INDIANAPOLIS — Central Indiana will again host the largest national weeklong summer music camp for students and teachers, June 27-July 2, at Ball State University, Muncie.

Music for All, one of the nation’s largest and most influential organizations in support of music education, will return to Muncie for the sixth summer with its Music for All Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha. Ball State University is not only the host, but now a corporate sponsor of Music for All, recently announcing a sponsorship agreement in place through 2023.

More than 1,500 high school and middle school band and orchestra students and band directors are expected at the 41st annual symposium. The full week camp is June 27 through July 2. The symposium also offers a weekend of student leadership training June 25-26. This year marks the largest MFA camp since 2007.

The symposium typically brings together student musicians and educators from as many as 35 states and abroad. Students learn from top music educators in tracks that include concert band, marching band, jazz band, orchestra, percussion, color guard, drum major and, new this year, middle school concert band.

High school and middle school band directors and instructors can choose from several educators’ tracks that hone their professional skills. Student leadership training is a theme that runs throughout all divisions of the symposium.

The evening concert series of world-class artists and events sets the Music for All Summer Symposium apart. This year’s evening concert and event series includes the following:

• Yamaha Young Performing Artists, 8 p.m. Monday, June 27, Emens Auditorium
• United States Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, Emens Auditorium
• Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, at Emens Auditorium
• Time for Three, 8 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Emens Auditorium

Drum Corps International Central Indiana, 7 p.m. Friday, July 1, at Scheumann Stadium; ticket prices range from $25-$30. Click here or call (317) 275-1212 to purchase tickets for the DCI show.

More information is available here or by calling (800) 848-2263.