By Paris Baptiste I sat down with campers Colten, Michaila, and Scarlett to learn about their experiences participating in the 2023 Drum Major Institute. These returning campers shared their experiences and shed light on why they chose to come back for a second year....
Setting the Stage for Summer Symposium
By Paris Baptiste The Opening Session of the 2023 Music for All Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha ignited the atmosphere at Ball State University with amazing displays of talent, excitement, and inspiration. Camp faculty and representatives from Music for All and...
An Electric Return
Written by Patrick Mainieri The 2023 Music for All Summer Symposium is off to an incredible start! Camp has launched with the two-day Leadership Weekend, focused on better leadership and smarter followership. Throughout each moment of the weekend, campers are...
Diffusion Leads to Improvement
By Jeff Young, Director of Camps, Music for All How your students’ summer camp experience can have a positive impact throughout your band Do you remember anything about diffusion from your high school biology or chemistry classes? (Shout out to all the great high...
2023 Registration is Open
Registration is now open! for the 2023 Music for All Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha June 24-26, 2023 – Leadership WeekendJune 26-July 1, 2023 – Full Week SymposiumBall State University, Muncie, IN ONLY at the 2023 Music for All Summer Symposium will you...
A Legacy of Leadership
By Jonathan Cao - July 1, 2022 As I sit here writing this, hundreds of student leaders are on the floor of Worthen Arena preparing their showcase for the end of camp tomorrow. It’s difficult to encapsulate all that they have learned this week in a way that...
A Day in the Life of a Color Guard Camper
By Susie Harloff - Thursday, June 30, 2022 The color guard track at the 2022 Music For All Summer Symposium has been going strong all week. The students have been learning a lot, physically and mentally working hard, and growing as leaders and performers daily. But...
Only at the Director Academy…
By Jeff Young Do you ever have FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)? We all have lots of options when it comes to how we spend our valuable time. We might have to choose between two things that happen at the same time and wonder if we made the correct choice. I often hear...
Transformation. Relationships. Leadership.
By Patrick Mainieri The 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha, kicked off with 261 campers arriving for leadership weekend. With camp on hiatus for the past two summers to ensure the safest environment, 99% of our campers are attending camp for the...
Leadership Weekend is Underway!
The Music for All Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha, kicked off Saturday, June 25th with nearly 300 students and the Leadership Weekend. The 2022 camp is the first Music for All Summer Symposium since 2019 and we are so excited to gather together again at Ball...
Learning Leadership at the Summer Symposium
Karina Howey is a college student majoring in percussion performance and nuclear engineering. A two-time Music for All Summer Symposium student camper (2017 and 2018), she is now a drum major at the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. This summer will be her fourth...
A Generation of Summer Symposium
The Schnicke family is a two-generation Summer Symposium family. Jonathan Schnicke has attended Summer Symposium as a director for years and will be returning in 2022. His daughter, Lauren, attended for three summers and his son, Isaac attended one summer. His...