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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
- 2020 dates: June 14th – August 9th
- Double bass faculty: Brian Johnson, Marshall Hawkins
Music Academy of the West
- 2020 dates: June 15 – August 8
- Double bass faculty: Nico Abondolo, Edgar Meyer (guest artist)
San Diego Bass Fest
- 2020 dates: June 16 – 20
- Double bass faculty
Colorado
Aspen Music Festival + School
- 2020 dates: July 2 – August 23
- Double bass faculty: Christopher Hanulik, Albert Laszlo, Edgar Meyer, Timothy Pitts
Colorado College Summer Music Festival
- 2020 dates: June 7 – 27
- Double bass faculty: Susan Cahill
National Repertory Orchestra
- 2020 dates: June 7 – August 1
- Double bass faculty: Joseph Conyers
Connecticut
The Next>> Festival of Emerging Artists
- 2020 dates: May 24 – June 6
- Double bass faculty: Peter Askim
Amherst Baroque Academy
- 2020 dates: July 5 – 12
- Double bass faculty: Heather Lardin
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
- 2020 dates: June 21- 27
- Double bass faculty: Maurice Belle, Gabriel Monticello
Indiana
Butler Bass Camp
- 2020 dates: June 7 – 12
- Double bass faculty: Bad Boyz of Bass, David Murray, and Robert Goodlett
Wabass Institute
- 2020 dates: June 20 – 27
- Double bass faculty: Hal Robinson, Ranaan Meyer, Eric Larson
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
- 2020 dates: July 19 – 26
- Double bass faculty: Andrea Beyer, Matthew Boggs, Brittany Bowen, Paul DeNola, Barbara Fitzgerald, Brandon Harris, Ira Gold, Alec Hiller, Yoshi Horiguchi, Paul Johnson, Blake Meister, Kim Parillo, Colin O’Bryan, Tracy Rowell, Wesley Thompson, Jeffrey Weisner, David Young, Derek Zadinsky
Chesapeake Scor! Camp
- string camp for adult amateurs
- 2020 dates: visit website for more details
George Vance Memorial Masterclass
- TBD
National Music Festival
- 2020 dates: May 31 – June 13
- Double bass faculty: Robert Stiles, Ian Hallas
National Orchestral Institute
- 2020 dates: May 27 – June 28
- Double bass faculty: Max Dimoff, Jeff Turner, Ali Yazdanfar
NOWsummer Festival
- 2020 dates: June 17 – 20
- Double bass faculty: Jessica Powell Eig
Massachusetts
Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)
- 2020 dates: June 21 – August 15
- Double bass faculty: Todd Seeber, Ira Gold, Brian Perry
- Excerpts
Michigan
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
- 2020 dates: June 24 – August 16
- Multiple sessions
- Double bass faculty: Tod Leavitt, Robert Johnson
Great Lakes Scor! Camp
- string camp for amateur adults
- 2020 dates: see website
Interlochen Center for the Arts
- 2020 dates: June 27 – August 9
- multiple sessions
- Double bass faculty: Jack Budrow, Lawrence Hurst, Derek Weller, Aaron Tenney
Minnesota
Twin Cities Bass Camp
- Not yet announced
Missouri
Kansas City Bass Workshop
- 2020 Dates: not yet announced
New Hampshire
UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute
- 2020 dates: July 6 – 31
- 1 week workshops
- Bass set-up and Bass restoration fundamentals courses
New Jersey
Conservatory of Musical Arts
- 2020 dates: TBD
- Double bass faculty: Mark Przybylowski
New York
Fredonia String Camp
- 2020 dates: July 12 – 18
- Double bass faculty: Kieran Hanlon
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
- 2020 dates: July 8 – 18
- Double bass faculty: Patricia Weitzel and Aaron Olguin
Summit Music Festival
- 2020 dates: July 26 – August 9
- Double bass faculty: Eugene Levinson
North Carolina
Brevard Music Center
- 2020 dates: June 20 – August 9
- multiple sessions
- Double bass faculty: Craig Brown, Kevin Casseday, George Speed
Cannon Music Camp
- 2020 dates: June 20 – July 11
- Double bass faculty: Adam Booker
Eastern Music Festival
- 2020 dates: June 27 – August 1
- Double bass faculty: Leonid Finkelshteyn, Joel Braun, Luciano Carneiro, Marc Facci, Meredith Johnson, Rick Ostrovsky
Ohio
Bluegrass on Broadway Summer String Camp
- not yet announced
Masterworks Festival
- 2020 dates: June 21 – July 19
- Double bass faculty: Jonathan McWilliams
Oberlin Bass Workshop and Hinton Institute
- 2020 dates: July 11-18
- Overview Video
The Ohio State University Bass Camp
- 2020 dates: June 28 – July 1
- Double bass faculty: Barry Green, Jason Heath, Andrés Martín, Tracy Rowell, and Columbus area professionals including Professor Emeritus Paul Robinson, jazz specialist Doug Richeson, Aaron Yackley, Garry Wasserman, Mike Brosius and Joshua Tripp
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
- 2020 dates: July 11 – August 1
- Double bass faculty: Harold Robinson, Heather Miller Lardin
The Philadelphia International Music Festival
- 2020 dates: June 15th – July 26th
- multiple sessions
- Double bass faculty: Joseph Conyers, Nathaniel West
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
- 2020 dates: June 20 – July 19
- Double bass faculty: Tim Pearson, Samuel Suggs
Texas
Austin Bass Workshop
- 2020 dates: not yet announced
Beginners and Intermediate Bass Camp
- 2020 dates: June 16 – 19
- Double bass faculty: Dr. Gudrun Raschen, Dr. Jessica Gilliam, Dr. Carlos Gaviria
Bradetich Master Class
- 2020 dates: June 15 – 19
- Double bass faculty: Jeff Bradetich and Jack Unzicker
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
- 2020 dates: May 29 – June 5
- Double bass faculty: Jeff Bradetich
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
- 2020 dates: July 12 – 26
- 2 sessions
- Double bass faculty: Gudrun Raschen, Lauren Pierce,
Utah
Castle Rock Music Camp
- 2020 dates: June 2 – 5
- Double bass faculty: Robert Matheson
Vermont
Bennington Chamber Music Conference
- 2020 dates: July 12 – August 9
- Double bass faculty: Jessica Powell Eig
Killington Music Festival
- 2020 dates: June 27 – July 24
- Double bass faculty: Pascale Delache-Feldman, Tim Cobb
Virginia
Bass Coalition Summer Workshop
- 2020 dates: TBD
- Double bass faculty: Dr. Donovan Stokes, Inez Wyrick, Kevin Johnson, Eric O. Hanson, Mark Rubinstein, Zach Rowden
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
- 2020 dates: TBD
- Double bass faculty: Dr. Donovan Stokes
VCU Global Summer Institute of Music
- 2020 dates: July 26 – August7
- Double bass faculty: Pascale Delache-Feldman
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
- 2020 dates: June 15 – 20
- Double bass faculty: Paul DeNola and Ira Gold
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
- 2020 dates: May 22 – 24
- Double bass faculty: Meredith Johnson, Andrew Goodlett
Domaine Forget
- 2020 dates: May 31 – August 20
- Double bass faculty: Scott Dixon, Étienne Laurence, David Allen Moore, Nicholas Walker, Renaud Garcia-Fons (masterclass), Paul Ellison (masterclass)
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
- 2020 dates: August 17 – 22
- Double bass faculty: Alberto Bocini, Thomas Martin, Giusspe Ettorre, Lorraine Campet
- Watch a video from the 2018 edition
Germany
Rhodius Academy for Double Bass
- 2020 dates: July 23rd – 18th
- Double bass faculty: Rick Stotijn, Catalin Rotaru, Christine Hoock, Thierry Barbé, Günter Klaus
Mittenwald International Master Classes
- 2020 dates: TBD
- Double bass faculty: Jeff Bradetich, Andreas Bennetzen, Alex Bayer, Alexis Scharff, James Oesi, Angela Gebler (physio therapist)
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
- 2020 dates: July 27 – August 8
- Double bass faculty: Ettorre Giuseppe
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
- 2020 dates: TBD
- Double bass faculty: Gjorgji Cincievski
Netherlands
Dutch Double Bass Festival
- 2020 dates: TBD
Norway
Oslo Summer Strings Acadmey
- 2020 dates: August 10 – 15
- Double bass faculty: Rick Stotijn, Rüdiger Ludwig
Kammerakademiets Summer Course
- 2020 dates: June 25 – July 1
- Cécile-Laure Kouassi
Poland
2nd International Double Bass Symposium of Akademia Muzyczna
- 2020 dates: see website
- Double bass faculty: Irena Olkiewicz,
Portugal
Lisbon International Music Academy Masterclasses and Chamber Music Festival
- 2020 dates: TBD
- Double bass faculty: TBD
Switzerland
Academie de Musique Tibor Varga
- 2020 dates: July 15 – August 18
- Božo Paradzik, Marc-Antoine Bonanomi
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