Tuition and Travel Details
TUITION
Summer 2024 Student Tuition is $900 USD for the one-week Adult Beginner program:
This includes:
- Private Lessons, coachings, and rehearsals with faculty teaching artists
- Performance opportunities for every student; masterclass sessions
- Visits and tickets to multiple local cultural sites (castle, museum, archeological sites, and more)
- Trip to explore the nearby La Foce Gardens and the Pietraporciana Nature Reserve
- Assistance with the coordination of rental instruments (rental costs is the student’s responsibility)
- Use of practice space in town
- A Food and Wine reception after our final concert.
Summer 2024 Student Tuition is $1,800 USD for the two-week Intermediate/Advanced Adult program:
This includes:
- Private Lessons, coachings, and rehearsals with faculty teaching artists
- Multiple performance opportunities for every student; weekly masterclass
- Visits and tickets to multiple local cultural sites (castle, museum, archeological sites, and more)
- Trips to explore and perform in the nearby city of Firenze (Florence)
- Assistance with the coordination of rental instruments (rental costs would be student’s responsibility)
- Use of practice space in town
- A Food and Wine Dinner reception after our final concert.
Tuition does not include: housing, travel expenses to Sarteano, Italy, or meals.
Guest Artist option: a small number of opportunities for high-level guest musicians may be available for those interested in participating in the cultural and performance aspects of the program without any individual lessons, coachings, or group classes. These guest artists could attend at the approval of the Artistic Director, Jim Millar and Program Administrator Courtney Kalbacker. The participation fee would be $400/week to cover cultural excursions/performances. No housing included.
Guests for Cultural Trips/Museum/Concerts/Final Dinner: If you have a family member, partner or friend who would like to join you for the cultural aspects of this program, but not as a musical participant, we can often accommodate them. We charge a weekly fee of $150 to cover their costs. This fee includes local trips, archeological museum tickets and final dinner, for non-participants. Please email Courtney@SummerMusicinTuscany.org to notify us of your intention to have a guest before purchasing this option.
TRAVEL
TRAVEL/FLIGHTs/train
Please plan to arrive in Sarteano on July 8th, 2024 (Adult Beginners) or July 15th (Intermediate/Advanced), or at the Rome (FCO) airport before noon on July 8th OR July 15th to go with the group by train to Sarteano.
We suggest arriving to Roma Fiumicino Airport (FCO), but Florence or Bologna Airports are also popular. If coming from USA or North/South America, this means you will need to book a flight that leaves the day before the arrival dates listed above. If you arrive before noon in Roma (FCO) on the 8th or 15th, a faculty member will be available to guide you to Sarteano on the train. We will all be heading to the Chiusi-Chianciano Station. The Italian train system is comfortable, reliable and an excellent way to experience the real Italy! If you prefer to travel on your own, you can consult Trainline.com to easily plan and purchase tickets for your trip by train from any of the airports. The trip takes about 2 hours from Rome, depending on the train schedule; our train guides can help the group purchase tickets online that morning once everyone arrives. Once you reach the Chiusi-Chianciano train station, our provided van shuttle will be available to bring you to Sarteano in the afternoon of your arrival date from noon-4pm OR you may take a white taxi to Sarteano outside of this window. A taxi stand is just outside the Train Station in Chiusi; the official taxis are white. It's roughly a 10-15 minute trip. The taxi from Chiusi to Sarteano is sometimes expensive (€25-€35), but very convenient. Car rentals are available in the town of Chiusi as well: http://www.aesserent.it/AesseRentsrl/default.html