Each year Samling selects eighteen young singers to take part in week-long programmes of study, where they are coached intensively in opera and lieder singing by some of the world's finest artists. These young people are usually in the final stages of their studies or just emerging into the professional world and are selected through an audition process.

During Masterclass Samling opens its doors to the general public who are invited to observe the 'masters' and their students – Samling Scholars - at work. The week ends with a gala concert, given on the last evening - the standard is exceptional.

"Probably the most important week of these singers' lives."
                                                                                 - Malcolm Martineau, Leader