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What Year-Round programs are offered?
We offer a wide variety of programs for children and young adults, including Musical Beginnings for ages 15 months -4 years, private and group lessons for beginners through advanced level in Guitar, Harp, Piano, Recorder, and String instruments (violin, viola, and cello). The Ballet program runs year-round, while the Choir program operates during the school year. Every spring semester we offer a Young Winds program for 6th-9th graders that includes two Concert Bands, an Orchestra and two Jazz Bands.
What is special about the Jacobs School of Music summer programs?
Our summer programs provide an opportunity for pre-college students, emerging artists, instructors, undergraduate and graduate students to immerse themselves in their chosen discipline for several days or weeks with some of the finest music educators in the country.
What Pre-college Academies are offered?
Our summer Academies provide an opportunity for pre-college students to immerse themselves in their chosen discipline for several days or weeks with some of the finest music educators in the country.
Academies include: Ballet Summer Intensive, College Audition Preparation, String Academy, Piano Academy, Percussion Academy, and Summer Music Clinic.
What performance-oriented adult workshops are offered?
Performance-oriented workshops include Vocal Performance Workshop, Clarinet Performance Workshop, Ballet Summer Intensive for Dancers & Choreographers, Summer Percussion Workshop, Natural Horn Workshop, Fearless Audition Training for Musicians and The Art of Playing the Piano.
What teaching-oriented adult workshops are offered?
Teaching-oriented workshops include: Vocal Performance Workshop, Summer Kodály Institute, Retreat for Violin and Viola Teachers, Retreat for School String Teachers, and The Art of Playing the Piano.
Can I get a Scholarship or Financial Aid for a Year-Round pre-college program?
Year-Round pre-college program scholarships are offered for strings, piano, ballet, and choir. Scholarships are based on artistic merit and financial need. Financial aid is awarded to families who have a total family income under $35,000 per year. Please visit individual web pages for further information.
Can I get a Scholarship or Financial Aid for a Summer program?
Summer scholarships and financial aid are offered only for String Academy and Piano Academy. For both programs, financial aid is awarded to families who have a total family income under $50,000 per year. String academy offers financial aid or scholarship up to 10% of tuition amount. Please visit the Summer String Academy web page for more information.
Do I have to audition for the Program?
- Year-Round: The Choir and Ballet Year-Round programs hold placement auditions for all but the youngest dancers and singers.
- Academies: Audition tapes or CDs are required for the Piano Academy and String Academy.
- Adult Workshops: Audition tapes or CDs are required for these Summer Adult Workshops: Clarinet Performance Workshop and Piano Performance Master Class (except for current/former students of Edward Auer). The Summer Opera Workshop is only open to former, current, or incoming students in the Jacobs School of Music.
Where does a pre-college aged student stay during a Summer Academy?
Pre-college aged Academy participants stay in a residence hall within easy walking distance of the Jacobs School of Music and eat all meals there. Counselors who live in the dorm supervise all pre-college aged students. Counselors also chaperone all trips off-campus.
Pre-college aged Academy participants may live off-campus at home or with a parent/guardian.
Where do participants over age 18 stay during a Summer Workshop?
Students ages 18-21 have a choice: they may stay in the same residence hall as the pre-college students but on a separate floor; stay in a graduate residence hall; or stay off-campus.
How do I get to Bloomington?
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