ACMP Member Discount for Inside Music Academy

ACMP member/violinist Anthea Kreston (former violinist of the Artemis Quartettt in Berlin) is offering fellow ACMP members a $20 discount on her Inside Music Academy Virtual Music Institute Adult Learner intensive music camps this summer! You can register by the week. The final session starting on August 9 is sold-out, but there are five more! ACMP members get an automatic $20 discount by checking the box “ACMP member” at registration, and an additional $20 reimbursement if you book more than one session (i.e. a total potential discount of $40).
 

Register for the Inside Music Academy

All instruments are welcome! There are teachers of flute, clarinet, trumpet, piano, strings and conducting.

  It all started with a story in the New York Times about Anthea and her student during the first lockdown in Chengdu, China:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/world/asia/china-coronavirus-chengdu.html?referringSource=articleShare

She was inspired to create Inside Music Academy – complete with a virtual music building where participants can hang out in the Music Lounge and cafeteria, browse the library, practice in the rehearsal rooms and study in the lesson rooms. Daily Nano-concerts, lessons with teachers from Curtis, Oberlin, Juilliard and Rice, rise-and-shine warmups and flipgrid concerts round out each week, filled with fun activities and a chance to play your heart out. 

Inside Music Academy’s flexible, module format with live instruction allows you to dip in as much as you want – come for the casual experience or deep dive into your repertoire. 

See what ACMP member/cellist Norman Rosenblum has to say about program here.

 

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