Situated in the beautiful mountains of Northern Pennsylvania, the Endless Mountain Music Academy offers the rare combination of natural outdoor beauty with the opportunity to perform and study with world-renowned musicians. Applications will also be accepted for violin, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, and piano. The application deadline is May 1, 2012.

Faculty: Santiago Rodriguez - Piano; Bram Wijnands - Jazz Piano; Robert Bokor - Violin; Gita Ladd - Cello; Andrea Priester - Viola; Chris Finet - Bass; Barry Dove - Percussion; Rebecca Dodson-Webster - Horn; Ken Bell - Horn; Doris Hall-Gulati - Clarinet Professor and Dean of Students.

Acceptance to the intern program is by teacher recommendation. Academy attendance dates are July 23 through August 12, 2012, and students must be eighteen years or older. Interns will participate in the Professional Festival Orchestra, perform chamber music, and receive two private lessons per week from their mentor. Tuition is $2,000 which includes room, board. Wind and percussion students may be accepted for the final two weeks. A few scholarships are available based on financial need.

Endless Mountain Music Festival attracts professional musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cincinnati Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Baltimore Symphony, New York Ballet and many more ensembles from around the world. Student interns take private lessons, participate in coached chamber music ensembles and perform with musicians in the professional orchestra under the direction of Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser.