Richard Faria

Professor, Music Performance
School: School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Selected Summer Music Festivals

Here are some summer festivals that IC students have attended or worked at in the past. Summer music festivals are often changing faculty and dates, always check the web site for the most up to date audition information

AIMS Festival in Graz
Graz, AUSTRIA
http://www.aimsgraz.com/

Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music
Keene, NH
http://applehill.org/

Aria International Summer Academy
Hadley, MA
http://www.ariaacademy.com/

Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen, CO
http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com

Atlantic Music Festival Institute
Waterville, ME
https://atlanticmusicfestival.org/the-institute/

Banff
Alberta, CANADA
http://www.banffcentre.ca/music/programs/

Bang on a Can Summer Festival
North Adams, MA
http://www.bangonacan.org/summer_festival/info_for_applicants

Boston University Tanglewood Institute (clarinet workshop)
Lenox, MA
http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/program/workshop/clarinet/

Bowdoin International Music Festival
Brunswick, ME
http://www.bowdoinfestival.org/

Brevard Music Center
Brevard, NC
http://www.brevardmusic.org

Chautauqua Music Festival
Chautauqua, NY
https://chq.org/

Clarinetopia
East Lansing, MI
http://www.clarinetopia.com/

Colorado College Summer Music Festival
Colorado Springs, CO
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival/

Domaine Forget
Québec, CANADA
http://www.domaineforget.com

Eastern Music Festival
Greensboro, NC
http://www.easternmusicfestival.org/

Hot Springs Music Festival
Hot Springs, AZ
http://www.hotmusic.org/

Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival
New York, NY
https://imaniwinds.com/iwcmf

International Orchestral Institute Attergau
Vienna, AUSTRIA
http://www.ioia.at

Kent/Blossom
Kent, OH
https://www.kent.edu/blossom

Lake George Music Festival
Lake George, NY
http://www.lakegeorgemusicfestival.com

LEAD Cooperative
(part of Wintergreen Music)
Nellysford, VA
https://wintergreenmusic.org/leadcooperative

The Maine Chamber Music Seminar at Snow Pond
Sidney, Maine
https://mainechambermusic.org/


Music Academy of the West
Santa Barbara, CA
http://www.musicacademy.org/

National Music Festival
Chestertown, MD
https://nationalmusic.us/

National Orchestral Institute
College Park, MD
https://theclarice.umd.edu/noi

National Repertory Orchestra
Breckenridge, CO
http://www.nromusic.com/

The National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute
Washington, DC
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/pre-professional-artist-training/nso-summer-music-institute/

New York Summer Music Festival
Oneonta, NY
http://www.nysmf.org/

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
New Haven, CT
https://music.yale.edu/norfolk

The Ohio Light Opera
The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH
https://ohiolightopera.org/

Oregon Bach Festival Composer’s Symposium
Eugene, OR
http://iwagemusic.com/

Orford Musique
Québec, CANADA
https://www.orford.mu/en/

Pacific Music Festival
Sapporo, JAPAN
http://www.pmf.or.jp/index_en.html

Pierre Monteux School
Hancock, ME
http://www.monteuxschool.org/

Rocky Ridge Music Center
Lincoln, NE
http://www.rockyridge.org/

The International Festival-Institute at Round Top
Roundtop, TX
http://www.festivalhill.org/

Sarasota Music Festival
Sarasota, FL
https://www.sarasotaorchestra.org/festival

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Lübeck, GERMANY
http://www.shmf.de/en/Home

Sewanee Festival
Sewanee, TN
http://sewaneemusicfestival.org/

Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, SC
http://www.spoletousa.org/

Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
http://sicpp.org/welcome.html

The Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy
Powell River, BC, CANADA
https://prismafestival.com/

Tanglewood Music Center
Lenox, MA
http://www.tanglewoodmusiccenter.org/

Texas Music Festival
University of Houston
Houston, TX
https://uh.edu/kgmca/music/tmf/tmf-orchestra/

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chamber Music Institute
Lincoln, NE
http://arts.unl.edu/music/cmi

Yellow Barn
Putney, VT
http://www.yellowbarn.org/

Youth Orchestra of the Americas
Arlington, VA
http://yoa.org/

For a more complete listing of music festivals in the US and overseas, go to our library and reference:

Musical America

CALL NUMBER:
REF ML12 .M88

Looking for a summer job? Here are some summer music festivals that often hire college students as counselors, ushers, administrators, etc.

Appel Farms Art Camp
Elmer, NJ

Belvoir Terrace Girls Performing Arts Camp
Lenox, MA

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Twin Lake, MI
http://www.bluelake.org/

Camp Encore/Coda
Sweden, ME
http://www.encore-coda.com/

Cazadero Music Camp
Cazadero, CA

Crane Youth Music Camp
Potsdam, NY
https://clear.potsdam.edu/wconnect/ace/CourseStatus.awp?&Course=155CMP1002

French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
Hancock, NY
http://www.frenchwoods.com/

Greenwood Music Camp
Easthampton, MA
http://www.greenwoodmusiccamp.org/

Hartwick College Summer Music Festival
Oneonta, NY
http://info.hartwick.edu/hcsmfi/

Interlochen Arts Camp
Interlochen, MI
http://camp.interlochen.org/

Ithaca College Summer Music Academy
Ithaca, NY
https://www.ithaca.edu/music/prepdivision/academy/

Kinhaven Music School
Weston, VT
http://www.kinhaven.org/

Levine Summer Music and Arts Camp
Washington, DC

Long Lake Music Camp
Long Lake, NY

Luzerne Music Center
Lake Luzerne, NY
http://luzernemusic.org/music-camp-about.html

Marlboro Music School and Festival
Marlboro, VT
http://www.marlboromusic.org/about_summerjobs.html

New England Music Camp
Sidney, ME
http://www.nemusiccamp.com/

New York State Summer School for the Arts
Saratoga, NY
http://www.oce.nysed.gov/nysssa/SOS/

Orchestra Project
Richmond, VA

Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, SC
http://www.spoletousa.org/