SUMMER WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN & TEENS
Summer Strings Intensive
The Summer Strings Intensive is an immersive program offering orchestral string students the opportunity to participate in a collaborative and performance-focused learning experience. This one-week intensive will be led by members of Bloomingdale’s string faculty, in collaboration with the Summer Piano Intensive. Participants aged 8-16 with at least one year of prior experience of reading notated music on a bowed string instrument are welcome. Students will be divided into groups according to age and level.
The program will be conducted at the Bloomingdale School of Music, with a daily schedule running from 9 a.m. through 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, July 7-11, 2025.
EARLY ENROLLMENT DISCOUNT AVAILABLE NOW UNTIL APRIL 15
COUPON CODE: SUMMER50
When you register for Summer Strings Intensive before April 15th, you will receive $50 off your final tuition when you use the code SUMMER50 at checkout. Learn more by emailing registrar@bsmny.org or by calling our registration team at 212.663.6021.
- FOR AGES8-16 years
- CLASSSummer Workshop
- LENGTH1 weeks*
What you will learn
Participants will explore a broad range of techniques and repertoire alongside their peers through a daily regimen of chamber music, string orchestra, interactive workshops, master classes and a half-day field trip! The week will culminate in a student concert open to all participants.
*All participants must have a minimum of one year of experience on their instrument.
STRING ORCHESTRA
All participants will rehearse and perform string orchestra music together with the full group.
CHAMBER MUSIC
Participants of similar levels of experience will perform in smaller chamber groups that will be actively coached by faculty.
MASTERCLASSES
Each participant will take part in an intensive masterclass with a member of the faculty, an invaluable experience that combines live instruction and coaching with the experience of performing in front of an audience.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
Faculty will lead workshops exploring technique, performance practice and much more. Participants will participate in active discussion and experiment with the practical application of diverse musical concepts.
TAKE A PEEK INSIDE OUR CLASSROOM
Past participants of summer workshops enjoying their final performance of the week!
MUSIC EDUCATION CHANGES LIVES
We provide access to music education to anyone who seeks it, regardless of economic status, ability, ethnicity, or religion, which has a profound impact on individual lives as well as on our entire community.
We offer Need-based financial assistance
Our goal is to make music education accessible and to remove the financial barrier that may prevent students from participating. Therefore, we offer need-based financial aid to as many students as possible.
