By: Renee Bordner
NWE Music Studio Director

By: Renee Bordner
​NWE Music Studio Director

Happy October!

Hopefully this month brings your family some autumn fun and modified Halloween traditions!  We hope that your family has settled into a consistent routine.  The back to school season is one of setting new goals for many.  Our team is committed to helping your students succeed with their music even in this pandemic.  Please connect with your instructor to discuss these goals and methods to achieve the goals.  Your instructor and I can help with setting up a solid practice routine that meets the needs of your family.  Now is a great time to create a map of what your student would like to participate in for the rest of the school year! 

We are offering many opportunities this year, including a composing competition, our annual Winter Holiday Recitals, our annual scholarship competition, Piano Guild Auditions, Royal Conservatory Exams, and our Honors and Senior Recital.  We plan to schedule some informal assisted living facility and Sudbury Housing Authority Recitals and to resume attending youth open mic nights at two local venues.  We will continue to celebrate our students who achieve their Practice Club status as well.  All of these events and programs are optional and our team is committed to guiding our students to be successful at them.  Feel free to contact us at any time for more information.  We will also post more information in our monthly newsletters.

Wishing you and your family the best this Fall!

The information below contains links to websites owned and operated by third parties. These links are provided for your information and convenience only and are not an endorsement by Note-worthy Experiences of the content of such linked websites or third parties.

https://www.spencerbrookstrings.com/pages/music-festival Concord, MA, has offered string students a fantastic week of making music in an atmosphere of fun and friendship. Participants – from 2nd through 12th grade – play in small chamber music groups and also in big orchestras. 

Sonatina http://www.sonatina.com/summersonatina.html / 1-5 weeks Bennington,VT ages 7 - 16 for piano Some of our students and / or instructors have attended some of these programs.  Contact Renee at rbordner@note-worthyexperiences.com if you wish to connect with an alumni of these programs.

Berklee https://www.berklee.edu/summer/programs (Berklee College of Music & Boston Conservatory) Many day and overnight camps for students of all ages.

New England Conservatory Jazz Lab / 1 week Boston, MA jazzlab@necmusic.edu 617-585-1335 ages 14-18 / ensemble, jams, songwriting/composition, listening, entrepreneurship, audition prep

New England Conservatory Festival Youth Orchestra / 3 weeks Boston, MA fyo@necmusic.edu ages 13-18 / intermediate to advanced-level strings, brass, winds, percussion (Not offered summer 2018)

Apple Hill Center / five 10-day sessions Nelson, NH music@applehill.org 603-847-3371 focus: chamber music workshops ages 12-79 / strings, wind, piano

Aspen Music Festival / 8 weeks (half session available) Aspen, CO asaint@aspenmusic.org 970-205-5054 ages 12-18 / all instruments

Boston University Tanglewood Institute / varies with the program from 2–8 week Lenox, MA tanglewd@bu.edu 617-353-3386 ages 14-18 / all instruments

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp / four 2-week sessions Twin Lake, MI 231-894-1966 focus: 5,300 students & 175 performances each summer in an outdoor woodsy environment grades 5-12 / all instruments

Cadenza / 5 weeks Oneonta, NY info@nysmf.org 607-267-4024 focus: many programs available including chamber music, flute institute, private instruction, jazz ages 11-15 / instrumental, guitar, piano, voice, percussion, jazz

California Summer Music / 3 weeks San Francisco, CA csm@csmusic.org 415-753-8920 focus: solo, chamber music, composition age range: 13-26 / composition, strings, piano
Camp Encore Coda / 3–6 weeks Sweden, ME jamie@encore-coda.com 207-647-3947 focus: chamber, private lessons, jazz, rock & roll, large ensembles ages 10-18 / strings, wind, brass, piano

Castleman Quartet Program / 7 weeks Fredonia, NY ccastleman22@gmail.com 585-274-1592 no age specifics given, very selective (more advanced students)—only about 40 students in entire program / violin, viola, cello

Chamber Music Institute at Holy Cross / 6 days Worcester, MA aresker@holycross.edu (508) 793-2296 For high school and college aged violinists, violists, cellists and pianists

Chautauqua Music Festival / 7 weeks Chautauqua, NY music@ciweb.org ages 17-25 / instrumental, piano, voice

Credo Oberlin Chamber Music / 3 weeks Oberlin, OH see below
Credo Prelude: Elmhurst College / 2 weeks Elmhurst, IL office@credo-music.org 440-774-3658 age 11-18 / strings, piano, chamber music

Cremona International Music Academy and Competition / 2 weeks Cremona, Italy 646-206-4024 info@internationalmusicacademics.com focus: chamber, private lessons, practice, performance, competition ages 12-18 / strings, piano

Decoda Skidmore Chamber Music Institute / 2 weeks Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY focus: chamber music ages 15+ / instrumentalists

Eastern Music Festival / 5 weeks Greensboro, NC Info@easternmusicfestival.org 877-833-6753 focus: orchestra, chamber music, private lessons ages 14-22 / orchestral instruments, piano

The Fredericksburg Brass Institute (FredBrass) / 1 week Northampton, MA ages 14-18 / brass players

Greenwood Music Camp junior & senior / 2 weeks (junior), 5 weeks (senior) Berkshires, MA debby@greenwoodmusiccamp.org 413-320-5908 ages 10-13 (junior), 13-18 (senior) / all instruments
Heifetz / 6 weeks Staunton, VA office@heifetzinstitute.org 540-907-4446 ages 13-27 / violin, viola, cello

Indiana University Summer Piano Academy / 3 weeks Bloomington, IN karmtayl@indiana.edu 812-336-4465 focus: piano

Indiana University Summer String Academy / 4 weeks Bloomington, IN musicsp@indiana.edu 812-855-6025 focus: chamber, private lessons, practice grades 7-12 (piano), ages 12-18 (strings) / strings, piano
International Institute for Young Musicians / one 3-week session; two 2-week sessions Lawrence, KS info@iiym.com 949-584-5709 focus: Student takes 2 classes 3 times a week; private lessons twice a week; 3 hours practice per day; recitals and community performances. ages 12-23 / piano

International Summer Music Academy “ Music in Regensburg” / 2 weeks Regensburg, Germany aiokheles@comcast.net focus: chamber, private lessons, practice, performance ages 12-18 / strings, piano

Interlochen / various programs, various lengths Interlochen, MI admission@interlochen.org 800-681-5912 or 231-276-7472 focus: many programs—band, brass, choir, music composition, orchestra, percussion, strings, voice, woodwinds grades 3-12 / strings, voice, brass/percussion, composition, piano

Killington Music Festival / 5 weeks Rutland, VT kmfest@sover.net 802-773-4003 focus: chamber music, private lesson, practice ages 14-23 / violin, viola, cello, piano
Kinhaven Junior & Senior / 2 weeks (junior), 6 weeks (senior) Weston, VT kinhavenmusic@aol.com 610-868-9200 focus: orchestra, chamber music, private lesson, practice grades 4-7 (junior), ages 13-18 (senior) / orchestral instruments, piano

Luzerne Music Camp junior & senior sessions 4 weeks (2 week option available for junior) (6-8 week sessions available) New York, NY info@luzernemusic.org 518-696-2771 ages 10-14 (junior), 15-18 (senior) / strings, piano, winds, brass, percussion

Meadowmount / 7 weeks Westport, NY admissions@meadowmount.com 518-962-2400 violin, viola, cello, piano
Music at Menlo: Young Performers Program (day/boarding options) / 3 weeks Atherton, CA edward@musicatmenlo.org 650-330-2030 focus: chamber ages 9-18 / intermediate, pre-conservatory, and early-conservatory-level pianists, violinists, violists, cellists

Music on the Hill (day) / 3.5 weeks Belmont, MA moth@powersmusic.org 617-484-4696 focus: chamber music ages 9-14 / all instruments

Musica Mundi / 2 weeks Waterloo, Belgium info@musicamundi.org 32-0-2-652-0101 focus: chamber ages 10-18 / chamber music

Narnia Festival / 2 weeks Narni, Italy NarniaArtsAcademy@gmail.com +39 0744 403132 instrumentalists, singers, dancers, composition, performance, conducting, language www.narniafestival.it

New England Music Camp / 7 weeks (half session available) Sidney, ME info@nemusiccamp.com 914-498-6143 focus: strings, winds brass, percussion, piano, guitar, voice, musical theatre
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute / 2 weeks Oberlin, OH summer@oberlin.edu 440-775-8044 focus: baroque chamber music, use of baroque instruments, 1 college music credit available grades 9-12 / voice, strings, piano, winds

The Perlman Music Program / 7 weeks Shelter Island Heights, NY info@perlmanmusicprogram.org 212-721-8769 focus: chamber, private lessons, masterclasses, practice, 38 exceptionally gifted students are accepted each summer ages 12-18 / strings

Point Counterpoint "Prelude," / 1 week Sessions #1–3 / 3, 3, and 2 weeks Young Artists Program / 5 weeks Leicester, VT pointcp@gmail.com 267-886-5359 (Oct-Apr) 802-247-8467 (May-Sept) focus: chamber music, private lessons, practice, music theory ages 8-13 (prelude), ages 11-17 (sessions #1, 3), grades 9-12 (session #2, young artists program) / violin, viola, cello, piano

Rivers Summer Youth Programs / 1 week Weston, MA d.tierney@rivers.org 339-686-2293 Summer Music at Rivers junior & senior sessions (day) / 2 week sessions focus: chamber music, jazz, improvisation, ear training jazz instruments ages 8-18 (Youth Orchestras), grades 2-6 (junior), grades 7-12 (senior) / all instruments

Rocky Ridge Music Center / 4 weeks Estes Park, CO rrmc@rockyridge.org 970-586-4031 focus: 2 private lessons per week, orchestra, chamber, master classes, practice ages 15-24 / all instruments

Sewanee Summer Music Center / 4 weeks Sewanee, TN ssmf@sewanee.edu 931-598-1225 focus: orchestra, chamber music, private lessons, practice ages 15-23 / all instruments

Sing this Summer / 1 week Amherst, MA singthissummer@gmail.com ages 7-18 / voice, choir, musical theatre, also have strings program

Walden School Music Camp / 5 weeks Dublin, NH students@waldenschool.org 415-648-4710 ages 9-18 / composers, strings, guitar, voice

Yellow Barn Young Artists Program / 2.5 weeks Putney, VT daniel@yellowbarn.org 802-387-6637 ages 13-20 / strings, winds, piano, composition

Youth and Muse / 1–3 weeks Boston, MA yohei@youthandmuse.com 617-939-4495 Focus: Every student will have an opportunity to play a concerto with orchestra, and selected students will appear in a concerto concert as soloist. Ages 12-18 / strings, winds, piano