The camp offered workshops with accomplished musicians and attendees performed in dozens of free public concerts during each of the program's two-week sessions.
At the end of its 2015 season, the program's Executive Director, Jungeun Kim, announced the NYSMF board's decision not to reopen the camp in 2016.
[1] The festival has provided venues for young musicians in both classical and jazz genres, which has helped to advance studies.
[2][3] Described by the Warwick Advertiser as one of the world's most prestigious youth music programs, it was attended by Caroline Moore, a trained vocalist in the classical and jazz genres.
[5] Dr. Nathan Warner who as of August 2014 is a professor of music at Lee University had spent eight years as a constructor of classical trumpet and jazz studies at the festival.