Music Festivals for World Music
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CaramoorKatonah NY 10536Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen who built the luxurious Mediterranean-style villa and filled it with their treasures. Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, brin more…
Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey CA 93940The 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival presented by Verizon will take place at the Monterey Fairgrounds, September 18 – 20, 2009 with over 500 artists performing on 9 stages for 3 nights and 2 days of more…
Fairbanks Summer Arts FestivalFairbanks AK 99708Jo Ryman Scott, Fairbanks, and Edward J. Madden, Boston, founded the Festival in April 1980 with the one-week Jazz Festival �80. It was funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Ar more…
Fiddleheads Acoustic Music CampTilton NH 03276Fiddleheads Acoustic Music Camp is for musicians of all levels and ages and offers a weekend of instruction, fun, and community for individuals that play instruments such as fiddle, guitar, mandolin, more…
New Directions Cello FestivalIthaca NY 14850The New Directions Cello Association (NDCA) is a private organization that has created a network for the growing field of alternative and nonclassical cello. The goals of the NDCA are to encourage int more…
2007 PheonixPhest! Amateur Chamber-Music FestivalAnn Arbor MI 48103PhoenixPhest! offers the highest-quality instruction in a supportive atmosphere infused with the joy of making music. It provides a unique opportunity for amateur musicians of all ages to play with more…
Suzuki InstituteMemphis TN 38152-4090The CMS Suzuki program, in existence since 1971, is nationally recognized for its high quality of teaching. The program offers lessons in violin, viola, cello, harp, flute and piano for students three more…
Colorado College Summer Music FestivalColorado Springs CO 80903The Colorado College Summer Music Festival will celebrate its 23rd season in 2007. Full scholarships will be provided to all accepted students for tuition and room and board. The festival brings profe more…
Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic KampsAlcoa TN 37701-1020The On-Line Brochure The Instructors New for 2008 The Kampers Ages The Fees Class Structure The Food Driving Directions Flying Directions Flying With Your more…
InterHarmony International Music FestivalSan Francisco CAThe InterHarmony International Music Festival offers you the opportunity to spend almost six weeks in the United States and Europe studying with an internationally renowned faculty of many well-known more…
LyricafestJamaica Plain MA 2130LYRICAFEST is a two-week intensive chamber music festival, located in Chatham NJ, 45 minutes west of New York City. Five to six string ensembles will be formed from college, graduate and advanced high more…
Sarasota Music FestivalSarasota FL 34236The Sarasota Music Festival has earned a reputation as one of the finest music festivals in the nation. The faculty, gifted as both musicians and teachers, attracts more than 400 student applicants, o more…
International Festival, Institute at Round TopRound Top TX 78954-0089The International Festival-Institute at Round Top offers six weeks (no absence is permitted) of intensive training for young talented musicians (18 years of age and over) seeking a transition from con more…
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music FestivalBlue Hill ME 4614A summer at Kneisel Hall represents a significant opportunity to study with distinguished faculty and celebrated guest artists in an environment particularly well suited for the serious student of cha more…
Orvieto MusicaOdessa TX 79762An intensive, three-week performance workshop for professionals, teachers, select talented students and advanced devotees. Weekday mornings are devoted to chamber ensemble rehearsals. After lunch, pa more…
Chautauqua Music FestivalChautauqua NY 14722A summer of intensive study is offered to students on the verge of professional careers who audition for admittance into Chautauqua’s schools of fine and performing arts. Students are provided opportu more…
Jazz Camp WestOakland CA 94612Jazz CampWEST is an eight-day jazz immersion program for instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers held in the beautiful redwoods of La Honda in Northern California. The combination of workshops, person more…
Meadowmount School of MusicWestport NY 12993The Meadowmount School of Music is a 7-week summer school for accomplished young violinists, violists, cellists, and pianists training for professional careers in music. Students ranging in age from 8 more…
Eastern Music Festival and SchoolGreensboro NC 27420The Eastern Music Festival and School is one of this country�s foremost training programs for aspiring young musicians between the ages of 14 and 20, presented within the nationally known summer music more…
Ravinia FestivalHighland Park IL 60035The Steans Institute for Young Artists is the Ravinia Festival’s professional studies program for young musicians. Four programs comprise the Institute’s summer season: the program for jazz; the class more…
Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle CampSan Francisco CA 94122Sierra Fiddle Camp invites you to a week of intensive study, recreation, and good times with people who share an interest in the music and dance traditions of Scotland and beyond. In a beautiful sett more…
Belvoir TerraceNew York NY 10023Music is everywhere at Belvoir. Nestled in the woods, 22 private studios offer facilities for private instruction in voice and all instruments. Classes in chorus, opera, chamber music and orchestra co more…
Brevard Music Center and FestivalBrevard NC 28712Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, the Brevard Music Center (BMC) has been providing young musicians with the opportunity to develop their talents for sixty-eight years. E more…
Marlboro MusicMarlboro VT 05344Marlboro Music is recognized as today�s preeminent center for advanced musical studies. It is credited for its pivotal role in the development of chamber music in the U.S., and for training generation more…
Birch Creek Music Performance CenterEgg Harbor WI 54209Birch Creek Music Performance Center is a summer music school (academy) in Door County, Wisconsin, for advanced young musicians. With a performance emphasis, students are taught by nationally-known pe more…
FiddlekidsSan Francisco CA 94117Now in its tenth year, fiddlekids is a unique, fun-filled summer day camp for children, devoted to traditional fiddle music. At fiddlekids, Appalachian, Celtic, bluegrass and other fiddle styles a more…
Sewanee Summer Music FestivalSewanee TN 37383The Sewanee Summer Music Festival, at The University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee, is an internationally acclaimed summer festival which combines a five week program for advanced music students more…
Chenango Summer MusicFestHamilton NY 13346-1398

Come take a rich journey with us this summer, right here in upstate New York, as the Chenango Summer MusicFest (or MusicFiesta, as we have dubbed it this year) launches our regional thematic programmi more…

Taos School of Music Summer Music FestivalTaos NM 87571FOUNDED IN 1963, and the subject of many feature stories including those on NBCs Today Show and National Public Radios Morning Edition, the Taos School of Music is one of the oldest and most res more…
National Repertory OrchestraBrekenridge CO 80424The NRO, a non-profit organization, has as its primary mission the training of talented young musicians for seats in symphonic orchestras in the United States and abroad. Alumni currently play in virt more…
String Crossings Camp-Music Without BoundariesNashville TN 37212Work with nationally known faculty as you learn more about classical strings, jazz strings, and bluegrass and Celtic fiddling. Perform a side-by-side concert with members of the Nashville Chamber Orch more…
Accent07Cincinnatti OH 45221-0003Accent07 is a chamber music festival offering internationally recognized artist-faculty. Ensemble activities are supported by daily private lessons, classes, and orchestra rehearsals. We welcome pre-f more…
Music09Cincinnati OH 45221-0003Music07 is a unique and intensive new music festival. Several CCM and guest artists will be joined by guest composers Michael Nyman, Zygmunt Krauze and Frederic Rzewski, all of whom will be working wi more…
Perlman Music Program/Chamber Music ProgramNew York NY 10024The Summer Music School@PMP is an intensive six-week summer residency program serving approximately 37-38 exceptionally gifted students, ages 12 to 18, drawn from all over the world. Under the dedicat more…
Jazz in July Summer Music ProgramAmherst MA 1003Since its founding in 1975, the UMass Fine Arts Center has been a central force in the cultural, social and academic life of the University, the Five College campuses, and the Pioneer Valley of Wester more…
Cactus Pear FestivalSan Antonio TX 78216-1625the cactus Pear Music Festival Young Artist Program (YAP) is a full-scholarship fellowship that provides a group of young musicians two-weeks of intensive training with the festival professionals and more…
Duxbery Music Institute and FestivalHingham MA 02043-2647Each year South Shore Conservatory proudly presents the DUXBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL, a musical program unique to all of New England. Founded with the knowledge that music enriches the human spirit and t more…
String Camp of RochesterRochester NY 14620String Camp of Rochester an inspiring summer program for adult string players and pianists. NEW this season is a Piano Track, including piano trios, private lessons, and more. more…
Icicle Creek Summer Chamber Music InstituteLeavenworth WA 98826Icicle Creek’s Chamber Music Institute and Chamber Music Festival combine in a unique educational experience for the serious music student. This is an intensive program of chamber music study set in t more…
Birch Bay String Teachers WorkshopOlympia WA 98516The Birch Bay String Teachers’ Workshop is presented annually during the first week of August in Ferndale, Washingtona pleasant small town located fifteen minutes north of Bellingham, fifteen minutes more…
Kenai Peninsula Orchestra Summer String FestivalHomer AK 99603The Summer Music Festival is an institute of a different flavor. It is designed primarily for amateur adult string players who desire to improve their ability to play, thus enhancing their own persona more…
Lark Camp World Music Song & Dance CelebrationMendocino CA 95460Imagine idyllic days & nights in the magical redwood forest filled with all the music, dance, and good times you could possibly stand, and that’s kind of close to what Lark’s Music Celebration is lik more…
Bravo WorkshopAmherst NY 14226BRAVO, an International Music Workshop, will offer a truly unique and outstanding week of immersion in chamber music study for outstanding high school and college violinists, violists and cellists. A more…
Prelude Music AcademyMadison WI 53744-4854Prelude Music Academy’s vision is to bring the sustaining experience of music education to all students dedicated to broadening their music abilities. This summer program has been designed to provide more…
Vermont Vocal Arts InstituteJeffersonville VT 05464more…
Music at Port MilfordPleasantville NY 10570Music at Port Milford, established in 1987, offers a four week intensive chamber music experience for serious string players, ages 12-18 in historic Prince Edward County, Ontario. Students, who are ad more…
Adriatic Chamber Music FestivalNew York NY 10033The Adriatic Chamber Music Festival is an intensive chamber music program where students have the opportunity to study and perform with internationally renowned faculty artists and teachers. The festi more…
Young Eight String Seminar Austin TX 78703-0020The Young Eight String Seminar is a two-week accelerated chamber music program designed to educate, inspire and develop young string musicians in the field of classical music. It is held on the beauti more…
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes WorkshopPort Townsend WA 98368We hope you can join us for one of the nations finest celebrations of traditional music, led by Artistic Director Dirk Powell. The Festival consists of a weeklong residential workshop where musicians more…
Berklee College of Music – Acoustic String FestivalBoston MA 022215-3693The last decade has seen an explosion of talent and creativity in all the musical worlds inhabited not only by violin, viola, and cello, but also banjo, mandolin, and related instruments. Young player more…
Hartwick College Summer Music Festival & InstituteOneonta NY 13820The HCSMF experience is rich with musical learning, exploration, and discovery. Students work closely with world-renowned faculty and guest artists, attend small seminars and classes on a wide range o more…
Max Aronoff Viola InstituteW. Tacoma WA 98467Open to fifty string players each year, the MAVI Festival offers a unique curriculum for violists (age 14+) and violinists and cellists (age 18+). The five-day schedule is packed with an interesting more…
Music@MenloAtherton CA 94027In 2007, Music@Menlo honors the timelessness of great music by bridging across generations of composers, from the Baroque era to modern times. A series of five concert programs, complemented by four a more…
Port Townsend Chamber Music FestivalPort Townsend WA 98368At the Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival, structured rehearsals and coaching foster an inspirational atmosphere to unleash your artistic potential. All this in one of the West Coasts most beautifu more…
Lake Placid Chamber Adults Music FestiivalLake Placid NY 12946This seminar offers string players and pianists the opportunity to play and study great chamber music in New York’s beautiful Adirondack Park. Participants will work with world-class faculty in a rela more…
Beijing International Music Festival & AcademyForest Hills NY 11375Continuing the great success of the 2006 season, the 3rd Beijing International Music Festival & Academy (BIMFA) will take place from August 12 to 26, 2007. It opens to pianists, string players and sel more…
Aspen Music Festival and SchoolAspen CO 81611The Aspen Music Festival and School offers a wide variety of programs of performance and study. Most of these programs include a weekly private lesson with an artist-faculty member, extensive performa more…
NYC String FestivalNew York NY 12121Led by Dean Dr. Robert A. Cutietta, the USC Thornton School of Music brings together a stellar faculty chosen from a broad spectrum of the music profession and musically gifted students from around th more…
Siena Summer MusicNew York NY 10025Siena Summer Music is a musical and cultural exchange with the mission to provide musical education and performance practice to the participants. Through music performance and language studies, Siena more…
Stanford Jazz FestivalStanford CA 94309SJW presents the 2009 Stanford Jazz Festival from June 26 through August 8 on the Stanford campus in Palo Alto. Known for the intimacy of its venues and welcoming atmosphere, the Festival will feature more…
Les Brown Big Band WeekendLebanon PA 17046The Les Brown Big Band Weekend starts off with the Les Brown Dance on Friday, March 22, 7:00 pm at Kevin’s Place in Lykens. It features 2 hours of swing dance music by the valley’s big band, After Ho more…
San Jose Jazz Summer FestMount Hermon CA 9504112 themed stages offer 125 performances over three days indoors and outdoors in downtown San Jose. In its 24th year, the festival features musicans from throughout the world in genres of r and b, jazz more…
Birch Creek Music Performance Center, Inc.Egg Harbor WI 54209-0230Birch Creek�s mission is to provide intensive, performance-based instruction to promising young musicians by immersing them in a professional, mentoring environment. Birch Creek offers four two-we more…
Mendocino Music FestivalMendocino CA 95460Established in 1986, the Mendocino Music Festival was the dream of former principal bassoonist of the San Francisco Symphony, Walter Green (1926 � 2007), Allan Pollack and Susan Waterfall. The Festiva more…
Les Brown Big Band FestivalTower City PA 17098On Saturday, April 18, the Les Brown Big Band Festival runs 11:00 am-5:00 pm at the Williams Valley High School, Route 209, Tower City, PA. Bob Hope (impersonator) will m.c. the show throughout the more…
Les Brown Big Band WeekendLebanon PA 17046The 11th Les Brown Big Band Weekend in Tower City, PA will be held on April 21-23. The Les Brown Big Band Dance is on the first day of the Les Brown Big Band Festival at the Tower City American Legi more…

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