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United States

Arkansas

Hot Springs Music Festival

  • 2020 Dates: May 31st – June 13th
  • Double bass faculty: Kevin Mauldin

Ozark Suzuki Institute

  • 2020 Dates: July 25th – 31st
  • Double bass faculty: Kate Jones

California

American Bach Soloists Summer Academy

  • 2020 dates: July 27 – August 9
  • Double bass faculty: Steven Lehning

California Orchestra Institute

  • 2020 dates: August 2 – 12
  • Double bass faculty: Dr. Ryan Baird

Golden Gate Bass Camp

  • 2020 dates: June 22nd – 26th
  • Double bass faculty: Andrés Martín, Nina DeCesare, Michael Manring, Richard Duke, Jason Heath, and more. Full list.
  • Watch a video about the camp

Idyllwild Summer Music Festival

Music Academy of the West

San Diego Bass Fest

Colorado

Aspen Music Festival + School

Colorado College Summer Music Festival

  • 2020 dates: June 7 – 27
  • Double bass faculty: Susan Cahill

National Repertory Orchestra

Connecticut

The Next>> Festival of Emerging Artists

  • 2020 dates: May 24 – June 6
  • Double bass faculty: Peter Askim

Amherst Baroque Academy

Florida

Florida State University Double Bass Workshop

  • 2020 dates: June 17 – 20
  • Double bass faculty: George Speed, James Barket, Kevin Ray

Georgia

Atlanta Chamber Music Festival

Indiana

Butler Bass Camp

Wabass Institute

Iowa

Heartland Scor! Camp

  • string camp for amateur adults
  • 2020 dates: visit website for more details
  • Double bass faculty: Dr. Moisés Molina

Louisiana

Loyola New Orleans International Music Institute

  • 2020 dates: Not announced. 
  • Ages: middle school – pre-professional
  • Double bass faculty 

Maine

Bowdoin International Music Festival

  • 2020 dates: June 27 – August 8
  • Double bass faculty: Kurt Muroki

New England Music Camp

  • 2020 dates: June 27 – August 10
  • Two Sessions
  • Double bass faculty: William Hones

Maryland

Bass Works

Chesapeake Scor! Camp

  • string camp for adult amateurs
  • 2020 dates: visit website for more details

George Vance Memorial Masterclass

  • TBD

National Music Festival

National Orchestral Institute

NOWsummer Festival

Massachusetts

Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)

Michigan

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Great Lakes Scor! Camp

  • string camp for amateur adults
  • 2020 dates: see website

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Minnesota

Twin Cities Bass Camp

  • Not yet announced

Missouri

Kansas City Bass Workshop

  • 2020 Dates: not yet announced

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Conservatory of Musical Arts 

New York

Fredonia String Camp

Rochester Bass Retreat

  • 2020 dates: TBD

Rochester Scor! Camp

  • string camp for adult amateurs
  • 2020 dates: see website for details

Skidmore Jazz Institute

  • 2020 dates: June 27 – July 11
  • Double bass faculty: Todd Coolman

Sphinx Performance Academy at Juilliard School

Summit Music Festival

North Carolina

Brevard Music Center

Cannon Music Camp

  • 2020 dates: June 20 –  July 11
  • Double bass faculty: Adam Booker

Eastern Music Festival

Ohio

Bluegrass on Broadway Summer String Camp

  • not yet announced

Masterworks Festival

Oberlin Bass Workshop and Hinton Institute

The Ohio State University Bass Camp

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Bass Bash

  • 2020 dates: Jul 27 – 30

Oklahoma City University Double Bass Camp

  • 2020 dates: July 12 – 18
  • Double bass faculty: John Schimek

Pennsylvania

Csehy Summer School of Music

  • 2020 dates: June 28 – August 1
  • multiple sessions
  • Double bass faculty: Eric Jones

Curtis Summerfest

The Philadelphia International Music Festival

Rhode Island

New England Scor! Camp

  • string camp for adult amateurs
  • 2020 dates: see website for details

Tennessee

Smoky Mountains Scor! Camp

  • string camp for amateur adults
  • 2020 dates: see website for details
  • Double bass faculty: Matthew Wilkinson

Sewanee Summer Music Festival

Texas

Austin Bass Workshop

  • 2020 dates: not yet announced

Beginners and Intermediate Bass Camp

Bradetich Master Class

Greater Austin Suzuki Institute

  • 2020 dates: July 25th – August 1
  • multiple sessions
  • Double bass faculty: Kate Jones

Lynn Seaton Jazz Bass Workshop

  • 2020 dates: June 15 – 19
  • Double bass faculty: Lynn Seaton

Pirastro Elite Soloists Program

Texas Music Festival

  • 2020 dates: June 6 – 28
  • Eric Larson, Paul Eillison, Dennis Whitaker
  • multiple sessions

The International Festival Institute

  • 2020 dates: May 31 – July 12
  • Brett Shurtliffe, James VanDemark
  • Free Tutition

University of North Texas Strings Institute

Utah

Castle Rock Music Camp

Vermont

Bennington Chamber Music Conference

Killington Music Festival

Virginia

Bass Coalition Summer Workshop

Double Bass Studio and Workshop at the Heifetz Institute

  • 2020 dates: July 23 – August 9
  • Double bass faculty: Samuel Suggs

Orchestra Project Summer Camp

  • 2020 dates: June 21 – 27
  • Double bass faculty: Kelly Ali

The Stokes Intensive Session

 VCU Global Summer Institute of Music

Wintergreen Summer Music Academy

  • 2020 dates: July 5 – August 2
  • Double bass faculty: Dee Moses

Washington

Hammond Ashley Memorial Double Bass Workshop

  • not yet announced

Japan Seattle Suzuki Institute

  • 2020 dates: August 4 – 8
  • Double bass faculty: Kate Jones

Washington, D.C.

DCBass at American University

Wisconsin

Birch Creek Music Performance Center

  • 2020 dates: June 28 – July 11
  • Double bass faculty: Alan Steiner

Camp COFAC (Stevens Point, WI)

  • 2020 dates: TDB
  • Double bass faculty: David Story

International

Austria

Internationale Sommerakademie der mdw

  • 2020 dates: August 16 – 30
  • Double bass faculty: Jiri Hudec

Canada

Bassitoba

Domaine Forget

Orford Music

  • 2020 dates: June 14 – July 18th
  • multiple sessions available
  • Double bass faculty: Ali Yazdanfar, Andrew Raciti, Joel Quarrington, Rex Surany

China

Hong Kong Double Bass Camp

  • 2020 dates: TBD

Lan Yang International Bass Camp

  • 2020 dates: July 13th – 21st
  • Double bass faculty: Thomas Martin, Thierry Barbé, Tim Cobb, Slawomir Grenda, Petru Iuga, Yung-Ho Fu, Henry Chen

Czech Republic

BASS2020 coming next year

France

Biarritz Bass Academy

  • 2020 dates: August 9 – 14
  • Double bass faculty: Thierry Barbé, Nikolas Crosse, Cédric Carlier, Marc Buronfosse, Marin Béa, Adam Ben Ezra, Claus Freudenstein

RCR Double Bass Camp

Germany

Rhodius Academy for Double Bass

Mittenwald International Master Classes

Greece

Third Music Festival – Sifnos Island

  • not yet announced

Hungary

Crescendo Institute

  • 2020 dates: July 22 – August 3
  • Double bass faculty: David Daly

Italy

Accademia Musicale Chigiana

Masterclass Internazionali di Musica

  • 2020 dates: TBD
  • Double bass faculty: 

Ticino Musica

  • 2020 dates: July 18 – 31
  • Double bass faculty: TBD

Malta

Malta Double Bass Summer Camp

Netherlands

Dutch Double Bass Festival

  • 2020 dates: TBD 

Norway

Oslo Summer Strings Acadmey

Kammerakademiets Summer Course

Poland

2nd International Double Bass Symposium of Akademia Muzyczna

Portugal

Lisbon International Music Academy Masterclasses and Chamber Music Festival

  • 2020 dates: TBD
  • Double bass faculty: TBD

Switzerland

Academie de Musique Tibor Varga

 

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