Special Opportunities
AT OUR SCHOOL
There are numerous opportunities for our students to participate in chamber and orchestral ensembles outside of what we do at Niles West. We are not associated with these programs, but have students who are and can vouch for them!
- Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA)
- District 7 Senior Orchestra - by audition
- All-State Orchestra - selected students only
- ILMEA Commercial Music Fest - by selection, mid-April
- ILASTA Illinois Regional Orchestra Consortium
- Deep Dish Music Fest at Columbia College - by selection, early March
- Niles West Chamber Orchestra - by audition, after school, year-round
- Niles West Pit Orchestra - afterschool, dates dependent on show cycle
- Sizzling Strings Summer Camp - for students in our township, end of July/beginning of August
There are numerous opportunities for our students to participate in chamber and orchestral ensembles outside of what we do at Niles West. We are not associated with these programs, but have students who are and can vouch for them!
- Midwest Young Artists
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
- DePaul University's Pre-College Program
- Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Old Town School of Folk Music
- Merit School of Music
- Lincolnwood Youth Strings (contact Carol Janossy for more information)
- MYA Summer Camps
- Elmhurst University Summer Music Camps
- DePaul University's Summer ChamberFest
- Illinois Summer Youth Music
- Birch Creek Summer Music Academy
- Interlochen Arts Camp
- Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
- Sphinx Performance Academy
- American Music Institute Summer Camp
- Northwestern Summer Violin Academy
