June 8-21 2025
The Collaborative Piano Institute is proud to announce CSI: the Collaborative String Institute! Violinists, violist, cellists, and bassists can apply as individual participants, or as part of a pre-existing group.
CSI provides focused, individual instruction, collaborative opportunities, as well as lectures and group classes on many topics. Click here to see what a typical day at the CSI will look like!
Read the testimonials from past participants here!
Students that participate in our instrumental program will:
- Play in trios, quartets and quintets with CPI pianists and other instrumentalists in our program
- Play side by side with our renowned faculty in chamber groups
- Receive private lessons and coachings
- Have supervised practice time every morning with faculty and assistant faculty
- Participate in masterclasses with renowned string teachers and chamber musicians
- Attend special topics classes: preparing orchestral excerpts for auditions, learning and practicing effectively, performance anxiety, how to collaborate with different instruments, and much more!
- Attend and participate in faculty concerts
- Explore and perform new music
Some of our lectures are:
Austrian/German string and piano repertoire
South American Chamber music
Audition preparation for graduate school, summer festivals, and Young Artist Programs
Technique issues and practice strategies
Develop Your Sight Reading
Effective learning techniques and time management
Performance anxiety
Freelancing and entrepreneurship, commissioning new music
Round table Q&A with faculty members
Maintaining physical and mental health
CSI Faculty include:
- Paul Kantor, violin (professor at Rice University and Aspen Music Festival)
- Simón Gollo, violin (conductor, professor at the University of North Texas and Member of the Reverón Piano Trio)
- Espen Lilleslåtten, violin (Louisiana State University and Aspen Music Festival)
- Amaro Dubois, viola (University of Georgia)
- Horacio Contreras, cello (University of North Texas, and Member of the Reverón Piano Trio)
- Dennis Parker, cello (Louisiana State University)
- Plus all the amazing CPI faculty!
Tuition: $1,200 for two weeks plus room and board (optional). Merit scholarships are available (more information in the application form).
APPLICATIONS FOR CSI 2025 OPEN ON DECEMBER 1ST.
Application deadline is March 15th, 2025.
For more information regarding the application, auditions, and tuition, please click HERE.
