Directory of summer programs - Directory

American Music Teacher, Feb-March, 2004

ALASKA

University of Alaska-Fairbanks

Jo Scott, Producing Director/Founder, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, P.O. Box 80845, Fairbanks, AK 99708; (907) 479-8869; festival@alaska.net; www.fsaf.org

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Fairbanks, 7/18-8/1. Featured teachers: Peter Marsh, Louise McClelland, Greg Hopkins, Alvaro Gomez and Russell Guyver, among many others. Type of participants. Voice, percussion, brass, strings, woodwinds and opera/musical theater. Age or grade level: Collegiate, professional and people interested in the arts. Emphasis: Soloists, ensembles, chamber music, improvisation, jazz, private lessons, technique, workshops, theory and popular music. Cost: $600-$800 with housing; $300-$500 w/out housing. Credit available.

CALIFORNIA

Holy Names College

Fran Smith, Coordinator, Holy Names College, Music Department, 3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland, CA 94619; (510) 436-1234, fax: (510) 436-1438; Laskey@hnc.edu; www.hnc.edu

Kodaly Summer Institute, Oakland, 7/5-7/23. Featured teachers: Gemma Arguelles, Judith Harryanyi, Erzsebet Hegyi, Anne Laskey and Fran Smith. Type of participants: Teachers. Age or grade level: Collegiate through professional. Emphasis: Chamber music, pedagogy, repertoire and sight reading. Cost: $1,700 with housing; $800 w/out housing. Credit available.

Idyllwild Arts

Diane Dennis, Registrar, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, P.O. Box 38, Idyllwild, CA 92549; (909) 659-2171, ext. 365, fax: (909) 659-5463; summer@idyllwildarts.org; www.idyllwildarts.org

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, Idyllwild, 7/11-8/22. Featured teachers: Yehuda Gilad, clarinet; Larry Livingston, orchestra; Grant Gershon, choir; Stephen Piazzo, wind ensemble; and Jeff Tower, jazz. Type of participants: Instrumental and voice. Age or grade level: Secondary and collegiate. Emphasis: Ensembles, chamber music, improvisation, jazz, private lessons, technique, repertoire, sight reading, theory and master classes. Cost: $1,850 with housing.

International Young Artists Peninsula Music Festival

Erika Chary, Founder/Director, international Young Artists Peninsula Music Festival, 6931 Vallon Dr., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90275; (310) 377-8891, fax: (310) 544-6319

International Young Artists Peninsula Music Festival, Palos Verdes Peninsula, 6/19-6/20. Type of participants: All instrumental, voice and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary and collegiate. Emphasis: Soloists, ensembles, accompanying and chamber music. Auditions: April 24-25, 2004. Send stamped, addressed envelope for application or fax to (310) 544-6319. Honoraria to each young musician, selected by audition, to perform in the festival. Prizes: Five prizes of $1,000. San Francisco Conservatory of Music (See advertisement on page 49.)

Laurie Seibold, Acting Summer Programs Coordinator, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Summer Music West Department, 1201 Ortega St., San Francisco, CA 94122; (415) 759-3454, fax: (415) 759-3499; smw@sfcm.edu; www.sfcm.edu/summer

Summer Music West--Composition Intensive, San Francisco, 6/21-7/22. Featured teacher: Alexis Alrich. Type of participants: Composers. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Improvisation, private lessons, theory and a final concert of new works. Cost: $680 w/out housing.

Summer Music West--Gilbert and Sullivan Scenes, San Francisco, 6/21-7/2. Featured teachers: Artistic staff from The Lamplighter's, a Gilbert & Sullivan company. Type of participants: Voice. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Soloists, ensembles, improvisation, repertoire, sight reading and workshops. Cost: $645 w/out housing.

Summer Music West--High School Choral Academy, San Francisco, 6/21-7/2. Featured teachers: Brace Lamott and Margaret Clark. Type of participants: Voice. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Ensembles, chamber music, private lessons, technique, repertoire, sight reading, theory and workshops. Cost: $545 w/out housing.

Summer Music West--Musicianship Class, San Francisco, 7/5-7/16. Featured teachers: Preparatory division musicianship faculty. Type of participants: All instrumental and voice. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Improvisation, sight reading, theory and ear training. Cost: $300 w/out housing.

Summer Music West--String and Piano Academy, Chamber Music, San Francisco, 7/5-7/30. Featured teacher: Doris Fukawa, ensemble coordinator. Type of participants: Violin, viola, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Ensembles, chamber music, technique, repertoire, sight reading, theory and master classes. Cost: $595-$755 w/out housing.

University of California at Davis

Carol Anne Muncaster, Director of Public Programs in the Arts, University of California, 2227 Social Sciences and Humanities, Davis, CA 95616; (530) 752-6728; camuncaster@ucdavis.edu; http://summerarts.ucdavis.edu

UC Davis Summer Arts Festival 2004, Davis, 7/17-7/31. Featured teachers: Various composition, instrumental and vocal faculty members. Type of participants: Piano, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, percussion, voice, composers and ensembles. Age or grade level: Ages 14-22. Emphasis: Ensembles, contemporary music and collaborations between performers and composers; audition is by tape; score and/or tape for composers. Cost: $50 application fee.