aspen music festival and school
Non Profit Category: Arts, Culture and Humanities
Founded in 1949

Web site:
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Email Address:
jszabo@aspenmusic.org

Organizational Mission:
The Aspen Music Festival and School dedicates its efforts to contributing to the long-term vitality of classical music through professional music education, excellence in public performance, artistic renewal for visiting artists and faculty, preservation and promotion of the art form, and service to the community.

Physical Address:
2 music school road
aspen, CO

Telephone Number:
970-925-3254

Best Day in the Life:
The Aspen Experience begins with the opportunity to study classical music for nine weeks in a charming mountain town. Students apply to study privately with a particular artist-faculty member, but there are numerous educational opportunities beyond the one-on-one studio experience. Master classes, organized by instrument, are open to students in all disciplines and to the general public. Chamber groups are formed by audition and coached by our world-class artist-faculty and guest artists. Student competitions offer winners the opportunity to perform a featured solo with an orchestra. Playing in an orchestra or performing in an Aspen Opera Theater Center production is a key part of the Aspen Experience for many students. Opera students may have the opportunity to perform in fully staged opera productions and weekly opera scenes. There are five distinct orchestras, four of which perform under a variety of celebrated conductors and one that is part of the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. Some of the orchestras allow students to perform major orchestral repertoire alongside their teachers. This side-by-side integration of student and professional musicians is a distinctive element of the Aspen Experience. Gaining exposure to all aspects of musicmaking is also critical to the Aspen Experience. Every day, artist-faculty and guest artists offer lectures, workshops, panel discussions, pre- and postconcert talks, open rehearsals, and master classes in which students can gain a different perspective on musicmaking. Students are given an AMFS Season Pass and are encouraged to attend the 350-plus events presented each summer.

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Event, Gala & Fundraiser(s) Date & Description:
• Music inspired by fairytales and performed by AMFS students and glamorous mystery guests, will surely inspire women to don glass slippers to support the AMFS at the Fantasy Ball, Aspen’s grandest benefit event of the season, July 14. This gala affair will be an exclusive evening of dinner and dancing. • On August 12, everyone can imagine themselves Cinderella or Prince Charming at the AMFS’s annual black-tie opera benefit event. An elegant dinner at the Caribou Club will be followed by the opening performance of Massenet’s charming Cendrillon.