By Ana Carolina Morales
El Sistema Texas released the dates of their Summer Festival 2024. The music summer camps will start on July 8 and will end on July 26, and it is open for students in grades 2-12 who want to enjoy a musical experience and make friends through the practice of music.
The festival will offer two weeks of intensive music programs: one dedicated to orchestras and the other for choirs. The Memorial Parkway Community Association offered its spaces to the musicians.
Children and teenagers who want to enjoy the orchestral program must have at least six months of experience with a musical instrument. For the choral program, there is no experience required.
Orchestral Summer Program
The first week of the orchestral half-day camp is open for students in grades 2 to 5. The program begins on July 8 and ends on July 12. The schedule starts at 8:00 AM and concludes at noon.
Students in grades 6 to 12 can enjoy the second week of orchestral learning from July 16 to 19. The half-day schedule remains from 8:00 AM until noon.
Choral Summer Camp
Students in grades 2 to 5 can enjoy the El Sistema Texas choral program from July 8 to July 12. The half-day camp starts at 1:00 PM and ends at 4:00 PM.
The second week is for students in grades 6 to 12. It will be from July 15 to 19, from 1:00 PM. to 4:00 PM.
How To Join the Camp?
The price of the summer music festival is $150 per week for any of their programs, but if a student wants to apply for a scholarship, they can apply by clicking here.
Special Events
On June 20, there is a concert to close the summer camp and celebrate the second anniversary of El Sistema Texas. The event starts at 5:00 PM at 433 Barker Cypress Rd, Houston, TX 77094, at Church On the Rock.
The summer festival will end on June 26 with a performance at the Saint John Vianney Church at 7:00 PM. There will be a young soloist concert.