Costs & Admission

TENTATIVE FEES [2011]

View from Hotel!Lodging - 13 Euro per person / per night
Meals - TBA
Mission / Seminar Fee - $300 (USD) All attendees are required to pay Mission Fee unless they are non-participating children.
Flights - Participants must arrange own flights to Europe. It is recommended that participants fly into Munich, Germany (2.5 hour drive from Telfes).
Transportation - Participants may provide own transportation (rent a car) or pay $150 to AIA for sharing local transportation (riding with another participant). Participants must make own arrangements for getting from the airport (closest and least expensive is Munich, Germany) to the Sporthotel. It can be done by train to Innsbruck and separate train to Telfes.
Sightseeing - Participants will have opportunities for a variety of sightseeing, cultural and mountaineering excursions during the Seminar. Payment for each excursion will be required at time of reservation. An Excursion listing will be posted on this website prior to May 1, 2011.
Private Lessons - $25 (USD) per 30 minute lesson. Students may register and pay for lessons at the Seminar. Lesson reservations will be taken on a first come - first served basis dependent upon Faculty availability.

ADMISSIONS PROCESS [2011 sTUDENT mUSICIANS]

A little boy enjoys the AIA Brass perform in the Hofgarten in Innsbruck 2006

STEP 1: ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS - You must meet the following requirements for consideration as an applicant:

a. 18 years old or older. Younger students may apply and must be accompanied by an adult chaperone.
b. Be a brass, woodwind, vocal or string instrument musician or a composition student.
c. Desire to better understand music from a Christian perspective.
d. Desire to bridge musical, cultural and spiritual gaps with Austrian musicians.

STEP 2: Complete the Online AIA Application by March 29, 2011. If not completed online, please download and print both the Application Form and the Statement of Faith in PDF format. Mail the application by March 15, 2011 to:

Arts in the Alps Admissions
206 N. Edwards #2
Newberg, OR  97132
USA

STEP 3: Send Audition Tape [see below for tape requirements] to AIA postmarked on or before March 15, 2011. If unable to meet the deadline, contact AIA requesting an extension. AIA retains the right to refuse late applications.

STEP 4: Application review will begin on March 29 and will be completed by April 15 or when all Seminar positions are filled. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by April 25.

STEP 5: A non-refundable Deposit of $100 (USD) and Enrollment Agreement is due postmarked on or before May 5 from those accepted for admission.  If traveling with MTW, please follow their guidelines for deposits.

STEP 6: The complete payment of the remaining Tuition / Room & Board fees are due at AIA. Because members are chosen for specific chamber ensembles, it is very important that AIA receives notice of a student's intentions not to attend well in advance of AIA.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

2009 students enjoying school concertApplicants are required to provide a recording of their performance skills made no longer ago than January 31st of 2010. The tape should be mailed to:

Arts in the Alps Admissions
206 N. Edwards #2
Newberg, OR  97132
USA

Or MP3 format recording may be emailed to kdehnert@aya.yale.edu.

BRASS, WOODWIND AND STRINGS AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

1. One movement from a standard concerto for instrument.
2. One contrasting movement from a standard sonata.
3. Both with Piano or Ensemble accompaniment.
4. A recording of the applicant's chamber ensemble is acceptable in place of solo performance recordings.

TAPE GUIDELINES

1. Use a high quality cassette tape or CD or digital MP3 format [for email].
2. Concerto and Sonata must be performed with accompaniment.
3. Give name, address, country and instrument at beginning of tape.
4. Mail immediately to the Arts in the Alps by March 15, 2011.
5. If unable to meet the deadline, contact AIA requesting an extension. AIA retains the right to refuse late applications.

MISSION TEAM MEMBER (2011 Musicians and Non-Musicians) APPLICATION PROCESS

Those interested in being part of the AIA Mission Team, as representatives of Christ bridging cultural, musical, and spiritual gaps, are asked to contact the Director of AIA by email and use online application.

The involvement of Mission Team Members includes:

  1. Hotel cleaning - there is work that is very helpful to AIA and its participants. This includes work helping hotel staff with cleaning (if called upon).  The hotel is self-catering, so to keep our costs low we are able to do many helpful things for the hotel.
  2. There is a need for rehearsal/performance set up and transporting musicians to and from rehearsals and performances.
  3. There is a need for chefs (or cooks) to help prepare breakfast and a periodic lunch or dinner for all participants.
  4. Daily Bible Studies and prayer times led by a faculty member.
  5. Concert attendance - there will be several concerts during the week that all participants have the opportunity to attend.
  6. Sightseeing - you cannot attend an event in the Austrian Alps without spending some time looking around!

The cost of attending as a Mission Team member is the same as for student musicians. Please use the online application, though questions referring to applicant as a student do not need to be answered - use NA (non-applicable).