| Application deadline | February 28, 2027 (2027 cycle) | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): $1,250–$1,850; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): FSE scholarship assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Limited by funds and selected from priority-deadline applications based on audition quality and instrumentation needs; not guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | 2027 tuition in Nashville or New York: $3,400. Selected 2027 session only; no universal tuition or all-in price.; 2027 tuition in Miami or Seattle: $2,500. Selected 2027 session only; no universal tuition or all-in price.; 2027 tuition in Los Angeles: $3,600. Selected 2027 session only; no universal tuition or all-in price.; 2027 nonrefundable application fee: $25. Separate from selected-session tuition; housing/transport are not included. (2027 cycle) | Wild Country2027: $5,200. Selected trek only, not a single umbrella tuition quote.; Mountain Desert2027: $8,795. Selected trek only, not a single umbrella tuition quote.; Paleontology2027: $4,400. Selected trek only, not a single umbrella tuition quote. (2027 cycle) | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 application fee: $50. Not included in program tuition and nonrefundable under the refund policy.; 2026 optional July housing and meals: $1,000–$1,900. One week USD 1,000; two weeks USD 1,900. Included double occupancy, linen package, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.; 2026 optional Music Day Camp aftercare: $125. Optional for the two-week day camp.; 2026 optional private lesson: $100. One-hour artist-faculty lesson option.; FSE scholarship assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Limited by funds and selected from priority-deadline applications based on audition quality and instrumentation needs; not guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 9–12 when applying; check the provider's rules for graduating seniors | Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 2–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Residency: U.S. resident; Requirement: Currently grades9-12, including spring graduates; incoming freshmen not eligible.; Requirement: Serious interest in a music-industry career and selected career-track sample requirements.; Exclusion: Incoming high-school freshmen; Exclusion: Applicants who are not U.S. residents; Exclusion: For Los Angeles, applicants unable to demonstrate competence in at least two defined music-industry areas; Exclusion: Participation without an approved supervising adult and independent lodging plan | Ages 13–18; Residency: Applicants may come from the United States or abroad if they can lawfully travel to the program; no citizenship restriction is published; Requirement: Select the trek and its age/gender band: Prairie14-16 young men; Turquoise14-18 young women; Wild Country13-15; Mountain Desert16-18; Paleontology14-18.; Requirement: Confirm selected trek physical, consent, payment and travel terms.; Exclusion: Applicants outside a selected trek's age band; Exclusion: Applicants who cannot participate safely in the trek's essential physical and community activities with available supports; Exclusion: Applicants unable to attend the full residential dates; Exclusion: Applicants seeking a gender-specific Prairie or Turquoise placement who do not fit that trek's published grouping | Requirement: Meet the grade, instrument or voice, experience, and audition requirements of the specific camp; Requirement: Music Day Camp used entering-grade 2-5 and 6-8 groupings and required age-appropriate playing and music-reading experience; Requirement: High-school popular music and jazz vocal programs required grades 9-12 and audio/video samples; Requirement: Music production required a portfolio and suitable prior music/technology experience; Requirement: Bring required personal instruments, music, accessories, and program-specific technology unless Frost confirms an accommodation; Exclusion: No single grade range, audition, instrument, or experience rule applies to the whole portfolio; Exclusion: Housing was available only for nonlocal July participants and was limited; Music Day Camp was a day program; Exclusion: A scholarship application did not guarantee funding or admission |
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| Session dates or duration | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 2–6 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 1–2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | In person | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Nashville, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York | Thoreau, New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, American Southwest and Four Corners | Coral Gables, Florida |
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| Selection and application | Selection: For 2026 the Museum expected approximately 70 Los Angeles, 60 Nashville, 40 Miami and 40 New York campers. Application totals and city- or track-level acceptance rates were not published. Application materials: Career-track samples and a video essay; Los Angeles has additional multi-area requirements. | Selection: Trek acceptance is based on the application and ability to participate fully; Pick Your Price selection does not affect admission. Capacity, fit, health and safety, and financial-aid availability can still limit placement. Application materials: For need-based aid: separate scholarship form, amount requested, household financial information, parent statement, and applicant written statement or video | Selection: Applications and auditions were program-specific; scholarship review considered audition quality and instrumentation need. The portfolio publishes no overall acceptance rate, capacity, or shared rubric. Application materials: Audio or video audition/portfolio matching the selected strand |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-12Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22Source 3 · checked 2026-08-22 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-12Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20Source 5 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21Source 4 · checked 2026-08-21 |
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