The 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp will be one to reinvigorate and rejuvenate. Here is a sneak peek at the sessions that will be offered at the Sweetwater Director Academy this summer!

Richard Floyd– Conducting Intensives

Mike Pote– Harmony Director Intensives

Cheryl Floyd, Matt Stratton, Bryan Crisp– Beginning Band Intensives (Hands on Labs for Teaching Beginners)

John Phillips– Judging Intensives (with Carolina Crown)

Alfred Watkins– Driven by Creativity

Kevin Ford– Inside the Design Process

Michael Gray– Rules for Aesthetic Perfection Made Practical

Matt Stratton– Efficiency in Brass Performance

Greg Bimm– What’s the Score?

Dave Duarte– Building a Successful Jazz Band Program

Richard Saucedo– Getting Your Players In the Moment

Shelley Jagow and Marguerite Wilder– Expression for Beginning and Middle School Band

Cheryl Floyd– You Have to Sound Like What You Are Holding

Courtney Allison Mills– Consistency in Performance

Susan Smith– Small School Success

Gretta Pote– Layered Learning