From beginner through advanced, our diverse programs nurture creativity, community, and leadership
through unparalleled music education and performance opportunities.

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Summer Programs

Summer Jazz Camp

The PYO Music Institute Summer Jazz Camp is a week-long summer day camp open to wind (saxophone), brass (trumpet, trombone, tuba), and rhythm section (drum set, vibraphone, guitar, piano, bass) students ages 14 through 21.  

Summer Jazz Camp

Summer Band Camp

The PYO Music Institute Summer Band Camp is a week-long summer day camp for developing wind, brass, and percussion students.  

Summer Band Camp

Summer String Camp

The PYO Music Institute Summer String Camp offers an enriching musical experience for students of all levels – for those with at least one year of string playing experience through advanced-level students.

Summer String Camp

Pathways Program

Tune Up Philly – Orchestral Pathways Program

Tune Up Philly – Orchestral Pathways Program offers a differentiated musical curriculum that was created to meet the specific needs of students living in challenging social and economic conditions, with a focus on effecting meaningful community change. As the first Philadelphia-area El Sistema program founded in 2010, Tune Up Philly offers children in under-resourced communities an opportunity to learn and perform orchestral music and make a true difference within their communities, both through the use of music and through a purposeful connection with others. An award-winning educator, classical recording artist, and nationally performed composer, Paul Smith, Director of Tune Up Philly, holds degrees from Mannes College of Music and The Juilliard School. Mr. Smith has helped hundreds of families and leading cultural institutions use intensive performing arts to engage communities and foster success.

Tune Up Philly