Location and Facilities

Lake District Summer Music's International Summer Music Academy (ISMA) is moving from July 2012 to the inspiring campus of Brathay Hall on the shores of Windermere. 

Great New Facilities

  • Modern accommodation in single, twin and group rooms
  • Spacious tutorial & rehearsal rooms
  • Quality rehearsal pianos
  • Well-stocked chamber music library
  • The dining hall offers a range of excellent food catering for all dietary needs
  • Comfortable lounge areas
  • Meet tutors and friends and sample some traditional Cumbrian hospitality in the campus bar
  • Plenty of free parking
  • Broadband internet access

An Inspiring Location

Set at the heart of the world's most beautiful landscape and surrounded by the lakes and fells, the campus is only 10 minutes drive from the centre of one of the most popular and well equipped Lake District villages.

Easy to Reach Us

Access to LDSM is easy whether travelling by private car or public transport. Students arriving by coach or by train into Windermere will be shuttled to the campus by minibus. International students are advised to fly to Manchester Airport, which has direct connections to Windermere. There are connecting rail services from all UK airports.