Explore Exciting New Career Opportunities at Aspen Music Festival and School

The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Campus serves as the primary home for the Aspen Music School, focusing on intensive classical music education for over 600 students annually. Nestled on 38 acres of aspen groves and meadows two miles from downtown Aspen, it provides an idyllic environment for private lessons, masterclasses, chamber music coaching, and orchestral rehearsals. Taught by world-renowned faculty, programs emphasize technical mastery, artistic expression, and collaborative performance skills essential for professional careers.

• Orchestral Instruments: Violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion
• Piano and Keyboard Studies
• Chamber Music Ensembles across all instrument families
• Conducting Masterclasses
• Composition and Contemporary Music Workshops
• Solo Recital Preparation and Audition Training
• Artist Diploma Program for advanced performers

Facilities include dedicated teaching studios, rehearsal halls like Edlis Neeson Hall, practice rooms, and a percussion building, fostering daily immersion in classical repertoire from Baroque to modern works.

The Meadows Campus is the premier performance hub of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where students apply their Bucksbaum Campus training in public concerts and recitals. Centrally located near downtown Aspen, it features state-of-the-art venues that host over 400 events each summer, providing invaluable stage experience for emerging artists amid enthusiastic audiences.

• Chamber Music Recitals in Joan and Irving Harris Concert Hall
• Orchestral Concerts under the Michael Klein Music Tent
• Soloist Performances and Faculty-Student Collaborations
• Special Ensemble Showcases
• Opera and Vocal Repertoire Presentations (in partnership with Wheeler Opera House)
• Contemporary and Commissioned Works Premieres

While primarily performance-oriented, the campus supports rehearsal sessions and masterclass demonstrations, bridging education and professional exposure in an acoustically superior setting designed for classical music excellence.