This inaugural one-week summer music camp dedicated to middle & high school string students serves children in the Chicago area with the greatest need and fewest resources and culminated at this free community concert on the final day at VanderCook College of Music.

Summer Strings is supported by The Kathy Hutchings Family Foundation and The Natalie Cole Foundation and in-kind support from VanderCook College of Music, Terri Honeycutt, Summer Food Service Program, Illinois State Board of Education, Montrose Deli, and Stix n Brix Pizza.