Chicago Summer Music Camp is a day camp held at American Music Institute's Clarendon Hills Campus for students of all levels, ages 5-18 years old, and all instruments. The camp is structured to be enriching, exciting, and educational for children to experience music in a fun way throughout the long summer months. AMI's award-winning faculty create a curriculum to amplify the best aspects of music education and performance, where campers create and perform music daily. All camp classes are general music classes and non instrument specific. The daily curriculum consists of 5 various instructional & academic classes, a lunch period, and a performance class or orchestra. Highlights include learning the basics of music with music theory and history from Baroque to Modern to Pop/Rock. Students are encouraged to create their own compositions by taking part in Composition Class. At the end of each day, students and faculty alike participate in the performance class, playing their own compositions and learning from one another in an enriching musical experience.