Cheshire Academy Photo - CA believes all students can benefit from music education, from beginners to students planning a career in music. Students of music at CA develop tenacity, patience, focus, and confidence, and also have many opportunities to display leadership in several student-led ensembles. Advanced students can take private lessons, audition for all-state festivals, and study AP Music Theory and IB Music.

String Ensemble At Boarding Schools

There are 5 boarding schools offering string ensemble as an extracurricular activity.

Top String Ensemble Boarding Schools (2026)

School
Location
Quick Facts
The Bement School
The Bement School Photo
94 Old Main Street, PO Box 8
Deerfield, MA 01342
(413) 774-4209
Gr: 3-9 | K-9 (day) | 229 students Student-teacher ratio: 5:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 45% Tuition listed
Cheshire Academy
Cheshire Academy Photo - Our 104 acre (0.42 sq km) campus is in the center of the quiet, beautiful Town of Cheshire, CT. Though just a two hour drive to both Boston and New York, Cheshire is a quiet small town where students are in walking distance of a few area shops and cafes.
(5)
10 Main Street
Cheshire, CT 06410
(203) 439-7250
Gr: 9-12, PG | 343 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Acceptance rate: 45% Tuition listed
La Lumiere School
La Lumiere School Photo - La Lumiere School is a private, independent boarding and day school founded in 1963, located in La Porte, Indiana, on an idyllic 190-acre wooded campus. At La Lumiere, we form character, cultivate scholarship, and explore faith in order to grow into more complete versions of ourselves.
(Catholic)
6801 N. Wilhelm Road
La Porte, IN 46350
(219) 326-7450
Gr: 9-12, PG | 193 students Student-teacher ratio: 7:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Tuition listed
Perkiomen School
Perkiomen School Photo - Innovation Center
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200 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073
(215) 679-9511
Gr: 6-12, PG | 360 students Student-teacher ratio: 8:1 Avg. class size: 13 students Tuition listed
Ridley College
Ridley College Photo - Experience Canada! As part of our Duke of Edinburgh program, students can go dogsledding up North, ride horses in Pennsylvania and canoe in Algonquin park! Camp out under the clear starry skies and cook food by the fire.
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2 Ridley Road
St.Catharines, Canada L2R7C3
(905) 684-1889
Gr: 6-12, PG | PK-12, PG (day) | 797 students Student-teacher ratio: 8:1 Avg. class size: 18 students Tuition listed

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