ECi 2025
Welcome, Accepted Participants!
Accepted Participant Check-List
Upload Your Materials to Confirm your Participation
Complete the Admitted Participant Form and upload the following:
1) Sign and date the Participant Agreement — Link to PDF
This includes important details about travel, media and publication, payment schedule, and our program’s code of conduct.
2) Submit a high-resolution color headshot (1–3 options)
Payment Links & Deadlines:
First Payment — Due March 14:
Second Payment — Due May 1:
Third Payment — Due June 15:
Spring Orientation, Workshops, and Lesson Timeline
Composition Deadlines:
March 15, 2025:
Your instrumentation for a chamber ensemble will be assigned by this date.
April 15, 2025:
A first draft or work-in-progress of the full score is due to the faculty for review
Submit a PDF here: April Deadline Dropbox File Request
June 1, 2025:
A close-to-final draft of the full score and parts for the performance faculty to practice is due
Submit PDF’s here: June Deadline Dropbox File Request
Online Classes & Lessons:
Mar 15 - June 1:
Three 90 minute online workshops of instrumental and repertoire studies. These events will be scheduled via Doodle Poll and a zoom link will be provided before each event. Each class will be recorded and a link to the video will be provided to any participants who are unable to attend.
Zoom link for online seminars: https://curtis-edu.zoom.us/j/8088434210
April 15 - May 1:
1-on-1 online lessons with composition faculty will be scheduled via Doodle Poll sign-up. (2 lessons)
Summer Activities in Carmel Valley, CA
Check-In and Check-Out
Check-In: June 27, 2025 after 5pm:
Arrange to arrive at Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel Valley, CA after 5pm. The program begins the next morning.
Hidden Valley Music Seminars
104 W Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley, CA 93924
Check-Out: July 7, 2025 at 9am
Depending on your summer plans or travel schedule, you are also permitted to check out early after the final concert ends on July 6, 2025 at about 5pm.
Schedule
The in-person schedule will be released in early June. Here is a link to last year’s schedule if you’d like to get an idea of what to expect. The program offerings change year-to-year so the schedule is subject to change.
Travel Information & TipS
The closest airport to Hidden Valley is Monterey Regional Airport (MRY), and it is about 20 minutes by car. Other recommended travel routes include flying into San Jose International Airport (SJC) or San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and taking the Monterey Shuttle into Monterey offered by Groome Transportation.
You may also try to coordinate carpool arrangements with the other participants – ECI will provide contact information for all participants to coordinate carpools, if applicable.
Participants must provide their expected arrival and departure information to ECI (eci@hiddenvalleymusic.org) no later than 2 weeks prior to arriving at Hidden Valley.
Participants understand that travel planning and costs are their own responsibility.
If participants need to arrive before or leave after ECI provided accommodations, please contact eci@hiddenvalleymusic.org for recommendations.
For More information, visit Hidden Valley’s website at https://www.hiddenvalleymusic.org/getting-here.htm
Room and Board
Lodging:
Participants will stay at the Waddell Center Residence Hall at Hidden Valley Music Center. Please visit their website for more information about the accommodations and what to bring: https://www.hiddenvalleymusic.org/lodging.htm
Food:
All meals will be fully catered beginning the morning of July 28 with breakfast and ending the evening of July 6 with a final dinner. If you have dietary restrictions, please indicate these in the Admitted Participant Form when confirming your participation.