We're probably the only summer camp like that in the country. We have some specialty seminars, like a blues, jazz, classical and acoustic seminars. Spiritual enlightenment through music or art can be found at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in scenic Rhinebeck, N.Y., just over the Connecticut border. Omega also offers dance workshops in swing, belly dancing, Flamenco dance, Congo, tango and more. Omega offers many room and board options including camping, dormitories, and cabins.
Scholarships are available.
Mass. the 92nd Street Y's School of Music runs weekend chamber music retreats in August at Music Mountain. Intermediate and advanced amateur players must apply to the program and schedule an audition or send a demo tape. Participants have the opportunity to play with the Wihan String Quartet, the Cassatt String Quartet, Maria Radicheva, and Mark Pakman. Those interested in dancing to folk and country music, eating home-cooked grub and sharing stories in New York's Catskill Mountains might consider Jay and Molly's Fiddle and Dance at Ashokan . On a secluded 400-acre woodland site Jay Unger and Molly Mason, responsible for the evocative soundtrack to Ken Burns' Civil War documentary, supervise workshops in fiddle, banjo, guitar, piano, button accordion, as well as square dancing, contradance, clogging, step dance, swing, waltz, Scandinavian, Cajun and French Canadian dances.