TCU Band Camp
High School & Middle School Band Camps
Middle School Music Experience: June 12–13, 2026
High School Music, Leadership and Color Guard Experience: June 15–18, 2026
Now there’s no reason to attend separate leadership and music camps—TCU’s comprehensive High School Music and Leadership Experience gives students a combined camp setting that will prepare them for success in marching band leadership as well as concert band, solo, and chamber music.
New this year is our Color Guard Experience. This camp will focus on performance, technique and leadership skills for high school color guard members and leaders.
TCU continues the fourth year of our Middle School Music Experience focusing on both ensemble and music enrichment in a fun camp setting for students entering 6th-8th grade who have at least one year of instrumental experience in a scholastic setting.
For more information, contact:
TCU Middle School Music Experience: June 12 – 13, 2026
TCU High School Music, Leadership, and Color Guard Experience: June 15 – 18, 2026
Music & Leadership Experience Faculty
Camp Director
Brian Youngblood, TCU Associate Director of Bands
Artistic Director
Bobby R. Francis, TCU Director of Bands
Color Guard Instructor
Victor Mooney, TCU Color Guard Instructor
Masterclass/Sectional Instructors
TCU Applied Studio Faculty
Camp Activities and Coordination
Lauren Jones, Colleyville Middle School and Nick Vandenbush, Marcus High School
The high school camp is open to all band and color guard students entering grades 9-12 in the Fall of 2026.
Music & Leadership Track
High school students will be involved in large ensemble rehearsals, leadership training sessions, master classes and sectionals, all of which will be taught by TCU faculty or TCU alumni.
Drum Major Only Track
This specialized leadership program will be focused only on drum major skills-these students will not participate in the other music aspects of the camp. The drum major track will offer curriculum needed to train drum majors to successfully lead their band: conducting, vocal commands and leadership sessions.
Color Guard Track
Our color guard camp will focus on all aspects of high school color guard. Students will learn technique and performance skills plus they will participate in leaderships training sessions. This camp will be taught by the TCU color guard staff.
Camp Tuition
- High School Residential Camp: $650.00
- High School Commuter Camp: $375.00
- High School All State Residential: $375.00
- High School All State Commuter: Full Tuition Scholarship
- Tuition is all inclusive including meals, parking and a t-shirt. Residential campers will be staying in the TCU dorms.
- Registrations after May 12 will be accessed a $100.00 late registration fee.
The middle school camp is open to all band students entering grades 6-8 in the Fall of 2026 who have played on their instrument for at least one year in an academic setting.
Music School Music Experience
Middle school students will be involved in large ensemble rehearsal, sectionals and music electives-all of which will be taught by TCU Faculty and TCU Music Education Students.
Camp Tuition
- Middle School Camp: $225.00
- Tuition is all inclusive including meals (lunch and dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday) and a t-shirt. Please note that the middle school camp is commuter only.
- Registrations after May 12 will be accessed a $100.00 late registration fee.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
In the event that you have to cancel your registration , submit written notification
to band@tcu.edu with “Band Camp Enrollment Cancellation: in the subject line.
Cancellation requests received in writing by June 1, 2026 will be eligible for a partial
refund. There will be a $100.00 cancellation fee for the high school camp and $50.00
for the middle school camp. Due to commitments to faculty and facility arrangements,
participants who withdraw after June 1, 2026 will forfeit all fees.
No refund can be made if the participant is suspended, dismissed or leaves the university
without formally withdrawing nor can any prorated reduction be made for temporary
absence from the camp. There are no refunds to “no shows.”
Registrations after May 12 will be accessed a $100.00 late registration fee.
Band Camp Forms
Required forms will be posted in May 2026.
Waiting List
Waiting lists are available after camp is full and are maintained in the order they are received based. Parents must request that their name be placed on the waiting list and will be contacted if space becomes available.
Camp Information Packets/Tentative Camp Schedule
Coming soon.
Publicity Waiver
Unless notified otherwise, enrollment indicated that students and/or parents of students grant permission for use of any visual record of students or their performance for recordings and publicity purposes.
Band Camp Audition Music – High School and Middle School
Required forms will be posted in May 2026.