Madeline Island Chamber Music, a Program of MacPhail

Madeline Island Chamber Music, a Program of MacPhail

Madeline Island Chamber Music is a summer chamber music program located on historic Madeline Island, Wisconsin. Each summer, 75 extraordinarily talented high school and college-level musicians participate in MICM's programs. In addition, an Emerging Artists Quartet in Residence is invited to participate in a unique residency, where they are mentored by and collaborate with MICM faculty. 

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EQUITY ARC AND MADELINE ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC

Equity Arc is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of local and national organizations to align, promote and develop equitable opportunities for aspiring classical musicians from underrepresented ethnicities. With a vision to create a level playing field for artists from backgrounds underrepresented in classical music, Equity Arc engages a broad coalition of members to both break down barriers to BIPOC musicians achieving success in the field and dismantle the structural inequities, biases, and systemic racism ingrained in many of the policies and practices in our field.

In 2022, Equity Arc partnered with over a dozen summer programs to launch the Common Application for Summer Study. This consolidated application allows young BIPOC musicians to apply to partner through one application and audition. Equity Arc covers the application fee for every eligible student. Madeline Island Chamber Music is proud to join the Common Application for Summer Study for our 2024 Summer.

If you are interested in applying for MICM and identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color), we encourage you to apply through Equity Arc’s application.

QUARTET RESIDENCY     Application Deadline: January 16, 2024

Application fee: $150

Emerging Artists Quartet Residency
Summer Program Dates: June 18 - July 28, 2024
Fall Residency: November 2024

The Emerging Artists Quartet Residency is a professional development opportunity for a string quartet in the early stages of its career. Working alongside MICM Faculty in a mentored teaching program, the Emerging Artists Quartet-in-Residence (EAQIR) receives guidance and gains experience coaching chamber music. The EAQIR participates fully in the Fellowship String Quartet Program, and additionally is featured in full-length concert on the Island Concert Series. The EAQIR receives a week-long paid residency engagement at the MacPhail Center for Music in the Fall. This residency includes collaboration with MacPhail programs to engage in the Twin Cities community and culminates with a full-length concert at MacPhail’s Antonello Hall.

The selected quartet receives a full scholarship for the Fellowship String Quartet program, covering tuition, room, and board, along with a $6,000 stipend during the Fall Residency at MacPhail.

Priority consideration will be given to string quartets that have been playing together for a minimum of one academic year.

SUMMER PROGRAMS     Application Deadline: February 15, 2024

• Early bird application fee (before December 1):
  • $75 (individual)
  • $100 (pre-formed group)
• Application fee (December 2 - February 15):
  • $100 (individual)
  • $150 (pre-formed group)
    

Chamber Music for Winds
Program Dates: June 16 – 22, 2024
Tuition: $2,000 (including housing, room and board, and meals)*

Chamber Music for Winds is a one-week program on the retreat-like setting of Madeline Island. Students will have private lessons along with daily chamber music rehearsals and coaching from Windscape, our 2024 Ensemble-in-Residence. Performance opportunities, master classes, and faculty presentations round out a week of intensive study of woodwind quintet repertoire.

*Financial aid is available based on demonstrated need.

Eligibility: Horn and woodwind players between the ages of 14-24 or are currently enrolled full-time at a college, university, or conservatory. Pre-formed woodwind quintets are encouraged to apply.

Chamber Music for Strings
Program Dates: June 23 – July 14, 2024
Tuition: $4,200 (including housing, room and board, and meals)*

Three-week intensive study and performance of string chamber music repertoire. Thirty-two talented young musicians are grouped according to age and ability, and are immersed in our curriculum that provides daily coaching and twice-weekly private lessons from our resident quartets and individual faculty. 

*Financial aid is available based on demonstrated need.

Eligibility: String players between the ages of 14-24 or are currently enrolled full-time at a college, university, or conservatory. Pre-formed quartets are encouraged to apply.

Those interested in both the Fellowship String Quartet or Chamber Music for Strings programs should complete the Fellowship String Quartet application and indicate interest in Chamber Music for Strings program on their application. You do NOT need to submit two separate applications.

Fellowship Piano *New for Summer 2024*
Program Dates: July 14 – 28, 2024
Tuition: Full scholarship award covering tuition, room and board, and meals

The Fellowship Piano Program provides an immersive musical experience for two pianists on the retreat-like setting of Madeline Island. Under the guidance of award-winning pianist Wendy Chen, participants have the opportunity to collaborate and perform with violinist Jonathan Swartz, violist Sabina Thatcher, cellist Andrés Díaz, along with Fellowship String Quartet. This fully funded program includes daily private lessons, coaching of piano four-hands chamber music, and performance opportunities.  

All participants receive a full scholarship covering tuition, room, and board.

Eligibility: Pianists between the ages of 18-24 or are currently enrolled full-time at a college, university, or conservatory. Applicants must have completed their first year at a post-secondary institution by the start of the program.

Fellowship String Quartet
Program Dates: June 23 - July 28, 2024
Tuition: Full scholarship award covering tuition, room and board, and meals

Five-week intensive study and performance of string chamber music repertoire. Sixteen students will study alongside the thirty-two students accepted into the three-week Chamber Music for Strings program. The fourth and fifth weeks are for the fellowship students alone and include specialized curriculum studying with an internationally renowned quartet in week four, and studying and performing with an Artist Faculty violist and cellist in week five.  

All participants receive a full scholarship covering tuition, room, and board.

Eligibility: String players between the ages of 18-24 or are currently enrolled full-time at a college, university, or conservatory. Applicants must have completed their first year at a post-secondary institution by the start of the program. Pre-formed quartets are encouraged to apply.

Those interested in both the Fellowship String Quartet or Chamber Music for Strings programs should complete the Fellowship String Quartet application and indicate interest in Chamber Music for Strings program on their application. You do NOT need to submit two separate applications.

Questions? Contact Alyssa Saint at saint.alyssa@macphail.org.

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