Norfolk Chamber Music Festival–Yale School of Music

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Norfolk has all the finest ingredients: enthusiastic collaborators, devoted faculty, and inspiring performances, all in a beautiful setting.

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Summer in Norfolk

Join the ranks of Norfolk alumni

9 Fischoff Competition Prize-Winning Groups
5 of the 13 Banff International String Quartet Competition’s First-Prize-Winning Quartets

Join other up-and-coming chamber musicians at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Yale Summer School of Music. The Festival begins each summer with a week-long New Music Workshop followed by a six-week Chamber Music Session for individual instrumentalists and ensembles, and ends with a week-long Chamber Choir and Choral Conducting Workshop. Participants receive a fellowship covering the full cost of tuition, housing, and meals.

Fellows receive daily coachings from Festival artists and perform weekly in Emerging Artist Series concerts and alongside internationally acclaimed artists in the Festival Artist Series. All performances are presented in the acoustically superb Music Shed and are professionally recorded and livestreamed.

2026 Sessions + Application Deadlines

SESSION DATES

New Music Workshop: June 25 – July 4, 2026
Chamber Music Session: July 5 – August 16, 2026
Chamber Choir and Choral Conducting Workshop: August 16 – 23, 2026

APPLICATION DEADLINES

New Music Workshop: January 3, 2026
Chamber Music Session: January 3, 2026
Chamber Choir and Choral Conducting Workshop: March 12, 2026

Study at Norfolk

"Norfolk fostered a space in which my musical ideas were valued and respected. I grew enormously from Norfolk’s emphasis on the rehearsal process, as well as the opportunities to perform alongside faculty members." Miranda Werner, violin (NCMF '23)

Chamber Choir and Choral Conducting Workshop

A week-long workshop for advanced choral conductors and singers.
Applications are closed for summer 2026.

Norfolk Choral Conducting Fellow

Chamber Music Session

For six weeks, advanced individual instrumentalists and pre-formed ensembles study and perform chamber music with Festival artists.
Applications are closed for summer 2026.

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New Music Workshop

The New Music Workshop nurtures a philosophy of equal collaboration between composers and performers.
Applications are closed for summer 2026.

New Music Workshop at Norfolk

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A typical day for Norfolk fellows includes daily ensemble coachings with Festival artists and a concert or master class in the evening. There is also plenty of time for private practice, as well as an afternoon hike or swim in Tobey Pond.
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