Curtis Institute of Music
| Curtis Institute of Music | |
| Summary: | Young Composer Programme |
| Deadline: | 31 January 2018 |
| Date Posted: | 18 January 2018 |
| Details: |
Experience conservatory-style living with a rigorous musical schedule and opportunities to perform in an intimate, challenging, and supportive environment. The three-week course features personalized attention from celebrated faculty, many of whom are Curtis alumni, with thriving pedagogical or performance careers. Musicians aged 14 to 22 who have studied privately at the advanced level are welcome to apply. • Weekly private lessons with composition faculty David Ludwig, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Dmitri Tymoczko • Daily seminar class featuring discussions about the past and future of composition; advice from performers about how to write for their instruments; and conversations about commissions, competitions, publishing, and other issues composers face today. • Orchestral score study • A performance and recording of one of your works by Curtis musicians–unique to this program. The chamber work performed by the Curtis Summerfest faculty is written by composition participants before the start of the program. Accepted composition participants are sent specific options for instrumentation. Composers submit scores one to two weeks in advance of arrival. This chamber work will be performed by Summerfest faculty during the composition recitals in the second and third week of the program. Additional works written during the program may be seen by composition faculty during lessons and the daily seminar, and may be workshopped by peers. • Master class presentations of distinguished composers in a small-lecture format, with opportunities for questions and discussion. Past master class faculty have included Steven Mackey, Efstratios Minakaki, and Joan Tower. In 2017 we were honored to welcome two outstanding guest artists: Missy Mazzoli, “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York); and Christopher Rouse, faculty at the Juilliard School and Peabody Institute. Master class faculty for 2018 will be announced soon. |
| Web Site: | www.curtis.edu/summerfest/young-musician-program/young-artist-summer-program3/about/ |
