MusicMakers! Inc., has served over 2,500 students since 1998. Of these, an estimated 600+ have gone on to study music privately &/or participate in school music programs. More than 250 past campers have participated in local & state Honors Ensembles &/or All-State Groups. About 40 past campers are now music teachers or music education majors; lawyers, engineers, pre-med students, or architects, & around a dozen have been accepted into or graduated from Ivy League schools.
MusicMakers! has been featured in the City of Coral Springs Summer Fun Guide (go to www.coralsprings.org to download a copy of the latest SummerFun Guide), the Coral Springs Forum & the Sun Sentinel Newspaper, & is highly renowned by parents & music educators in the South Florida area. In 2022, MusicMakers! was one of 15 companies nationwide to make the shortlist for a $25,000 Amazon Small Business Grant.
A unique music laboratory pilot program, MusicMakers! has premiered several original compositions by local composers including Don Hicks and Caryl Ginsberg Fantel, & highlighted local youth music talent such as “Sons of My-Stro” at finale shows. Gifted students are challenged through creative compositional activities. Hundreds of past campers now serve in leadership roles in their school music programs across South Florida. Director Nicole M. Greggs is a National Board Certified Teacher in Elementary/Middle Childhood Music, a 2006 Broward County Teacher of the Year Finalist, and was the 2008 Broward County Arts Teacher of the Year. She is also former Professor of Elementary Music Education at Florida Atlantic University.
Camp Honors
- 2022 National Grand Prize Winner of the Amazon Business Small Business Grant (1 of 15 nationwide)
- 2010 Nominee of the Morretti Award
- Sun Sentinel Community News Article July 2007
Videos– check out our MusicMakers! Summer Camp YouTube Channel!
MusicMakers! Wall of Fame
Spring 2014- Present:
- MusicMakers! Alumnus Hunter Greggs graduated from UCF with a degree in Health Sciences in May 2023 and will begin chiropractic school in July 2023.
- MusicMakers! Alumnus Natalie Pendas is attending Louisiana State University studying Vocal Performance. She received her Bachelor of Vocal Performance degree from North Carolina School of the Arts in Spring 2021 and will receive her Master of Vocal Performance Degree in May 2023. Marissa Pendas is currently a pre-med student at the University of Alabama.
- MusicMakers! Alumnus Racquel Goldman, aka Racquel Goldy, is currently Marketing Manager at Helix Publicity, and was previously a representative of Florida Panthers and Y100 MIAMI. She co-hosts a new podcast titled Millennial Girls.” Marissa Goldman is a student of Magill University in Montreal, Canada.
I know there are more of you out there doing great things… email to let us know! It’s musicmakerscamp@aol.com!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nicole