Instrumental Institute

Instrumental Institute

Applications for MMF’s 2025 Season are Now Open!

JUNE 22 - JULY 20, 2025

Orchestra Fellowship Program

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Orchestra Fellowship Program ·

Repertoire:

Week 1 & 2: June 22 - July 6
Independence Day Symphony Concert
Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro

Week 3: July 7 - July 13
Conductor's Symphony Concert:
Mozart | Symphony No. 36 (“Linz”)
Farrenc | Symphony No. 3
Beethoven | Symphony No. 2

Opera:
Dvořák | Rusalka

Week 4: July 14 - July 20
Opera:
Corigliano | The Ghosts of Versailles

Immersive Symphony Concert

*Additional Repertoire TBA

Participants awarded an Orchestra Fellowship receive a full fellowship covering all tuition and housing costs. Fellowship students serve as the primary musicians for all MMF Opera Institute productions, Conducting Institute concerts, and the annual Independence Day Symphony Concert & Fireworks Show.

Orchestra members will perform in several unique multimedia performances using MMF's groundbreaking Immersion Technology. MMF will present a full symphony concert and select opera productions in our innovative projection mapping technology to immerse audiences in a continuous 360-degree graphic display, bringing the music to life as they interact with performers and other production elements. MMF is the first live theater company to design and present an entire opera in a fully immersive theater setting.

Highlights from MMF’s Immersive Productions.


Schedule

The daily schedule will generally run 9:30 AM - 10 PM.

Sample daily schedule:

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Orchestra rehearsal
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Orchestra rehearsal
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner Break
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Practice, chamber ensemble rehearsals

Students can expect one day off each week from orchestra rehearsals. All schedules are subject to change.


Video and Photography

Video of Performances: MMF will record each opera production for participants to use. Please note that creation of these high-quality professional recordings can take up to several months to create a multi-camera angled product.

Photos of Performances: MMF will take photos of dress rehearsals, performances, and sometimes staging or music rehearsals. The items can and will be used for promotion of concerts and in future advertisements. MMF will give you access to all official photos taken at the festival by our staff after the conclusion of the festival. These photos will be watermarked with the MMF Logo. You are welcome to use these photos for social media, website, or other self-promotional use. However, you may not alter, crop, or remove the MMF official logo from the photo.


During the course of the festival, MMF will host Chamber Music Concerts for Fellows and Faculty to participate in. Performances will be held at The Betsy Hotel and Ocean Drive Promenade.


Tradewind Apartments

Tradewinds Apartment Hotel is directly across the street from Miami Music Festival’s rehearsal spaces and less than a 5 minute walk to the beach. Tradewinds Hotel features 160 luxurious boutique studios, one and two-bedroom apartment suites for MMF festival students and staff.

Apartments are fully furnished and include:

  • Free Wifi

  • Swimming Pool

  • Full Kitchen

  • Beach Towels 

  • On-site laundry facilities 


2024 Faculty

*2025 Faculty TBA


APPLY NOW

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APPLY NOW ·

HOW TO APPLY

Please complete our online application.  
Interns and Assistant Directors - apply here.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

  • One movement of a standard concerto or similar solo work

  • Three standard orchestral excerpts (chosen by applicant)

  • Video recordings should be recorded during the last year and must not contain any audio edits

    • Video Solos and Excerpts can be in different links and takes. Please make sure video links are not set to private.

  • Percussion Repertoire Requirements: Click Here. Percussionists can only apply via video submission.

APPLICATION DEADLINES

  • Video Audition Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

  • Live Audition Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

    New York, NY
    Friday, January 24, 2025
    1 PM - 9 PM

    New York, NY
    Saturday, January 25, 2025
    10 AM - 6 PM

    Miami, FL
    Sunday, February 2, 2025
    10 AM - 6 PM


NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AS TO STUDENTS

The Miami Music Institute admits students of any race, color, creed, sex, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, family responsibility, national origin, ancestry, handicap, or religion to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the Institute. It does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs or any other Institute-administered programs.