Festival Napa Valley’s Blackburn Music Academy is a tuition-free summer conservatory for ninety emerging professional musicians from around the world. They participate in chamber music and orchestral concerts together with the Festival’s professional faculty, take part in workshops, coaching sessions and professional development activities, and perform alongside musicians from the Metropolitan Opera, Russian National, San Francisco Symphony, and other leading orchestras. Academy musicians are provided complimentary lodging through the generosity of local host families. The Festival is proud to play a role in advancing the careers of these talented young musicians.