Applications Open for the 2023 Meadowmount School of Music

The 2023 Meadowmount School of Music will be held from June 26 to August 11, in Westport, New York

The Meadowmount School of Music was established in 1944 by pedagogue Ivan Galamian and offers a 7-week summer program in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York for aspiring professional string players.

Open to violinists, violists, and cellists, the application deadline is January 17, 2023.

Meadowmount accepts approximately 200 students, ages 13 to 30+, through a video audition process focused on solo and chamber music material. Students follow a rigorous practice regimen, receive weekly private lessons and chamber music coachings and are offered daily master classes by faculty and guest artists. Students perform frequently in the three on-campus concerts per week and various off-campus concerts throughout the session.

Additional offerings include a yoga Classes twice a week, Alexander Technique group workshops, and individual sessions.

The 2023 faculty includes Hans Jørgen Jensen, Paul Kantor, Ayane Kozasa, Thomas Landschoot, I-Hao Lee, Gerardo Ribeiro, Steven Rochen, Ann Setzer, Janet Sung, Wei Yu, Ivan Ženatý, and Su Zhen.

The Aizuri Quartet is the 2023 Guest Artist, with another to be soon announced.

To apply click here: https://bit.ly/3XdC1PA

Former students include Itzhak Perlman, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Kyung-Wha and Myung-Wha Chung, Jesse Montgomery, Rachel Barton Pine, Pinchas Zukerman, Jaime Laredo, Michael Rabin, Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Joshua Bell, and James Ehnes.