CCPA offers a range of event days, institutes, and camps that are designed for high school and college-aged students, current CCPA students, and post-grad musicians.
Workshop Format: Face-to-Face
Instructors:
Recommended Cohort: High school juniors considering collaborative piano study, CCPA Fall 2026 admitted students, advanced CCPA undergraduate students, and CCPA Master’s in Collaborative Piano (MM) graduate students
Description: In partnership with the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, students will collaborate with CCPA faculty, students and guest artists on core repertory (violin-piano sonatas, cello-piano works, chamber music), building real-world skills in rehearsal technique, communication, and performance leadership. Students will also experience daily coaching with assigned instrumentalists; score-study and rehearsal-planning workshops; sight-reading & communication lab; CUT.ADJUST.PLAY rehearsal-editing experience; faculty roundtables and mock auditions; and a final June 21 public performance in Ganz Hall.
Tuition: $750
Admission Requirements:
Camp Date: June 18, 2026
Camp Format: Face-to-Face
Instructor: Paul Wertico, Victor Garcia, Jim Gailloreto, Henry Johnson, Neal Alger, Marlene Rosenberg, Matt Ulery, Cheryl Wilson, and Alejandro Cortés
Recommended Cohort: High school students
Description: Get to know the faculty of CCPA's Jazz and Contemporary Music Studies program during a whole day of master classes and a final afternoon concert at Roosevelt University's beautiful downtown Chicago Campus!
Registration Fee: $195
Application Process: No audition is required.
Dates: June 17–18, 2026 | 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Camp Format: Face-to-Face
Instructor: Nadine Gomes and Rebecca Schorsch
Recommended Cohort: High school students
Description: This two-day summer camp offers a sampling of CCPA’s various undergraduate degree programs that are geared towards singers interested in musical theatre and/or classical music. Students will work with CCPA faculty on preparing for their college audition. There will be a seminar, group classes, a performance class, workshops, and a short private consultation. While this workshop is designed for two consecutive days, participants can sign up for one day or both days. The workshops will be held in Roosevelt University’s historic Auditorium Building in the heart of the Loop in downtown Chicago—steps from Millennium Park, the Theatre District, Chicago Symphony Center, Art Institute, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Lunch will be provided for both days.
Tuition: $175 for one day; $325 for both days
Dates: June 16–18, 2026
Daily Schedule:
Workshop Format: Face-to-Face
Instructor: Kyong Mee Choi and Matt Mason
Recommended Cohort: High school students and entering-or-returning Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) students who will be commuters. The Institute is not a residential camp.
Description: The Summer Composition Institute 2026 invites young composers to learn more about acoustic and electro-acoustic composition. The Institute is open to both composers and composer-performers seeking to expand their knowledge of composition and music technology through master classes, workshops, and seminars.
Application Process: Participants must submit two scores with a short description of intention of attendance.
Instructional Days: June 18 and June 20, 2026
Make Music Chicago Faculty Concert Performance: June 21, 2026
Workshop Format: Face-to-Face
Instructors: MingHuan Xu and Russ Rolen
Recommended Cohort: High school students
Description: A multiday summer camp offering private lessons, workshops, and performance classes.
Tuition: $400
Application Process: Submit the workshop’s application at the Strings/Chamber Music web store.