More than 260 rising high school juniors and seniors from across Tennessee will be arriving Sunday, June 2, for the four-week 2013 Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts at Middle Tennessee State University.

The Governor’s School for the Arts at MTSU will run from June 2 through June 28.

The June 2-28 program provides high quality arts education for gifted and talented Tennessee high school students.

The pre-professional summer curriculum includes individual and group instruction designed to help each student explore his or her talents in music, ballet, theatre, filmmaking and visual art. About four hours a day, six days a week are spent working in the major area of concentration.

Performance events of the Governor’s School include:

• Nashville Opera performance, 7 p.m. Monday, June 3, in Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building;

• Governor’s School faculty ensemble, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, in Hinton Hall;

• Guitarist and performer Mike Loudermilk will entertain at 7 p.m. Monday, June 10, in Hinton Hall;

• Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Mary Ann McCormick will perform a recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, in Hinton Hall;

• A performance of “Anne Frank” by the Nashville Ballet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, in Tucker Theatre;

• Maestro Class with Nashville Symphony music director Giancarlo Guerrero, 10 a.m. Monday, June 17, in Hinton Hall;

• A live art presentation called “SandStory” by Joe Castillo at 7 p.m. June 17 in Tucker Theater; and

• Actors Stoney Westmoreland and Benim Foster performing “The Zoo Story” at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 22 in Hinton Hall. Kingsport, Tenn., native Westmoreland is a 1987 alumnus of the Governor’s School.

With the exception of the Maestro Class, the performance events are open to the public and admission is free.

MTSU professor of music Raphael Bundage, who is director of choral activities and opera in the School of Music, serves as Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts director.

Lynda Hawkersmith serves as assistant director and dean of students, Janet Bell-Taylor is assistant dean of students, Glenna Robinson is school coordinator and Brenda Batey is finale event coordinator. Faculty from MTSU and other universities assist as instructors.