Atlanta Festival Academy is excited to announce our 2021 Chamber Music Camp led by the Vega 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 Johns Creek United Methodist Church in North Fulton County
• Chamber Music Free Concert, Thursday, July 29 featuring all Atlanta Festival Academy participants
• 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 10 to 23 year olds
• Instruments: violin, viola, cello
• Tuition is $1,390 (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
  • Rita Porfiris, Professor of Viola and Chair of Chamber Music at The Hartt School, a prize winner of Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and the Primrose International Viola Competition
• Multiple performances

Application Details:

• Application deadline is June 30, 2021
• $35 non-refundable application fee due with application submission
• Audition videos to be uploaded as unlisted videos on YouTube (video details can be found here)
• Notification of acceptance will occur by July 15, 2021