Summer Music Academy

GMG Academy of the Arts, now presented online as The Young Musician's University (YMU), is a Columbia, South Carolina music school serving students ages 4 to 18. The academy offers online live, in-person and self-paced classes, providing students the opportunity to explore creativity and learn through the arts in what it describes as a creative, challenging and nurturing environment. Instruction spans piano, voice, drums, guitar, media and studio recording, and the organization also runs an after-school program alongside its summer offerings. Its Summer Music Academy places students in bands, where they choose a band name and repertoire and perform live multiple times over the course of the program, building musical skill and self-confidence. Specific 2026 session dates and tuition were not published on the site at the time of review.