ChamberFest 2025 is now open for application/audition.
Acceptance and Group placements will be confirmed in January 2025.

$50 application fee: fully transferable to the Csehy 2025 season regardless of acceptance.

ChamberFest fees if accepted (2024 rates for campers who sign up by 10/31 for the High School sessions on the early commitment payment plan):
- CFest + 1-wk HS camp. 2 x $950 = $1,900
- CFest + 2-wks HS camp.
3rd wk is 50% off = $2,375
- CFest + 3-wks HS camp.
3rd & 4th wks are both 50% off = $2,850

Pastor/Ministry discounts also apply to ChamberFest.

Application and Audition Requirements

The application will include a statement of interest, letters of recommendation from a pastor and music teacher, and an audition submitted through an online link (upload to youtube and copy the link to the form on your application)

Audition requirements

  • Strings: One Concerto Movement

  • Woodwinds:
    - Chromatic scale, full range of their instrument 
    - Slow etude, piece, or orchestral excerpt
    - Fast etude, piece or excerpt

  • Piano: Classical or Romantic sonata movement, or a 4-8 minute work by a Romantic, 20th century, or contemporary composer that demonstrates the student’s technical and musical abilities

  • Brass:
    - Slow etude, piece, or orchestral excerpt
    - Fast etude, piece or excerpt

  • Voice: Two contrasting pieces

ChamberFest was established in 2014 as an honor for our upper level musicians. The purpose of ChamberFest is to give participants an opportunity to work in chamber ensembles with musicians of equal caliber on advanced repertoire and to train them as musical and spiritual leaders.

Students work and perform in chamber groups and are mentored by a faculty coach throughout the week. ChamberFest campers are required to attend at least 1-week of the High School session.

During the ChamberFest week, students meet as a group at least twice a day with their coach, with practice time in between to work on individual parts. The daily schedule includes chapel, singtime, free time, and devotions in the evening. We also have an Artist in Residence who holds masterclasses for each of the chamber groups, attends group coachings, and performs a recital for all the ChamberFest participants.

ChamberFest guest artists have included Rachel Ku (Philadelphia Orchestra, Viola), Sarita Kwok (Gordon College, Violin), Heidi Louise Williams (Florida State University, Piano), Christopher Wu (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Violin), Bryan Dumm (Cleveland Orchestra, Cello), Anne Martindale Williams (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal Cello), Clark Potter (Lincoln Symphony, Principal Viola).