COMPOSITION
WORKSHOP: DESCRIPTION
The
New York Summer Music Festival offers a comprehensive two-week
composition workshop for young composers.
The
program focuses
on writing concert music and the performance of new works,
as well as computer music notation, orchestration, and discussion
of contemporary music.
The
Composition Workshop also includes advanced music courses,
composition classes, and private lessons.
A
recorded concert featuring composition students’ works
will take place at the conclusion of each two-week session.
COMPOSITION
WORKSHOP: FEATURES
The
composition program includes the following:
- Opportunities
to write and orchestrate for soloists, vocal groups, chamber
ensembles, choirs, and orchestras.
- Readings
and performances of students’ concert works by NYSMF
faculty and staff.
- Access
to NYSMF’s computer facilities, featuring computer
music notation programs, and experience using those programs
- A
daily composition seminar where students and composition
faculty discuss new/contemporary music, and important issues
facing young composers today.
- Weekly
private lessons with NYSMF composition faculty, and optional
private lessons with NYSMF’s performance faculty.
- Evening
events and field trips, including weekly concerts and recitals.
APPLYING
TO THE COMPOSITION WORKSHOP
Applicants
for the composition program must submit the following materials:
- 1
to 3 scores of recently written music that you feel best
demonstrate your abilities as a composer. These should be in PDF format.
- Recordings of these scores. Live performances are preferred, but MIDI realizations are acceptable. These may be sent as MP3 files via email, CD, or DVD.
- Optional, but strongly recommended:
- Short description (300 words of less) of what you would like to work on at NYSMF
- Resume of teachers, performances, professional recognition
- Autobiography, additional background information, and/or a letter of recommendation from a composition instructor.
Please send all application materials, including your regular NYSMF application. to the following address:
NYSMF
att: Composition Workshop
PO Box 947
Oneonta, NY 13820
Alternatively, you may use our online application to register immediately, and then email your materials to application@nysmf.org. Please make sure any and all written attachments are in PDF or TXT format so we may be sure to be able to read them.
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