About the School : Campus and facilities

Kinhaven Campus

The Kinhaven Kitchen is famous for its delicious homemade fare—fresh, nutritious and definitely non-institutional. Breads and breakfast coffee cakes are baked daily. Lasagna, pizza, quiches, soups, pesto, burritos, and desserts are all made from "scratch" by our dedicated cooks. Non-meat dishes are available for our growing vegetarian population. Meals are times of good eating, socializing, and are the focal point of communication within the Kinhaven community.

The Concert Hall houses the symphony orchestra and the chorus; it holds an audience of 200. All of the public concerts are presented in the Concert Hall. Everything from nightly orchestra rehearsals to large percussion pieces to weekly folk dancing takes place in this warm, wooden, building.

Practice cabins are sprouting up all over the spacious campus. Morning time is assigned to everyone for practice. Practice spaces are available to all students during free time.

A very large rehearsal building reserved for brasses is called Crescendo. Our ten grand pianos, including four Steinways, are continually being upgraded and restored. In the Concert Hall, in addition to our best Steinway, are a small pipe organ and a harpsichord. We have an exhaustive chamber music library.

Students live in cabins, sleep in bunk beds, and have modern plumbing. Despite the rustic setting, each cabin has electricity. Four to eight campers share a room with a counselor nearby.

Other facilities include an Infirmary which is well-equipped and hopefully rarely used, and a Common Room that has a fireplace, games, and comfortable couches for non-musical relaxation and coziness.