National Philharmonic Summer String Institutes

The National Philharmonic created the Summer String Institutes to nurture the talent and skills of young musicians and to encourage their continued participation in classical music now and throughout their lives. The Institutes include a one week (Monday to Friday) program for high school students and a one week program for middle school students. At the Institutes, students perform a variety of orchestral music and have the increasingly rare opportunity to study chamber music literature.

The 100 young musicians, invited to the Institutes based on their applications and teacher recommendations, study with Maestro Piotr Gajewski, National Philharmonic musicians, and other distinguished faculty. Student to faculty ratio is approximately 4 to 1. Each week concludes with performances by the student orchestra and student chamber ensembles.

Institute activities include:
• Orchestra rehearsals
• Sectional rehearsals
• Chamber music coaching
• Private lessons (two during the week)
• Movement classes
• Sight-reading and rhythm training (middle school institute)
• Student chamber music concert (Friday afternoon)
• Student orchestra concert (Friday evening).

The high school session will run August 4-8, 2008.
The middle school session will run August 11-15, 2008.

The summer 2008 brochure/application is available for download here.
Applications are due April 30, 2008.

For further questions, contact Filbert Hong at filbert@nationalphilharmonic.org.