San Francisco Ballet School Summer Program
Prestigious pre-professional summer ballet intensive with tracks for intermediate and advanced/pre-professional dancers, admission by audition.
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Four-week residential pre-professional dance intensive for California high schoolers, offering ballet, contemporary, and modern technique training with professional guest artists.
Chapman University Backhausdance Summer Intensive
In-person 1-3 week dance intensive at Chapman University where high schoolers train daily in contemporary, modern, ballet, improvisation, and composition.
Music for All National Festival
Prestigious non-competitive national festival in Indianapolis where invited high school concert bands, orchestras, percussion, and chamber ensembles perform for expert adjudicators.
Orchestra Cup (National Orchestra Championships)
Elite, invitation-based national high school orchestra championship held at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, where top school orchestras perform for renowned adjudicators.
Young People's Symphony Orchestra (YPSO)
Oldest independent youth orchestra in the nation, based in Berkeley, drawing Bay Area musicians ages 11-21 for weekly rehearsals, a retreat, and subscription concerts.
ASTA National Orchestra Festival
National in-person orchestra festival run by the American String Teachers Association, giving high school orchestras adjudicated performances and clinics with professional musicians.