Tuition & expenses

Tuition

For Composers & Performers, the tuition for the 2019 Space City New Music Summer Festival is one thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($1350 USD) which covers the cost of participation for the festival.​​ This does not include housing.


For Auditors, the tuition for the 2019 Space City New Music Festival is three hundred fifty dollars ($350 USD).


*Full tuition for the festival is due on May 20, 2019.


*Participants are responsible for paying and booking their own hotels separate from the tuition.

Deposit

Upon acceptance, a nonrefundable downpayment of four hundred dollars ($400 USD) will be due February 20th, 2019. In the event that you are accepted later than most participants, this deposit will be due four weeks after reception of your acceptance letter. 

Hotels

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Spring Hill Suites

  • Reserve a room for the duration of the festival by calling Spring Hill Suites at 713-655-0002
  • $149.00/night + tax (SCNMF discounted rate)

Key Amenities:

  • Free high-speed internet 
  • Free breakfast
  • Fitness center
  • Pool

Couryard Houston Downtown/Convention Center

  • Reserve a room for the duration of the festival by calling Courtyard Houston Downtown at 832-366-1600
  • $149.00/night + tax (SCNMF discounted rate)

Key Amenities:

  • Free high-speed internet
  • Fitness center
  • Pool
  • Meeting event space
  • BISTRO - open for breakfast and dinner

Courtyard Houston - West University

  • Reserve a room for the duration of the festival by calling Courtyard Houston/West University at 713-661-5669
  • $119.00/night + tax (SCNMF discounted rate)

Key Amenities:

  • Free high-speed internet
  • Fitness center
  • Pool
  • Meeting event space
  • BISTRO - open for breakfast and dinner

Residence Inn Houston - West University

  • Reserve a room for the duration of the festival by calling Residence Inn Houston/West University at 713-661-4660
  • $129.00/night + tax (SCNMF discounted rate)

Key Amenities:

  • Free high-speed internet
  • Free breakfast
  • Pet friendly
  • Kitchen/Kitchenette

Air BNB

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Transportation

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METRO

All participants are responsible for transportation to and from Houston, Texas and the festival location at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (M.A.T.C.H.).
Participants will have the option to travel using the NEW Metro Rail in downtown Houston. 
MetroRail Card  

  • The MetroQ card can be bought at the train stations  
  • There are a variety of options to choose from  
  • Metro Cards are linked to a credit card 

Learn More

Around the area

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  • Rothko Chapel
  • The Menil Collection
  • Holocaust Museum Houston
  • Houston Zoo
  • Museum of Fine Arts
  • Contemporary Art Museum
  • Zilkha Hall
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science
  • Jones Hall (Houston Symphony)
  • Rice University
  • University of Houston