[1] It offers exceptionally talented young string players, aged 12 to 18, a seven-week summer residential courses in solo performance, chamber music, string orchestra and chorus singing, with a faculty led by Itzhak Perlman.
In addition to the summer program, students receive year-round mentoring and participate in international studies and performance tours.
Led by Toby and Itzhak Perlman, the SMS faculty and staff work to create an environment where young musicians feel welcome and supported, where musical talent is nurtured in a rigorous yet noncompetitive fashion, and where concern for the development of the whole person is always foremost at hand.
Students typically practice 4 hours every morning and attend rehearsals, coachings, and master classes in the afternoons.
Throughout the duration of the summer program, students and teachers perform in Works In Progress concerts which are free to the public on site.