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NEC Summer School: Institutes and Intensives
Sound Encounters 2007: A Workshop for Contemporary Music
Michael Norsworthy and Carol Rodland, artistic directors
Kenji Bunch, composer-in-residence
Faculty: Renee Krimsier, flute; Ariadne Daskalakis, violin; Scott Kluksdahl, cello; Max Levinson, piano;
Michael Norsworthy, clarinet; Carol Rodland, viola
Wednesday, June 13-Sunday, June 17
Sound Encounters 2007 is an intensive performance workshop exploring 20th and 21st century music. The seminar will open June 13 with a faculty concert featuring the music of Kenji Bunch and works by other prominent living composers. Participants will receive intensive coachings and private lessons with members of the faculty on selected repertoire, culminating in two student concerts on Sunday, June 17.
The repertoire will encompass a broad range of contemporary music, with special emphasis on the works of Kenji Bunch, who will offer a Friday evening lecture in addition to coachings on his music throughout the weekend. Selected students may have the opportunity to premiere some of Bunch's newest works. Suggested works will also be listed on the Institute's website (www.soundencounters.info), but additional suggestions from participants accepted into the workshop are also welcomed.
Instrumentalists: Violinists, violists, cellists, pianists, clarinetists and flutists may apply as individuals or as pre-formed ensembles composed of any combination of the aforementioned instruments. String quartets, woodwind quintets and piano trios are also encouraged to apply.
Composers are invited to apply to Sound Encounters in the "Composer" category and to submit for consideration their own works written for any combination of the instrumentation represented in the Sound Encounters faculty. One of the afternoon group sessions at the workshop will be devoted to a public reading by the faculty and subsequent interactive discussion of the chosen composers' works. A recording of this session will be made available to participating composers (but cannot be used for commercial purposes).
Auditors areencouraged to attend any or all of the workshops, with special encouragement given to composers, who will have an opportunity to share a meal and informal discussion with Kenji Bunch. Auditors may also be performers who only wish to observe and not participate in the workshop. If time permits, auditors may sign up for private lessons with the faculty at NEC's current studio rate of $89 per hour.
Preliminary schedule:
Wednesday, June 13 |
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11:00 a.m. |
Registration and sign-in |
12 noon |
Orientation; welcoming remarks from faculty |
1:00-5:00 p.m. |
Faculty rehearsals (students may watch or practice) |
8:00 p.m. |
Faculty concert |
Thursday, June 14 |
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10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Coachings and lessons |
1:00-2:00 p.m. |
Lunch break |
2:00-5:00 p.m. |
Group master class or coachings and lessons |
Evening |
Individual practice or rehearsals |
Friday, June 15 |
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10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Coachings and lessons |
1:00-3:00 p.m. |
Lunch and discussion for composers with Kenji Bunch |
3:00-6:00 p.m. |
Group master class or coachings and lessons |
7:30 p.m. |
Lecture and discussion with Kenji Bunch |
| Saturday, June 16 | |
| 10:00-1:00 p.m. | Coachings and lessons |
| 2:00-5:00 p.m. | All group master class or oachings and lessons |
| 8:00 p.m. | All-workshop dinner |
| Sunday, June 17 | |
| 8:00-11:30 a.m. | Sound checks |
| 12:00 noon | Student concert |
| 3:00 p.m. | Student concert |
Application procedure: Admission is on a first-come, first -served basis. Applications will be accepted from advanced students and professionals age 18 or higher. Performers must submit a CD consisting of two (2) contrasting works or movements, one of which must have been written after 1950. Composers shouild submit a CD or score of their work(s) for consideration. (No minidisks, cassettes or videos will be accepted.) Applicants must also submit a resume, two (2) letters of recommendation, and a choice of repertoire they are interested in studying and performing. Please send all materials to Carol Rodland, New England Conservatory, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115.
Applications are due no later than April 15, 2007; accepted participants will be notified shortly thereafter.
Note: Participants accepted into the workshop are expected to arrive already having learned the music they will perform or study.
Housing: Available at a nearby campus; call the Summer School Director at 617-585-1126 for information.
Financial aid: available. Please include a statement of need in with your application.
Registration: Performing participants: upon acceptance. Please download a form at www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer/forms_registration.html). Auditors and day-pass attendees may register by downloading a form from the site above, or by using the NEC Summer School registration form in this catalogue.
Note to all ensemble members: Every individual in an ensemble must fill out a registration form and pay the $30 NEC registration fee in addition to the group ensemble tuition.
Tuition:
2 SEC credits (individuals): $950
Non-credit (individuals): $790
Early-bird non-credit discounted tuition for individuals (registered/paid by May 15): $720
Ensembles: $895
Early-bird discounted tuition for ensembles (registered, paid by May 15): $845
Composers: $470
Early-bird discounted tuition for composers (registered, paid by May 15): $435
Auditors: $370
Day passes: $105
plus NEC registration fee: $30