University of Montana
Christopher Hahn, assistant professor of piano, University of Montana, Department of Music, 32 Campus Dr., Missoula, MT 59812; (406) 243-6490;
christopher.hahn@umontana.edu; www.sfa.umt.edu/music/camps/camp/piano/default.htm
The University of Montana Piano Camp, Missoula, 6/22–6/28. Featured teachers: Christopher Hahn, Steven Hesla, Lee Heuermann, Karen Beres and Margery Whatley. Type of participants: Pianists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Chamber music, repertoire, sight reading, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $475 with housing; $275 w/out housing.
New Hampshire
Plymouth State University
Carleen Graff, director of festivals, Plymouth State University, Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, 17 High St., MSC #37, Plymouth, NH 03264;
(603) 535-2313, fax: (603) 535-2645; carleeng@plymouth.edu;
www.plymouth.edu/mtd/pianonews
Junior Piano Monster Festival, Plymouth, 6/22–6/25. Featured teachers: Thomas Ediger and Donna Smith. Type of participants: Pianists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Grades 5–8. Emphasis: History, improvisation, sight reading, theory, technique, electronic and computer music, festival chorus, percussion ensemble and handbell choir. Cost: TBA.
Piano Monster Festival Teacher Seminar, Plymouth, 6/24–6/25. Featured teachers: Thomas Ediger and Donna Smith. Type of participants: Pianists, teachers, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Professional. Emphasis: Workshops. Cost: TBA.
Senior Piano Monster Festivals, Plymouth, 6/26–6/29. Featured teachers: Thomas Ediger and Donna Smith. Type of participants: Pianists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Grades 8–12. Emphasis: History, improvisation, repertoire, sight reading, theory, private lessons, technique, electronic and computer music, vocal ensemble, percussion ensembles and digital keyboard orchestras. Cost: TBA.
The Walden School
Bradley Evans, office manager, The Walden School, 31-A 29th St., San Francisco, CA 94110; (415) 648-4710, fax: (415) 648-1561; teachers@waldenschool.org;
www.waldenschool.org
Teacher Training Institute Summer Intensive, Dublin, 8/5–8/12. Featured teachers: Leo Wanenchak, Pat Plude, Pamela Quist, Tom Lopez and Brooke Joyce. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, vocalists, conductors, teachers, music educators, IMTs, composers and soloists. Age or grade level: Elementary, secondary, collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Improvisation, pedagogy, sight reading, theory, jazz, computer and electronic music, workshops and composition. Cost: $1,500 with housing. Credit available.
Young Musicians Program, Dublin, 6/28–8/3. Featured teachers: Leo Wanenchak, Pat Plude, Shawn Crouch, Caroline Mallonée and Bill Stevens. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, vocalists and creative young musicians. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Chamber music, history, improvisation, sight reading, theory jazz, popular music, workshops, electronic and computer music and composition. Cost: $5,900 with housing.
New Jersey
Appel Farm Arts & Music Center
Jennie Quinn, camp director, Appel Farm Arts & Music Center, Appel Farm Summer Arts Camp, P.O. Box 888, Elmer, NJ 08318; (856) 358-2472, fax: (856) 358-6513; camp@appelfarm.org; www.appelfarm.org
Appel Farm Summer Arts Camp, Elmer, 6/22–7/18 or 7/20–8/15. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, vocalists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation, repertoire, sight reading, theory, jazz, private lessons, technique, popular music, workshops and electronic and computer music. Cost: $4,900 with housing.
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Office of Continuing Education, 101 Walnut Ln., Princeton, NJ 08540; (609) 924-7416, fax: (609) 921-6187; woce@rider.edu; www.rider.edu/woce
Bach Festival 2008, Princeton, 6/22–6/28. Featured teachers: Andrew Megill and Robin Leaver. Type of participants: Vocalists, conductors, teachers, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Repertoire, technique and workshops. Cost: TBA. Credit available.
Body Mapping: Improving Music Making with Sematic Pedagogy, Princeton, 6/22–6/27. Featured teacher: Heather Buchanan. Type of participants: Vocalists, conductors, teachers, music educators, IMTs and soloists. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy and technique. Cost: TBA. Credit available.
Composition Camp, Princeton, 6/29–7/4. Featured teachers: Stefan Young and Ron Hemmel. Type of participants: Composers. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: History, theory, private lessons, workshops and electronic and computer music. Cost: $800 with housing.
High School Solo Piano, Princeton, 6/22–6/28. Featured teacher: James Goldsworthy. Type of participants: Pianists and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Repertoire, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $900 with housing.
Middle School Vocal Camp, Princeton, 6/22–6/28. Featured teachers: Patricia Thel and Lois Laverty. Type of participants: Vocalists and soloists. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Sight reading, theory and technique. Cost: $800 with housing.
Music Theater Workshop, Lawrenceville, 7/27–8/3. Featured teachers: Frank Abrahams and Bill Enslow. Type of participants: Vocalists and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Repertoire, private lessons, technique, popular music and workshops. Cost: $900 with housing.
Organ Camp, Princeton, 7/6–7/19. Featured teachers: Kenneth Cowan and Alan Morrison. Type of participants: Organists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: History, repertoire, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,400 with housing.
Piano Camp A, Princeton, 7/13–7/19. Featured teacher: Ingrid Clarfield. Type of participants: Pianists and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, history, theory, jazz, technique and workshops. Cost: $800 with housing.
Piano Camp B, Princeton, 7/20–7/26. Featured teacher: Ingrid Clarfield. Type of participants: Pianists and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, history, theory, jazz, technique and workshops. Cost: $800 with housing.
Vocal Institute, Princeton, 7/6–7/19. Featured teacher: James Jordan. Type of participants: Vocalists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Repertoire, sight reading, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,400 with housing.
New York
Chautauqua Institution
Sarah Malinoski, coordinator of student services, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua Music Festival, P.O. Box 1098, Chautauqua, NY 14722;
(716) 357-6233, fax: (716) 357-9014; music@ciweb.org; http://music.ciweb.org
Chautauqua Music Festival, Chautauqua, 6/21–8/12. Featured teachers: Timothy Muffitt, Rebecca Penneys and Marlena Malas. Type of participants: String, brass, wind and percussion instrumentalists, pianists, vocalists, conductors, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Collegiate and pre-professional. Emphasis: Chamber music, private lessons, technique, workshops, master classes and competition. Cost: $4,105 (voice and piano), $3,555 (instrumental) with housing; $2,440 (voice and piano), $1,890 (instrumental) w/out housing. Credit available.
Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music, Summer Session Office, 26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY 14604; (585) 274-1400, fax: (585) 274-1005; summer@esm.rochester.edu; www.esm.rochester.edu/summer
Choral Conducting Week I: Artistry, Vocal Pedagogy, Musicianship, Rochester, 7/7–7/11. Featured teachers: William Weinert, Robert McIver, Susan Wharton Conkling and Gregory Ristow Type of participants: Conductors, teachers, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy, repertoire, technique and workshops. Cost: $2,280 with two credits, $840 noncredit, with housing; $990 with one credit, $540 noncredit, w/out housing.
Choral ConductingWeek II, Rochester, 7/14–7/18. Featured teachers: Robert Page and William Weinert. Type of participants: Conductors, teachers, music teachers and IMTS. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy, repertoire, technique and workshops. Cost: $2,280 with two credits, $840 noncredit, with housing; $990 with one credit, $540 noncredit, w/out housing.
Early Childhood Seminar, Rochester, 8/4–8/8. Featured teacher: Donna Brink Fox. Type of participants: Teachers, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy and workshops. Cost: $1,230 with one credit, $690 noncredit, with housing; $990 with one credit, $450 noncredit, w/out housing.
Eastman Sings!, Rochester, 7/20–7/25. Featured teachers: Robert McIver and the Eastman voice faculty. Type of participants: Vocalists and soloists. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Repertoire, sight reading, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,350 with one credit, $910 noncredit, with housing; $990 with one credit, $550 noncredit, w/out housing.
Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition, Rochester, 8/1–8/9. Type of participants: Pianists and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Cost: $480 with housing.
IMPROVFest: Organ Improvisation Workshop, Rochester, 7/7/–7/11. Featured teachers: William Porter, Gerre Hancock and Rick Erickson. Type of participants: Organists and soloists. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Accompanying, improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire and workshops. Cost: $1,290 with one credit, $840 noncredit, with housing; $990 with one credit, $540 noncredit, w/out housing.
Improvising at the Harpsichord, Rochester, 7/7–7/11. Featured teacher: William Porter. Type of participants: Harpsichordists and soloists. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Accompanying, improvisation, repertoire, sight reading and technique. Cost: $1,290 with one credit, $695 noncredit, with housing; $990 with one credit, $395 noncredit, w/out housing.
Instrumental Techniques, Rochester, 7/21–8/1. Featured teacher: Christopher Azzara. Type of participants: Teachers, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Improvisation, pedagogy, technique and workshops. Cost: $3,570 with three credits, $1,245 noncredit, with housing; $2,970 with three credits, $645 noncredit, w/out housing.
Music Horizons, Rochester, 7/12–8/2. Featured teacher: Ruth Cahn. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, vocalists, composers and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Chamber music, history, repertoire, sight reading, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $2,770 with housing; $1,590 w/out housing.
Plays Well With Others, Rochester, 7/14–7/16. Featured teachers: Jean Barr, Jody Graves and Alexandra Nguyen. Type of participants: Pianists and accompanists. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Accompanying and workshops. Cost: $1,170 with one credit, $530 noncredit, with housing; $990 with one credit, $350 noncredit, w/out housing.
Mannes College, The New School For Music
Julie Kedersha, festival director, Mannes College, The New School for Music, International Keyboard Institute & Festival, 150 W. 85th St., New York, NY 10024; (212) 580-0210, ext. 4858, fax: (212) 580-1738; info@ikif.org; www.ikif.org.
International Keyboard Institute & Festival, New York, 7/13–7/27. Featured teachers: Menahem Pressler, Philippe Entremont, Joaquin Achucarro, Jerome Rose, Marc-Andre Hamelin. Type of participants: Pianists and soloists. Age or grade level: Collegiate and post-conservatory. Emphasis: Repertoire, private lessons and competition. Cost: $1,800 with housing; $900 w/out housing. Credit available.
Oneonta College (State University of New York)
Keisuke Hoashi, director of communications, SUNY Oneonta, Music Department, Fine Arts Building, Oneonta, NY 13820; (607) 267-4024, fax: (888) 632-3221; info@nysmf.org; www.nysmf.org
NYSMF New York Summer Music Festival, Oneonta, 6/29–8/9. Featured teachers: Jungeun Kim, John Patitucci, Paul Cohen, Keisuke Wakao and Sherrie Maricle. Type of participants: Instrumentalists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation repertoire, sight reading, theory, jazz, private lessons, technique, workshops, electronic and computer music, composition, classical sax, original musical theatre. Cost: $1,600 for two weeks with housing; $1,000 for two weeks w/out housing. Credit available.
Purchase College (SUNY)
Ruth Nybro, director, Noncredit Continuing Education, Purchase College (SUNY), Liberal Studies and Continuing Education Department, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY 10577; (914) 251-6508, fax: (914) 251-6515; conted@purchase.edu; www.purchase.edu/JazzInstitute
6th Annual Summer Jazz Institute, Purchase, 7/13–7/18. Featured teachers: Doug Munro, Richie Morales, Ray Vega, Charles Blenzig and Ralph LaLala. Type of participants: Jazz instrumentalists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Ages 14–18. Emphasis: Improvisation, jazz and workshops. Cost: $1,290 with housing; $1,065 w/out housing.