Junior Program
July 20-August 3, 2025
Saint Michael's College
Updated January 1, 2025
New in 2025, the Junior Program at Green Mountain is designed for exceptionally advanced young students ages 8-13. We will admit a small cohort of 24 students for a two-week intensive program of lessons, practice, chamber music and orchestra. Admission to this program is highly competitive.
Students 10 and under must be accompanied by a parent and may live on or off campus; 11 through 13-year-olds will be offered single dorm rooms in an air-conditioned suite supervised by a counselor.
Program description
- Private lessons twice per week
- Chamber music coachings daily (Mon-Fri, 2x with faculty coach, 3x with assistant coach)
- Solo performances
- Weekly studio class
- Chamber music performances on campus and in the community, including Quartet Minhop on Church Street
- Recreational activities will be structured during free time and, and weekend excursions will be scheduled to local attractions
Junior program faculty
Violin and Viola: Elizabeth Chang, Lynn Chang, Nanae Iwata
Cello: Alex Croxton, Caleb van der Swaagh
Viola option
For junior division violinists interested in expanding their skill set, GMCMF offers a tuition discount in 2025 for violinists who would like to try the viola in a chamber ensemble. These students will receive extra instruction on the viola and we will supply the instrument.
Junior Program Tuition
Tuition for student living on campus without parent: $3600 (includes room and board)
Tuition for student living off campus: $2900*
Tuition for student living on campus with parent in a suite shared with another parent/child pair: $2900 (tuition) + $2800 (room and board for student and parent, suite will have 4 single rooms and two shared bathrooms; note we are not able to house one student and one parent in a private suite. All suites will be shared.)
Tuition for living on campus with parent in an independent suite that can house up to four people: please inquire separately
Sample floor plan of suites (note this floor plan is only applicable to on-campus housing during the Junior Program):
*Students living off campus will have the option to purchase lunch and dinner on an individual basis in the St. Michael’s College Dining Hall to give flexibility.
Application and Audition Requirements for Junior Program
- Open to violin, viola, and cellists ages 8-13.
- Junior Program applicants must select 'Junior Program' at the beginning of the application process in order to apply.
All audition recordings must meet the following criteria:
- Audition recordings must present two contrasting works representative of your solo playing totaling at least 12 minutes.
- An example of two contrasting works could be a fast movement of a concerto or a showpiece and a movement of solo Bach
- If two slow movements are submitted, applicant might be asked for an additional recording.
- recordings with accompaniment are acceptable, although accompaniment is not required
- audition recordings must only be solo playing; please do not submit recordings with a chamber group for audition videos for the four-week program
- Audition recordings must be uploaded to YouTube and be viewable through June 2025. YouTube links must be set to ‘unlisted’, not ‘public’ or ‘private’
- You may submit one recording containing both works or two separate recordings. Performances must be unedited.
- Please ensure your whole instrument is visible in the recording frame.
- Record in a quiet space with no background noise present. If you're at home, make sure you're away from extraneous noise, such as appliances (refrigerators and air conditioners), or outside noise such as traffic and construction.
- Ensure your microphone is not too close to your instrument when playing. An external microphone is not required for these recordings, but may be useful in capturing the highest quality of sound.
- Please listen to and watch your recordings all the way through before submitting to ensure acceptable audio and video quality. If you have questions, please email admissions@gmcmf.org.
- If you have to choose between high quality audio and high quality video, choose high quality audio.
- If you are recording from your phone, please ensure it is close enough to capture decent audio.