Meadowmount School of Music Summer Session

# Meadowmount School of Music Summer Session Meadowmount School of Music is a seven-week summer school for advanced violin, viola, and cello students in Westport, New York, in the Adirondacks. Founded by legendary pedagogue Ivan Galamian, the school accepts roughly 200 students by video audition each summer, and its focused-practice tradition has shaped generations of leading string players. ## What You'll Do - Take a weekly private lesson and a weekly two-hour studio class with resident faculty - Practice on the school's famous disciplined daily schedule alongside similarly serious peers - Receive chamber music coaching and attend master classes with faculty and guest artists - Access performances, video recordings of all your solo performances, Alexander Technique, and yoga classes ## Who Should Apply Dedicated violinists, violists, and cellists roughly ages 10 to 30 (middle school, high school, and conservatory students attend together) ready for total immersion in technique and repertoire. Applications require a minimum of 15 minutes of unedited solo video plus assigned chamber excerpts, with a $105 application fee; the 2026 deadline was January 14, and the next cycle typically opens in the fall. ## Outcomes Meadowmount's alumni list - Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell among them - speaks for the school's role as a rite of passage for serious string players. 2026 tuition was $5,450 with room and board of $4,030, and the school awards a range of scholarships and financial support.