“CLA offered a healthy dose of challenges and left me feeling fulfilled and even more alive than when I arrived. Now I have even deeper curiosity for this art form.”
— Giancarlo Llerena, Pianist
 

 

CLA offers three immersive summer training programs for classical singers and collaborative pianists. We instruct, mentor and support an emerging generation of artists to discover the essence of opera and song through the prism of language, history, and culture.

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Student Pianist

Half program award ($2400 CLA France & $2200 CLA Mozart/CLA Italy), housing included

Work daily with coaches
Play for lessons, rehearsals, & masterclasses
Attend daily language classes (CLA France & Italy)
Perform in each concert

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Fellowship Pianist

Full program award, housing included

Coach and rehearse ensembles
Work daily with coaches
Play for lessons, rehearsals, & masterclasses
Attend daily language classes (CLA France & Italy) Perform in each concert

 
CLA was formative for me in a way that no other music program has been. I left having evolved as a pianist, as a musician, and as a person.
— Gabriel Shapiro, Pianist
 
 

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read reflections of a CLA France Pianist
read reflections a CLA Berkshires Pianist
read reflections of a CLA Italy Pianist

 
I feel professionally boot-camped! I’ve grown more in the past month than I had in many years, and in every way.”
— Jake Landau, Pianist