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Apply to Participate

Thank you for your interest in the Summer Music Festival. All materials for consideration for the festival are to be submitted online through the following form:
 *** 2020 ONLINE APPLICATION *** 

Program Placement

We recognize that each student that applies to our program has unique needs, and we strive to serve players of all ages and ability levels regardless of their background. Our Artistic Director, after reviewing audition materials in consultation with area faculty, will make all final program placement decisions for student applicants. In some cases, this means that students of exceptional ability and/or need will have their assignments customized to best serve their personal growth and overall festival experience, beyond the static definitions of our published class descriptions. Our mission as educators is to seek a seamless integration of artistic experiences for all students in a supportive and nurturing environment that promotes creativity, equality, diversity, and access.

Submitting Recordings

All applicants to the Summer Music Festival must submit a video recording of their playing within the past year as part of the application process.

Individual applicants to all programs should submit a single video recording of a work that best demonstrates their current ability level on their primary instrument.

Audition videos should be uploaded to a video sharing site like YouTube (set as unlisted) or uploaded to a cloud share (Google Drive, Apple iCloud, or Microsoft OneDrive--due to usage issues we no longer accept Dropbox). Those links will be submitted in the application.

Tuition

The following are the tentative tuition rates for the 2020 Festival. ​These rates are subject to change until June 1st, 2020.



Our innovative technology team allows us to present quality programs
online at a very reasonable cost compared to similar festivals of our size.
Consequently, no financial aid or scholarships are available.

Location

Opened in August 2012, the state-of-the-art, 45,000-square-foot Performing Arts Center at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School supports instrumental music, choral music, dance and theater education. Facilities include three dedicated, acoustically-optimized music teaching rooms for orchestra, band and choir, a professional dance studio, eleven private practice rooms, a sound and video production studio, capabilities to professionally record from all interior studios and music rooms, the 450-seat proscenium-style Marcus D. Hurlbut Theater, and the intimate, black-box-style, 150-seat McGregor Family Theater.

​St. Margaret's Summer Music Festival
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Performing Arts Center
St. Margaret's Episcopal School
31641 La Novia
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

(949) 661-0108
​www.smes.org

OFFICES

Irvine, CA, USA
New York City, NY, USA
Boston, MA, USA
Tokyo, Japan

ABOUT US

The Summer Music Festival is the latest version of numerous summer programs in orchestra, chamber music, and solo performance under the artistic direction of Gene and Chika Wie, the husband and wife team that leads  Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California.

Contact Us

Summer Music Festival
info@summermusicfestival.us