Washington Conservatory of Music’s summer camps and classes will have kids moving, playing, and having fun together. All summer camps are held at our Glen Echo Park location from 9am to 3pm. All of our summer classes and workshops are in-person at our Glen Echo Park location. See each class for times.
Registration Information
Registration is now open for Summer Music Camps, Summer Music Classes, and Summer Music Workshops!
All of our in-person summer camps, summer music classes, and summer music workshops have registrations through our Glen Echo Park location. Click on the “Register” link to be directed to the Glen Echo Park registration page for each camp and class.
All camps that are registered through the Glen Echo Park registration page follow the policies of Glen Echo Park.
For updated information about the COVID-19 protocols used in Glen Echo Park, please see the Glen Echo Park’s Partnership for the Arts and Culture COVID-19 information page.
Table of Contents
Summer Music Classes for teens and adults
- Guitar and Ukulele Classes
- Acoustic Guitar for Beginners Class (Ages 13+)
- Songs with Friends Class (Ages 13+)
- Beginning Ukulele Class (Ages 13+)
- Continuing Ukulele Class (Ages 13+)
- Miscellaneous Music Classes
- Create your own music class (all ages)
Summer Music Camps for kids
- Fun with Music and Movement Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
- Little Star Singers Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
- Around the World Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
- Little Star Violin Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
- Pop Songs for Young Voices Summer Music Camp (Ages 5 – 8)
- Fascinating Rhythm Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 11)
- Sing On! Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 12)
- String Sampler Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 11)
- Movie Sing Along Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 12)
Summer Music Workshops for adults
- Adult Chamber Music Workshop (Ages 18+)
- Jazz Woodshed (Ages 18+)
See the full calendar of music lessons, music classes, summer music camps, ensembles, performances, and special events.
Summer Music Classes for babies, toddlers, and kids
General Music
Sunshine Music Time Class (Ages 0 – 5)
Children and parent / caregiver share creative music, movement, and drama fun. We start with a musical greeting and a jazzy body warm-up, then explore beat and rhythmic patterns with instruments. Next, we use visuals to travel with Mr. B box on exciting musical journeys to different places from the moon to a farm. Our return home is celebrated with singing, dancing, and play with our special stuffed animal friends. Our travels cover many elements of music such as steady beat, tempo, pitch, dynamics and timbre.
Instructor: WCM Faculty
Dates: Tuesdays, June 27 – August 8, 2023 (no class July 4)
Times: 10 am – 10:45 am
Sessions: 6
Location: Washington Conservatory of Music Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $138 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
World Music and Movement Class (Ages 2 – 5)
Sing your heart out with engaging songs of different styles and from different parts of the world. Designed to nurture the development of beginning singers, each session highlights well loved, age – appropriate repertoire as well as a creative exploration and reinforcement of foundational singing skills. A sharing of repertoire will be presented to parents and friends at the last class, and all will learn a song together!
Instructor: WCM Faculty
Dates: Tuesdays, June 27 – August 8, 2023 (no class July 4)
Times: 11 am – 11:45 am
Sessions: 6
Location: Washington Conservatory of Music Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $138 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Miscellaneous
Create Your Own Music Class (all ages)
Do you want to study an area of music that is not listed in the class catalogue? Let us know! A minimum of 6 students are needed to create your own music class. All ages are welcome.
Contact us for more information today!
We also offer summer private lessons.
Summer Music Classes for teens and adults
(grouped by subject / instrument / voice and then in order by skill level)
Guitar and Ukulele
Acoustic Guitar for Beginners Class (Ages 13+)
Learn a few chords and strums; you’ll be playing satisfying versions of your favorite songs in this fun class. You know a lot about music just from years of listening. Use that knowledge and you’ll be playing by ear in no time at all. Guitar and notebook required.
Instructor: Bernardo de Leon
Dates: Thursdays, June 29 – August 17, 2023
Times: 6 pm – 7 pm
Sessions: 8
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $194 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Songs with Friends Class (Ages 13+)
From blues to Bob Dylan to Bono to Beyoncé and beyond, expand your guitar technique and repertoire while playing great music with others. We all pick suitable songs and learn to play them as individuals and as a group. Ukuleleists welcome too.
Instructor: Bernardo de Leon
Dates: Thursdays, June 29 – August 17, 2023
Times: 9 pm – 10 pm
Sessions: 8
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $194 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Beginning Ukulele Class (Ages 13+)
A fun class to explore this wonderful member of the guitar family! You will learn simple chords and how to use them in a variety of traditional and contemporary songs. Great for personal enjoyment, parties, & open mics! Have ukulele & notebook ready.
Instructor: Bernardo de Leon
Dates: Thursdays, June 29 – August 17, 2023
Times: 7 pm – 8 pm
Sessions: 8
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $194 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Continuing Ukulele Class (Ages 13+)
Take your basic skills to a new level as you learn more picking and some melody playing too, and take the songs you really want to play. Beginning Ukulele or have the equivalent required.
Instructor: Bernardo de Leon
Dates: Thursdays, June 29 – August 17, 2023
Times: 8 pm – 9 pm
Sessions: 8
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $194 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Miscellaneous
Create Your Own Music Class (all ages)
Do you want to study an area of music that is not listed in the class catalogue? Let us know! A minimum of 6 students are needed to create your own music class. All ages are welcome.
Contact us for more information today!
We also offer summer private lessons.
Summer Music Camps for Kids
(listed in order by minimum age, then by start date)
Fun with Music and Movement Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
Exploring music is fun! Rhythm, pitch, and melody are experienced through singing, listening, moving to music, and crafts!
Instructor: WCM Faculty
Dates: Monday, June 19 – Friday, June 23, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Little Star Singers Camp Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
Learning to use the young voice through popular songs from classic and recent children’s movies, while developing imagination and having fun with music. Final performance with family / caretakers invited.
Instructor: Jennifer Suess
Dates: Monday, July 10 – Friday, July 14, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Around the World Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
Learning to know and respect other cultures through their music. From singing folk songs and learning rhythms from around the globe, campers will learn to see the world through the eyes of music.
Instructor: WCM Faculty
Dates: Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Little Star Violin Summer Music Camp (Ages 4 – 7)
Let your child shine through a fun experience of music and the violin. Children explore the basics of rhythm and sound through musical games, crafts, songs, and movement. Great hands-on introduction to the violin for beginners! Violins and bows provided. Siblings requesting the same camp whose ages fall outside the parameters will be accommodated to the extent possible, with the approval of the teacher.
Instructor: WCM Faculty
Dates: Monday, August 14 – Friday, August 18, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Pop Songs for Young Voices Summer Music Camp (Ages 5 – 8)
Students experience the joy of singing songs from movies and pop charts under expert guidance. Musical crafts, games, and learning about music in general, round out a fun day at the Washington Conservatory.
Instructor: Jennifer Suess
Dates: Monday, June 26 – Friday, June 30, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Fascinating Rhythm Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 11)
Rhythm: the heartbeat of music! Meet the beats of rock, pop, and jazz music through hands-on experience with various percussion instruments such as sticks, cymbals, boom whackers, buckets, and drum sets, too. All instruments provided.
Instructor: WCM Faculty
Dates: Monday, July 17 – Friday, July 21, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Sing On! Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 12)
Does your child love to sing? Young singers need early guidance to protect their youthful voices and set good vocal habits. Children will learn to sing a broad range of fun songs – Broadway, popular, jazz & classical – as well as learning how to move on stage, to breathe, and to sing together with confidence and joy! Final performance with family / caretakers invited.
Instructor: Jennifer Suess
Dates: Monday, July 24 – Friday, July 28, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
String Sampler Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 11)
Hands-on chance to try violin, viola and cello. Great for beginners and also current string players who want to try a different instrument. Learn to play tunes on each instrument, the basics of the string family, rhythm and note reading, about composers and famous performers, and more! All instruments provided.
Instructor: WCM Faculty
Dates: Monday, August 7 – Friday, August 11, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Movie Sing Along Summer Music Camp (Ages 7 – 12)
Singing along with songs from your favorite movies is irresistible. Learn popular music vocal techniques that protect young voices, while having fun singing like a movie star. Imaginative crafts and games round out each day. Final performance with family / caretakers invited.
Instructor: Jennifer Suess
Dates: Monday, August 21 – Friday, August 25, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Summer Music Workshops for Adults
Adult Chamber Music Workshop (Ages 18+)
See the Adult Chamber Music Workshop webpage for complete details.
Instructors: Tobias Werner, cello; Audrey Andrist, piano; WCM Faculty
Dates: Monday, July 3 – Friday, July 7, 2023
Times: 9 am – 3 pm
Sessions: 5
Location: Washington Conservatory Campus at Glen Echo Park
Tuition: $463 (plus the $15 Glen Echo Park registration fee)
REGISTER on the Glen Echo Park website.
Jazz Woodshed (Ages 18+)
Adult jazz players hone their skills in small ensembles coached by jazz pianist Robert Redd, saxophonist Marty Nau and others. See the Jazz Woodshed webpage for more details.
Instructors: Robert Redd, piano; Marty Nau, saxophone
4 week sessions; dates and times by arrangement.
Call 301-320-2770 to register.