Study at Norfolk
Norfolk has all the finest ingredients: enthusiastic collaborators, devoted faculty, and inspiring performances, all in a beautiful setting.
Serena Canin, Brentano Quartet
Take your place alongside up-and-coming chamber musicians at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival–Yale 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.
Join the ranks of Norfolk alumni that include…
- 9 Fischoff Competition Prize-Winning Groups
- 5 of the 15 Banff International String Quartet Competition’s First-Prize-Winning Quartets
- as well as prize-winners of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, and many others.
“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 (NCMF ’23)
New Music Workshop
The New Music Workshop nurtures a philosophy of equal collaboration between composers and performers.
Applications are closed for summer 2026.
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.
Chamber Choir + Choral Conducting Workshop
A week-long workshop for advanced choral conductors and singers.
Applications are closed for summer 2026.
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
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If you have experienced or witnessed protected class discrimination or harassment or related retaliation or just need to talk, we encourage you to seek support. When you have concerns or questions, you have a wide range of choices for support.
You can reach out to a Discrimination and Harassment Resource Coordinator (DHRC) or the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility. DHRCs receive concerns and offer advice and guidance related discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
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The DHRC and Deputy Title IX Coordinator for the Yale School of Music is Albert Lee, who can be contacted at albert.r.lee@yale.edu.
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