Chamber music
This genre contains some of the world's greatest music, the best writing by composers drawn to the intimacy and purity of chamber music. This, by extension, tends to attract the very finest musicians.
2025 Chamber Music Academies
All our 2025 Chamber Music Academies are completed. Check out Early Music and More Opportunities , and check back for exciting programs coming Spring 2026!
Outstanding Opportunities
While LAMP has always hosted week-long Chamber Music Academies with guest faculty ranging from Colin Carr, Kim Kashkashian to Jane Coop, we now offer a range of longer term opportunities designed to give emerging ensembles and individual players the opportunity to focus on their chamber music goals.
Whether that's hatching a new ensemble, expanding repertoire or preparing for an important competition, all with the guidance of LAMP’s unparalleled faculty.
Week-long academies in Chamber Music are listed below, and residency opportunities can be found here.
Previous Academies 2025
‘ENCORE on Tour’ with Jinjoo Cho and Max Geissler
1 - 6 July 2025
Violinist Jinjoo Cho is a versatile classical virtuoso of the 21st Century. In 2015, she founded the ENCORE Chamber Music Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, a summer festival and seasonal residency series that brings together international artists and talented students for intensive learning and performance experience. It’s vision: to reshape the future of classical music to be inclusive, collaborative, and holistic. They also aspire to become a leading institution in Northeast Ohio for larger cultural conversations through the lens of music, innovate in the field of performing arts, and to educate the next generation of musicians to become dedicated and conscientious artist-citizens and leaders.
Max Geissler is a versatile cellist who performs in international chamber music series
alongside distinguished artists, and premieres works by world-renowned composers with the new music ensemble Latitude 49. Currently, Max is the Assistant Professor of Cello at East Tennessee State University and spends his summers teaching and performing at ENCORE Chamber Music Institute.
FACULTY & COLLABORATING ARTISTS
Jinjoo Cho, violin
Max Geissler, cello
Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin
June Lee, violin
Hyunsoo Kim, piano
Who’s eligible?
This is a post-graduate residency open to violinists and cellists of any nationality. Applicants must have a university degree or conservatory diploma and must be under the age of 33 (as of December 31, 2024). Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
How to apply
Please complete our application form including a letter of introduction, curriculum vitae, letter of recommendation from current or last teacher/coach and a recent unedited video performance of two contrasting works.
String Academy with Steven Isserlis
June 3 - 5, 2025 | Academy Full
Steven Isserlis CBE is a British cellist who has led a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author, and broadcaster. Acclaimed for his profound musicianship, he is also noted for his diverse repertoire, command of phrasing, and distinctive sound which is deployed with the use of gut strings.
This five day program culminates with a live gala performance in LAMPs concert hall where participating artists will perform alongside Steven.
Steven first attended LAMP in 2022, and his string chamber music academy was full and gala performance sold out.
Who’s eligible?
This is a post-graduate residency open to young artists of any nationality. Applicants must have a university degree or conservatory diploma and must be under the age of 33 (as of December 31, 2024). Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
String Quartet Academy with the Verona Quartet
April 13 - 20, 2025
This String Quartet Academy will focus on preparations for the Fischoff Annual Chamber Music Competition. The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition is the largest and oldest continuous chamber music competition in the United States. In 1973, Joseph E. Fischoff and fellow members of the South Bend Chamber Music Society established a competition to encourage young people to pursue chamber music study and performance.
The first competition drew six ensembles. Today it averages around 125 ensembles, representing 22 nationalities. There are two categories, string and wind.
Who’s eligible?
This is a post-graduate residency open to young and emerging quartets, trios and duos. Applicants must have a university degree or conservatory diploma and must be under the age of 33 (as of December 31, 2024).
Tuition per week (does not include housing)
Individual $600
Duo $800
Trio $1000
Quartet $1200
Limited bursaries and billets are available upon application.