Keyboard Camp
Monday, June 22nd - Friday, June 26th
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
early drop off from 8:30 am, late pick up until 4:45 pm
Recommended for ages 11-15 with at least one year experience on piano or another keyboard instrument.
Register by June 1, 2026.
Billy Joel wasn’t just the piano man, he played accordion, too. Mozart famously played organ as well as his pianoforte, and Jon Batiste is rarely seen without his melodica. Taking piano lessons can set you up to play dozens of other instruments, probably some you’ve never heard of! Once you understand the piano, instruments like vibraphone, keytar, and calliope will come as second nature. All because these instruments share the same musical interface - a keyboard!
In this week-long camp, students will develop keyboard skills on piano while exploring the wider world of keyboard instruments available to them. Each day will include group music making, hands-on instrument demonstrations, instruction from LAM faculty and guest artists, and the camp will culminate with a multi-instrumental recital. Find more details and a sample camp day HERE.
Following registration, all students will be sent a follow up questionnaire.
$350 per student for 5-days of camp
Financial assistance is available. Click HERE to learn more.
Questions? Email Kent Klarer, Program Director HERE!
Meet your instructor
Stephanie Nilles (she/her)
Pianist composer/arranger and singer/songwriter Stephanie Nilles graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a BM in classical piano performance. She cut her songwriting and improvising teeth in New York City, then hit the road. She’s since performed all over the United States, Canada, and Europe, including at such esteemed chamber music, folk music, and jazz engagements as Stimmen Festival, Festwochen Gmunden, Calgary Folk Festival, the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, and Ingolstadt Jazz Festival, playing music in points as far west as Skagway, Alaska and as far east as Abu Dhabi. She's scored one movie, two silent films, and one radio drama; she's recorded six albums of original music, as well as one album of solo arrangements of the music of jazz behemoth Charles Mingus; and she's shared the stage with Bobby McFerrin, Jonathan Richmond, Judy Collins, and Buckethead.
Following a thirteen-year touring career (and a decade of living in New Orleans), she’s settled in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, where she's on staff as piano accompanist at the University of Louisville and ghostwrites mystery novels.