NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS 2024-2025 season

Gradus Ad Parnassum Music Academy is excited to announce a new season of our chamber music program. “Chamber Music at Gradus”. The program is designed for string players and pianists ages 10-18 and offers weekly coaching with the members of the San Francisco Symphony, faculty of C’est Bon Music Academy as well as best local Bay Area musicians. There will be a formal public performance at the end of each semester as well as additional performance opportunities throughout the semester.


Weekly coaching will take place on Monday evenings between 5 and 9pm at Gradus ad Parnassum Music Academy which is located at 1529 S B St. San Mateo CA 94402. As well as at a second location in Cupertino on Sunday evenings.

Each weekly meeting will consist of rehearsal time and coaching session with a faculty member. There will be ten coaching sessions per semester.

Fall semester: *September 16 to December 2, 2024

Includes 2 holiday weeks

*Winter Concert December 8

Spring semester: *January 27 to April 21, 2025

Includes 2 holiday weeks disbursed throughout the semester

*Finale Concert April 27

*subject to change until September 2024

The tuition is $800 per semester.

Participation is by audition. Please submit a link to a recent unedited recording (with or without the accompaniment) to demonstrate your current level of playing with the application here.

New application deadline is September 10!

With any questions please contact
David Chernyavsky, administrator of the program at
gradusmusic1529@gmail.com
or at (718) 9387922