Pre-college students who play strings, piano, brass, woodwinds or percussion live in residence at the camp, study music with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and perform concerts for eights weeks of the summer.

Additionally, LMC hosts a summer chamber music festival with performances by faculty members and guest artists.

The camp was purchased in 1980 by Bert Phillips, Philadelphia Orchestra cellist and his wife, Toby Blumenthal, Steinway artist and pianist.

The camp is now the home of the Lake Luzerne Music Camp.Phillips and Blumenthal served together as executive directors of LMC from 1980 until Phillips died in 2008.

Blumenthal continued to serve as executive director until 2010, when Elizabeth Pitcairn, violinist and alumna of Luzerne Music Center, was named as successor.