About Credo Boston

Credo Boston
August 11-15, 2025

Come experience the joy, excitement, passion, and achievement of Credo – right in your own back yard! Credo returns to Boston for a fun and intensive week, led by acclaimed artist-teachers. At Credo Boston we will Develop the Gift, Acknowledge the Source, and Respond in Service – training the whole musician and mentoring the whole person.

The week will include:

  • Chamber Music

  • Solo Master Classes

  • String Orchestra

  • Community Outreach

  • Final Performance

Credo alumni and New England Conservatory students at an outreach event

Credo Festival students talk about the joy of Credo

Each day will include an innovative and fun musicianship class by Credo Artistic Director Peter Slowik, profiled by theStrad magazine as “a man of limitless energy and purpose – he mentors high achievers who make their mark in top positions the world over.”  Slowik will lead students on level-appropriate encounters with conducting, music theory, musical style, and practicing tips. 

Each student is cherished at Credo. The environment nourishes the most accomplished pre-conservatory students as well as those participating in their first serious summer music festival.

All serious string students age 12-18 will find a challenging home at Credo Boston. Advanced applicants for Credo Boston should also consider applying for the Credo Festival. (Students attending both festivals will receive a sizable discount on the Boston Festival tuition.)

To Apply

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

Each applicant is required to submit 1) an audition video, and 2) a personal introduction video.

  • Audition Video: 6-10 minutes of your best playing from 2 contrasting solos.

  • Personal Introduction Video: Take 2-4 minutes to help us get to know you better:

    • Include your name and hometown.

    • Tell us about your family (What do your parents do? How many siblings do you have? Are they musical?)

    • Tell us about a favorite non-musical activity or two.

    • What are you looking forward to at Credo this summer?

Video Guidelines

  • You may send different takes of each piece performed, but each take must be unedited.

  • Audition videos do not require piano accompaniment.

  • Upload your recordings to YouTube and include the links on your application form.

Application Timeline

Application fee: $30

  • April 15: Financial Aid deadline

  • May 15: Application deadline

  • March 1 - June 1: Students will be admitted via rolling admission as early as March 1; all students will be notified by June 1

  • June 15: $200 non-refundable deposit due

  • July 31: Final tuition payment due

Cost

Tuition: $570 (no increase from 2024)

Discounts:

  • $50 Early bird discount for students paid in full by June 1

  • $100 discount for each additional member of the same family

  • Early bird and family discounts may be combined

  • $200 off Credo Festival tuition for Credo Boston students doing both festivals in the same calendar year

2024* Credo Boston Faculty

  • Peter Slowik – Credo Artistic Director, Professor of Viola, Oberlin Conservatory

  • Thomas Cooper – Artistic Director, Fermata Chamber Soloists

  • Amy Galluzzo – New England Conservatory of Music Prep Faculty

  • Sarita Kwok – Arabella Quartet, Chair of Music, Gordon College

  • Carol Ou (on leave 2024) – New England Conservatory of Music Prep Faculty

  • Daniel Tavani – Cellist, Boston

  • Megan Carlier Tavani – Cellist, Boston

  • Alyssa Wang – Principal Conductor, Boston Festival Orchestra

For artist bios click HERE

*2025 faculty will be announced in November