Register and make payments online at www.idyllwildarts.org/register. We accept VISA, American Express, Discover or MasterCard. Completed applications must include the $50 application fee and the per-course deposit to ensure placement. The deposit is applied toward tuition. If you are applying for financial aid, we encourage you to register early. If you cannot afford to pay the deposit, you can choose “Pay by Check” and your application will remain in Applied status. Your enrollment will not be confirmed until a scholarship is awarded or a deposit is paid. Scholarship applications in applied status will still be required to pay the $50 application fee.

Enrollment status is confirmed upon payment of application fee and deposit. Enrollment (class placement) is not guaranteed until the balance is paid in full. Auditioned workshops also require acceptance before enrollment is confirmed. The complete balance is due at least 30 days before class begins; a $100 late fee will be assessed to past due accounts.

Click here for the updated Summer 2021 Enrollment Agreement.

Application Fee: There is a nonrefundable $50 application fee. Only one application fee is charged per summer season. If you enroll in more than one program, you will not be charged a second application fee.   

Lab Fee: Lab Fees cover the materials and supplies necessary for each student to participate in the program. The Lab Fee varies from program to program based on the amount of materials and supplies provided to the students. Please see the course description for the cost per program. You may still need to purchase and bring additional materials not covered by this fee for your program.

Tuition: Below is a breakdown of our Teen Programs’ tuition cost based on the length of the program. 

Residential tuition covers meals, housing, and the intensive or workshop, program instruction, concerts, student performances, student life, private instruction, and art showings. 

Day tuition covers lunch, intensive or workshop, program instruction, concerts, student performances, student life, private instruction, and art showings.

The Health and Safety Fee helps cover the increased cost of running a program with COVID-19 safety precautions.

The current health crisis is ever-changing and best practices for safety are constantly evolving. At this time, we anticipate the following processes to help keep students safe. Guidance from state and local authorities will determine actual policies in Summer 2021. 

We ask that students start exercising increased precautions (stay at home as much as possible, wear masks in public spaces, increased hygiene practices) two weeks before arriving on campus, and to continue to exercise as many precautions as possible while traveling to Idyllwild. Other safety regulations include:

• Requiring students to provide COVID test results before arrival to campus. 
• Holding smaller classes in well ventilated or outdoor spaces. 
• Only two students per dorm room.
• Staggering Dining Hall meal times to accommodate smaller groups of students at a time. 
• Daily Health Symptom screenings.
• Social distancing rules and wearing masks at all times on campus.

Students who do not follow all health and safety guidelines will be subject to school discipline, up to and including being immediately dismissed from the program and sent home.

Due to the increased cost of running programs during the pandemic, we will not be offering marketing-based discounts. The Honor Ensemble Discount will still be available – more details coming soon. Scholarships are still available based on financial need.

Click here to learn more about scholarships for teens. Updated information about scholarships for adult students is coming soon.

View the refund policy for Summer 2021 here.

Click here for our Teen Programs FAQ, which has even more common questions and information about Summer 2021