TOPS Summer Camps for Pianists

The TOPS program is open to young musicians from kindergarten through 12th grade. Students attending the TOPS camps have fun while spending an intensive week developing and enhancing their skills on their instrument, as well as their general musicianship. In addition to exposure to world-class teaching and performing, the camps cultivate an all-around appreciation for the world of classical music and the art forms of our culture. Daily activities include ensemble rehearsals, private, group, duet and chamber music lessons, technique classes, world music, drumming, master classes, music appreciation and music history classes, music theory classes, supervised practice, presentations and performances, entertainment and recreation, and tours of the Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton campus.

Piano Instruction

All camps take place on the Boca Raton Campus of Florida Atlantic University from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Tuition is $250.00 per week plus a $10.00 registration fee. Registration must take place at least one week prior to the beginning of each camp week.

TOPS Keyboard Faculty

Heather Coltman - Director

Dr. Heather Coltman The Founder and Director of Teaching Outstanding PerformerS (TOPS) Piano Camps, Dr. Coltman is committed to enriching the lives of young Floridians through their encounters with the arts. Through her varied performance and teaching activities, she is able to illuminate the importance of music within our world and its value as a means of communication among all people. Currently Chair of the Department of Music at Florida Atlantic University, she is also the Director of Keyboard Studies.



Assistant Directors
Ana Moretto   |   Emmanuel Fergile

Ana Moretto  Emmanuel Ferfile



Piano and Creative Writing Camps
Presented by the Department of Music


Grades 6-12      June 16–20

Grades 6-12      June 23–27

 Grades K-5      July 7–11   

Grades K-5      July 14–18 

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Clockwise from top left: Emmanuel Fergile, Heather Coltman, Irena Kofman, Fedora Horowitz, Andrea Ward, Ines Radulova, and Krisztina Kover

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