games and social activities during the evening hours.   Auburn University Summer Marching Band Camps are an experience you don’t want to miss!

Summer Symphonic Band Camp

High School Symphonic Band Camp - June 9 - 11, 2025

The Auburn University Bands holds Summer Symphonic Band Camps each year.  The High School Symphonic Band camp for rising 9th - 12th graders, provides an excellent opportunity for musical development during the summer.  Rehearsals with band students from across the southeast, as well as section rehearsals and master classes, will make this a great experience for your camper.

Throughout the camp participants will get to know their fellow campers while taking part in games and social activities, which make this a fun camp experience any band student would enjoy.  At the end of the camp the participants will perform in a Finale Concert for parents and the Auburn community.  We hope you take advantage of the one-of-a-kind experience you will have at  Auburn University High School Symphonic Band Camp.

Summer Camp Scholarship Opportunities

The Auburn University Summer Band Camps offers a limited number of scholarships to aid in funding camp tuition. Students wishing to apply for scholarships should submit the following:

  • Student Essay (1 page) stating reasons for the desire to attend camp, reasons for applying for the scholarship (financial need), and how receiving this scholarship could benefit their music education in the future.
  • Letter of Recommendation from current Band Director.

The due date for scholarship applications is Friday, May 10. Please submit these materials to bandcamp@auburn.edu or mail to:

132 Goodwin Music Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5421

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! Make checks payable to "AU Bands" and mail to:

AU Bands
Attn: Summer Band Camp
132 Goodwin Music Building
Auburn, AL 36849

Be sure to include your camper's name as well as the camp they plan to attend so we can be sure that it is recorded properly.

Yes! All meals for both residential and commuter campers are included in the fee. Campers will eat at the Edge dining hall, and may be provided some catered meals as well. Commuting students may choose to leave camp after instuctional time ends (varies by day and camp) or they may stay for evening social activities. The camp director will communicate directly with commuting campers during each session.

Yes! Parking info will be provided for those students. Any camper who drives will need to turn in their keys to the camp director upon check-in. If they are staying in the dorms, they will get them back on the final day of camp. If they are commuting, they will pick them up at the end of the day. No student may drive while they are attending camp.

Yes! Campers are supervised throughout the day. During free time, they will be supervised by our counselors unless they are in their dorm rooms. Each evening, campers will be walked back to their dorms by our staff, and staff will perform room checks when it is time for lights-out. There will not be a time that campers are unsupervised on campus.

Our counselors are Auburn University students who are active in the AU Band program. All staff and counselors have completed training and background checks. Counselors stay in the dorms during camp, and a member of the AU Band Staff will stay in the dorm at each camp as well.

No, they cannot. All adults who have contact with students during our camps are strictly vetted by the university. While adults may not go to meals or stay in the dorms with the campers, they are welcome to drop in and observe instructional sessions (space permitting).

Yes! Include your preferred roommate's first and last name on the registration form, and be sure they include yours as well. If you do not have a roommate request, we'll assign one. We'll do our best to choose someone similar in age and/or in the same section/instructional track.

Yes! These camps do not overlap. There is a short break between the final Symphonic Camp performance and registration for the Leadership Camp. When you pay your registration fee, be sure to select "Back-to-Back Camps" for a discount.

Yes. Equipment is not provided for the Auxiliary Camp.



Last Updated: 04/24/2025