NEW YORK CITY CONDUCTING WORKSHOP (USA) AND CONCERT

WHERE:

New York City, USA (activities in Astoria and Long Island City, Queens, 10 minutes from Manhattan via Subway).

WHEN:

March 4-10, 2012

CONCERT IN NEW YORK (conducted by the students) FOR ALL THE PARTICIPANTS ON MARCH 10!

FACULTY:

Internationally known conductor, recording artist, and educator Maestro Kirk Trevor is a regular guest conductor in the world’s most prestigious concert halls. He has been Music Director of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra since 1988, and the Missouri Symphony since 2000, and was Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra from 1985 until 2003. In 2000 Maestro Trevor forged a new relationship with the famed Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, recording American music for a consortium of independent record companies, and in 2006 Maestro Trevor began a new collaboration with Naxos Records. With almost 80 releases since 1997, this makes Kirk Trevor one of the world’s most recorded conductors within the past decade. As a guest conductor Maestro Trevor has appeared with over 40 orchestras in twelve countries. Recent appearances have included the Orchestra Sinfonica Sao Paolo, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Estonian National Symphony, the Warsaw Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, the Virginia Symphony, the Savannah Symphony, the Sofia Philharmonic, and the Bern Chamber Orchestra. In 2003 he made his London Symphony Orchestra debut, and in 2007 his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Chamber Orchestra.

Maestro Trevor has been widely recognized as one of the leading conducting teachers in the world. He has been Director of Orchestras at both the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and Ball State University, and has been a master teacher for the American Symphony Orchestra League as well as the Conductor’s Guild. In 1991 Maestro Trevor co-founded the International Workshop for Conductors (now International Conducting Institute) held in the Czech Republic each summer. 

ENSEMBLE:

The Astoria Symphony is New York City's premiere pre-professional training orchestra. Comprised of young professionals and advanced students from Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, and other great conservatoires, the Astoria Symphony is entering its 8th season under the direction of Maestro Silas Huff.

REPERTOIRE:

• Brahms: Haydn Variations
• Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations (Andrew Janss, cello)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6

PODIUM TIME:

40+ minutes (4 sessions, each at least 10 minutes)

FEES:

TUITION:
$1,400 / participant
$600 / auditors

ACCOMMODATIONS:
$140 per night private room
$70 per night shared room

REGISTRATION DEPOSIT:
$500
Deadline: December 31, 2011

ABOUT:

This course focuses on conducting (baton) technique and effective communication with the baton and body. The course includes:

• 2 New York Philharmonic rehearsals
• 2 baton technique/conducting classes
• 2 score study sessions/score previews
• 4 video-taped conducting sessions (10+ minutes each)
• 4 video reviews
• 1 "Ballet for Conductors" (Port de bras) class
• 1 "Profession of Conducting" Class (resume and audition info)

HOTEL:

Holiday Inn, Long Island City
Queens, 3905 29th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
[map] | www.holidayinnmanhattanview.com

Long Island City is in western Queens, only 3 Subways stations from Central Park and Carnegie Hall, 15-20 minutes from midtown, Lincoln Center and many points of interest, and also near LGA and JFK airports. The hotel has a restaurant, bar, and spectacular views of Manhattan. Classes and some rehearsals will take place at the hotel. The hotel offers a very special rate of $80 per night through International Conducting Institute.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

TO APPLY:

ONLINE APPLICATION: Please click here.

PAPER APPLICATION: Please mail a C.V. and demo DVD to:

International Conductors Institute
4641 10th Street
Boulder, CO 80304
U.S.A.

Please indicate in your email which workshop(s) you are applying for. One application may apply for all workshops.

ONLINE REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE!