Several of you have asked whether it would be possible either to arrive a day early or stay a day or two later because of plane connections or other issues. We checked with the Salzburg Seminar management who run the “hotel” facilities, and at this point the rooms are not all completely booked (although they may well be as the dates get closer). So, the short answer is that you (or family members) could reserve rooms before or after the Academy session, but you would have to pay for them. Salzburg would give you the alumni discount rate, contact Paul to inquire more about this rate.
If you don’t want to pay that much, there are other hotels and a hostel/pension that are relatively close to the Schloss as well as to town that are recommended:
Hotel Josefa http://www.hotel-josefa.at/
Hotel Hoelle http://www.hoelle.at/
Jugendgästehaus Salzburg http://www.jfgh.at/salzburg-e.php
Another option is to simply look on the Salzburg Information website under accommodation. www.salzburg.info. There you can search for rooms based on price, location, etc.
FYI, for the future, Paul has posted the names and links of these hotels, etc. on this site–look for the link at the right.
