This post was inspired by a recent post from the blog of Chris Carillo, trumpet professor at James Madison University. I thought it was so useful, I decided to ask him if I could steal adapt it for my blog! Thankfully Chris said “yes!” Credit also goes to his doctoral trumpet student John Nye. Thanks, Chris and John!
Summer Festival List for Trumpeters
Aspen Music Festival: Aspen, Colorado
Application Deadline: Tuesday January 8, 2018
Festival Dates: June 20 – August 19
Faculty: Karen Bliznik, Kevin Cobb, Louis Hanzlik, Raymond Mase, Thomas Hooten
Atlantic Music Festival: Waterville, ME
Festival Dates: July 1- July 29
Bayview Music Festival: Petosky, MI
Faculty: Brian Buerkle, Scott Thornburg
Brevard Music Center Institute: Brevard, North Carolina
Application: February 16, 2018
Festival Dates: June 17 – August 5
Faculty: Neal Berntsen. Robert Sullivan, Mark Schubert
Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua, New York
Application: February 1, 2018
Festival Dates: June 23 – August 14
Faculty: Charles Berginc
Colorado College Summer Music Festival: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Application: February 15, 2018
Festival Dates: June 3 – June 23
Faculty: Kevin Cobb
Disney All-American College Band: Anaheim, California
Information on website
Eastern Music Festival: Greensboro, North Carolina
Application Deadline: February 21, 2018
Festival Dates: June 23 – July 28
Faculty: Chris Gekker, Jeffrey Kaye, Judith Saxton
Festival Napa Valley: Napa, CA
Application: Early January 15, 2018. Final March 1, 2018
Festival Dates: July 13 – July 29
Faculty: Billy Hunter, Adam Luftman
Hot Springs Music Festival: Hot Springs, Arkansas
Application: February 15, 2018
Festival Dates: June 2 – June 16
Faculty: Scott Moore
Lake George Music Festival: Queensbury, New York
Application: January 31, 2018
Festival Dates: August 12 – August 24
Faculty: NA
Marrowstone Music Festival: Bellingham, Washington
Application: March 23, 2018
Festival Dates: July 22 – August 5
Faculty: Roy Poper
Miami Summer Music Festival: Miami, Florida
Application: Live January 15, 2018. Video Audition March 1, 2018
Festival Dates: June 27 – July 19
Faculty: Vincent Penzarella
Music Academy of the West: Summer School and Festival: Santa Barbara, California
Application: Live Audition Request January 15, 2018. Video February 8, 2018
Festival Dates: June 18 – August 12
Faculty: Barbara Butler, Charles Geyer, Paul Merkelo
National Music Festival: Chestertown, Maryland
Application: February 10, 2018 (rolling)
Festival Dates: June 3 – June 16
Faculty: Paul Neebe
National Repertory Orchestra: Breckenridge, Colorado
Application Deadline: December 31st (Rolling deadline)
Festival Dates: June 4 – July 29
National Symphony Orchestra: Summer Music Institute: Washington, D.C.
Application: January 22, 2018
Festival Dates: July 2 – July 30
Faculty: William Gerlach, Steven Hendrickson
The Philadelphia International Music Festival: Music House: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Application: February 28, 2018
Festival Dates: June 13 – June 29
Faculty: Anthony Prisk
The Pierre Monteux School: Hancock, Maine
Application: February 15, 2018
Festival Dates: June 25 – July 30
Faculty: NA
Round Top Music Festival Institute: Round Top, Texas
Application: Video February 19, 2018
Festival Dates: June 3 – July 15
Faculty: Matthew Ernst, Marie Speziale, Micah Wilkinson
Sewanee Summer Music Festival: Sewannee, Tennessee
Application: Scholarship February 15, 2018. Final March 15, 2018
Festival Dates: June 23 – July 22
Faculty: Peter Bond
Application: January 1, 2018 (but might accept late applications)
Auditions: from December 10, 2017 to February 23, 2018 in various locations
Festival Dates: May 25-June 10, 2018, Charleston, SC
Tanglewood Music Center: Lenox, Massachusetts
Application: January 22, 2018
Festival Dates: June 17 – August 11
Faculty: Thomas Rolfs
Texas Music Festival: Houston, Texas
Application: Live January 19, 2018. Recorded February 23, 2018
Festival Dates: June 1 – June 30
Faculty: Mark Hughes. Thomas Siders
Brass/Trumpet Specific Programs
Boston Brass Summer Intensive: Laramie, WY
Tuition Payment Deadline of June 1
Festival Dates: June 18 – 24
Faculty: Jose Sibaja, Jeff Connor
Chosen Vale: Hanover, New Hampshire
Application: No deadlines. First 40 accepted applicants taken.
Festival Dates: June 18 – June 30
Faculty: Edward Carroll, Jeroen Berwaerts, Marco Blaauw. Pacho Flores, Stephanie Richards, Clement Saunier, Tom Hooten
Le Domaine Forget: Brass Session Saint Irenee, Quebec
Application: February 15, 2018
Festival Dates: June 10 – June 17
Faculty: Philip Smith, Manon Lafrance
Raphael Mendez Brass Institute: Denver, Colorado
Application: Rolling deadline
Festival Dates: July 8 – 14
Faculty: David Hickman, Alan Hood, John Marchiando, Ronald Romm, Joe Burgstaller
Spectrum Brass Seminar at the Bay View Music Festival: Bayview, MI
Application: Final April 1, 2018 (lower rates for earlier applications)
Festival Dates: June 16 – August 13
Faculty: Scott Thornburg, Brian Buerkle
University of Kentucky Summer Trumpet Institute: Lexington, KY
Festival Dates: June 11-14
Faculty: Numerous listed on website
Historic (Baroque Trumpet or Cornett) Brass Festivals
American Bach Soloists Academy: San Francisco, CA
Application Deadline: February 15
Festival Dates: July 30 – August 12
Faculty: John Thiessen
Baroque Performance Institute: Oberlin, OH
Application Deadline: May 1
Festival Dates: June 17 – 30
Faculty: John Thiessen
Brass Antiqua Workshop: Winchester, VA
Information to be posted soon
SFEMS Baroque Workshop: Sonoma State, CA
Workshop Dates: June 10-16
Faculty: Bruce Dickey (cornett)
Madison Early Music Festival: Festival theme is “A Cabinet of Curiosities: Journey to Lübeck” Music of Northern Germany will be the focus. All-Festival Concert will be “Journey to Lubeck: The Musical Legacy of the Reformation”
Dates: July 7-14
Faculty: Kiri Tollaksen
Jazz Workshops
Jamey Aebersold’s Summer Jazz Workshops: Univ. of Kentucky
Workshop Dates: June 30-July 13
International Music Festivals
American Institute of Music Studies (AIMS): Graz, Austria
Application: March 10, 2018
Festival Dates: July 2 – August 12
Faculty: NA
Pacific Music Festival: Sapporo, Japan
Application: January 17, 2018
Festival Dates: July 2 – August 2
Faculty: Tamas Valenczei, Mark Inouye
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