Summer Music Clinic

Our highly qualified teachers are chosen for their excellence, diverse perspectives and backgrounds, creativity and care as music educators and are drawn from the Madison area as well as greater Wisconsin and the U.S. Instructors bring their own unique style of teaching and musical experiences to their classes, offering current, wide-ranging opportunities for students.

Experienced and caring counselors are part of what makes Summer Music Clinic so special. Several were campers themselves and know the value of having a friendly and reliable support system while away from home. These supervisors — usually college students or young educators — ensure campus life is fun and safe for all who attend, resulting in a welcoming and inclusive community.

We are pleased to offer full and partial scholarships to students who participate in Summer Music Clinic. Funds available for scholarships are limited and are distributed throughout the months of January-April on a rolling basis. At this time no scholarship assistance is available to international students.

Prior to applying, a student may request a waiver for the application fee in writing to [email protected].

All materials supporting your application for scholarship assistance must be submitted no later than April 1, 2025.

Please visit our financial information page for more information and to review the full scholarship policy.

Scholarship Application Process

Full Scholarship: Available to WI Residents Only

To qualify for a full scholarship you must:

• Receive free or reduced lunch in the state of Wisconsin during the current school year
• Upload a DPI Form to your online program application with your school’s Authorized Representative signature (ex: Food Service Director, Principal, Counselor) and the checkbox verifying your free-reduced lunch status.

Download the DPI form in Spanish or Hmong.

If you don’t qualify for a full scholarship or are not a resident of Wisconsin, you may qualify for a partial scholarship of up to 50% of the tuition cost.

Partial Scholarships:

To qualify for a partial scholarship you must:

• Upload the first page of the 1040 form of the most recent year’s tax return with Social Security numbers redacted to the program application. If extenuating circumstances (i.e. loans, loss of employment) are not reflected on tax return but are impacting your family’s finances, please also submit your financial need story.

Additional information (essay, interview, phone conversation, etc.) may be requested from students and/or families prior to notification of aid.

Notification of Aid

Families will be notified of decisions via email prior to the first tuition payment due date. Badger Precollege is committed to making an allocation of financial aid funds to allow the largest possible number of students to attend our programs. Families will be required to submit their intent to accept financial aid. Failure to do so by the deadline posted in your award letter may result in a loss of partial or full aid award.

Summer Music Clinic and Badger Precollege are guided by values for inclusivity and equity and strive to provide access to any middle or high school musician who wants to participate. We uphold the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s commitment to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion as we seek to create programming that embraces the richness of diversity and the importance of an inclusive community of students, faculty and staff. We strive to increase accessibility to quality precollege programs for ALL students.

Support for international participants

At Badger Precollege, we provide international students with engaging coursework and programming while offering different levels of support to ensure the best experience possible. In addition to the traditional program opportunities, international students have access to:

• A Badger Precollege community manager who will work closely with international students to create a fun and educational atmosphere while in the program. The community manager will be available for students to communicate any ideas, concerns or issues relevant to the programs.
• An orientation session that covers all relevant information for the program and any questions that students or their families may have. It will cover technologies used in the program, what to expect within each synchronous course set up, expectations for the program and work done outside of course time, time zone set up and many other topics.

English proficiency recommendations

To be successful in Summer Music Clinic, we suggest that students demonstrate at least intermediate-level English through a minimum TOEFL score of 80 or IELTS score of 6.5 or Duolingo English Test score of 105. If you do not have a test score available but would like to see if your English is proficient for Summer Music Clinic, you may request a phone or video interview with Summer Music Clinic program staff.