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A.C.T. Young Conservatory (San Francisco)
American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory offers year-round and summer acting classes, intensives, and productions for youth, including high-school-level performance ensembles and audition-based programs.
Alvin Ailey School Summer Intensive
Summer dance training at the Ailey School in New York City, with a Junior Division for ages 12-15 and a Professional Division for ages 16-25 covering ballet, Horton, Graham, jazz, and contemporary technique.
AMDA High School Conservatory
AMDA's High School Conservatory offers on-campus and online intensives in acting, musical theatre, and dance, giving students conservatory-style training with industry professionals.
American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive
ABT's flagship summer ballet training program held in New York, California, and Florida, offering advanced dancers instruction in ABT's National Training Curriculum with merit-based scholarships available.
American Dance Festival Pre-Professional Dance Intensive
A two-week summer dance intensive at Duke University for dancers ages 13-17, offering training across multiple contemporary and modern dance forms with master classes from renowned touring companies.
ArtsBridge Summer – Dramatic Acting
ArtsBridge Dramatic Acting is an audition-based summer intensive hosted at partner colleges where serious high-school actors train with college faculty and receive guidance on BFA/BM audition prep.
ArtsBridge Summer – Musical Theater
Similar to the dramatic acting track, this intensive focuses on voice, acting, and dance for students aiming at competitive musical-theatre programs, with college faculty coaching audition materials.
ASTA National Orchestra Festival
National in-person orchestra festival run by the American String Teachers Association, giving high school orchestras adjudicated performances and clinics with professional musicians.
Berkeley Rep School of Theatre – Camps and Intensives
Berkeley Repertory Theatre's School of Theatre runs summer camps and intensives in acting, musical theatre, and production for middle and high-school students, taught by professional artists.
Berklee Summer – Musical Theater Acting Intensive (MTAI)
Berklee's MTAI is a two-week intensive in Boston for high-school students focusing on acting, singing, and movement for musical theatre, culminating in a showcase.
Brevard Music Center High School Programs
Residential summer training at Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, with multi-week tracks for high schoolers in orchestral studies, musical theater, and classical voice alongside guest artists from major orchestras.
Broadway Artists Alliance – Summer Intensives
BAA runs audition-only summer intensives in New York City for young performers, with masterclasses led by Broadway professionals and individualized coaching on songs and monologues.
BroadwayEvolved – Summer Intensive
BroadwayEvolved offers a selective NYC-based intensive where students train with Broadway actors, directors, and casting directors in song interpretation, acting, and dance, plus industry panels.
California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) - Theater
A highly selective four-week residential summer conservatory for high school students serious about acting, with training in scene study, voice, movement, and on-camera acting from working industry professionals.
Chapman University Backhausdance Summer Intensive
In-person 1-3 week dance intensive at Chapman University where high schoolers train daily in contemporary, modern, ballet, improvisation, and composition.
Circle in the Square Theatre School Summer Intensive
A rigorous two-week summer acting or musical theater workshop at the only theater school housed inside a Broadway theater, condensing the conservatory's professional training curriculum for students 15 and up.
CMU Pre-College Drama
Carnegie Mellon's Pre-College Drama is a rigorous six-week residential program mirroring the School of Drama's BFA training in acting, musical theatre, or design/production, ideal for students aiming for top-tier theatre programs.
Colorado All-State Choir (CMEA)
Audition-based statewide honor choir organized by the Colorado Music Educators Association. Selected high school singers rehearse and perform with renowned guest conductors. 2026 event held February 5-7 with auditions at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Students must be enrolled in a high school choral program and sponsored by a CMEA-member director.
Colorado All-State Jazz Choir (CMEA)
Statewide jazz vocal honor ensemble for 11th and 12th graders, with three groups (Treble SSAA, Mixed SATB, and Tenor-Bass) of 16 students each selected via a three-step audition. Selected singers rehearse and perform in January at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs during the CMEA Conference, working with nationally and internationally recognized vocal jazz artists.
Colorado Youth Symphony (CYSO)
Audition-based youth symphony in the Denver metro area with three orchestras (Philharmonia, Sinfonia, Symphony Orchestra) and a Wind Ensemble for school-age musicians. Rehearsals are Monday evenings beginning mid-September at Colorado's Finest High School of Choice in Englewood. Auditions are submitted as 2-3 minute videos. Payment plans and financial aid available.
CSSSA Dance (California State Summer School for the Arts)
Four-week residential pre-professional dance intensive for California high schoolers, offering ballet, contemporary, and modern technique training with professional guest artists.
Folger Secondary School Shakespeare Festival
A decades-running festival at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, where middle and high school students edit, direct, and perform a 15-minute scene from a Shakespeare play using the playwright's original language.
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
A summer arts program on a mountain campus in Southern California offering 120+ workshops and intensives for teens ages 13-18 in visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, and creative writing.
Interlochen Arts Camp - High School Programs
A renowned residential summer arts camp in Michigan where high schoolers train intensively in music, theatre, dance, visual arts, film, or creative writing alongside a community of thousands of young artists.
International Thespian Festival
A week-long national theatre festival at Indiana University bringing together thousands of high school Thespians for workshops, college auditions, and the Thespy Awards recognizing excellence in school theatre performance and technical design.
Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensives
Summer ballet intensives at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City, including a pre-professional track for ages 14-25 covering classical technique, partnering, pointe, and contemporary styles, admission by audition.
La Jolla Playhouse – Young Performers Programs
La Jolla Playhouse offers summer and school-year acting and theatre-making programs for youth, including high-school intensives tied to its professional productions.
Looking for Shakespeare (NYU Steinhardt)
A four-week online summer intensive from NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre in which high school students study Shakespeare's plays through close text analysis, acting, and virtual production.
Music Center Spotlight Awards
Large Southern California performing arts competition and training program with $100,000+ in scholarships across categories, including music.
Music for All National Festival
Prestigious non-competitive national festival in Indianapolis where invited high school concert bands, orchestras, percussion, and chamber ensembles perform for expert adjudicators.
National High School Musical Theatre Awards (Jimmy Awards)
A national celebration of student musical theater performers, where nominees who win one of 51 regional awards programs travel to perform at a Broadway showcase in New York City for scholarships and recognition.
National Wind Band Honors (Mark of Excellence)
National recorded-submission competition recognizing outstanding high school and middle school concert bands, judged on a live recording from the current school year.
National YoungArts Foundation National Arts Competition
A prestigious national competition for artists ages 15-18 across ten disciplines including visual arts, design, film, jazz, photography, classical music, theater, dance, and voice, with cash awards and mentorship for winners.
North Carolina Governor's School
The nation's oldest statewide residential summer program for gifted and talented students, offering rising juniors and seniors intensive study across the arts alongside academic disciplines at no cost to families.
Northwestern NHSI – Theatre Arts Division (Cherubs)
Northwestern's Theatre Arts "Cherubs" program is a five-week, very selective residential intensive in Evanston with a full conservatory-style schedule and final performances.
NYU Tisch Summer High School Program
Tisch Summer High School offers four-week residential and commuter tracks in drama, filmmaking, and production, giving students college-credit training with Tisch faculty in New York City.
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