Fairfax Music Camps

Fairfax Music Camps focuses on kids playing music with other kids, forming bands, learning songs, and learning how to perform. The camps are structured as group performance camps where campers are expected to play an instrument or sing.

• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 10am–1pm, in one-week sessions
• Price: Camps are $425 a week.

Campers must be age 9 or older and have experience playing an instrument or singing, since this is a group performance camp that requires the ability to play an instrument or sing. Summer camps run select weeks in June, July, and August, with 2026 camp weeks scheduled for June 22–26, July 20–24, July 27–31, and August 10–14.

Jeff Miller and Tom Finch serve as camp counselors. Jeff Miller is an experienced professional musician, guitarist, and singer/songwriter who has toured nationally, most notably with local band New Monsoon, and has performed for sold-out crowds at the Fillmore in San Francisco and at venues including Red Rocks in Colorado. He has written, produced, and recorded many studio releases with New Monsoon, The Contribution (featuring members of Railroad Earth, String Cheese Incident, and ALO), and a solo album where he played and recorded all the instruments. Jeff has been teaching guitar and bass in Marin County for over a decade, specializing in teaching young beginner and intermediate musicians, and has been counseling rock band camps and workshops in Fairfax for over 10 years. Tom Finch is a California native and multi-instrumentalist of over thirty years, influenced by rock, blues, and jazz styles, and is a Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame inductee. He has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Canada, and is featured on many albums with groups such as Big Brother & the Holding Co, Jazz Iguanas, and Pamela Parker, as well as leading his own groups. Tom has played with artists including Jefferson Starship, Joan Baez, and Norton Buffalo, among others, and his formal training includes over 10 years of study in music theory, composition, performance, and education at Sonoma State University, College of Marin, and Mills College; he has taught music privately and in school programs for more than 20 years.

Parent testimonials describe kids attending Fairfax Music Camps for multiple summers, practicing nightly at home so their band would not be let down, and performing at the end of camp. One parent reports that their 12-year-old is “shredding” on guitar after doing camps with Jeff and then taking regular lessons with him. Another parent notes that their teen’s band has worked with Jeff for a couple of years and now plays paid gigs, and describes Jeff as combining being “cool” with being a professional who can guide a band.

Last updated June 6, 2026.