COMPOSITION
WORKSHOP: DESCRIPTION
The
New York Summer Music Festival offers a comprehensive two-week
composition workshop for young composers.
The
program, (directed by David Ludwig, an award-winning composer
from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music), 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.
Select compositions may also be read by the NYSMF Chamber
Orchestra..
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:
- 1
to 3 scores of recently written music that you feel best
demonstrate your abilities as a composer.
- Accompanying
recordings of these scores (if available) on tape or CD
(MIDI realizations are acceptable).
- Any
supporting materials, such as biographical material, background
information, and/or a letter of recommendation from a teacher
are recommended.
Please
write “COMPOSITION WORKSHOP” on the outside of
your submission envelope.
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Program Director
David Ludwig
with summer composers
David
Ludwig, Composer-in-Residence
The
music of David Ludwig has been called “entrancing” (The
Philadelphia Inquirer), gained recognition for
its “expressive directness” (The New
York Times), and noted for “a sense of integrity
and security of craftsmanship” (The New Jersey
Star Ledger).
Click
here for David Ludwig's full biography.
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