<p>I am looking for summer institutes for either piano or composition (actually, to do both would be best!). Does anyone have any suggestions?
D will have finished her sophomore year in HS.</p>
<p>I always chime in with Walden School in Dublin, NH. Changed our daughter’s life.</p>
<p>[Summer</a> Music Camp and Summer Music Festival: The Walden School](<a href=“http://www.waldenschool.org/]Summer”>http://www.waldenschool.org/)</p>
<p>How did it change your daughter’s life?</p>
<p>Check out California Summer Music - might be able to do both composition and piano.</p>
<p>There are some summer programs with two sessions–at some of these you might do piano at one, and composition at the next. Maybe Interlochen?</p>
<p>My son did composition at BUTI, and really loved it.</p>
<p>California Summer Music [California</a> Summer Music at Sonoma State University](<a href=“http://www.csmusic.org/index.php]California”>http://www.csmusic.org/index.php)
New York Summer Music Festival in Oneanta, [NYSMF</a> Summer Music Camp for Outstanding Young Musicians<a href=“could%20do%202%20sessions”>/url</a>
Brevard [url=<a href=“http://www.brevardmusic.org/]Brevard”>http://www.brevardmusic.org/]Brevard</a> Music Center](<a href=“http://www.nysmf.org/]NYSMF”>http://www.nysmf.org/)
Boston University Tanglewood Institute [Boston</a> University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) College of Fine Arts | Boston University](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/]Boston”>http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/)
Yellow Barn [Yellow</a> Barn Music School & Festival](<a href=“http://www.yellowbarn.org/about]Yellow”>Introduction to Yellow Barn | YellowBarn)
Putney [url=<a href=“http://www.putneyschoolsummer.org/workshops/visual_performing_arts.html]The”>http://www.putneyschoolsummer.org/workshops/visual_performing_arts.html]The</a> Putney School Summer Programs - Visual and Performing Arts Workshops<a href=“scroll%20down%20to%20both%20piano%20and%20composition”>/url</a></p>
<p>Others will suggest programs. Not sure which of these would allow doing both piano and composition. As others said, maybe one session in piano and one in composition.</p>
<p>To answer your question: Walden confirmed our daughter’s interest in composition, introduced her to professional musicians who encouraged her, and a community focused on collaboration vs competition, with an emphasis on “new music” that was pretty inspiring, at least for her. Well-known pianists stay and perform there, work (and eat) with the student composers, and student pianists have opportunities to perform, but I don’t think that formal lessons for instruments are part of the program. You can call them about this, perhaps, if your daughter is interested at all.</p>
<p>Brevard only took two high-school age composers this past summer, so it’s pretty small.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the suggestions. I am adding them to our spreadsheet. I had never heard of Yellow Barn – and their website is missing a lot of information – but it sounds very interesting. I hope they will post more as they start planning for next year. And I hope that by the application due dates my daughter will have an idea which kind of program she prefers, composition or piano.</p>
<p>Yellow Barn - note that for her age it’s the Young Artists Program you’ll be looking at: [Yellow</a> Barn Music School & Festival](<a href=“http://www.yellowbarn.org/musicschool/yap]Yellow”>http://www.yellowbarn.org/musicschool/yap)</p>
<p>Hi Hunt,
My son was accepted into the BUTI Young Composer’s program as well! I was wondering whether you could tell me about your son’s experience there? Thank you so much</p>