This Summer Join MIC for Camps, Classes, and more!
February 26th, 2025
Summer Session: June 10 - August 31, 2025
Summer is a great time to make music. Whether you're learning an instrument for the first time, returning to music after a long hiatus, or continuing lessons, the Music Institute of Chicago has a wide variety of summer opportunities for all ages and level designed to fit your schedule and interests.
Not sure where to start?
You can always speak with your local Campus Director, or request more information.
Private Music Lessons
Enjoy MIC’s flexible summer session and sign up for the number of lessons that work best for you. Work with MIC's unparalleled faculty across eight convenient Chicagoland locations.
Summer Camps & Festivals
Delve into music and spend some extra time honing your skills while enjoying conversation and friendship with fellow music-lovers! MIC offers summer camps, retreats, and "intensives" for youth and adults across a variety of instruments and at Evanston, Winnetka, and Lake Forest locations. Browse offerings by month, age, or instrument.
Summer Group Classes
Musikgarten
Play musically with your baby, develop a strong musical bond with your toddler, and lay foundational skills for musical literacy and listening through Musikgarten music and movement classes for babies-age 6.
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GUITAR & UKULELE
Make new friends, have fun, and build your musical chops with group guitar or ukulele classes at MIC! Get started by learning popular chord progressions and scales shapes across pop, folk, and rock genres, learn to improvise, and build invaluable songwriting and ear-training skills.
Jazz
Learn jazz standards, delve into jazz theory and history, and unlock your creativity by building your improvisational skills. Summer jazz combo and improvisation classes are available for all instruments and voice.
LISTENING TO MUSIC
Away this summer? No problem, you can take MIC with you wherever you go! Enjoy this special survey class with Fred Simon exploring musical expression across jazz, classical, rock, R&B, blues, folk, Latin and more! Hear quintessential and influential recordings from each genre with guided discussion and come away with a better understanding and appreciation for music.
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FOR MUSICIANS
The Alexander Technique is used by musicians worldwide to develop poise and ease of movement in practice and performance. Improve your awareness and coordination and apply these skills your instrumental performance and your life! This small group class includes gentle full group movement exercises plus opportunities to play in class and receive individualized coaching on your instrument in an environment of curiosity and support. Because Alexander Technique works at the fundamental level of how thought becomes movement, it can be applied to all instruments and levels. Repeat registrations are welcome. For grade 9 -12 and adults.
Adult Ensembles
MIC Concert Band - Led by Timothy Cook, the MIC Concert Band is designed for adults of all ages. If you played an instrument earlier in life and are ready to take it up again, MIC can help you get back in shape quickly and recapture the excitement of playing music. If you have never played an instrument before, it's never too late to give it a try! Meet new people and enjoy making music in a friendly, non-competitive atmosphere.
Music Institute Chorale Summer Sing-along
Featuring: Beethoven's Mass in C and Haydn's Little Organ Mass
Join conductor Daniel Wallenberg and the Music Institute Chorale for its annual summer sing-along. Join the Chorale for July rehearsals, or just come join the sing-along.
Tuesday Rehearsals: July 8, 16, 22, 29 | 7:30 – 9:30 pm at Nichols Concert Hall
Performance/Sing-along Concert:
Wednesday, July 30, 7:30 pm | Nichols Concert Hall