The two sessions are designed to provide an intensive and in-depth experience for serious students aged 16-28.
Each participant receives eight 45-minute lessons during a two-week session and has the opportunity to perform in several masterclasses.
Please note: All participants receive instruction through private lessons and/or master classes from all teachers for their instrument in any given session.
All participants will be sent a list of suggested repertoire to prepare several weeks before the beginning of the program in order to fully take advantage of what the program has to offer.
VIOLIN - Session 1
June 19: Singing Mozart: Concerti #3,4,5 (Zazofsky)
June 20: Dance movements of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas – Gigues, Siciliennes, Lourees and Sarabandes (Zazofsky)
June 21: Meaning and Creativity in Phrasing (Bowlin)
June 22: Brahms sonatas (Bowlin)
June 23: Practicing passages for polish and panache (Bowlin)
June 24: The Art of Romanticism – The Romantic concerti, (Jolles)
June 25: WWBW – What Would Bach Value? (Jolles)
June 26: The U-shaped bow (Jolles)
June 27: Show pieces (Lewis)
June 28: Orchestral excerpts – one by Mozart and another one by a different composer (Lewis)
June 29: Problem solving (Lewis)
June 30: Elements of Classical Style in Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. (Lansdale)
July 1: Etudes and Caprices (Lewis)
July 2: Rubato and Rhythm (Lansdale)
VIOLIN - Session 2
July 6: Etude study for the 21st Century violinist (Grossman)July 7: Mozart concerti - drama, articulation and dynamics (Yon)
July 8: Crafting a phrase in your concerto (Grossman)
July 9: From Bach to Ysaye – works for solo violin (Yon)
July 10: Go for Baroque! A tutorial on how to approach music from the Baroque Era (Grossman)
July 11: Shifting 101 – Yost, Sevcik and beyond (Yon)
July 12: Stunning Spiccato and Sautille(Grossman)
July 13: Slow encore pieces (Muresanu)
July 14: Appealing arpeggio playing (Grossman)
July 15: Beethoven’s works for violin – his Concerto, Sonatas, Romances (Muresanu)
July 16: The music of Fritz Kreisler (Grossman)
July 17: The usual suspects and how to find your own voice: concerti of Bruch, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius (Sarkissian)
July 18: Orchestral excerpts class (Grossman)
July 19: Bach Sonatas and Partitas (Sarkissian)
CELLO - Session 1
June 19: Daily warm-up routines – what works best and why (Bjella)
June 20: French master pieces: Faure – Elegy and Saint-Saens Cello Concerto #1 (Bjella)
June 21: Brahms sonatas (Bjella)
June 22: Bow techniques for Baroque repertoire (Carrai)
June 23: The Preludes of the Bach solo suites (Carrai)
June 24: The Allemandes, Sarabandes, and Minuets of the solo Bach suites (Carrai)
June 25: The Bourees, Gavottes, and Gigues of the Bach suites (Carrai)
June 26: Haydn concerti – tackling issues of style, expression, bow strokes and timing (Tetel)
June 27: Breaking down difficult passages (Mark)
June 28: Beethoven Sonatas – thinking more like a pianist (Mark)
June 29: Challenges (and solutions!) in short pieces (Tetel)
June 30: The works of Robert Schumann (Uchimura)
July 1: General repertoire class (Tetel)
July 2: Elgar Concerto (Uchimura)
CELLO - Session 2
July 6: Incorporating Baroque performing practices when playing the Bach suites (Tetel)
July 7: Hot spots in the Haydn concerti (Baldwin)
July 8: Deep dive into the Piatti Caprices (Baldwin)
July 9: Shostakovich sonata and Concerto #1 (York)
July 10: Popper etudes class (York)
July 11: Effective practicing/Problem solving (Balderston)
July 12: Should we always play what is on the page? (Tetel)
July 13: Slow encores (Tetel)
July 14: Works by Schumann and Brahms (Kouzov)
July 15: Beethoven sonatas (Kouzov)
July 16: Orchestral excerpts class (Tetel)
July 17: Romantic concerti class #1 (Kouzov)
July 18: Romantic concerti class #2 (Kouzov)
July 19: General repertoire (Tetel)
CLARINET
June 19: FUNdamentals (Patterson)
June 20: The works of Carl Maria von Weber (Patterson)
June 21: Operatic orchestral excerpts: Verdi – La Forza del Destino, Puccini -Tosca, Rossini – The Barber of Seville (Patterson)
June 22: Voice-like legato – The Pines of Rome by Respighi (DeGuise-Langlois)
June 23: Works for unaccompanied clarinet (Patterson)
June 24: Effortless technique – Daphnis et Chloe by Ravel (DeGuise-Langlois)
June 25: The Art of the Cadenza – a sensible approach (Samuels)
June 26: Pops and Youth Concerts excerpts: Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin, Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev, The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky (Samuels)
June 27: Schumann – Fantasy Pieces (Samuels)
June 28: Mock orchestral audition (Samuels, Fiterstein)
June 29: Poulenc Sonata (Fiterstein)
June 30: Perfecting your rhythm – Mozart Concerto and more (Silver)
July 1: Schubert’s Shepperd on the Rock (Fiterstein)
July 2: DUMMIES’ Guide to Phrasing (Silver)
FLUTE – Session 1
June 19: Bach Partita and the Baroque Dance (Grim)
June 20: Extended techniques (Barth)
June 21: Articulation as means of expression (Grim)
June 22: Telemann Fantasies (Barth)
June 23: General repertoire (Grim)
June 24: Unaccompanied repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries (Barth
June 25: The French Style: Enesco, Taffanel, Gaubert, Faure, Dutilleux, Jolivet (Grim)
June 26: Associate Principal Excerpts: Excerpts from Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22, Dvorak Cello Concerto, Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf and John Williams Hagrid’s Friendly Bird (Meyers)
June 27: Double tongue mastery: Saint-Saens Voliere, Mendelssohn Scherzo, and the 2nd Movement of the Bach C Major Sonata (Keeble)
June 28: 4. The Importance of the Second Flute: Excerpts from Ravel Mother Goose, Dvorak
Symphony No. 9, and Duo Playing with Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 and Smetana Moldau,
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Bach Magnificat (Meyers)
June 29: Mozart at the Opera – an inside look at the Mozart concerti expositions (Keeble)
June 30: Piccolo 101: Exercises, Solos and Excerpts. Repertoire to include:Trevor Wye Aquarium
Exercise, Moyse 24 Petite Etudes, Vivaldi Concerto in C Major 443, Orchestral excerpts: Caucasian
Sketches, Mother Goose, Shostakovich Symphony No. 6, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 (Meyers)
July 1: Mock auditions (Keeble/Meyers)
July 2: Mock auditions (Keeble/Meyers)
FLUTE – Session 2
July 6: Moyse’s Tone Development through Interpretation (Boyd)
July 7: Piccolo – Big challenges in a small package (Toote)
July 8: 20th Century French composers: Jolivet, Dutilleux, Enesco, Franck, Debussy (Boyd)
July 9: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe (Toote)
July 10: Mozart concerti for auditions Class #1 (Boyd)
July 11: Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf (Toote)
July 12: Mozart concerti for auditions Class #2 (Boyd)
July 13: Double tonguing orchestral excerpts: Mendelssohn - Scherzo, Korsakov - Russian Easter Overture, Korsakov - Scherezade, Saint-Saens – Voliere (Still)
July 14: Playing the music BETWEEN the notes (Shin)
July 15: Bach – Partita and Sonatas (Still)
July 16: Concerti by 20th Century composers (Shin)
July 17: To wobble or not to wobble: Vibrato and how to get the right spin (Still)
July 18: Mock auditions (Still/Shin)
July 19: Mock auditions (Still/Shin)