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  • Los Angeles Summer Brass Institute

  • Spend your summer in the heart of downtown, Los Angeles, at the Colburn School of Music. Colburn’s Los Angeles Summer Brass Institute offers an immersive experience of all the best the brass world has to offer. Daily activities include group warm-ups, large brass ensemble, chamber music, rhythm workshops, and masterclasses by some of today’s most active and respected artists.

    All ensembles will be led by the Colburn School’s brass faculty.

    The Los Angeles Brass Institute is comprised of two concurrently-running groups: the Advanced and Intermediate Seminars. The Advanced Seminar is open to experienced brass players at the collegiate or the upper-advanced high school levels. The Intermediate Seminar is open to upper-intermediate high school and advanced junior-high school players.

    Masterclass artists to be announced shortly.

    Dates

    July 8-19, 2025

    Age Range

    • Advanced Seminar: Collegiate or upper-advanced high school students; 15-22 years
    • Intermediate Seminar: Upper-intermediate; 13-18 years 

    Faculty

    Danielle Ondarza, French Horn
    Shelly Suminski, Trombone
    Douglas Tornquist, Tuba
    Mike Zonshine, Trumpet

    Student Requirements

    The Advanced Seminar is open to experienced brass players at the collegiate or the upper-advanced high school levels. The Intermediate Seminar is open to upper-intermediate high school and advanced junior-high school players.

    Audition Requirements

    Submit high-quality audition videos of the requirements listed below. Please record each item separately and upload them as separate files. 

    • Solo of applicant's choice (limit to three minutes)
    • Excerpts from the excerpt list under the "All Applicants" heading
    • For Advanced Seminar applicants only: all excerpts from the excerpt list, including those under "All Applicants" and "Additional Excerpts for Advanced Applicants Only"

    We recommend that applicants upload their audition videos to Youtube and mark the videos as "Unlisted". Paste the video links into the corresponding fields below. Please include the name of the composer and title of the work in the video description and/or title.

    Application Deadlines

    • Early Bird Application Deadline (apply by this date to receive discounted tuition upon acceptance): 11:59 PM on April 1, 2025
    • Regular Application Deadline EXTENDED: 11:59 on June 1, 2025


    Tuition and Fees

    Non-refundable application fee: $50

    Returning student discount: $100

    Early Bird Tuition (Apply on or before April 1)

     $1,900

    Regular Tuition (Apply after April 1)

     $2,100

    Room and Board*

    • Single occupancy: $1,710
    • Double occupancy: $1,545

    *Fee includes both room and board.

    Room and board are only available for students who are ages 15 and above. Parents/guardians may not stay in the dorms. 


    All fees are nonrefundable.

  • Submit your audition videos below.

    We recommend that applicants upload their audition videos to Youtube and mark the videos as "Unlisted". Paste the video links in the fields below.
  • Submit high-quality audition videos of the requirements listed below. Please record each item separately and upload them as separate files. 

    • Solo of applicant's choice (limit to three minutes)
    • Excerpts from the excerpt list under the "All Applicants" heading
    • For Advanced Seminar applicants only: all excerpts from the excerpt list, including those under "All Applicants" and "Additional Excerpts for Advanced Applicants Only"
  • NOTE: Students may submit their application without the audition videos, but it will be considered incomplete. The student must send their audition videos to the camp directors in order for their application to be considered complete.

    Students may email their application videos to the addresses listed below:

    • Danielle Ondarza - dondarza@colburnschool.edu
    • Mike Zonshine - mzonshine@colburnschool.edu 
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