Music Camps

Music Intro Camps

Ages 3-Adult

Join Musician Pierre, for a fun intro to the violin, fiddle, ukulele guitar &/or piano. Listen to music, learn more about these great instruments and try playing one!

Instruments are Provided for the Music Camps &/or bring your own.

Book a Music Intro Camp for your Family, Friends or Youth Group - Homeschoolers, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H…

Serving Youth & Families since 1996

Winter 2024

Music Intro Camp List:

Music Appreciation Camps for Families with Children ages 3-7
• Kitty Cat Fiddle Camp
• Rhythm & Strings Camp

Music Intro Camps for ages 6-9
• Piano & Strings Camp
• Piano & Violin Camp
• Violin/Fiddle Camp

Music Intro Camps for ages 9-15 or Adults
• Acoustic Guitar Camp
• Country Music Guitar Camp
• Americana Ukulele Camp
• Classical Violin Camp
• Traditional Violin Fiddle Camp
• Bluegrass Fiddle Camp
• Celtic Fiddle Camp
• Swedish Fiddle Camp

Music Jam Camps
For students who take weekly music lessons, as they progress, they can sign-up for ‘Jam Camps’ as well as audition to play music at festivals and events.

Music Camp Locations:

Fall, Winter & Spring
AmericInn Lodge - North Branch, MN
GrandStay Hotel – Cambridge, MN

Summer
Central Green Park – Cambridge, MN
Chisago Lakes Lion’s Park – Lindstrom, MN

Year Round
Mobile Music Camps (Your location)

Dates/Times:

Reserve a 1 hour music camp for yourself, your child(ren), relatives, a group of friends or a youth group. Contact Pierre for available dates and times.

Cost:

Family &/or Friends Music Camps:
$45/45 minute camp for 1 student (private camp) (+ a parent for youth camps)
$60/1 hr. camp for up to 4 family members or friends

Youth Group Music Camps:
• $60 for up to 4 students + $5 for each additional student
• Maximum enrollment: 12 students per 1 hour camp
• The size of the group (2-12 students), will determine if the emphasis of the music camp will be more focused on hands-on learning or music appreciation.

Mobile Music Camps (Your location)
• Contact Pierre for a quote

General Info:

• Register for 1 or multiple dates
• Instruments provided upon request
• Parents play a key role at camp in helping their young child(ren) position their instrument and fingers…
• During the camp a parent &/or chaperone is required to stay at the music camp location.
• Filming is not allowed – feel free to take a few photos!
• Music Camps are being held back to back with regularly scheduled music lessons.

Contact Contact Pierre - Musician & Teaching Artist >

Pierre Jacques Pleau - Musician & Teaching Artist

Fall 2024 Music Camps held @ CPS Cambridge, MN

Violin, Piano, Ukulele & Guitar

Instruments provided!

Camps are held on Fridays from 6:30-7:15 pm.
Find more details & register @
Cambridge-Isanti Community Ed Youth Programs

Violin Camp for Beginners
Family Camp for ages 5-Adult
Sept. 27 &/or Oct. 11

Piano & Violin Camp for Beginners
Family Camp for ages 5-12
Oct. 4 &/or Oct. 25

Ukulele Camp for Beginners
Family Camp for ages 7-Adult
Nov. 1

Guitar Camp for Beginners
Family Camp for ages 9-Adult
Nov. 8

Dala Horse, Fiddle & Dance Camp

Fall 2024 @ CPS Cambridge, MN for Ages 5-11

What do Dala horses, fiddle music & dancing have in common?
They are all a special part of the Swedish culture!
Join sibling musicians, Pierre & Karlynna and learn fun traditional Swedish folk dances and then dance to lively fiddle music! The fiddle is also known as the violin. Learn more about this great instrument and try playing one! Participants will also get to make and take home a Dala horse art project. Instruments and art materials will be provided. Wear comfortable shoes for dancing! Register for 1, 2 or both sessions!

Find more details & register @
Cambridge-Isanti Community Ed Youth Programs

Session 1: Fridays, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11 & 25, 2024 (no class 10/18) from 5:30-6:30 pm

Session 2: Fridays, Nov. 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2024 from 5:30-6:30 pm

Violin/Fiddle Music Intro Camps:

For Ages 6-8 • Ages 9-15 • Adults

Join Musician Pierre for a fun intro to this amazing stringed instrument. Learn basic fingering and bowing techniques and some easy tunes...

Bluegrass Fiddle Camp

Bluegrass Fiddle Tunes

Celtic Fiddle Camp

Celtic Fiddle Tunes – jigs, reels & hornpipes.

Swedish Fiddle Camp

Swedish Fiddle Tunes – Ganglats, Schottis & Polskas.

Classical Violin Camp

Classical violin music - Bach, Beethoven & Mozart...

For the Fiddle/Violin Camps

Bring your own fiddle/violin to camp or request to use a NSTC violin.

Fiddle Camp for Kitty Cats

Music Appreciation Camp

• Families - Children ages 3-7
• Preschool & Kindergarten Classes
• Youth Groups ages 4-7

Dress up like a Kitty Cat and join Musician Pierre for a Musical Story about Kitty & Tommi. Tap your toes, clap your hands and dance to fiddle tunes, sing songs and try playing a fiddle!

Discover more about the Music Appreciation Camp >

See the ‘Kitty is Going Dancing’ music video >

A 'Cat Tale' Musical Theater Camp

Directed by Pierre Jacques Pleau

Dress up like a kitty cat, grab your instrument and get ready to go –
Kitty and Tommi are hosting a Barn Dance and everyone is invited!
There will be music, singing & dancing ‘til the cows come home!

For NSTC students ages 5-10 enrolled in music &/or voice lessons
Enroll in Music Lessons Today!
Ages:  5-10
Date:  TBD - Summer 2023
Time:  TBD - 2 hours
Location:  TBD - Local Park
Cost:  $25/student

Piano & Strings
Music Intro Camp for Beginners

For Ages 6-9
Pierre Jacques Pleau - Teaching Artist
Would you like to try playing a piano, violin, ukulele & guitar? At camp we’ll be exploring notes and rhythm on the piano/keyboard and then learn how to play the same exercises and an easy song on each of the stringed instruments. Instruments provided. Parents are welcome to watch and learn with their child.

Country Music Guitar Camp

for Beginners - Ages 9-15

Dirt roads, farm fields and campfires! These are just a few of the images that are sung about in country songs. Join Musician Pierre and learn how to strum chords, pick melodies and play an easy classic country song on the acoustic guitar.
Student sized acoustic guitar provided or BYO.

Guitar Camp for Beginners

Ages 9-15
This music intro camp is for acoustic guitar fans!
Join musician, Pierre Jacques Pleau for a fun intro to the guitar. Learn how to tune up your guitar, hold a pick, strum a few chords, pick a melody and play an easy song. Guitar provided &/or bring your own acoustic steel string guitar (size ¾ is recommended for youth for ease of playing.)

Americana Ukulele Camp

for Beginners - Ages 9-15

The ukulele is a great travel instrument and is fun to strum by the campfire! Take music with you on your summer adventures by learning a variety of strumming patterns, instrumental solos and a couple easy Americana songs!
Bring your own Ukulele (size: soprano, concert or tenor)

Piano & Violin Camp

For Beginners - Ages 5-11
Pierre Jacques Pleau - Teaching Artist
At camp we’ll be exploring notes and rhythm on the piano and then learn how to play the same exercises and an easy song on the violin! Instruments provided. Parents are welcome to watch and learn with their child.

Rhythm & Strings

Families - Parents/Grandparents & Children Ages 3-7
Join Musician Pierre for a fun introduction to stringed instruments - the violin/fiddle, ukulele and guitar. Listen to music, join in with rhythm instruments and sing-a-long to children’s songs!

Americana Dance Camp

for Beginners - Ages 7-15

For those that love dancing – come join us for this lively Americana Dance Camp. Learn traditional Irish, Swedish & American folkdance steps and then try them out to live barn dance style fiddle music - played by Musician Pierre.

Phone: 651-358-0844

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As students progress, they can sign-up for ‘ Jam Camps’ as well as audition to play music at festivals...