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18th International Workshop for
Conductors
The International Workshop for Conductors (IWC) focuses on the technical aspect of conducting and the relationship between the physical communication of hands and body, to the musical desires of the conductor and the practical needs of the orchestra. The interplay between three separate mental processes is the key to the ability to communicate with the orchestra at the highest level. Technique sessions will involve exercises for the body as well as the hands. Each work to be conducted will be previewed by the faculty with a complete technical and musical analysis. Some works in each group will also include sessions with piano sextet or an elftet. These smaller ensembles enable the participants to work out some of their worrisome issues before they face the full orchestra. After the participants have conducted the full orchestra each session is privately reviewed with faculty in order to set new goals for the next podium session. This system of preview, small ensemble, orchestra and review has been the standard by which the IWC has established its reputation. Each participant goes through a step-by-step process over a two-week period, progressing towards the larger works in the repertoire, works which represent the greatest risks and rewards. All participants are instructed on an individual basis, there is no competition and faculty teach each participant at his/her own level while endeavoring to take them to the next level and beyond. A limited number of observers (without podium time) will be accepted. Observers will receive priority reservation as participants with podium time at subsequent workshops, if desired. The 14-day course (including arrival & departure days) is limited to 16 participants. All participants will conduct a string quintet, a chamber orchestra, and a full orchestra. Active participants receive:
Participation is limited to 16 active participants. Participants will choose one work from each group (see rep. below). Each piece to be conducted will be preceded by a preview session and some by sessions with string quintet as well. After each orchestral session, the faculty member(s) will extensively review individual videotapes. 2008 Repertoire Participants choose one work from each of the following repertoire groups in consultation with faculty prior to the workshop:
Janacek
Idyll for Strings
Mendelssohn Symphony no.4 "Italian"
or
Beethoven Symphony no. 4 in B flat major
Beethoven
Leonore Overture #3
or Strauss Emperor Waltzes
Dvorak
Symphony #7
or
Stravinsky
Firebird Suite 1919 version.
Artistic Director: Kirk Trevor
Born and educated in England, Trevor trained at London's Guildhall School of Music where he graduated cum laude in cello performance and conducting. He was a conducting student of the late Sir Adrian Boult and Vilem Tausky. He went on to pursue cello studies in France with Paul Tortelier under a British Council Scholorship and came to the U.S. on a Fulbright Exchange Grant. It was in the U.S. that his conducting skills led him to positions as Assistant Conductor at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Associate Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony and finally in 1982 the Exxon Arts Endowment Conductor position with the Dallas Symphony. He conducted the Dallas Symphony in a wide range of concerts in the U.S. and abroad, working closely on recordings and musical projects with the late Eduardo Mata. He was subsequently named Resident Conductor through the 1987-1988 season. In 1990 he was again recognized as one of America's outstanding young conductors, winning the American Symphony Orchestra League's Leonard Bernstein Conducting Competition. It has been Trevor's devotion to music education and his involvement in the training and development of new generations of listeners, players and conductors that he has developed a national following. He has been an innovator in developing concerts for young people that have an energy and relevance. With the Knoxville Symphony he has developed and piloted an STV (Symphony-TV) concert series for junior high school students. He has conducted numerous summer festivals for young musicians, including Sewanee, Dallas Summer Conservatory, Music in the Mountains and Litomysl in the Czech Republic. From 1990 until 1999 Trevor served as Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Tennessee, conducting the Civic Orchestra, the UT Opera and teaching Graduate Conducting. Trevor is becoming widely recognized as one of the leading conducting teachers in the world. He has been a master teacher for the American Symphony Orchestra League as well as the Conductor's Guild. In 1991 Trevor co-founded and has been Artistic Director of the International Workshop for Conductors held in the Czech Republic for a month every summer. IWC is the world's largest conducting school, each year training over 80 conductors from 20 countries. He is a frequent guest teacher at Northwestern University and in Switzerland, annually giving a week of master classes at the Zurich and Basel Conservatories. Trevor's relationship with the Czech and Slovak Republics continued, when in 1994 he was named Chief Conductor of the Martinu Philharmonic in Zlin and continues this season in the position of Principal Conductor. During his tenure he has made 10 recordings for Koch, Albany, Fatra, Crystal and Carlton Classics. He is committed to bringing American composers to disc, recording works by Joan Tower, David Ott, Victoria Bond, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Karel Husa, among others. In 2000 he added to his discography with a complete recording of Copland's opera "The Tender Land" for the composer's 100th anniversary, as well as the Duke Ellington piano concerto, concertos by Niblock and Chihara, and a new miscellany by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. In 2000 Trevor forged a new relationship with the famed Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava. With the SRSO he began a series of recordings of American music for the consortium of independent record companies. To date, he has made 7 albums of new American music as part of this ongoing project. Trevor was recently named Principal Guest Conductor of the SRSO, and in that capacity will lead the orchestra in 4 subscription programs and 6 recordings. As a guest conductor he has appeared with over 40 Orchestras in 12 countries. Recent appearances included the Kosice Philharmonic, Estonian National Symphony, Slovak Radio Orchestra, Pardubice Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Virginia Symphony, Riverside Sinfonia in New Jersey, Missouri Symphony, Sofia Philharmonic and Bern Chamber Orchestra. Carlos Moreno Head
Conductor and director of The Symphonic Orchestra of the
University of São Paulo (OSUSP), a fully professional
orchestra, since 2001. Winner of the First Prize at
“Prêmio Carlos Gomes” – Revelation Prize
for the art of conducting. In 1999 he won, from the
Ministry of Culture of Brazil, the “Virtuoso
Scholarship” to perfect his studies as conductor,
finishing his post-graduate study on Orchestral
Conducting Aufbaustudium at the “Konservatorium und
Musikhochschule Winterthur Zürich, in Switzerland. He
obtained his Bachelor's degree in violin-performance at
the University of Rio de Janeiro, as a pupil of Paulo
Bosísio, who was himself a pupil of Max Rostal. In 1978
at the age of eight he joined the Choir of the
“Institute of Boys’ Choir-Petrópolis”where he had
his very first lessons. As a reward for his activities
as conductor and music teacher regarding many different
works with young orchestras, in 1991, Carlos Moreno won
a scholarship to study in Austria and Germany, in three
of the most renowned European Institutions of Choir
Studies and Musical Education: Regensburgsängerknaben,
Vienna Boys’ Choir and Sankt Florian Sängerknaben. During the
period of 1995 to 2000, he participated of many
Internationals Workshops in Orchestral Conducting, where
he had the opportunity of perfecting his knowledge in
the art of conducting with great masters as Kirk Trevor,
Gustav Mayer, Roberto Duarte, Tsung Yeh and Johannes
Schlaefli. In 1996 he
developed the Project “Orquestra Brasil Folclore” as
a means to divulge Brazilian Classical Music. In 1998 he
won the First Prize of V Latin American Conductors
Competition sponsored by OSUSP, becoming the First
Brazilian to win it. Location The fee for the International Workshop for Conductors is 2000EU* and includes podium time, tuition and single accommodation in a student residence. A deposit of 1000EU is due upon your acceptance to the workshop. You will be invoiced. Your deposit guarantees your place in the workshop, places in the workshop will not be held without a deposit. The balance of fees is due May 1, 2008. *Fees may be paid in US or CAD equivalents calculated at time of payment. Applications Applications should include your complete name and mailing address, a CV and three references. Options for applying:
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Kirk
Trevor is an Internationally known conductor and
teacher. Kirk is a regular guest conductor in the
world's concert halls. Music Director of the Knoxville
Symphony Orchestra since 1985, the Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra since 1988, and the Missouri
Symphony since 2000 he is forging a strong musical
partnership with two of America's leading regional
orchestras. In Knoxville, he has broadened the musical
spectrum of the Knoxville Symphony during his tenure,
adding Pops, Family and Chamber Music series to the
orchestra's season as well as the highly-acclaimed
Clayton Holiday Concerts. He conducts more than 55
concerts every season with the Knoxville Symphony and
the Knoxville Chamber Orchestra throughout East
Tennessee. He has been recognized statewide as having
brought a new awareness of classical music to the
region. He won the Governor's Award for the Arts as
well as numerous local awards during his tenure. In
Indianapolis, Trevor has created a strong community
identity for one of America's busiest Chamber
orchestras. In addition to its 9 concert subscription
series, the orchestra partners with nearly all of
Indianapolis' major cultural institutions in the field
of opera, ballet, chorus and the visual arts. Trevor
was recognized for his outstanding contribution to the
arts in the state of Indiana in 1997 in the House of
Representatives.