To Apply for The Walden School’s Young Musician Program

To receive application materials and a brochure, click on the online request form link to the right, or contact us by mail or phone and we will send you all necessary forms and information.

When you contact us, please include the following information:

• Name of student
• Age of student
• Grade in school
• Instrument(s) and years studied
• Mailing address, including ZIP or Postal Code
• Phone number

Also, if the person requesting this information is not the student, please let us know your name and your relationship to the student (parent/guardian, teacher, etc.).

Admissions Process & Criteria

The Walden School seeks creative young people (ages 9 through high school) interested in music, music improvisation, and music composition. Prior experience in music composition or improvisation is not necessary, although we do require that students have completed at least 1 year of private instrumental instruction.

The application requires that you complete and send to The Walden School the following:

• $50 non-refundable application fee
• Teacher Recommendation (form provided in application packet)
• Short personal statement / essay
• Completed Application Form

Additionally, you may also submit the following:

• Financial Aid Application and accompanying tax information
• Tapes, scores, samples of creative work, or other materials

On occasion, for students 11 and under, we are able to consider a 2- or 3-week session, although there is no guarantee that we are able to provide this program. Students who have reached their 12th birthday by July 1 are not eligible for a shorter session.

The Walden School does not offer a day-program option. All students must live on-campus in order to participate.

Tuition, Room & Board, and Financial Aid

The cost for tuition, room and board for the 2008 Session is $5,900.

This fee covers all meals, housing, instruction, concerts, coachings & lessons, supervision, laundry and recreation fees. This amount does not include transportation to and from The Walden School.

Financial Aid is available for qualified students. 37% of students in 2007 received some form of need-based financial aid, with award amounts ranging from $600 to $5,000. A completed financial aid application is required to be eligible for financial aid. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions regarding tuition and financial aid. The Walden School is committed to making every effort to make the experience affordable and possible for deserving students.

The Walden School admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin, to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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