Brevard Music Center High School Orchestral Studies

# Brevard Music Center High School Orchestral Studies Brevard Music Center, one of the country's premier summer music institutes and festivals, enrolls high school instrumentalists ages 14-18 in its six-week High School Orchestral Studies program in the mountains of western North Carolina. The 2026 session ran June 21 through August 2, with festival guest artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Imani Winds, and the Shanghai Quartet performing on campus. ## What You'll Do - Rehearse and perform in the Brevard Concert Orchestra, with winds, brass, and percussion rotating between it and the Brevard Symphonic Winds - Play in an assigned chamber music group with a faculty coaching every week - Perform in orchestra concerts, library recitals, preconcert recitals, and chamber recitals across the festival season - Live on campus in cabin-style dorms, attending festival performances by major guest artists all summer ## Who Should Apply Serious orchestral instrumentalists ages 14-18. Admission is by recorded audition; the 2026 application deadline was February 15, and the next cycle typically opens in the fall. Tuition for 2026 was $9,400 including all instruction, housing, meals, on-campus health services, and concert admission - and Brevard has provided scholarship support to more than 80% of its students in recent years, based on audition and demonstrated financial need. ## Outcomes Students get a full festival-immersion summer - multiple performing ensembles, weekly chamber coaching, and constant exposure to world-class artists - that functions as a serious pre-conservatory credential for orchestral players.