2025 Summer School

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Ashok and Orchestra

Our tutors

Every year we are lucky enough to be able to secure the services of a wonderful team of String Tutors to guide us through our week.  All are gifted players in their own right, with busy careers as international soloists, as members of world class orchestras or teaching in the very best music establishments in the country.  

This is the tutor team invited for 2025:

Phillip Granell - Violin

Catherine Leech - Violin

Darragh Morgan - Violin

Alicia Smietana - Violin

Stephen Upshaw - Viola

Tutor TBC - Viola

Ashok Klouda- Cello

Tim Smedley - Cello

Victoria Simonsen - Cello

Tutor TBC - Double bass 

Alice Barron - Wednesday afternoon workshop

Our tutors have busy performing schedules and responsibilities, so sometimes we do need to make changes to the tutor team

Accommodation

Accommodation is in a school Boarding House, a short walk from the teaching spaces. There are common rooms and kitchenettes there, where you can make hot drinks.

Breakfast is served in your Boarding House, lunch and dinner on the main School premises.

For 2025, we have endeavoured to keep the costs as close to last years prices as possible:

2025 prices:

Single Ensuite room (limited availability)

£755 per person

Single room with washbasin, bathrooms nearby

£705 per person

Basic single room, bathrooms nearby

£655 per person

Twin dorm room (for pre-arranged sharers)

£605 per person
Double ensuite room (for couples, not single occupancy) in nearby propertyVarious. Please enquire re availability and price per person

Day visitors

We are sorry but we may not be able to accommodate day visitors this year due to school restrictions. 

In addition, it will be possible to book bed and breakfast on the night before the course starts, and to book a place in a shared taxi Shuttle between Peterborough Train Station and Uppingham School

 

ELLSO String Summer School Terms and Conditions