A handful of young musicians will have the chance to learn from international artists this summer in conjunction with the Buzzards Bay Musicfest.

As an extension of the music festival, the International Performance Institute will welcome 10 piano and violin players, ages 14 and up, to refine their skills over the course of a week.

“It allows an opportunity for students in the area to be involved with all kinds of international musicians,” said Charles Stegeman, artistic director and co-founder of the Buzzards Bay Musicfest. “It’s important to offer to the South Coast the artists that we have, the skills that are available with these players.”

The music festival itself began in 1997. It brings classical and jazz professionals from around the world to Marion each year for a series of concerts offered free to the public. This year’s concerts will be performed July 8 to 12 at Tabor Academy.

Tabor will also host the International Performance Institute from July 6 to 12 where students will spend three intensive hours working with Stegeman, a violinist, or David Allen Wehr, a pianist, on technique each morning followed by a 90-minute master class with a musician playing at the festival.

“That’s an opportunity for those artists to talk to them and deal with issues of career and what it’s like to be an international musician,” Stegeman said of the master classes.

The program is a pilot this year.

Students 18 and up can board at the school, while those 14 to 17 must commute. Tuition, room and board is $1,500. For day attendees, the cost is $600.

More information is available at www.buzzardsbaymusicfest.com/international-performance-institute.