Summer Music Festivals

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American Institute of Musical Studies - AIMS, Graz, Austria
The longest running summer music institute of its kind in Europe. (since 1969)
For: serious college singers up to semi-professional and young professional singer level. German Lieder, Opera, voice lessons, coachings, German language- grammar and diction study, diction for all singing languages.
Addidtionally, For: pianists and orchestral musicians. piano: lessons, coachings, collaborative studies. Orchestra: 75 piece full symphony orchestra, performing 4 to 5 concerts. All instruments wanted. Advanced players. Contact  Andrea Huber, Artistic Director
[Dr. Thomas King, of APSU, was the Artistic Director from 2003-2010 and is now emeritus director and on the board of directors.]

Aspen Music Festival, CO
Instrumental/Orchestral, Opera, Solo Piano, Collaborative Piano, Conducting, Composition, Contemporary Ensemble, Advanced Quartet Studies, Classical Guitar, Audio Recording

The Atlantic Music Festival, NY
Composition, Conducting, Instrumental (for Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, and Harp), Opera, Piano, Strings

Berkshire Choral Festival, MA
Choir 

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, MI
Band, Choir, Orchestra, Piano, Composition, Harp, Jazz, Suzuki, Chamber Music, Falcone Euphonium & Tuba Festival

Bowdoin International Music Festival, ME
Piano, Strings, Harp, Guitar, Woodwinds, Percussion, Chamber Music, Composition 

Brevard Music Festival, NC
Piano, Orchestral Studies, Saxophone, Composition, Opera

Domaine Forget, Quebec
Chamber Music, Brass, Voice, Woodwinds, Guitar, Dance, Strings, New Music, Choir, Jazz, Soundtrack Composition, Jazz Singing

Franz-Schubert-Institut Baden bei Wien, Austria
Poetry and Performance of the German Lied. Very intensive study of German Lieder, for serious students, coachings, German language, etc.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, VT
Piano, Strings, Chamber Music, Master Classes 

Illinois Chamber Music Festival, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
for Strings, Piano, Harp and Winds 

Intensive Strings Program of Orvieto Musica, Italy
Orvieto Musica, founded in 1994, is a 3-week intensive chamber music festival in Umbria, limited to a select group of 8 string players, 2 pianists, and 8 singers. The program includes daily coachings, master classes, numerous performances in historic venues, advanced language study, and the opportunity to be immersed in small town Italian culture. 

Kent Blossom Music Festival , OH
Chamber Music, Orchestral Studies, Master Classes (Strings, Woodwinds/Horn, Piano)

Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, ME
Chamber Music - Piano and Strings

Marrowstone Music Festival, WA
Orchestra, Chamber Music, Master Classes, Piano

Middlebury College German for Singers and Vocal Coaches, VT
Very intensive, pledge to speak only German during the course, German Lied, opera workshop, German cultural history, master classes. Contact Bettina Matthias, Director.

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, CT
Chamber Music: Strings, Piano, Woodwinds, Brass; Preformed groups: Piano Trio, String Quartet, Woodwind Quintet, Brass Quintet
New Music Workshop - Composers and Instrumentalists
Chamber Choir and Choral Conducting - Advanced Singers and Choral Conductors

Opera on the Avalon, Newfoundland
Opera, Collaborative Piano 

Orford Arts Centre, Quebec
Academy Orchestra, String Quartet, Viola Institute, Woodwind Octet, Brass Ensembles, Piano, Collaboraive Piano, Voice, Percussion Workshop, Baroque Vocal Workshop

Pine Mountain Music Festival, MI
Resident Opera Artist Program, Resident Chamber Musician Program (select years) 

Rocky Ridge Music Center, CO
Orchestra, Piano, Composition, Voice, Early Music

Sarasota Music Festival, FL
Chamber Music (Strings, Woodwinds, Horn), Orchestra, Master Classes, Piano

Scotia Festival of Music, Halifax, NS, Canada

Free (Full-Scholarship) Music Festivals

Colorado College Summer Music FestivalOrchestra, Chamber Music, Piano, Master Classes

Manchester Music Festival, VT
Chamber Music, Strings (violin, viola, cello), Piano 

Music Academy of the West, CA
Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Harp, Solo Piano, Collaborative Piano, Voice, Vocal Piano, Orchestra, Chamber Music

Round Top International Festival-Institute, TX
Orchestra - Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Harp, Piano; Chamber Music, Master Classes  

Tanglewood Music Center, MA
Instrumental and Orchestral Studies - Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Harp
Vocal Arts, Conducting, Composition, Collaborative Piano (Vocal and Instrumental), Chamber Music, Audio Engineering