Students have returned year after year. Clearly this is one summer school that could become addictive

BBC Music Magazine

Last year was inspirational and my playing improved out of all proportion so I am hoping for the same miracle again

Julian Britton, retired surgeon

I have just stepped out of an enchanted experience in which, once again, magic was woven out of old stones, hard labour, high spirits and genius... Students go through genuine and profound change while they're there, and that opens them up to be bonded and elated and also protected from all the lowering grit of everyday life

Cynthia Kee, novelist

Fees & Accommodation


BEDROOMS have large beds with new mattresses and simple furniture, all with windows facing over the hills and valleys of the Tarn Gorge.

  • double bedrooms with large ensuite bathrooms
  • single and double rooms, with shared bathrooms
  • dormitories
  • bathrooms and toilets are numerous, modern, and spacious. All plumbing is new and highly efficient
  • the bedrooms have large double or single beds, with comfortable new mattresses, and simple furniture
  • all rooms have ceiling fans
  • free ethernet internet access in all bedrooms
  • a large laundry room for everyone’s use at no extra charge
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FEES, based on choice of accommodation, include full board, all
tuition and concerts. The choices per course are as follows:

OBSERVERS, and partners not receiving tuition, will be offered a discount of 10%.

DOUBLE ENSUITE ROOMS can be booked as singles subject to availability and a supplementary charge of 15%.

For other extra charges please see Supplementary Charges page.

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Download 2010 application form

Dates for 2010 at Ambialet

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The Venue - Ambialet

The magnificent Priory at Ambialet in the Tarn Gorge is the summer school's new home. Over the years it has maintained and developed the original vision of its founders: to nurture the highest standards of music-making in idyllic surroundings...