INTERNATIONAL SUMMER MUSIC SCHOOL AND FESTIVAL
Summer Music on the Shannon (SMS)
is committed to a programme designed to provide accessibility
to international standards of music instruction and performance
excellence.
The music school and festival offers to musicians of all ages,
and at all levels of achievement, programmes which stimulate inherent
artistic talent through a wide variety of classes, rehearsals,
solo recitals and ensemble performances. By participating in an
intensive and exciting summer music programme, students will be
encouraged to explore opportunities for the further enjoyment
of music.
The mission of the summer music program is:
to develop, in the west of Ireland, a classical
summer music school and festival with the highest international
standards of performance and teaching and with no barriers to
admission based on age, sexual orientation, level of ability or financial disadvantage.