Located on a 1,300 acre campus in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp offers programs for a variety of ages and abilities, including a junior camp, a Suzuki family camp, an adult arts camp, and orchestra programs for grades 7-9 and 9-12.

          The orchestra program accepts students of all proficiency levels. Players are grouped by ability, as determined by auditions on the opening day of the session. Students receive five hours of daily rehearsals, sectionals, and technique classes. Students also have the opportunity to hear various performances presented as a part of Blue Lake’s Summer Arts Festival, as well as to participate in elective courses and recreational activities. During Session II, Blue Lake offers senior high school students an opportunity to compete in a solo competition. One student will be selected to return to camp to perform with the Blue Lake Festival Orchestra in Session IV on a live broadcast on Blue Lake Public Radio as part of our season finale, and will receive a scholarship to return to camp the following year.

          Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, a summer school of the arts located on a 1,300 acre campus in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, offers fine arts education for all ages. Each summer, the principal camp program annually serves more than 5,300 gifted elementary, junior high, and high school students with diverse programs in music, art, dance, and drama while offering more than 175 performances during its Summer Arts Festival.

          Blue Lake also operates a widely acclaimed International Exchange Program and two public radio stations. Since its inception in 1966, Blue Lake has provided cultural enrichment to more than 300,000 gifted students and countless concert-goers.