This Burch Field Research Seminar is a semester-long program offering students the opportunity to experience cultural activities in two of the most exciting metropolitan centers of music in Europe: London, England and Florence, Italy. The semester offers a complete range of musical experiences, both as performers of vocal or instrumental music and for students of music history and composition. The program will offer a complete range of musical experiences, both for performers and students of music history, and the consumer of serious art music. Small ensembles (chamber music) in intimate settings, solo performances and recitals, larger orchestra repertoire heard live, and dramatic opera settings – all at world-class level – will be available to augment and enhance the study and understanding of musical performance, composition and history.

Fall 2026