
2021 Atlanta Festival Academy Chamber Music Camp
Atlanta Festival Academy is excited to announce our 2021 Chamber Music Camp led by the Vega String Quartet! Below are the details:
- Dates: July 19 to July 31 (off on the weekend of July 24-25)
- Time: 9am to 4pm
- Daily activities will take place at the Johns Creek United Methodist Church in North Fulton County
- Finale concert on Saturday, July 31 featuring the first prize winner of the 2016 Menuhin Competition, Yesong Sophie Lee, as featured soloist performing Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the participants
- Enrollment space for 50 student musicians only
- Open to Fall 2021 5th to 12th graders
- Instruments: violin, viola, cello
- Tuition is $1390 (a limited number of scholarships are available)
- Existing ensembles are welcome
- Lunch not included for health and safety reasons
Participants will receive:
- Chamber music coachings with the Vega String Quartet and additional faculty
- Private lessons
- Master classes with world-renowned musicians including:
- Nicholas Kitchen, Artistic Director at the Heifetz International Music Institute, New England Conservatory instructor, and First Violinist of the Borromeo String Quartet
- Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Winner at the International Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition in Moscow, Russia, and Cellist with the Eroica Trio
- David Coucheron, Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Jay Liu, Associate Principal Viola of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and Viola Professor of San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- Performances at premier concert venue in Atlanta
Application Details:
- Application deadline is April 15, 2021
- $35 non-refundable application fee due with application submission
- Audition videos to be uploaded as unlisted videos on YouTube (video requirements will be posted on the AFA website)
- Notification of acceptance will occur by May 15, 2021
Please visit www.atlantafestivalacademy.org for registration, video submission, and other information. Email [email protected] with any questions.
Finally, for Covid-19 safety precautions, all students and faculty will have to provide proof of either a negative test on Mondays July 19 and 26 OR proof that they have been fully vaccinated.