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

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.

For further information and application forms go to the Endless Mountain Music Festival website www.endlessmountain.net or call 717-475-0052.