Ferrwood Music Camp was always deemed by its founder, "a vacation with a purpose." With that same intention in mind, Ferrwood's Director, staff and faculty strive to provide campers with an unforgettable musical experience during their one or two-week stay at the camp. Ferrwood is a place where new friendships are not only cultivated, but also continue to blossom and mature with age. Campers not only form bonds with one another, but also with their staff and faculty. To be a camper is to be a sponge for five or ten days, absorbing the instruction, material, atmosphere, and splendor only a place like Ferrwood could hope to offer in such little time. To be a teacher, a counselor, or a volunteer is to be a mentor, coach and role model to an age range from seven to eighteen. It provides campers and staff alike with unforgettable experiences and invaluable training. No doubt about it, the mystique lives on and continues to draw scores of campers, young and old, new and returning, each summer. Those who work for the camp do not view the position to be 'just another summer job' or a job they could take or leave. Instead, applicants beg to be rehired year to year, solely due to a newfound love of the experience in its entirety from Sunday afternoon through Friday evening. It is a place where campers not only learn how to better themselves as musicians, but also where campers learn how to better themselves as people through the art of music making.