Introducing TC Phil Orff Camp 2025, a week-long summer music camp filled with exploration, improvisation, and creation. The Orff Approach (https://aosa.org/about/what-is-orff-schulwerk/) is a child-centered, play-based approach which utilizes singing, playing instruments, movement, and drama to deepen a person's relationship to music, opening doors to creativity and expression reaching far beyond the music classroom.  Each day, students will sing together, play drums, xylophones and small percussion, move and dance, and engage in storytelling and dramatic play. Join us as we spend a week playing and making music together! 

June 23 - 27, 2025

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at the Traverse City Philharmonic Center. 

Join us for a final "informance" on Friday, June 27 at 11:30 am. 

Jennifer Ludwig, violist, music teacher and northern Michigan native, grew up in Interlochen as the daughter of two music teachers. She began playing the violin at age three, attended Interlochen Arts Camp for many years and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 1998. After earning an undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and a Master's Degree in Viola Performance from the Universite de Montreal, she taught music at Cedar Crest Academy in Clarkston, MI, earning her Orff Certification in 2016.  Returning to northern MI in 2018, she now lives in Traverse City with her family and teaches music to students from ages 3 to 14 at The Pathfinder School.   

Introducing TC Phil Orff Camp 2025, a week-long summer music camp filled with exploration, improvisation, and creation. The Orff Approach (https://aosa.org/about/what-is-orff-schulwerk/) is a child-centered, play-based approach which utilizes singing, playing instruments, movement, and drama to deepen a person's relationship to music, opening doors to creativity and expression reaching far beyond the music classroom.  Each day, students will sing together, play drums, xylophones and small percussion, move and dance, and engage in storytelling and dramatic play. Join us as we spend a week playing and making music together! 

June 23 - 27, 2025

Monday - Friday, 1:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Traverse City Philharmonic Center. 

Join us for a final "informance" on Friday, June 27 at 3:30 pm. 

Jennifer Ludwig, violist, music teacher and northern Michigan native, grew up in Interlochen as the daughter of two music teachers. She began playing the violin at age three, attended Interlochen Arts Camp for many years and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 1998. After earning an undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and a Master's Degree in Viola Performance from the Universite de Montreal, she taught music at Cedar Crest Academy in Clarkston, MI, earning her Orff Certification in 2016.  Returning to northern MI in 2018, she now lives in Traverse City with her family and teaches music to students from ages 3 to 14 at The Pathfinder School.