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NEC Summer School: Institutes and Intensives
Summer Piano Institute: The Music of Chopin
Faculty: Donald Berman, Pianist and Lecturer, Tufts University
Bruce Brubaker, Chair, Piano Department, College, New England Conservatory
Dana Gooley, Assistant Professor of Music, Brown University
Roberto Poli, Piano Faculty, New England Conservatory Preparatory School
Marilyn Roth, Chair, Piano Department, Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education, New England Conservatory
Janice Weber, Piano Faculty, Boston Conservatory
David Witten, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, Montclair State University
This intensive weekend explores the piano works of Chopin. The composer immersion format provides a forum for the professional, adult student, teacher, and advanced high school student. There will be opportunities for close study, practice, and exposure to the range of Chopin's works. Faculty will give presentations on various aspects of the works of Chopin, including performance traditions, historical interpretive approaches, and Chopin's own playing and teaching methods. Sessions will stress current topics in recent Chopin scholarship and their relevance for the pianist and piano teacher. The weekend culminates with a recital by the participants.
Participants perform in master classes, symposia, workshops, and the recital. Limit: 12 participating performers weekend.
Observers (non-performing participants)
may participate in discussions and attend all the sessions.
Lecture-Demonstrations:
Donald Berman
Geometry to Poetry: Interpreting Prelude Interpreting
Bruce Brubaker
Stretching Chopin: Editions and Performance Practices
Dana Gooley
Chopin and the Spirit of Improvisation
Roberto Poli
The Secret Life of Musical Notation: Defying interpretive Traditions
Janice Weber
The Super Etude: Godowsky's Version of Chopin's Originals
David Witten
The Coda Wagging the Dog: Tails and Wedges in the Chopin Ballades
The Greatest Method Book Never Written: Chopin's Sketchbook for Pianists
Panel Discussion: Rubato
Representative Daily Schedule :
Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13 |
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|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30 a.m. |
Gathering and coffee |
| 9:15-10:15 a.m. |
Lecture-demonstration |
| 10:15-11:15 a.m. |
Master class |
| 11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Break and practice |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. |
Lecture-demonstration |
| 12:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. |
Seminar/Master class |
| 2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Group discussion/Panel |
| 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
Master class |
| 4:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 4:15 p.m-5:15p.m. |
Lecture-demonstration |
5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m. |
Workshop (Saturday only) |
| 7:30p.m. |
Recital (Sunday only) |
Admission: an audition is required of performing participants. Please call the Summer School Director at 617-585-1126 to schedule an informational interview/placement audition with the institute directors. For further questions about the Institute, please e-mail Marilyn Roth at mroth@newenglandconservatory.edu
Registration: Performing participants (after admission by audition) and observers may download an NEC registration form from www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer/forms_registration.html
Housing: available at a nearby campus. Call 617-585-1126 for information.
Tuition:
Performing participants:
1 SCE credit: $500
Early-bird discounted tuition (registered/paid by June 10): $420
Non-credit: $395
Early-bird discounted tuition (registered and paid by June 10): $340
Observers (non-performing participants):
Non-credit: $265
Early-bird discounted tuition (registered/paid by June 10) $225
Single day pass: $150 (
no early-bird discounted tuition on single-day passes)
All plus $30 NEC registration fee