The Manchester Music Festival offers a six-week summer program of intensive instruction and performance for talented young musicians, who are eager to grow and anxious to perform. The Festival provides full scholarships for 26 young students of professional caliber.
Students come from across the USA, the Far East and Europe.
While in Manchester the young artists give free community concerts, they perform at formal concerts, and they teach at our Music Education Weeks. The Manchester Music Festival is committed to providing excellence in music and music education. The Festival is an ideal program for aspiring professional musicians offering an opportunity to study, to perform, to teach and to become an important part of a supportive and enthusiastic community. Distinguished master musicians from across the USA work with Young Artists in intensive 2-hour sessions. In past years Master Classes have been given by such celebrated artists as James Buswell, Isidore Cohen, Felix Galimir, Richard Goode, Bernard Greenhouse, Jesse Levine, Ruth Laredo, George Rochberg, Eric Rosenblith, David Soyer, Arnold Steinhardt, Michael Tree, Ilana Vered, David Wells and Peter Wiley.