Application Fees and Deadlines
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the full 2020 session of the Aspen Music Festival and School is canceled. 2021 application information will be posted to our website by mid-August.
For more information on application and audition requirements, please see your program of study. Applications are due at 11:59 pm EST on the following dates.
| Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Voice |
| Monday, November 18, 2019 | Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies |
| Thursday, December 12, 2019 | Aspen Conducting Academy |
| Thursday, January 2, 2020 | Orchestra/Instrumental |
| Aspen Contemporary Ensemble | |
| Center for Advanced Quartet Studies | |
| American Brass Quintet Seminar @Aspen | |
| Solo Piano | |
| Collaborative Piano | |
| Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Opera Coaching | |
| Classical Guitar | |
| Thursday, March 5, 2020 | Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute |
APPLICATION FEES (fees are nonrefundable)
$25 if application is submitted by Monday, September 16, 2019
$60 if application is submitted between Tuesday, September 17 and Monday, December 2, 2019
$125 if application is submitted between Tuesday, December 3, 2019, and Thursday, January 2, 2020
Admissions Decisions
| Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Live auditions for Renée Fleming Fellowship candidates |
| Friday, November 1, 2019 | Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Renée Fleming Fellowships |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Studio Artists |
| Monday, December 16, 2019 | Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies |
| Friday, December 20, 2019 | Aspen Conducting Academy |
| Monday, February 24, 2020 | Orchestra—Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion, Harp |
| Aspen Contemporary Ensemble | |
| Center for Advanced Quartet Studies | |
| American Brass Quintet Seminar @Aspen | |
| Monday, March 2, 2020 | Collaborative Piano |
| Solo Piano | |
| Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Opera Coaching | |
| Classical Guitar | |
| Thursday, March 19, 2020 | Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute |