FAQs

  • We prefer that all attendees participate in the entire festival.

    However, if you’re only able to attend a portion of the festival – under certain circumstances – exceptions can be made.

    Important: we do not provide housing when you aren’t in attendance at the festival. This means you must either 1. check out of your housing for any days you’re not attending or 2. pay your housing for the days/nights you’re not in attendance. If you’re not sure what this means or how this works, email us.

  • No. Anything else?

    Okay, to be serious: all of the lessons in this festival are open format, so that everyone can benefit. Private lessons aren’t offered.

  • Before the festival starts, we’ll send out a teacher preference survey.

    Prof. Pratt does his best to accommodate everyone’s requests. But obviously if everyone requests the same person, it’s impossible to make that happen. So the assignments are ultimately at Prof. Pratt’s discretion.

  • More on this as we learn about our new location. But very quickly: we do not provide transportation to campus. We will give you info on the best way to get there (once we know).

  • More on this soon.

  • More on this soon.

  • This festival is open to pianists 15 and older. There is no upper age limit.

  • You will need money for:

    -food

    -getting off campus

    -getting to campus/back to the airport

    -parking

    -airfare/getting yourself to San Francisco, however that may be

    Important: we only pay for your housing when you are actively participating/on campus. If you leave campus overnight during the festival (to play a gig, for example), you’ll either need to check out of your housing, or pay for those nights out of your own pocket.

    Check back soon for more updates on additional budgeting needs.

  • Yes, you will be housed with Art of the Piano Festival participants at SFCM’s residence hall (Bowes). We will also try to accommodate roommate requests.

    For more information about festival housing, click here.

  • We’re not sure yet if this is possible. We’ll try our best to accommodate, since our Young Artists come from all over the world. That said, any early or late check-ins/check-outs will need to be paid on your own and aren’t covered by the festival.

    Check back soon for updates on housing.

  • Art of the Piano is providing free housing on a shared room basis at SFCM’s residence hall (Bowes) If you would like to have a private room, you will need to pay the additional cost on your own, which is $60/person/night. For more information on what the residence hall is like, click here.

  • Art of the Piano festival participants will be housed at SFCM’s residence hall (Bowes). For more information on the facility, click here.

  • More on this coming soon. We generally provide a festival handbook with info on how to best get around. As for info on the San Francisco area, there are tons of websites and travel books—more than we could possibly list here :)

  • More info on this coming soon.

  • No, all auditions and applications are online.