June 16-20, 2025
Boise State’s reorganized summer camps include the new Wind Band Summer Camp. The camp will be headlined by nationally and regionally recognized musicians alongside our world-class Boise State faculty.
This camp welcomes students entering grades 7–12 with at least one year of experience on traditional band instruments, including flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium/baritone, tuba and percussion.
About the Camp
The camp runs from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Day camp and overnight options available. Full schedule coming soon.
Final Showcase Concert Attire
A Final Showcase Concert is presented Friday afternoon. In it, campers showcase what they have been working on over the week. There is no admission charge for the Showcase Concert.
Performers should wear all-black clothes for the recital, such as a black shirt with sleeves, black pants (no shorts), or ankle-length black skirt or dress, black shoes and socks.
Tuition
Camp tuition is $300. Includes camp tee shirt. Limited discounts are available.
Meal tickets, housing and private lesson options are available at additional cost.
- Lodging and meals: $425. Housing and meals for the week of camp include breakfast, lunch and dinner. Check-in dates for lodging to be announced.
- Lodging will be within walking distance—the Inn at 500 Capitol, located at 500 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702.
- Students will be supervised full-time by licensed music educators
- Meals (lunch Only): $75
- Private lesson: $30 for a 30-minute private lesson (one lesson limit).
- Weekly Parking Pass: $20
Our reorganized experience includes high school and middle school concert bands, like-instrument ensembles, private lessons, a variety of special music topic classes, a final showcase concert and more!
Discounts are available for families registering multiple students, or families with one student attending multiple camps.
For more info, or to obtain a discount code, please contact music@boisestate.edu or call (208) 426-3980.Â
Application Deadline
June 1st, 2025
Note: If you were unable to register by the deadline but are still interested in having a student attend, please email bands@boisestate.edu to see if accommodations can be made.
Featured Guest Clinicians
The Wind Band Summer Camp will be headlined by nationally and regionally recognized musicians alongside our world-class Boise State faculty.Â
For the 2025 Wind Band Summer Camp, Boise State Bands is thrilled to welcome guest clinicians Aaron Perrine and Mary Crandell.
Aaron Perrine creates vividly colorful and rhythmically infused layers of music, inspired by the soundscapes and unparalleled allure of the natural world. He is a two-time winner of the American Bandmasters Association Sousa/Ostwald Award for his compositions: Only Light in 2015 and Pale Blue on Deep in 2013. Another one of his compositions—Temperance—won the 2017 CBDNA Young Band Composition Contest. His music for winds has been featured at ABA Conventions, CBNDA National and Regional Conferences, TMEA, The Midwest Clinic, The Western International Band Clinic, and at numerous all-state concerts and state conferences.
A native of Minnesota, Perrine’s education includes a doctorate from the University of Iowa, a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, Morris. He was elected to the membership of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association in 2024.
Crandell has 26 years of experience in instrumental music education, including 19 years at Waukee Middle School, where her bands achieved high success in concert and jazz settings across Iowa. She holds a Bachelor and Master of Music Education from the University of South Dakota and is completing doctoral work in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis in Music Education, at Boise State University, where she also serves as an adjunct music professor.
Her research explores students’ perceptions of inclusion and belonging in large group [band] rehearsals, focusing on how diverse pedagogical practices shape these experiences. Mary is the founder of The Access Collective (TAC): Creating Connections Through Music (2021), a national initiative partnered with the National Band Association and Music for All, Inc.
As a consultant and clinician, Mary maintains an active schedule nationwide. She has presented sessions on concert and jazz rehearsal pedagogy at local, state, and national conferences, including the 2021 and 2024 International Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference. Mary has served as president of both the Jazz Educators of Iowa and the Iowa Bandmasters Association.