sixjake

My daughter is 14 yrs. old, going into the 9th grade. She is a good oboe student, and we're looking for a summer camp. She played first oboe in the Interlochen Intermediate Symphony last year. She loved their camp, but she'll be placed in their intermediate division again this summer, and it won't let her advance any. I can't see spending that kind of money for the same thing again. I'm looking at Brevard and Eastern Music Festival. It looks like Brevard would have kids her age but still let her advance to an appropriate level. Eastern Music Festival also looks challenging, but I'm not clear about their student ages. From things I've read, it appears they have mostly older students. If anyone has experience with Brevard or EMF, please let me know what you think. I'm trying to find the right balance between musical challenge and appropriate supervision. Thanks.

violadad

sixjake, welcome.

Here's a previous thread summer camp supervision on level of supervision at a couple of summer programs.

Use the search this forum button, and chose "advanced". Use "summer" as the criteria, and select "thread titles".... you'll get three plus pages of prior summer program threads, both general and specific. Plenty of info already covered.

northwestern

How much competitive to get in prestigious summer programs like Aspen or Tanglewood. My D is a co-principal in a local youth orchestra but not many awards or solo experiences.

violadad

It is highly competitive. I would not worry so much about awards or solo performances, as these are audition, not resume based programs. The key to getting in and fitting in is her current level and years of play, quality of private instruction. Besides y.o. co-principal, it would be easier to assess her chances or to recommend alternatives if you provided a bit more detail.

northwestern

Thank you, Violadad. My D is 15 yrs old and has been playing the cello for last 10 years and selected to be in All states and All Northwest. She has a good private teacher but there are not many opportunites to play solo with orchesta in our area. She has a recording for Lalo concerto to apply for another music festival this year. I guess it is too late to apply for Aspen this year because it's deadline was Jan 15. Maybe next year.....

violadad

northwestern, there are numerous and varied summer programs, some of which are detailed in this thread. If you search this forum, advanced search, use summer as the keyword, and highlight search thread titles, you'll bring up about 5 or 6 posts detailed specifics and experiences.

If this is your first incursion into summer immersion programs, you may want to broaden your scope, and apply to anywhere from 2 to 6 just to broaden your chances.

Your best gauge as to how competitive and your d's chances are to get a sense of where her yo peers of equivalent talent have gone. Her private instructor's comments and recommendations is also a good starting point.

northwestern

violadad, Thank you for your tip to search summer camps using 'search' tool. I will try that. I will advice her to apply 2-3 camps to have a better chance. First of all, she might need to have a good recording. Thanks again.

violadad

northwestern, for general info and background, I've posted links to the main past threads for summer programs below. This list is not all inclusive, but gives a good representative sample of what can be had. For reference, both Strings and Strad magazines publish a separate summer program supplement. The Strad was included with the last issue, I think Strings was an issue earlier. Both of these are available as online searchable databases at The Strad and Strings Magazine: Summer Study Guide

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...ghlight=summer
Summer Programs 2008
Summer Festival/Program Reports
SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR MUSIC
Summer
Are summer music camps necessary in college?
Composition - Summer Festivals
Vocal Summer Programs
Summer programs for composition?

northwestern

Wow! Thank you, Violadad. There are many interesting posts. They will be definately helpful finding the right program for my D. Thanks again.

Mandapower

new york is a good one

Dadofclard

New York Summer Music Festival?

Cosmos

Late response, but yeah I think they were talking about NY Summer Music Festival.

Some of the ones I've recently come across that I don't think have been mentioned:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chamber Music Institute
Age Group: College/Grad students
Open to: Pre-formed chamber groups, Individuals, Composers
Instruments: All orchestral instruments + saxophone, no percussion
Funding: Full scholarships for all participants
Website: UNL | Music | Chamber Music Institute

Carl Flesch Academy
Age Group: College/Grad students, professionals
Open to: Individuals (active/passive participants)
Instruments: String players (violin, viola, cello, bass)
Funding: 420 euros
Website: Carl Flesch Akademie Baden-Baden - Bedingungen / Conditions

International Music Academy Switzerland
Age Group: College/Grad students, professionals
Open to: Individuals
Instruments: String players (violin, viola, cello, bass)
Funding: Full scholarships for all participants
Website: IMAS - Homepage

Canada's National Arts Center Young Artists Program - Junior Division
Age Group: minimum age of 12
Open to: Individuals
Instruments: String players and pianists
Funding: $3,000.00
Website: National Arts Centre - Centre national des Arts

Canada's National Arts Center Young Artists Program - Senior Division
Age Group: maximum age of 26
Open to: Individuals and Pre-Formed String Quartets
Instruments: All orchestral instruments, piano, and string quartets
Funding: Free for Canadian residences, partial scholarships for international students
Website: (see above)

Institute and Festival of Contemporary Performance
Age Group: College/Grad students (no age restrictions posted)
Open to: Flute, Clarinet, Strings, Piano, Percussion
Funding: Full scholarships for all participants
Website: Institute & Festival for Contemporary Performance

Saito-Kinen Festival
No new information available yet.
Website: News & Topics

Chamber Music Northwest Young Artist Fellowship
Age Group: High School
Open to: Orchestral instruments and piano
Funding: Full fellowship
Website: Chamber Music Northwest

Cosmos

Hi, guys. I have noticed that this thread has a lot of programs posted throughout, but there is no complete list. Here's what has been listed so far throughout the thread:

Aspen Festival and School
-Instrumental Program
-Composition Program
-Vocal Program
-Conducting Program
-Audio Engineering Program
-Piano Program
-Classical Guitar Program

Boston University Tanglewood Institute
-Workshops (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Quartet, Double Bass)
-Orchestra
-Wind Ensemble
-Vocal Program
-Piano Program
-Composition
-Harp Seminar

Bowdoin International Music Festival
-Instrumental
-Woodwinds
-Composition

Brian Lewis Young Artists Program
-Violin Program

Britt Institute - String Quartet Academy

Carl Flesch Akademie
-Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
-Orchestra Training with Baden-Baden Philharmonic

Castleman Quartet Program

CCM Chamber Music Program

Chautauqua Music Festival
-Instrumental Program
-Conducting Program
-Piano Program
-Vocal Program

Chamber Music Northwest

CIM Chamber Music Program

Cincinnati Flute Symposium

Colorado College Music Festival

Crested Butte Festival
-Vocal Program

Domaine Forget Music Academy
-Sessions for:
-Chamber Music
-Brass
-Woodwinds
-Guitar
-Dance
-Strings
-Voice
-Choral Singing
-Jazz
-Jazz Singing

Eastern Music Festival
-Orchestral Program
-Piano Program

Eastman Viola Workshop
Eastman Harp Workshop
Eastman Trombone Workshop
Eastman Trumpet Workshop
Eastman Jazz Guitar Workshop

Encore Music Festival
-Not currently active

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
-Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano

Greenwood Music Festival
-Strings, Woodwind, Piano

Hot Springs Music Festival
-Instrumentalists
-Conductors
-Singers
-Recording Engineers

Indiana University String Academy
-Violin, Viola, Cello

International Orchestra Institute Attergau
-Orchestra Program

International Music Academy Switzerland
-Strings

Institute and Festival of Contemporary Performance
-Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Percussion

Jeunesse Musicales World Orchestra
-Orchestra Program

Juilliard Percussion Seminar
Juilliard String Quartet Seminar
Juilliard Starling-DeLay Violin Symposium

Kinhaven Music Program
-Strings, Piano, Composition, Woodwinds

Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Program
-Strings, Piano

Interlochen Music Festival
-Instrumentalists, Singers

Lucerne Festival Academy
-Instrumentalists, Conductors, Pianists

Marlboro Festival
-Instrumentalists

Manchester Music Festival
-Strings, Piano

Marrowstone Program
-Strings, Piano, Winds, Pre-Formed Ensembles

Meadowmount Program
-Strings, Piano

Mendocino Music Festival
-Strings, Piano

Music Academy of the West
-Strings, Piano, Voice, Winds

MSM Summer Music Camp
-Strings, Winds, Piano

National Orchestra Institute
-Orchestra Program

National Repertory Orchestra
-Orchestra Program

National Symphony Summer Institute
-Orchestra Program

NEC Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice
-Instrumentalists, Piano

NEC Summer Piano Institute

New England Music Camp
-Instrumentalists, Piano

New York Summer Music Festival
-Strings, Winds, Piano, Composition

Norfolk Music Festival
-Strings, Voice, Composition

Opera North Young Artists Program
-Voice

Orford Arts Center
-Workshops for:
-Viola, New Music, Chamber Music, Winds
-Masterclasses for:
-Piano, Strings, Voice, Accompaniment, Winds

Pacific Music Festival
-Orchestra Program

Peabody Summer Chamber Music Camp
-Strings, Piano

Point Counterpoint Music Festival
-Strings, Piano

Ravinia/Steans Institute
-Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano

Round Top Institute
-Orchestra Program

Rice University Vocal Camp
Rice University Piano Institute

Saito-Kinen Music Festival
-Chamber music program

Sarasota Music Festival
-Orchestra program

Schleswig-Holstein Music Academy
-Orchestra program

Spoleto USA
-Orchestra program

Tafelmusik Program
-Performance practice program

Taos School of Music
-Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano

Tanglewood Music Festival
-Programs for:
-Instrumentalists
-Voice
-Piano
-Conducting
-Composition
-Audio Engineering
-Piano Technicians

Texas Music Festival
-Orchestra program

Toronto Summer Music
-Strings, piano

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chamber Music Institute
-Strings, Winds, Piano, Pre-Formed Ensembles

WABASS Institute for the 21st Century Bassist

Walden School
-Strings, Piano, Composition

Verbier Orchestra and Academy
-Orchestra Program
-Piano, Strings

Yellow Barn Music Festival
-Young Artists Program for Strings, Piano, Composition
-Chamber Music Program for Strings, Piano, Winds

Youth Orchestra of the Americas
-Orchestra Program

Zermatt Festival Academy
-Strings, Winds

violadad

Cosmos, I've posted the UNL Chamber Music Instiute link before. Son was a fellow a few (three ?) years back.

It is exclusively geared to chamber rep, but not necessarily the string quartet literature. The year he attended the Sospiro Winds from Yale SOM and a flute ensemble of Juillliard grad students were among the participants; various ensembles from Jacobs, UMich, and UNL rounded out the group.

I think the number is around twenty-five, and while they encourage preformed groups, you can apply as a "single". It's under the auspices of the Chiara Quartet, the QIR at UNL and Harvard's Blodgett Artists in Residence.

Two unique aspects of the program is that they devote a session a day to the entrepreneurial aspects of music. They also pair one of the composer fellows with an ensemble, who work together on a work in progress.

The downside is that the program is only a week. Son opined it could have been a week longer. It can be a great "filler" between some of the other longer programs. Historically, it has has a rather late application due date, but also has an "opened till filled" parameter.

bluepearl

You must include the Quartet Program, directed by Charles Castleman, at the Suny Fredonia as well as a session in Colorado. It's a fabulous program for ages about 15 through conservatory age. Violin, viola, cello and a few collaborative pianists. My daughter loved it.