Education Week
A week of celebrating music, stories, and community
CRMF Education Week is a new initiative of Classical Remix Music Festival that celebrates learning, mentorship, and creativity at every age.
Join Classical Remix Music Festival for a week of concerts and workshops and educational events across Atlanta, bringing together young audiences, skilled community musicians, and Atlanta-based artists and writers in collaboration with world-class professional classical musicians.
June 8 - 14, 2026
Community Virtuosi Applications
Dates: June 8 - 14, 2026
Final concert on June 14, 2026
Application Deadline: January 30, 2026 11:59 PM
Application Fee: $15
Program Fee: $700
Ever go to a symphony or chamber concert and wish you could perform alongside those amazing musicians? Now’s your chance.
As a Community Virtuoso, you’ll rehearse and perform side-by-side with musicians from the Atlanta Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, and more.
You’ll be given the opportunity to experience the in-depth preparation and exploration that goes into preparing a movement of your favorite classical piece at a professional level, and experience what it feels like to perform alongside professional musicians.
A week of rehearsals, masterclasses and sightreading parties ends with your performance in the Community Virtuosi Chamber Concert on June 14, 2026 - the grand finale of CRMF Education Week.
Music educators are welcome and eligible for a program fee discount.
You Should Apply If You…
Are an adult 18 years or older
Play and own a string, wind, brass or keyboard instrument
Have prior ensemble experience (youth/college orchestra, chamber music, or community ensemble)
Are comfortable reading music confidently
Are eager to be challenged in a supportive, high-level setting
Want to refine ensemble skills, sound, and musical interpretation
Have missed making music at a serious level — or are ready to return to it
Are excited to learn from professionals without pressure or intimidation
Why Apply
Participants will:
Rehearse and perform side-by-side with professional musicians daily from ensembles like the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony and more
Receive coachings and masterclasses throughout the week
Hang out and mingle at sightreading parties
Build confidence in:
ensemble communication
rhythm and cohesion
tone and blend
musical expression
Gain practical tools for:
practice efficiency
performance mindset
chamber collaboration
Perform with your side-by-side ensembles in the Community Virtuosi Chamber Concert as part of CRMF Education Week
Become part of a supportive artistic community of fellow adult musicians
Events
Our Education Week at a glance
Dates TBD
Lostintheletters
1655 McLendon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
Kids Concerts at Lostintheletters
In partnership with Lostintheletters, a new independent bookstore run by Scott Daughtridge Demer, CRMF presents cozy kids’ concerts where musicians bring beloved children’s books like Goodnight Moon, Peter and the Rabbit, Ferdinand the Bull and more to life.
Community Virtuosi Chamber Concert
Date: June 14, 2026
Venue TBD
Community Virtuosi pairs skilled non-professional adult musicians with professional performers in chamber ensembles for a side-by-side chamber music concert that celebrates growth, mentorship, and joyful music-making. After a week of rehearsals, masterclasses and sightreading parties, participants and professionals share the stage in a dynamic performance that highlights the musical talent thriving within our Atlanta community.
To participate in this program, apply here.
Bridgerton & Mendelssohn (with William Pu Music Academy)
Date and Venue TBD
Set in a lush outdoor garden, this special side-by-side concert opens with a professional string quartet performing music from the Bridgerton soundtrack. In the second half, the ensemble expands as a quartet from the William Pu Music Academy joins our musicians to perform Felix Mendelssohn’s electrifying Octet in E-flat major - a piece he wrote when he was just 16 himself!