The 26th annual CBA Summer Music Camp
Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California.
JUNE 14 – 17, 2026
Registration now open
The California Bluegrass Association’s Summer Music Camp is for advanced-beginners and intermediate players who want to improve their instrumental or vocal skills and work on jamming with others.
Camp starts on Sunday with check-in, casual jams, and introductory classes and continues into the evening with a camp tour, dinner, instructor introductions, a first-night square dance… and more jamming!
Monday through Wednesday consist of intensive class sessions and elective classes and workshops on a wide range of topics. Evening activities include instructor and student concerts, Old-time dances, and… more jamming!
The camp concludes on Wednesday evening with a post-camp/pre- Father’s Day Festival concert.
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Daily Electives
Every day you’ll be able to choose from an amazing set of elective classes like these:
Harmony Singing for Beginners
Curious about jumping into harmony singing but not sure where to start? Ryan and Michaela will demystify the traditional bluegrass and Americana sound of duet harmony and get you confidently singing alongside others, while having a ton of fun in the process! We’ll explore what makes bluegrass harmony distinct and practice building duet parts in real time while someone else holds down the melody. Along the way, we’ll unpack some of the simple, practical music theory behind why harmony works the way it does, but applied in a way that makes it intuitive and natural.
Each session will also include vocal technique tips to improve tone, pitch accuracy, and projection, plus hands-on strategies for blending with your singing partners. Because this class is offered during the elective portion of the day, you can drop in for one, two, or all three days. If you’re focused on an instrument in the morning intensives but ready to add a progressive vocal curriculum to your CBA camp experience, then join us each day ready to sing, laugh, and find your duet harmony voice.
Swing guitar for folk and Bluegrass guitar players
How to get that swing feel and play those spicy closed position chords with all these numbers and symbols. We’ll look at standard Swing progressions, turn-arounds, common jam tunes, and, most importantly, how to play with other musicians. Taught by Olivier Zyngier.
Register Online here
Adam Roszkiewicz
CBA Summer Music Camp Director
Adam Roszkiewicz is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist and composer from the west coast of the United States. Specializing in Folk, Americana, and Classical Crossover genres he has played with the Modern Mandolin Quartet, Front Country, Small Town Therapy, the Ger Mandolin Orchestra, and many others. Adam has performed at music festivals around the world including: Merle Fest, Grey Fox, Bristol Rhythm and Roots, Rockygrass, Telluride, the La Roche bluegrass festival in France, the Didmartin bluegrass festival in England, the Blue Highways festival in Utrecht, Holland, the Singer Festival in Warsaw, Poland and the Hardly-Strictly-Bluegrass festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. In 2013 Adam received a Grammy nomination for his work with the Modern Mandolin Quartet.
Adam also received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of music. In addition to extensive performing experience, Adam is also an active music instructor having spent over 15 years teaching at music camps, giving private lessons, group classes, and workshops on guitar, mandolin, banjo, and composition.
Registration
Registration for Summer Music Camp opens February 1st! Please note that some classes fill up on the first day. The class you want may not fill up in the first day or two, but why take chances? For best choice of classes, early online registration is strongly advised!
Classes, Electives, and Jams
This year’s Summer Music Camp Faculty lineup and classes have been announced!
Camping and Meals
Camping is included at no additional charge.
Meal tickets for delicious catered meals will be available and cover 3 meals a day including the ever-popular after-camp lasagna meal! There are vegetarian options.
For Kids
While classes are geared toward adults, we offer a special program called FunGrass for children or siblings of campers who are not yet ready for camp classes, but are interested in music, arts and crafts, and fun!
Packing List
- Your instrument(s). Don’t forget capos, picks, spare strings, etc. The camp store will have accessories, but they might not have your particular favorites.
- A tuner!
- Clothing for hot days, warm or cool nights–be sure to include hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen. We say this, though we occasionally have an unseasonably cool year, which requires a whole different wardrobe, so check the weather forecast for Grass Valley. But it’s usually very pleasant.
- If you’re tent camping, bring camping supplies (tent, sleeping bag, etc). A nice level camping space under the pines, drinking water, bathrooms, and showers with limited supplies of hot water are provided. There are no picnic tables at the sites or BBQs. So a camp table will be helpful, and a camp stool for jamming is nice. Also, you can bring a comfortable chair for the evening concerts.
- To help conserve resources, please bring a travel mug for drinks and a refillable water bottle.
- For classes, a notebook and pen, battery-powered recording device (cell phone?), and extra batteries are very helpful and in some classes essential.
- A cushion for your chair if you’re into comfort.
- Earplugs if you’re a light sleeper.
- Flashlight or headlamp.
- If you have a large or heavy instrument, you may want to consider bringing a wheeled carrier for making travel to classes easier. Lightweight, easy-carry gig bags are good for the same reason.
- You may like to have something soft to stand on if you’re a bass player and get tired feet standing on cement floors.
- Bring a yoga mat if you have one and want to attend the yoga classes.
- Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc.
- And don’t forget your dancing shoes!
- Pets – Although some kinds of pets are allowed in the campground and in RVs, no pets are allowed in the Fairgrounds during the Music Camp or the Fathers Day Festival.
- Bicycles – Bicycles are not allowed in the Fairgrounds during the Music Camp (or the Fathers Day Festival).
- Loud electric instruments
- Illegal drugs or firearms.
Adam Roszkiewicz is a Grammy nominated mulit-instrumentalist and composer from the west coast of the United States. Specializing in Folk, Americana, and Classical Crossover genres he has played with the Modern Mandolin Quartet, Front Country, Small Town Therapy, the Ger Mandolin Orchestra, and many others. Adam has performed at music festivals around the world including: Merle Fest, Grey Fox, Bristol Rhythm and Roots, Rockygrass, Telluride, the La Roche bluegrass festival in France, the Didmartin bluegrass festival in England, the Blue Highways festival in Utrecht, Holland, the Singer Festival in Warsaw, Poland and the Hardly-Strictly-Bluegrass festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. In 2013 Adam received a Grammy nomination for his work with the Modern Mandolin Quartet.
Adam also received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of music. In addition to extensive performing experience, Adam is also an active music instructor having spent over 15 years teaching at music camps, giving private lessons, group classes, and workshops on guitar, mandolin, banjo, and composition.