16 February 18, 2026
CAMP & ENRICHMENT GUIDE
Special Advertising Section
winter/spring 2026
Camp
and
Enrichment
guide
2026 OAK PARK SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Summer Camp
Camp Sessions SPRING BREAK CAMP: STAGE READY! (3/30-4/3) SUMMER WEEK #1: MUSICAL THEATER Camp (6/15-6/19) SUMMER WEEK #2: K-POP Camp (6/22-6/26) SUMMER WEEK #3: MUSIC EXPLORERS Camp (PREK-2nd; 6/29-7/2) SUMMER WEEK #4: PIANO & VOICE Camp (7/6-7/10) SUMMER WEEK #5: WORLD OF MUSIC Camp (7/13-7/17) SUMMER WEEK #6: AUDIO ENGINEERS JR. Camp (7/20-7/24) SUMMER WEEK #7: SOUND STORIES Camp (7/27-7/31) SUMMER WEEK #8: BAND TOGETHER Camp (8/3-8/7) SUMMER WEEK #9: For more information visit K-POP Camp (8/10-8/14) www.oakparkmusic.com/camps All classes from $120.00
Oak Park School of Music • 844 Madison Street • Oak Park • 708-622-8147
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What It Means to Be a Lifelong Musician
ave you ever wondered what would have happened if you didn’t quit lessons as a child? Which instrument would you still play? Which songs would you enjoy, and who would you play them for? So many adults carry a nostalgia for the music they once knew—or never quite learned.
imagination. And when we play it, listen to it, or simply let it move through us, we also receive real emotional, psychological, and physiological benefits. Music transcends language, age, and even time, because it lives on past us, carried forward in every life we touch along our own musical journey.
Studies show that music serves a purpose in life far greater than the music itself. It challenges us to develop discipline, resilience, perseverance, patience, selfawareness, collaboration, and
At Oak Park School of Music, we hope to foster lifelong musicians who find a love of music for music itself— and for the life lessons it offers each of us, and everyone whose lives we touch along the way.