Discover the art of performance, songwriting, production, engineering and music entrepreneurship at ASU’s Popular Music Program summer camp.

Guided by our world-class faculty and staff, students will have the opportunity to explore their various interests, develop their musicianship, and prepare for studying music at the college level.

Barrett Summer Scholars at the ASU Downtown campus in Phoenix is a week-long residential 2024 summer enrichment program designed for academically talented and motivated students entering 10th grade beginning in Fall 2024.  Participants engage in an honors course and an elective taught by university faculty to prepare them for enrollment and success at Arizona State University and Barrett, the Honors College.

Camp Cronkite is where high school students from across the country come to grow their media skills—and get a taste of college life! Campers leave with real media skills and work to bolster (or kickstart!) their professional portfolios. Students are immersed in a variety of topics and skills within journalism and mass communication including digital journalism, broadcast journalism, sports journalism, digital marketing and so much more.

School of Art Summer Camp- Are you comfortable with sewing machine basics and looking for a way to move beyond the fundamentals? This five-day camp is perfect for students who are looking to further develop their skills in the areas of creation, illustration, and construction. After selecting two to three individualized projects to focus on, students will bring their designs to life using the industry-grade sewing machines in our brand-new Fusion on First fashion studios. Want to learn how to pattern a coat? Sew pockets? Experiment with different fabrics? This is the place to do it!
School of Art Summer Camp- Concept, design, pattern and construct your own tote bag, complete with an interior zipper pocket and personalized leather charm! In this five-day camp, you’ll learn the fundamentals of fashion design—including ideation, research, moodboard creation, sketching, patterning and construction—while using the industrial sewing machines in the brand-new Fusion on First fashion studios. Add functionality through a zipper workshop and learn to work with other materials in our leathercraft workshop!

This annual event is a residential summer enrichment program for academically talented and motivated students entering 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th grade in Fall 2023. Students participate in a Critical Thinking or Human Event course and an elective taught by university faculty or staff to prepare them for enrollment and success at ASU, and Barrett, the Honors College.

Through this immersive program, high school students receive a deep dive into the programs offered at three of ASU’s Phoenix-area campuses – ASU West, ASU Downtown, and ASU Polytechnic. 

Camp Cronkite is where high schoolers from across the country come to grow their media skills—and get a taste of college! Students leave with real media skills and work to bolster (or kickstart!) their professional portfolios.
Join the ASU Popular Music Program for a 3 day songwriting, production and performance intensive open to all levels of experience, instrumentation. Connect and collaborate with other young musicians for an experience that will transform your musicianship and take your skills to the next level. There will be opportunities to work in our state of the art facilities and studios, have your work heard and workshopped, perform each night, and sit in on Masterclasses from visiting industry professionals.
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