Applications Open to Carnegie Hall's Ensemble Connect Fellowship

The two-year fellowship program offers young professional classical musicians experience in teaching, community engagement, advocacy, and leadership

Launched in 2007, Ensemble Connect was the brainchild of Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson. The program is a part of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute, in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.

The 2-year post-graduate fellowship program is aimed at talented young professional instrumentalists who are also passionate about ways to integrate education, community engagement, and entrepreneurship into their performing lives. The initiative offers performance opportunities, intensive professional development, and the chance to partner with a New York City public school throughout the fellowship.

To apply for the application information for the 2023–2025 fellowship, click here.

Open to instrumentalists who have earned at least an undergraduate degree or its equivalent by September 1, 2023, the fellowship's application deadline is December 1, 2022.

While a graduate degree is preferred, fellows may not be enrolled in a degree program with active coursework while participating in Ensemble Connect. International applicants must have attended and/or taught at an American educational institution, fellowship program, summer festival, or its equivalent and be fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Applications will be accepted for the following instruments only:

• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet
• Bassoon
• Horn
• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Percussion
• Piano
• Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• Bass

In its first concert of the 2022–2023 season, the current Ensemble Connect fellows will perform at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on October 24, 2022. The program will include works by Clara Schumann, J.S. Bach, Martinů, and Eleanor Alberga.