Join us August 4-8, 2025!
Plan on full days at JSSI with evening activities as well.
The week of JSSI is busy. Our regular class schedule has 6 class periods from 8:30 am – 5:45 pm. Full-day students will get one hour off.
Dorm Check-in/JSSI Packet Pickup
Sunday 3-5 pm at Emerson Hall: 500 W Emerson St, Seattle, WA 98119
If you are arriving after 5 pm, please fill out this form by noon on Sunday so that your keys/packet are available at Campus Security: 601 West Emerson, Seattle, WA 98119.
Monday at Emerson Hall: 8 – 10:30 am
Monday Morning Schedule
- Check-in at Emerson Hall starts at 8 am for pretwinkle/half-day students and 8:30 am for all others. Check-in ends at 10:30 am.
- Half-day/Pretwinkle students: Classes at 8:30 am and 9:45 am
- Advanced Orchestra students: Rehearsal at 9:45 am for the Opening Ceremony
- All other full-day students: Optional play-ins at 9:45 am after check-in
- Opening Ceremony is at 11 am
- Lunch at at noon
- Classes for full-day students begin at 1 pm
Evening Events
- Monday 7 pm: Teen social – meet in Emerson Lobby
- Tuesday 7 pm: Faculty recital with violist Amber Archibald-Sesek, followed by a teen social to Fainting Goat Gelato
- Wednesday 6 pm: From Hiroshima to Hope (optional – no transportation provided)
- Thursday 7 pm: Chamber Music Performance, opened by StringsPop
On Friday, classes end at 10:45 am, and all student institute activities will be over by 3:30 pm.
11 am Orchestra Concert, immediately followed by a group photo on the steps of Bach Theater for all JSSI students, faculty, and teacher workshop participants
12 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Final Concert/s
2-5 pm: Turn in keycards and room keys in Emerson Lobby (outside these hours go to Security)
Teacher workshops will be held Friday afternoon according to their class schedule.
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