VAPA Foundation

This Mariachi camp for Continuing Mariachi Violin, Guitar, and Trumpet Players is open to all students who just finished 7th or 8th grade during the 2025-2026 school year at a San Diego Unified School District school. A valid student ID number is required for final enrollment.

About our Program:

If you have some experience with violin, trumpet, or guitar and a curiosity for Mariachi this camp is for you! Whether you know a little or even a lot, there’s room here for everyone. Your kind, experienced teacher will teach songs, chords, bass lines, scales, and riffs to enrich your playing, and you will be able to jam, and play complementary musical parts together. We please ask that you bring your own instruments, checked out for the summer from your school's music department.

While all students are welcome to sign up, please note that the activities involve listening skills, focus, patience, cooperation, collaboration, and full participation. Physically, being able to sit in a chair, hold, and strum an instrument, and successfully move and bend the individual fingers on one hand. Reading and writing are also involved as students will be learning and creating lyrics, chord charts, and tablature or musical notation. If physical or visual accommodations are needed, please indicate this when you enroll. If you are unsure of your child's ability to safely and comfortably engage in these activities, please contact us in advance so we can help determine whether this camp will be a good fit or discuss possible accommodations.

Schedule:

• This 4-week camp runs weekdays from June 8 to July 2.
• Camp will be off Friday June 19th and Friday July 3rd for holidays.
• Student check in will be from 8:30am-9:00am, and student pick up/dismissal will be at 11:30am.
• Camp instruction will be from 9:00am-11:30 am.
  

This camp is a collaboration of VAPA Foundation, City Heights Music School, and SDUSD.