Hilton Head Jazz Camp

Welcome to the website for the Hilton Head Jazz Camp, the premier summer jazz camp located in beautiful Bluffton, South Carolina, only 15 minutes from neighboring Hilton Head and the Atlantic ocean.  Our jazz camp is available to aspiring intermediate and advanced music students ages 14-20 who wish to improve their jazz skills with an immersive study in improvisation, theory, combos, masterclasses, big band and elective courses with our professional faculty.  We are excited to be back again this July with our premier Hilton Head Jazz Camp running daily from 9am-4pm with additional evening performances and activities.

Registration is NOW open for our next camp on July 7-12, 2025 – Sign-up ASAP as a local or overnight student!
We can’t wait to see you at the 2025 Hilton Head Jazz Camp!

Here are a few stand-out features to our camp including:

• Overnight accommodations for out-of-town students with 24/7 supervision and additional evening activities.
• Our artist-in-residence program, which has featured guest artists such as:
  • Nicki Parrott (bassist / vocalist of the Les Paul Trio)
  • Charlton Singleton (Grammy-winning trumpeter of Ranky Tanky)
  • Mark Rapp (SC Ambassador of Jazz / founder of ColaJazz)
  • Aimee Nolte (Renowned jazz pianist / vocalist and YouTube creator with over 200,000 subscribers)
  • Ricardo Ochoa (jazz violinist of the award-winning band Velvet Caravan)
• A seven hour daily schedule with an immersive study in improvisation, theory, combos, masterclasses, big band and elective courses with our professional faculty.
• Financial aid offerings in the form of merit and financial-based scholarships along with automatic discounts for siblings, camp alumni, and honor band students.
• Usage of the full campus and fine arts facilities on campus with 14 diverse spaces including a music technology lab, keyboard lab, various rehearsal spaces and the jazz cafe.
• A mid-week private lunch and masterclass at the Jazz Corner, one of the “top 100 jazz clubs in the world” according to Downbeat magazine.
• Four public performances: A Tuesday evening faculty recital in Celebration Park (7pm), a Thursday evening vocal recital (7pm), Friday evening combo concert (5pm) and Saturday afternoon camp finale (2pm) at the HHCA Performing Arts Center are all part of our camp week. Two complimentary tickets are given for each student for the finale concert.
• In addition to the typical jazz camp offerings, we offer a special jazz orchestral strings program and vocal jazz program as a unique feature of the HHJC.
• 18 full-time professional faculty (an incredible 4:1 faculty to student ratio)
• Fresh chef-prepared daily lunch offerings, included for all students attending the Hilton Head Jazz Camp.

We are proudly part of the Junior Jazz Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, which aims to promote jazz education for the next generation.  In addition to the Junior Jazz Foundation, we are supported by a number of private donors.  If you have any questions or are interested in the supporting the Hilton Head Jazz Camp, contact us, or join our Facebook group.