Virtuoso Program Application and Admission

The Virtuoso Program provides superior music instruction to talented high school string players (violin, viola, cello and bass), regardless of their financial, cultural or religious background, who wish to dedicate themselves to an intense course of music and academic study. Enrollment is kept highly selective in order to maintain an extremely low student/teacher ratio.

In addition to meeting San Domenico's academic admission standards, applicants to the Virtuoso Program are carefully screened for their musical potential and for their readiness to undertake intensive music study. The Program welcomes the applications of string musicians who have achieved a technical level sufficient to perform standard solo concerto repertoire. This assumes 4 to 8 years of private study prior to their attendance at San Domenico. Applicants must audition; although live auditions are strongly preferred, submission of a recording is accepted if distance prohibits a personal audition on the San Domenico campus.

Merit Scholarship
All students accepted to the Virtuoso Program receive some level of merit scholarship funding. This remarkable opportunity not only provides an education of excellence for all deserving students, it also preserves the impeccable quality of the Virtuoso Program by freeing it to consider only those students who demonstrate abundant talent and a vigorous commitment to their education and to music. By accepting the scholarship, the Virtuoso student acknowledges her responsibility to complete the four-year program and to fully comply with its intensive requirements.

 To schedule your interview and audition, please contact:

Rob DeNunzio
Music Conservatory Director
(415) 258-1921
rdenunzio@sandomenico.org

For additional information about San Domenico, please contact the Admissions Office at (415) 258-1905.