Summer Piano Intensive
Summer Piano Intensive
This three-week summer festival for pianists ages 12-25 offers a unique immersive learning and performance experience for both an emerging talent and a seasoned artist. In addition to daily workshops and seminars, each student receives two one-hour weekly lessons. Performance opportunities include weekly master classes and on-campus concerts, as well as numerous outreach concerts scheduled throughout the Winston-Salem area.
2025 Dates*:
*Residential Students check into their Resisidence Halls the Sunday prior to their session. Program orientations meet 8:30 AM the first Monday of instruction. Commuter students pick up thier campus ID and t-shirt at their program orientation. Each SPI session concludes on a Friday. Residential students must check out of thier room no later than 11:00 AM the following Saturday morning. |
The UNCSA performance facilities feature a magnificent collection of Steinway pianos housed in three performance venues: four Steinway Model D concert grand pianos (three Hamburg and one New York) and a fifth, Steinway Model B. There is a separate dedicated practice area for pianists, which features 14 comfortable soundproof rooms with grand pianos.
Daily Schedule
| 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Private Lessons/individual practice |
| 12 - 1 p.m. | Lunch break |
| 1 - 2 p.m. | Instrument-specific seminar |
| 2 - 3:30 p.m. | Program-wide seminar/workshop (wellness, memorization, overcoming stage fright, quick learning techniques) |
| 3:30 - 4 p.m. | Break |
| 4 - 5 p.m. | Group study on assigned project (ensemble, research etc) |
See Faculty in Performance
Dmitri Vorobiev
Dmitri Shteinberg