🎵 Summer Camps & Music Festivals with TYSA
Keep the music going all summer long! Join TYSA for unforgettable experiences including orchestral camps, jazz workshops, and more!
🌲 🎼 Evergreen Music Festival – Session 1
📍 Pacific Lutheran University
📅 July 14–18, 2025
🎻 For students ages 7–13 who play strings, winds, brass, or percussion.
- 🎶 Daily rehearsals & music theory
- 🎯 Instrument-specific coaching
- 🏃 Recreation & fun with friends
- 🎤 Final performance for families
👉 Learn More & Register for EMF Session 1
🏔️ 🎼 Evergreen Music Festival – Session 2
📍 Central Washington University
📅 July 20–26, 2025
🎻 For students entering 9th grade through age 21
- 🎼 Daily rehearsals & chamber music
- 🎯 Section coaching & theory classes
- 🎧 Student & faculty recitals
- 🎤 Chamber & final symphonic performance
👉 Learn More & Register for EMF Session 2
🎸 🎻 TYSA – Hammond Ashley Bass Workshop
📍 Pacific Lutheran University
📅 June 30 – July 3, 2025
🎯 Open to all ages and skill levels of double bass players
- 🎶 Group technique & ensemble classes
- 🌟 Solo opportunities
- 🎻 Perform in an all-bass orchestra extravaganza!
👉 Learn More & Register for HABW
🎷 🎺 Summer Jazz Orchestra
📍 Tacoma City Theaters & Spanish Ballroom
📅 July 31 – August 3, 2025
🎶 For students entering 8th grade through age 21
- 🏙️ Workshop in Studio 3, downtown Tacoma
- 🎤 Final performance at the Spanish Ballroom
- 🎵 Jam, rehearse, and perform jazz with peers
👉 Learn More & Register for SJO
🎻 🎹 T-Town Chamber Music Festival
📍 Pacific Lutheran University
📅 June 22 – July 12, 2025
🎼 For college & graduate-level pianists and string players
🎓 Highly competitive admission process
- 🌟 Work with world-class faculty
- 🎶 Perform in Lagerquist Concert Hall
- 🌍 Bring music to communities across Tacoma & North Central WA
- 🎻 Directed by Oksana Ejokina, former Artistic Director of Icicle Creek
🔥 A must for advanced students looking to elevate their artistry!
👉 Learn More & Register for T-Town Festival
📚 More TYSA Programs:
- 🎻 Orchestras
- 🧠 Enrichment Programs
- ☀️ Summer Camps & Festivals
- 🏫 Community Classes & TYSA in the Schools
- 💰 Scholarships & Financial Aid Available
Business Review
"Thank you and all of the staff that contributed to EMF II. "
"We believe that the results were even greater than we expected. "
"We parents appreciate the hard work and passion that you put into preparing for such an engaging and fruitful week."
"Best music camp for kids!! 5-stars! "
"This week of festival camp is taught by musicians who are fantastic teachers to youth. "
"The children will learn and grow musically and the concert performance will bring tears to your eyes! "
"The performance sounds like a classical CD or music by adults! "
"The performance is amazing! Your child will study and learn throughout the week by a well-organized and professional crew! "
"They have been running this camp for several years and I've never heard my daughter complain about being bored or sitting around. "
"The other students are extremely kind and well-behaved. This isn't your everyday summer camp; EMF is on a much higher level and worth every penny!"
