Testimonials

"I loved how we were encouraged to perform at our best ability. The conductors challenged our musical knowledge and musical abilities."

Location and Accommodations

The Penn State Summer Music Camp is held in the air-conditioned facilities of the School of Music on Penn State's University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania. 

Students will be living in the North Halls area, a relatively short walk from the Music Buildings. The North Halls residence area is the smallest, most recently renovated housing complex on campus. It consists of Leets, Runkel, and Holmes Halls. North Halls accommodates students in air-conditioned four-person suites. Suite-mates share a private bath. The suites include a refrigerator and microwave oven.

Each floor is gender-specific, and each building is normally assigned to only one gender. University policy requires that youth groups provide a minimum of one counselor for every twenty participants of the same gender. Residential counselors must be 18 years or older and of the same gender as the participants, and are required to successfully complete a background clearance. The housing office also provides one conference assistant per building for youth programs. Our conference assistants can help participants who need directions, experience homesickness, or have roommate issues, etc.

All residence hall areas have television lounges and pay laundry facilities. Pay phones are available on each floor near the elevators. Participants should bring a pillow, pillowcase, bed linens, blanket, soap, towels, clothes hangers, portable fan, alarm clock, and other personal items.

Attendees may indicate one roommate preference on the registration form. Listing a roommate preference does not guarantee enrollment of the roommate in the program. If no preference is indicated, the housing office will assign a roommate.

Each hall has twenty-four-hour door-card access for assigned residents. Only residents can access the hall. The doors are always locked.

Because the security and safety of youth participants are important, youth attendees must be in their assigned residence halls by 11:00 p.m. University student auxiliary police monitor the residence halls and surrounding areas overnight.

Travel

By air: The State College/University Park Airport is located near the conference site. Call 814-865-5511 or visit www.UniversityParkAirport.com for information on flights.

By car: The University Park campus is located within driving distance of many major cities, including Harrisburg (1.5 hrs., 90 mi.), Pittsburgh (3 hrs., 137 mi.), Philadelphia (3.5 hrs., 194 mi.), Baltimore (3.5 hrs., 155 mi.), Washington, D.C. (4 hrs., 190 mi.), New York City (5 hrs., 250 mi.), and Toronto (6.5 hrs., 304 mi.).

See www.psu.edu/ur/visitors.html for detailed visitor information, including maps.

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