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WORKSHOPS: A limited number of pianists and percussionists will be chosen to participate in five days of masterclasses given each morning Monday through Friday, June 16 - 20, from 10am to 1pm in Williams Hall at New England Conservatory. Participants will be coached by Stephen Drury, members of the SICPP faculty, and guest artist Aki Takahashi on a broad range of repertoire from the last 100 years. Selected pianists will be aaccepted into the Ensemble Program and assigned to chamber groups which will rehearse in the afternoons; those pianists not participating in the Ensemble Program will receive private lessons from members of the piano faculty. (Click here for a list of repertoire suggestions.) Auditors, who do not perform in the morning classes, are also welcome, and may arrange to schedule lessons during the week with the SICPP faculty at NEC Summer School’s standard rate. Selected students will be invited to perform on the final evening concert. (see CONCERT SERIES) Click here for a complete list of faculty and artist bios. |
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ENSEMBLE PROGRAM:
For the first time this year, SICPP is also accepting a limited number
of vocalists into the Ensemble Program. Vocalists will work with
a chamber group as well as work with special guest faculty Pamela Wood.
Instrumentalists other than pianists and percussionists are invited to
apply to the SICPP Ensemble Program. Ten instrumentalists will be
selected to prepare and perform contemporary chamber music under the
direction of SICPP artistic director Stephen Drury. Music will be
mailed out in late May; groups formed from the pool of applicants will
also include members of the Callithumpian Consort who will direct and
coach the ensemble as well as perform in it. Ensembles will also
perform works by invited composers (see Call for Scores). All music
will be performed at the final Saturday marathon concert.
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CONCERT SERIES: The Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice will present six evening concerts of modern music for piano. Members of the SICPP 2007 artist faculty Stephen Drury, Louis Goldstein, Yukiko Takagi, Scott Deal, Mathias Reumert, and guest artist Aki Takahashi will perform alongside special guest artists and the Callithumpian Consort, presenting music by Zimmermann, John Cage, Christian Wolff, Morton Feldman and others. Selected students will be asked to perform on the final evening concert on Saturday June 21. All concerts are FREE! |
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COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE: Jo
Kondo will be the BnG Foundation 2008 SICPP Composer-in-Residence; his
music will be presented as part of the evening concert series.
Kondo will coach participants on his own works and meet with and
discuss works submitted by participating composers (see CALL FOR
SCORES, below). Performers are encouraged to take advantage of Jo
Kondo's residency and prepare one of his works; composers are invited
to submit scores to the SICPP New Works Program.
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CALL FOR SCORES: The
New England Conservatory Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano
Performance is seeking scores for both mixed ensembles and piano solo
to be performed during the June, 2008 course (June 15 - 21).
Scores can be of a range of difficulties, including beginning
level. The selected works will be performed by advanced students
attending the course and discussed by composer-in-residence Jo
Kondo. Composers whose pieces are selected are expected to attend
the course for the composer's fee of $425.
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| Review of submissions for performance begins May 1. Composers should submit scores (with minimal biographical information) to: |
| SICPP Scores |
| c/o Stephen Drury |
| New England Conservatory |
| 290 Huntington Ave. |
| Boston, MA 02115 |
| The Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice is made possible by a generous grant from the BnG Foundation, The Gaudeamus Foundation, Nomura, and Mode Records. |
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