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Summer Music Festivals

AGBU Musical Armenia Program
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-May
Approximate Festival Dates: mid to late-July (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,500

AIMS (American Institute of Music Studies)
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-March
Approximate Festival Dates: early-July to mid-August (six weeks)
Application Fee: $250 + $45 (vocal and piano), $45 (orchestra)
Approximate Overall Cost: $6,695 (vocal and piano), free w/ contract (orchestra)

AlpenKammerMusik Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: mid to late-July (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,600

American Bach Soloists Academy
Approximate Application Deadline: late-February
Approximate Festival Dates: late-July to mid-August (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $35
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Annie Moses Summer Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-May
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-July (1 week)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,350

Apple Hill Summer Chamber Music Workshop
Approximate Application Deadline: early-May
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to mid-August (five 10-day sessions)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,800 (one session), $3,400 (two sessions)

Aria International Summer Academy
Approximate Application Deadline: early-April
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-August(three 2 week sessions)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,975 (per session)

Aspen
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-October (voice), mid-November (composition and conducting), early-January (instrumental)
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to mid-August (7 weeks)
Application Fee: $25 (before Oct. 1st), $60 (Oct. 2nd-Dec. 1st), $125 (Dec. 2nd-Jan. 2nd)
Approximate Overall Cost: $9,375 (full), $6,265 (half)

Atlantic Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to late-July (4 weeks)
Application Fee: $95 (by mid-January), $120 (by deadline)
Approximate Overall Cost: $4,650 (full), $2,740 (half), Free (fellowship)

Banff
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Bang on a Can Summer Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-January
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-July to early-August (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $40
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,900

Bay View Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early March (winds and strings), early April (brass)
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to mid-August (two 4-week sessions)
Application Fee: $28 (by Feb. 1st), $35 (Feb. 2nd-March 1st)
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,950 (8-week), $1,550 (4-week)

Berklee Summer Programs
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Blackburn (Festival Napa Valley)
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: early to late-July (2 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: Free

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: late-August (1 week)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: $320

Bowdoin
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-January and later
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-August (two 3 week sessions)
Application Fee: $79 (by January 21st), $149 (after January 21st)
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,800 (3 weeks), $6,850 (6 weeks)

Brevard
Approximate Application Deadline:  early-January (opera), early-February (instrumental)
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to early-August (8 weeks)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $7,200

Butler University Adult Big Band Workshop
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June (1 week)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $250

Cabrillo Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-July (1 week)
Application Fee: $6
Approximate Overall Cost: Free

CCM Summer Programs
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

CCPA Programs (Chicago Center of Performing Arts)
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies (early-June to late-July)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies ($275-$450)

Cellospeak
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-May
Approximate Festival Dates: late-July to early-August (two 1-week sessions)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,325 (one session), $2,550 (both sessions)

Chautauqua Institution
Approximate Application Deadline: early-October (voice), early-February (instrumental), early-March (piano)
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to mid-August (7 weeks)
Application Fee: $55
Approximate Overall Cost: $4,375

Classical Music Festival Eisenstaedt
Approximate Application Deadline: early-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-August (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $50 (by Feb 1st), $100 (after Feb 1st)
Approximate Overall Cost: $795 (orchestra), $1,450 (chorus)

College Light Opera Company (CLOC)
Approximate Application Deadline: mid to late-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to late-August (2 months)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Colorado Summer Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to late-June (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $200

Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to mid-June(2 weeks)
Application Fee: $35
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,400

Credo
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July(3 weeks)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,910

Curtis Summerfest
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-January
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-July to early-August (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $65
Approximate Overall Cost: $5,150

Decoda
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: mid to-late July (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $60
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,804

Domaine Forget
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Druid City Opera Workshop
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late May (1 week)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,300

Eastern Music Festival (EMF)
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to late-July (5 weeks)
Application Fee: $35 (before January 1st), $70 (after January 1st)
Approximate Overall Cost: $5,500

Euro Arts
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-July to mid-August (5 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

European American Music Alliance
Approximate Application Deadline: early-April
Approximate Festival Dates: early to late-July(5 weeks)
Application Fee: $90
Approximate Overall Cost: $4,435

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

FOOSA
Approximate Application Deadline: early March
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,850

Franz Schubert Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-April
Approximate Festival Dates: late-July to early-August(1 week)
Application Fee: $100
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,915

Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Shouse Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: early-December
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to mid-June (2 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

The Heifetz Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: early-February
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to mid-August (6 weeks)
Application Fee: $135
Approximate Overall Cost: $6,205

Hot Springs Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: late-March
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-June (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $100
Approximate Overall Cost: $750

Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to mid-July(3 weeks)
Application Fee: $60
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,700

IES Vienna Summer Music Program
Approximate Application Deadline: early-April
Approximate Festival Dates: late-May to early-July (6 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: $7,650

Interharmony
Approximate Application Deadline: early-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July or mid to late-July (Italy), late-July to mid-August (Germany) (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $60
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,150

Intermuse
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July(2 weeks)
Application Fee: $70
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,999

International Academy of Music
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-July (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $100
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,500

Kendall Betts Horn Camp
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-May to mid-June (1 to 3 week sessions)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,995 (1 week), $3,990 (2 weeks),$5,985 (3 weeks)

Kent Blossom Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-August (5 weeks)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,600

Killington Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to late-July(4-weeks)
Application Fee: $95
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,995

Kinhaven Young Artist Seminar
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June (1 week)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Kneisel Hall
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to mid-August (7 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Kutztown Summer Chamber Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-April
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July (1 week)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $850

Lake City Violin Intensive
Approximate Application Deadline: early-April
Approximate Festival Dates: late-July to early-August (1 week)
Application Fee: $60
Approximate Overall Cost: $250

Lake Placid Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-August (1 week)
Application Fee: $100
Approximate Overall Cost: $800

Madeleine Island
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-April
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-June (1 week)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $975

Marrowstone
Approximate Application Deadline: late-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-July to early-August (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $65
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,900

MasterWorks Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-March
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to mid-July (4 weeks)
Application Fee: $30
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,900

Meadowmount School of Music
Approximate Application Deadline: late-January
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to mid-August (7 weeks)
Application Fee: $110
Approximate Overall Cost: $7,500

Miami Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to mid-July (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $35
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,750

Monteux School and Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-December
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to late-July (6 weeks)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,500

Music Academy of the West
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to early-August (8 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: Free

Music House International
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-April
Approximate Festival Dates: mid to late-June (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $25
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,500

Narnia Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-June
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-July to early-August (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $160
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

National Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-June (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $35 (before mid-February), $60 (after mid-February)
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,000

National Orchestral Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: late-May to late-June (5 weeks)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,050

National Repertory Orchestra
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to late-July (8 weeks)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

New England Conservatory Summer Programs
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-August (chamber music) (6 weeks), mid to late-June (new music) (2 weeks), mid-August (choir and choral conducting) (1 week)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Oberlin in Italy
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: NA
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Oberlin Summer Programs
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Ohio Light Opera
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-May to mid-August (10 weeks)
Application Fee: $40
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Orford Music
Approximate Application Deadline: early-April
Approximate Festival Dates: NA
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Orvieto Musica
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: NA
Application Fee: $45
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Pacific Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-January
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-August (5 weeks)
Application Fee: $30
Approximate Overall Cost: Free

Pacific Region International Music Academy (PRISMA)
Approximate Application Deadline: late-February
Approximate Festival Dates: mid to late-June (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $880

Performing Arts Abroad
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Perlman Music Program
Approximate Application Deadline: early-February
Approximate Festival Dates: late-May to mid-June (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $95
Approximate Overall Cost: $500

Philadelphia International Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Rafael Mendez Brass Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: early-April
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July (1 week)
Application Fee: $35
Approximate Overall Cost: $885

Rocky Ridge Music Center
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to mid-July (4 weeks)
Application Fee: $85
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,925

The Rome Festival Orchestra
Approximate Application Deadline: late-January
Approximate Festival Dates: NA
Application Fee: $39
Approximate Overall Cost: $4,994

Round Top
Approximate Application Deadline: late-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to mid-July (6 weeks)
Application Fee: $80
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,000

Sarasota Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-February
Approximate Festival Dates: early to late-June (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $95
Approximate Overall Cost: $865

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: NA
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Sewanee
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-June to mid-July (4 weeks)
Application Fee: $60
Approximate Overall Cost: $5,425

Snow Pond Music Festival (SPMF)
Approximate Application Deadline: late-March
Approximate Festival Dates: early to late-June (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $100
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,995

Summer at Eastman
Approximate Application Deadline: Varies
Approximate Festival Dates: Varies
Application Fee: Varies
Approximate Overall Cost: Varies

Summit Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: early-May
Approximate Festival Dates: late-July to early-August (3 weeks)
Application Fee: $125
Approximate Overall Cost: $3,800

Tanglewood
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to late-August (9 weeks)
Application Fee: $75
Approximate Overall Cost: $250

Taos School of Music
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: early-June to early-August (8 weeks)
Application Fee: $70
Approximate Overall Cost: $600

Texas Music Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: late-May to late-June (4 weeks)
Application Fee: $80
Approximate Overall Cost: $500

Torggler Vocal Institute
Approximate Application Deadline: early-April
Approximate Festival Dates: mid to late-June (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $30
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,250

UNCSA Alexander Technique Workshop
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-June
Approximate Festival Dates: mid-July (1 week)
Application Fee: None
Approximate Overall Cost: $1,710

The University of British Columbia Summer Voice Workshop
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-May
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July (2 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,600

Verbier
Approximate Application Deadline: late-January
Approximate Festival Dates: early-July to early-August (5 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: Free

VSO Institute (Vancouver Symphony)
Approximate Application Deadline: early-March
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-July (1 week)
Application Fee: $38
Approximate Overall Cost: $982

Yellow Barn
Approximate Application Deadline: mid-January
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-August (5 weeks)
Application Fee: $80
Approximate Overall Cost: Free

Youth Orchestra of the Americas
Approximate Application Deadline: NA
Approximate Festival Dates: late-June to early-August (5 weeks)
Application Fee: NA
Approximate Overall Cost: NA

Zodiac Music Academy and Festival
Approximate Application Deadline: late-April
Approximate Festival Dates: early to mid-July (2 weeks)
Application Fee: $50
Approximate Overall Cost: $2,500