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NEC Summer School: Institutes and Intensives
Encountering Music: A Forum for Conductors
Charles Peltz, artistic director
William Drury, coordinator
Faculty: Frank Battisti, Charles Peltz
Sunday, June 22-Thursday, June 26
During an intensive five days, the seven chosen participants will encounter music with Frank Battisti (former NEC Wind Ensemble director; founder, Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles), Charles Peltz (Music Director, NEC Wind Ensemble, Glens Falls Symphony; Director of Orchestras, Luzerne Summer Music Center), and other NEC faculty.
Morning seminars will involve discussion and study of scores, aesthetics and perspectives on music. Afternoon conducting sessions will include conducting a complete ensemble. The overall structure of the week will enable all participants to enjoy the educational benefits of intensive and highly personalized instruction and discussion.
The repertoire to be studied or conducted has included: Mozart Serenades Nos. 10 and 11 ; Hindemith Symphony in B-flat, Persichetti Symphony for Band, and Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments. Repertoire may be changed with due notice to participants and is tailored to the abilities of each participant in the symposium.
Participants will also submit the titles of six (6) works with which they have had rehearsal or performance experience. One of these works will be chosen, through mutual agreement, for the participant to conduct during the seminar. The seminar also includes sessions introducing new repertoire.
Daily schedule:
| 8:30 a.m. | Morning gathering |
9:00 a.m. |
Seminar discussion I |
10:45 a.m. |
Seminar discussion II |
12:00 noon |
Lunch together |
1:30 p.m. |
Conducting (Tueday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)* |
4:00 p.m. |
Break |
6:00 p.m. |
Dinner together |
(*auditors welcome)
Admission: Those wishing to participate are asked to submit a resume and videotape containing rehearsal and concert footage (school ensemble footage acceptable) should accompany a brief letter of application. Deadline for applications is May 1. Non-participating auditors are welcome to attend the afternoon sessions.
Registration: Both participants (upon acceptance) and auditors should use the form in this catalogue or download one at www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer/forms_registration.html.
Housing: Available at a nearby campus; call the Summer School at 617-585-1126 for information.
Financial aid: is available.
Tuition:
Participants: $745
Early bird discounted tuition (registered/paid by May 15): $670
Auditors: $135
plus NEC $30 registration fee
Day passes: $40/day inclusive