JUNE 23-JULY 4, 2025
GUEST ARTISTS: PENDERECKI STRING QUARTET
Located on the beautiful campus of the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Quartet Fest West is one of the finest chamber music programs in North America. Numerous QFW alumni have gone on to brilliant careers in chamber music-such as members of the Rocca, Katarina, Echea, Bellas Artes and Emily Carr Quartets as well as the brilliant Erlendis Guitar Quartet from Poland.
Join other fine young musicians for daily coachings, masterclasses, weekly concerts, workshops in Feldenkrais teaching body awareness and mindful practice. There are weekly lessons, fun outings and reading parties!
Don’t miss out! Apply now. Registration is free! Final registration deadline April 15, 2025 and groups will be notified by April 30th.
Quartet Fest West is open to all string players ages 14-100, and a limited number of other instrumentalists (clarinetists, pianists). Pre-formed string quartets and quartets or quintets of other instrumentations are also welcome (saxophone, guitar, woodwind and brass). Study with the world renowned members of the LAFAYETTE STRING QUARTET, Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, Joanna Hood and Pamela Highbaugh Aloni and their visiting guest artists, the PENDERECKI STRING QUARTET for 10 days of fabulous music making with other wonderful young musicians!
Tuition $950 (Canadian).
*Scholarships available!
If you are coming from out of town, safe and clean dormitory rooms are available on the campus. Price for single rooms with breakfasts included: $900. All participants 18 years of age or younger must be chaperoned. There is an additional $125 per person chaperone fee for students staying in the dormitory who are 18 years of age or younger.
**String players are welcome to attend as a fully formed group. The Quartet Fest West Scholarship Award is available for a pre-formed high school String Quartet. This is a full-tuition scholarship for all members of the ensemble (value of $2850!). See details below.
*Please write [email protected] to request financial assistance. All inquiries are confidential.
**To be eligible for the QFW Scholarship Award, at least half of the members must still be entering high school in the fall of 2025. Along with the application form send two contrasting movements of your quartet’s performances. The works can be by the same or different composers. If a quartet is submitting their application together you do not need to record yourselves individually.
Concert schedule will be available soon!
