Texas
Baylor University
Lesley Sisterhen, assistant professor of piano and director of piano pedagogy, Baylor University, School of Music, One Bear Place #97408, Waco, Texas 76798; (254) 710-1417, fax: (254) 710-1191; Lesley_Sisterhen@baylor.edu; www.baylor.edu/busmc
Piano Teacher Workshop, Waco, 6/22–6/28. Featured teachers: Lesley Sisterhen and other piano faculty members. Type of participants: Piano teachers and independent piano teachers. Age or grade level: Professional. Emphasis: Private lessons, piano pedagogy seminars, observe activities of the High School Institute, including master classes and lessons by Baylor Piano Faculty, theory classes and computer theory drill keyboard skills classes, videos of famous artists and recital series. Cost: TBA.
Pipe Organ Encounter, Waco, 6/9–6/14. Featured teachers: Joyce Jones and Stephen Morris. Type of participants: Piaists, organists and students wanting to learn to play the organ. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: History, improvisation, repertoire, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $425 with housing; $275 w/out housing. Contact: Joyce Jones, professor of music and organist in residence, Joyce_Jones@baylor.edu.
Summer Piano Institute, Waco, 6/22–6/28. Featured teachers: Jane Abbott-Kirk, Bradley Bolen, Terry Lynn Hudson, Brian Marks and Lesley Sisterhen. Type of participants: Pianists and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary (grades 8–12). Emphasis: Theory, private lessons, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, computer theory drill, keyboard skills classes, videos of famous artists, regular practice periods and recital series. Cost: TBA. Contact: James B. Williams, director of keyboard studies; James_Williams@baylor.edu.
Collin College
Sam Wong and David Grice, directors, Collin College, Texas Conservatory for Young Artists, 2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy., Plano, TX 75074; (982) 985-0392;
tcya@verizon.net; http://www.tcya.org/
Texas Conservatory for Young Artists, Plano, 6/15–6/22. Featured teachers: To be announced on the website. Type of participants: Pianists, soloists, music educators, IMTs and student observers. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Workshops. Cost: Performing participants $400, student observers $160, teachers $75 w/out housing.
The International Festival-Institute at Round Top
Alain G. Declert, program director, The International Festival-Institute at Round Top, P.O. Box 89, Round Top, TX 78954; (979) 249-3086,
fax: (979) 249-5078; alaind@festivalhill.org; http://festivalhill.org/
The International Festival-Institute at Round Top, Round Top, 6/1–7/13. Featured teachers: Kevork Mardirossian, Yuval Gotlibovich, Emilio Colon, Hakan Rosengren and Synergy Brass Quintet. Type of participants: Symphony orchestra instrumentalists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Pre-professional and professional. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, repertoire, sight reading, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $600 with housing.
Southern Methodist University
David A. Karp, director, Southern Methodist University, Department of Music, National Piano Teachers Institute, P.O. Box 356, Dallas, TX 75275 (214) 767-3188 or (972) 828-1333, fax: (214) 483-7004 or (972) 661-3278; dkarp@smu.edu
National Piano Teachers Institute, Dallas, 7/8–7/11. Featured teachers: Seymour Bernstein, Brian Chung, Barbara Kreader, Melody Bober and Drew Mays. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, teachers, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: History, improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, jazz, private lessons, technique, popular music, workshops, electronic and computer music. Cost: $400 with housing; $225 w/out housing. Credit available.
The University of Texas at Arlington
Sheila Paige, executive director, Piano Wellness Seminar, 68 Crooked Lane, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034; (800) 864-7507, fax: (856) 414-1995; info@pianowellness.com; http://www.pianowellnessseminar.com/
Piano Wellness Seminar, The University of Texas at Arlington, 7/18–7/26. Featured teacher: Sheila Paige. Type of participants: Pianists, organists, soloists and music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Professional. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, pedagogy, repertoire, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,200 with housing; $800 w/out housing.
Vermont
Adamant Music School
Adamant Music School, P.O. Box 22, Adamant, VT 05640;
(802) 229-9297, queries@adamant.org; http://www.adamant.org/
Behre Series with André Laplante, Adamant, 7/2–7/6. Featured teachers: André Laplante. Type of participants: Pianists, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Secondary, collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy, repertoire, technique and master class. Cost: $650–$750 with housing.
Behre Series II with John O’Conor, Adamant, 7/11–7/15. Featured teacher: John O’Conor. Type of participants: Pianists, soloists, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Secondary, collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy, repertoire, technique and master class. Cost: $650–$750 with housing.
Menahem Pressler Master Class, Adamant, 811–815. Featured teacher: Menahem Pressler. Type of participants: Pianists, soloists, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Secondary, collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy, repertoire, technique and master class. Cost: $650–$750 with housing.
Traditional Session, Adamant, 7/19–8/9. Featured teachers: Six university grade faculty members. Type of participants: Pianists, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Secondary, collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy and repertoire. Cost: $2,100 with housing.
Wisconsin
Birch Creek Music Performance Center
Patty Birnschein, registrar, office manager, Birch Creek Music Performance Center, Admissions, P.O. Box 230, Egg Harbor, WI 54209-0230; (920) 868-3763, fax: (920) 868-1643; mainoffice@birchcreek.org; http://www.birchcreek.org/
Jazz: Session I, Egg Harbor, 7/21–8/2. Featured teachers: Jeff Campbell, Anton Denner, Joey Tartell, Audrey Morrison and Tom Garling. Type of participants: Jazz and big band instrumentalists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, history, improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, jazz, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,425 with housing
Jazz: Session II, Egg Harbor, 8/4–8/16. Featured teachers: David Bixler, Reggie Thomas, Rick Haydon, Clay Jenkins and Jeff Campbell. Type of participants: Jazz instrumentalists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, history, improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, jazz, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,415 with housing.
Percussion and Steelpan, Egg Harbor, 7/07–7/19. Featured teachers: Liam Teague, Robert Chappell, Al O’Connor, Orlando Cotto and Vicki Peterson Jenks. Type of participants: Percussion instrumentalists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, history, improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,415 with housing.
Symphony, Egg Harbor, 6/23–7/5. Featured teachers: Robert Hanford, Ricardo Castaneda, Sheila Hanford, Matthew Mantell and Alan Steiner. Type of participants: Orchestral instrumentalists and soloists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, history, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $1,425 with housing.
Lawrence Academy of Music
Lawrence University, Lawrence Academy of Music, P.O. Box 599, Appleton, WI 54912; (920) 832-6632, fax: (920) 993-6039; acad_music@lawrence.edu; www.lawrence.edu/dept/acad_music
Jazz Odyssey, Appleton, 7/27–8/1. Type of participants: Brass, percussion, string and woodwind instrumentalists, pianists, vocalists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: History, improvisation, theory, jazz, technique and workshops. Cost: $250 w/out housing. Contact: Fred Snyder, director.
Music Camp, Appleton, 7/20–7/26. Type of participants: Woodwind, brass and percussion instrumentalists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: History, improvisation, sight reading, theory, jazz, technique and workshops. Cost: $450 with housing; $300 w/out housing. Contact: Jon Meyer, camp director.
Piano Odyssey, Appleton, 7/14–7/18. Type of participants: Pianists and soloists. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: $225 w/out housing. Contact: Catherine Walby, Piano Odyssey coordinator.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chelcy Bowles, program director, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Continuing Studies in Music, 720 Lowell Ctr., 610 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53703; (608) 265-5629, fax: (608) 262-1694; music@dcs.wisc.edu
The Complete Conductor, Madison, 6/29–7/2. Featured teachers: Kevin Geraldi, John Rafoth and Scott Teeple. Type of participants: Conductors, teachers, music educators, IMTs and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary, collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire, technique, workshops and conducting. Cost: $395 w/out housing. Credit available. Website: www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/music/band.htm
Madison Early Music Festival & Workshops, Madison, 7/12–7/19. Featured teachers: Marion Verbruggen, Newberry Consort, Tempesta di Mare, Quicksilver and more. Type of participants: Early music and harpsichord instrumentalists, vocalists, conductors, teachers, music educators, IMTs, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Collegiate, professional and adult amateurs. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire, theory, private lessons, technique, workshops and performance practice. Cost: $475 w/out housing. Credit available. Website: http://www.memf.dcs.wisc.edu/
Madison Summer Cello Institute, Madison, 6/1–6/13. Featured teacher: Timothy Eddy, Hans Jorgen Jensen, Laurence Lesser, Pablo Mahave-Veglia and Uri Vardi. Type of participants: Celllists, teachers, music educators, IMTs and soloists. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Chamber music, pedagogy, private lessons, technique, workshops and Feldenkrais Method. Cost: $475–$580 per week w/out housing. Credit available. Website: www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/music/cello.htm
Piano Teachers’ Workshop, Madison, 6/12–6/14. Featured teachers: Edna Golandsky, Mary Moran and Jessica Johnson. Type of participants: Teachers, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Pedagogy, repertoire, technique and workshops. Cost: $380 or $140 per day w/out housing. Credit available. Website: www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/music/piano.htm
University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point
Jennifer Hess, camp coordinator, University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point, Continuing Education, Point Music Camp, 2100 Main St., 324 CAC, Stevens Point, WI 54481; (800) 898-9472, fax: (715) 295-8923; sumarts@uwsp.edu; www.uwsp.edu/cofac/fineartscamp
Point Music Camp, Stevens Point, 6/22–6/28. Featured teachers: Paul Doebler, Matt Robisch, Kevin Morrissey, Jenni Yang and Ann Huntoon. Type of participants: Band instrumentalists, vocalists, conductors, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: History, improvisation, theory, jazz, private lessons, technique, popular music and workshops. Cost: $540 with housing; $440 w/out housing.