Classical Music
Classical Music Concentrations Include:
Classical Instrumental/Orchestra
The Idyllwild Arts Academy is one of only three boarding high schools for the performing arts in the United States. Aspiring artists and musicians from throughout the world attend the Academy to study visual art, dance, theatre, creative writing, interdisciplinary arts, moving pictures, and music. The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra (IAAO) is widely regarded as one of the best youth ensembles in existence. IAAO students frequently win major competitions and are sought by the most prestigious colleges, universities and conservatories in the nation. They regularly appear on such national broadcast venues as Public Radio International’s “From the Top” and the Music Center Spotlight Awards.
Renowned musicians who have recently performed with the IAAO include Vijay Iyer, Richard Thompson, Harry Shearer, violinist Hilary Hahn, violist Paul Neubauer, flutist Emily Beynon of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, cellist Matt Haimovitz, Martin Chalifour (Concertmaster, LA Philharmonic), Carrie Dennis (Principal Viola, LA Philharmonic), Grammy-nominated soprano Tony Arnold, and the Miró and Kronos String Quartets, among many others. Notable conductors who have worked with the IAAO include Ransom Wilson, Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra and Jorge Mester, conductor of the Pasadena Symphony and the current Music Director Peter Askim.
The IAAO has also been at the forefront of Contemporary Music, having commissioned and given the World Premieres of works by Richard Danielpour, Ezra Laderman and Christopher Theofanidis and Bruce Adolphe. This May, the IAAO will present an entire program of World Premieres at Walt Disney Concert Hall's REDCAT, including commissioned works from legendary jazz bassist Rufus Reid, former L.A. Chamber Orchestra Composer-in-Residence Pierre Jalbert, composer Jan Radzynski and a new Viola Concerto by Music Director and Composer-in-Residence Peter Askim.
Classical Instrumental/Orchestra Curriculum - Class Piano 1, 2
- Music Theory 1, 2, 3
- Music History
- Orchestra
- Chamber Ensemble
- Private Instruction
- Computer Music Applications
Piano
Develop collaborative abilities of our pianists through accompanying class, chamber music, and individual coachings, all leading to performance opportunities as collaborators.
The piano program at IAA is a performance based program. All students study the basics of the piano repertoire as well as new music. All students are required to accompany and play chamber music. We offer piano literature and keyboard skills as well as the basics of the music curriculum.
- Music Theory 1, 2, 3
- Music History
- Piano Class
- Piano Literature
- Chamber Ensemble
- Accompanying
- Private Instruction
- Computer Music Applications
Classical Voice
Students in the classical voice program study Diction, Vocal Repertoire, Opera Literature, and Acting in addition to the general music courses such as theory, history, and piano. The Diction course focuses on Italian, French, and German while the Opera Literature course focuses on age-appropriate music by composers such as Handel, Mozart, and Monteverdi. Art songs and other opera arias are covered in the Vocal Repertoire course co-taught by the voice teacher and vocal coach.
This program prepares young singers for classical voice study at the college and conservatory level.
- Class Piano 1, 2
- Music Theory 1, 2, 3
- Music History
- Diction
- Opera Lit
- Chamber Voice
- Private Instruction
- Computer Music Applications
Past Classical Music Masterclasses:
Strings: The Miro Quartet
The St. Petersburg Quartet
Matt Haimovitz
Midori
Roland and Almita Vamos
Members of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Ian Swenson
Sergiu Schwartz
Hilary Hahn
The Juilliard quartet
Joel Smirnoff
Ronald Copes
Samuel Rhodes
Joel Krosnick
Paul Neubauer
Jody Levitz
Bettina Mussemeli
Jassen Todorov
Jeremy Kurtz
Jerzy Kosmala
Kathryn Price
The Calder Quartet
Benjamin Jacobson
Andrew Bulbrook
Jonathan Moerschel
Eric Byers
Christopher Parkening
Timothy Fain
Fred Sherry
Richard Harshorne
Mark Dresser
Movses Pogossian
Roger Myers
Ruggiero Ricci
Barry Socher
Vesselin Gelev
Meng-Chieh Liu
Aldo Mancinelli
Timothy Ehlen
David Viscoli
Roberta Rust
Guy Lalime
Ory Shihor
Edith Orloff
Charles Asche
Boris Berman
Michelle Schumann
Soo Mi Ahn
Richard Danielpour
Jean-Michel Damase
Antoinette Perry
Anne-Marie McDermott
James Bonn
Nelita True
Nancy Bricard
| Ransom Wilson
Sergio Pallottelli
David Shifrin
Janet Ferguson
William Bennett
Jeanne Baxtresser
Alan Vogel
David Weiss
Maureen Hurd
Stephen Maxym
Emily Beynon
Tom Robertello
Zephyros Winds
Jennifer Grim
James Roe
Marianne Gythfeldt
Douglas Quint
Marni Nixon
Paul Sahuc
Daniel Ebbers
Lori Stinson
Jessica Siena
Andrew Gangestad
Jaunelle Celaire
Matthew McClung
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