On the grounds of a participant observation carried out during a selected number of Chigiana summer courses, the paper will try to reconstruct the differences and specificities of their students. Their musical experience will not be the only issue taken into consideration, but it will be described within the context that surrounds it.
The paper will reflect on the spaces the students pass through, the places in which they attend classes and the urban spaces of the town that hosts them. It will also consider the experience of the time they spend in Siena. This will show how Chigiana students form a community in different ways, rooted in their different understandings of music, their identities and, therefore, their experiences in Chigiana.