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Dance Workshop • Ballet, Jazz & Modern
Chamber Music
Festival Music Programs
Festival Choir
Festival Wind Ensemble
Festival Orchestra
Digital Audio Workshop NEW
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Dance Workshop • Ballet, Jazz & Modern
Open to students age 13 and beyond
July 24–August 20, 2005
Two two-week sessions
Session I July 24–Aug. 6 Course # YADA Ø3-Ø4
Session II Aug. 7–20 Course # YADA Ø5-Ø6
Student Performances- Saturday, August 6, 10:00 A.M. and Saturday, August 20, 10:00 A.M.
A well rounded summer intensive dance program for the intermediate/pre-professional or serious recreational student. This program focuses on Ballet, Jazz and Modern, with additional classes in Tap, Musical Theatre dance and ethnic styles. Students will dance in 3–4 classes per day (4 1/2 –6 hours) then attend rehearsals, lectures and video showings. The group of dancers will be divided into two levels by the faculty on the first day by a placement class. The faculty consists of highly experienced teachers with a strong background in performance and choreography. The program will culminate in a demonstration/performance on Saturday morning.
Female students should bring the following clothing for class: Black leotard; Ballet - pink ballet tights, pink ballet flats shoes and pointe shoes (if already studying pointe); Modern - black footless tights; Jazz/Musical Theatre/Tap - black jazz pants; tap shoes (if already studying tap); Hair will be worn in a bun for ballet and a ponytail for other styles.
Male students should bring the following clothing for class: Tight white t-shirt; Ballet - black tights, black or white ballet shoes; Modern - footless black tights or bike shorts; Jazz/Musical Theatre/Tap - black jazz pants, black jazz shoes and tap shoes (if already studying tap).
All students should bring knee pads, warm up clothes for cool mornings, a water bottle and insect repellant.
Tuition, room and board: $2050 per session.
Jeanine Trent Atwood, Accompanist
Deborah Brockus, Jazz and Musical Theater Instructor
Sean Greene, Modern Instructor
Dennon and Sayhber Rawles, Jazz Instructors
Mark Schneider, Ballet Instructor
Craig Ziebarth, Accompanist
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Chamber Music
Open to students ages 17–25
Strings, Winds and Piano
July 24–August 6, 2005
Course # YACM Ø3-Ø4
Two-week session
Student Performances- Saturday, July 30, 10:00 A.M.; Tuesday, August 2, 8:00 P.M.; Thursday, August 4, 8:00 P.M. and Saturday, August 6, 10:00 A.M.
European students please go to www.artegemini.com/idyllwild.htm for additional information.
An intensive workshop for outstanding young musicians, designed to develop and refine the skills needed for excellence in ensemble performance. Students study and perform trios, quartets, quintets and larger ensembles from chamber music literature covering styles from baroque to contemporary. An emphasis is also placed on the development of sight-reading skills.
Students are placed in ensembles commensurate with their playing level and available instrumentation and receive daily coaching with each ensemble. The daily schedule also includes uncoached student ensemble rehearsals, as learning to rehearse and play independently is an important factor in becoming a successful chamber music performer. Students receive one hour of private instruction per week upon request and may participate in regularly scheduled master classes.
Enrollment in the Chamber Music Workshop is limited to the following instrumentation:
Violin 30
Cello 15
Viola 10
Piano 6
Flute 3
Oboe 3
Clarinet 3
Bassoon 3
Applications from new students must be accompanied by the following:
1) A cassette tape containing two contrasting selections of the student’s choosing;
2) A brief description of previous chamber music experience;
3) A letter of recommendation from an experienced teacher or qualified musician who can confirm the applicant’s ability to participate in an advanced chamber music program.
Returning students may be asked to submit a cassette tape to confirm the level of their playing.
Please mail all application materials to:
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
P.O. Box 38
Idyllwild CA 92549
Students will be notified of acceptance into the program by April 15, 2005.
For pianists: upon acceptance, please contact Edith Orloff at 713-868-9407 to request assignments in advance.
Students should bring a folding music stand, concert clothing for performances consisting of long dress/dress shoes or suit/sport coat with slacks, tie, dress shirt and shoes. All instruments with cases marked with identification, small roll of masking tape, pencil, clothes pins, solo, duet, trio, quartet or quintet music that you already have including music for student recitals, a humidifier, rosin, strings, mutes, tools for minor repairs.
Tuition, room and board: $1950
Edward Chance, horn
Igor Gruppman, violin
Vesna Gruppman, violin
Shirley Irek, piano
Connie Kupka, violin
Scott Lee, viola
Roger Myers, viola
Kenneth Munday, bassoon
Edith Orloff, piano
David Peck, clarinet
David Speltz, cello
Roger Wilkie, violin
John Walz, cello
Christoph Wyneken, violin/viola
Yao Zhao, cello
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Festival Music Programs
Open to students finishing grade 11 and beyond
The Festival Music Program includes the Festival Choir, Festival Wind Ensemble, Festival Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. Students in these ensembles rehearse and perform the finest and most challenging works in the choral, symphonic and wind ensemble repertoire. Because the final selection and seating of these groups does not take place until auditions are complete, students should enroll in the following manner:
Festival Choir All singers, soprano, alto, tenor and bass
Festival Wind Ensemble All wind, brass and percussion players
Festival Orchestra String players 17 years and older
Chamber Orchestra Students do not pre-enroll in this ensemble. It performs major choral-orchestral works with the Festival Choir. Strings are selected from the Festival Orchestra. Winds and brass are selected from the first day’s audition. Players in the Chamber Orchestra will perform in two ensembles: the Chamber Orchestra and either the Festival Orchestra or Festival Wind Ensemble. The Chamber Orchestra will perform Gloria by Francis Poulenc with the Festival Choir at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, August 21.
Taped Audition Requirement For Strings
Ages 17 And Older
String players who have not previously participated in the Festival Orchestra must submit an audio tape of their playing on standard format audio cassette along with their application to the program. This tape should include: a 3 octave scale (2 octaves for basses) and arpeggio (your choice of key and speed) and a piece or pieces (with or without accompaniment) demonstrating your technical level (something fast) and your interpretive ability (something slow and legato).
Approximately one month before the program begins, instrumentalists enrolled in the program will be mailed an audition packet with musical excerpts for their specific instrument to be prepared for their live audition on the first Sunday of the program, August 7, 2005. Placement in an ensemble is determined by age and ability. All decisions regarding ensemble placement are made at the sole discretion of the faculty. Idyllwild Arts reserves the right to place students in a musically appropriate ensemble regardless of age.
Students enrolled in the Festival Music Program have the opportunity to attend and participate in regularly scheduled master classes taught by faculty members in residence and visiting guest artists. Master classes offer well-prepared students an opportunity for informal public performance and intensive coaching. Topics range from the interpretation and performance of solo literature, concertos and orchestral excerpts to technical studies and audition techniques.
Four-Week Music Discount
Students who are accepted and enroll for four consecutive weeks of music programs, Symphonic Band/Symphony Orchestra/Chamber Music through Festival Wind Ensemble/Festival Orchestra/Festival Choir, are eligible to receive a 25% discount for the full cost of tuition, meals and housing. In essence, students pay for three weeks and receive the fourth week free.
Los Angeles Concert - Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Idyllwild Arts Summer Program is pleased to announce the fourth annual Los Angeles Concert as a gala conclusion to the Idyllwild Summer Music Festival. This summer's concert will feature the Festival Choir, Festival Orchestra, and Festival Wind Ensemble, performing the following program on Sunday evening, August 21, 7:30 P.M., in Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles:
Program
Fanfare for the Vienna Philharmonic - R. Strauss
Blue Shades - F. Tichelli
Festival Wind Ensemble
Stephen Piazza, conductor
Gloria - F. Poulenc
Festival Choir & Chamber Orchestra
Grant Gershon, conductor
Symphonic Dances from Westside Story - L. Bernstein
Pictures at an Exhibition - M. Moussorgsky (Ravel)
Festival Orchestra
Larry Livingston, conductor
In order to facilitate the logistics for this event, please read the following paragraphs carefully. Please note that the Festival Music ensembles will be playing only a portion of their full concert repertoire at Walt Disney Concert Hall. In order to hear all of the music prepared by the Wind Ensemble, Choir and Orchestra, it will be necessary to attend the culminating concerts in Idyllwild August 19-20.
The Festival Wind Ensemble will perform its final Idyllwild concert on Saturday, August 20, in the IAF Theatre at 11 A.M. Students in this ensemble may check out and leave with their parents after their concert on Saturday afternoon or may remain on campus to be transported to Los Angeles Sunday morning. Students leaving with their parents after the Idyllwild concert will receive directions to Disney Hall and instructions about rehearsal and performance times.
The Festival Choir will perform its final Idyllwild concert on Saturday, August 20, in the IAF Theatre at 1:30 P.M. Students in this ensemble may check out and leave with their parents after their concert on Saturday afternoon or may remain on campus to be transported to Los Angeles Sunday morning. Students leaving with their parents after the Idyllwild concert will receive directions to Disney Hall and instructions about rehearsal and performance times.
The Festival Orchestra will perform its final Idyllwild concert on Saturday, August 20, in the IAF Theatre at 7:30 P.M. Students in this ensemble will be transported to Disney Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday morning, August 21.
All students are free to be picked up by their families at the conclusion of the 7:30 P.M. Disney Hall concert, approximately 10:00 P.M. Of course, parents, family and friends are invited to attend the concert in Walt Disney Concert Hall. In July, a rehearsal schedule for August 21 and a map of downtown Los Angeles will be available for students and parents
Students who are unable to commit to this concert will not be placed in the Festival Orchestra, Festival Choir, or Festival Wind Ensemble regardless of age or ability.
Minor students, who reside outside the Southern California area and require airport transportation to return home, will be accommodated and supervised in the west Los Angeles area Sunday evening and transported to Los Angeles International Airport Monday morning, August 22.
All students enrolled in the Festival Music Program, their families and friends are cordially invited to join us for the gala Los Angeles Concert on August 21.
Disney Hall Tickets
Students/Families participating in the Disney Hall concert can receive up to four complimentary tickets per family. (Families with more than one child in the concert will receive four tickets.) Additional tickets may be available for purchase. Tickets will be distributed by Idyllwild Arts directly to students and families during registration and check-in on August 7 in Idyllwild. At the time of printing this catalog, seating locations have not been determined, but seats will be distributed first come, first served, in order of registration.
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Festival Choir
Open to high school, college & university students
August 7-21, 2005
Course # YYFC Ø5-Ø6
Two-week session
Student Performances- Saturday, August 13, 1:00 P.M. and Friday, August 19, 8:00 P.M. and Saturday, August 20, 1:30 P.M. and Sunday, August 21, 7:30 P.M., Disney Concert Hall
"...the exhilarating music and performance, brilliantly conducted by the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Grant Gershon, did nothing but boast of tomorrow..."
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times,
Festival Choir performance of Michael Torke's Book of Proverbs at Royce Hall, August 17, 2003
An intensive two-week workshop for select high school, college, and university age singers designed to further develop the vocal and musical skills needed for the performance of choral orchestral masterworks. Once again this summer the Festival Choir will be conducted by Grant Gershon, Music Director of the Los Angels Master Chorale and Festival Choir Alumnus. Mr. Gershon will lead a performance of Gloria by Francis Poulenc at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, August 21. In addition, students will study and perform a variety of choral/vocal repertoire for both large and small ensembles led by members of the outstanding choral faculty.
Each student will participate in the full choir and in daily vocal masterclasses. Students should expect to be involved in musical activities a minimum of six hours per day. These activities include rehearsals, vocal masterclasses, music theory, sight-reading, and conducting classes.
Students also have the opportunity for solo vocal performance during the regularly scheduled student recitals. Interested students should bring two complete copies of solo music they wish to perform. Professional pianists are available to play for all student recitals. The choral/vocal faculty selects students to perform at student recitals based on a live audition during the two-week session.
If you wish to audition for Festival Choir 2005, please submit a cassette tape containing two short, contrasting (fast/slow, soft/loud) examples of your singing in whatever style you feel most comfortable, and one letter of recommendation from a music professional (choir director, voice or private teacher) who knows your work. Please send the tape, along with your completed registration form to:
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
Attn: Festival Choir
P.O. Box 38
Idyllwild, CA 92549
Returning students who have sung in the choir either of the past two years do not need to audition for the 2005 session.
Students should bring concert clothing consisting of black dress and black dress shoes for women and black suit or tuxedo, white shirt, bow tie and black dress shoes for men. Please, no athletic shoes! Students should also bring at least three pencils, a small roll of masking tape, and two complete copies of any solo music for student recitals.
Tuition, Room and Board: $1950
Music Fee: $50
Grant Gershon, conductor
Susan Azaret Davies
Dr. Thomas Davies
Brian Dehn, tenor coach
Lisa Friedrichs, alto coach
Desireé LaVertu
Shannon Mack
Joseph Modica, bass coach
Olga Perez
Lori Marie Rios, soprano coach
Louise Thomas, vocal coach/pianist
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Festival Wind Ensemble
Open to students finishing grade 11 and beyond. Students finishing grade 10 may enroll depending on ability, experience and availability.
August 7–21, 2005
Course # YYFB Ø5-Ø6
Two-week session
Student Performances- Saturday, August 13, 1:00 P.M. and Saturday, August 20, 11:00 A.M. and Sunday, August 21, 7:30 P.M., Disney Concert Hall.
Designed for talented high school and college-age musicians, this two-week session is devoted to performing and sight-reading the finest wind ensemble literature from the 18th to the 20th century. Composers represented include Copland, de Meij, Hindemith, Holsinger, and Shostakovich.
Instruction consists of daily rehearsals, master classes, solo repertoire and chamber music ensembles. Two major concerts, plus student and faculty recitals are also featured.
Sectional placement is made on the first day. Wind and brass players are automatically enrolled in the Festival Wind Ensemble and selected for the orchestras by the first day’s audition. Wind and brass players selected for the Chamber Orchestra will participate in the Wind Ensemble as well as the orchestra.
Students should bring a folding music stand, all instruments and cases with personal identification, small roll of masking tape, pencil, clothes pins; solo, duet, trio or quartet music for student recitals. Bring concert clothing for performance consisting of long dress/dress shoes or suit/sport coat with slacks, tie, dress shirt and shoes. Valve oil, slide oil, mutes, spare reeds, cork grease, bay oil, tools for minor repairs and a woodwind case humidifier are also necessary. Early enrollment is encouraged to ensure acceptance.
Tuition, room and board: $1950
Stephen P. Piazza, conductor
Oscar Borhôrquez, bassoon
John Campbell, bassoon
David Evans, trumpet
Erik Forrester, percussion
Yehuda Gilad, clarinet
David Hoover, horn
David Jackson, trombone
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
Sandra Kipp, flute
Doug Masek, saxophone
Xiao-Ming Han, horn
Bill Schlitt, percussion
Doug Tornquist, tuba
Amanda Walker, clarinet
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Festival Orchestra
Open to students finishing grade 11 and beyond. Students finishing grade 10 may enroll depending on ability, experience and availability.
August 7–21, 2005
Course # YYFO Ø5-Ø6
Two-week session
Student Performances- Saturday, August 13, 1:00 P.M. and Saturday, August 20, 7:30 P.M. and Sunday, August 21, 7:30 P.M., Disney Concert Hall
European students please go to www.artegemini.com/idyllwild.htm for additional information.
"What Sunday's spirited, persuasive and immensely enjoyable performance confirmed is that the level of enthusiastic young talent runs deep."
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times,
Festival Orchestra performance at Royce Hall, August 17, 2003
The Festival Orchestra is open to outstanding older high school and college age musicians. This exceptional ensemble will rehearse and perform the most challenging literature in the orchestral repertoire.
Works performed in recent summers include:
Bartok- Concerto for Orchestra
Bruckner- Symphony #4
Copland- Appalachian Spring
Dvorak- Cello Concerto
Holst- The Planets
Mahler- Symphonies #1 and #5
Moussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition
Ravel- Daphnis and Chloe, Suite II
Resphighi- Pines of Rome
Shostakovich- Symphony #5
Sibelius- Symphony #2
Strauss- Ein Heldenleben, Don Juan, Rosenkavalier Suite
Stravinsky- Petruschka, Suite from the Firebird
Tchaikovsky- Symphony #5, Romeo and Juliet
Ticheli- Radiant Voices
The featured works for the summer of 2005 will be:
Symphonic Dances from Westside Story- L. Bernstein
Pictures at an Exhibition- M. Moussorgsky
Additional works TBA
Taped Audition Requirement For Strings:
Ages 17 And Older
String players who have not previously participated in the Festival Orchestra must submit an audio tape of their playing on standard format audio cassette along with their application to the program. This tape should include: a 3 octave scale (2 octaves for basses) and arpeggio (your choice of key and speed) and a piece or pieces (with or without accompaniment) demonstrating your technical level (something fast) and your interpretive ability (something slow and legato).
Daily instruction will include full orchestra, sectional rehearsals and chamber music ensembles. In addition, all students enrolled in the Festival Orchestra sign up for one half hour of private instruction per week.
Sectional placement is made on the first day. Wind players are automatically enrolled in the Festival Wind Ensemble, and are selected for the Festival Orchestra by the first day’s audition.
Students should bring a folding music stand, humidifier, instruments and cases marked for identification; rosin, strings, mutes, small roll of transparent tape, pencils, and music for student recitals. Bring concert clothing consisting of black dress and dress shoes for women, black suit or tuxedo and black dress shoes for men.
Tuition, room and board: $1950
Larry Livingston, conductor
Oscar Borhôrquez, bassoon
John Campbell, bassoon
Liviu Casleano, violin/viola
Charles DeRamus, bass
David Evans, conductor
Vivian Fan, piano
Erik Forrester, percussion
Richard Gianguilio, brass specialist
Yehuda Gilad, clarinet
William Goldenberg, piano
Igor Gruppman, violin
Vesna Gruppman, violin
Xiao-Ming Han, horn
David Hoover, horn
David Jackson, trombone
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
Sandra Kipp, flute
Dariusz Korcz, viola
Doris Lederer, viola
Jane Levy, viola
Pascual Martinez Forteza, clarinet
Doug Masek, saxophone
Peter Middleton, flute
Edith Orloff, piano
Thomas Porwol, Festival Manager
Bill Schlitt, percussion
Doug Tornquist, tuba
Luba Ugorski, piano
Amanda Walker, clarinet
John Walz, cello
Melvin Warner, orchestra consultant
Yao Zhao, cello
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Digital Audio Workshop-NEW
July 10-16, 2005
Course # YADM Ø1
July 17-23, 2005
Course # YADM Ø2
Two one-week sessions
Culmination: Saturday, July 16, TBA
Saturday, July 23, TBA
This intensive week provides an introduction to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) using computers, digital keyboards and sequencing software programs. Jazz improvisation and song writing will be integrated into the curriculum to give students a variety of musical objectives and experiences.
The topics to be covered during the week include building your own home Midi studio, recording music using digital techniques, understanding and applying digital software applications, composing simple musical structures and understanding contemporary musical styles for notation and writing purposes. Faculty artists from the Jazz Workshop will serve as clinicians and presenters in order to illustrate musical examples.
Separate sections for Mac and PC users will be offered simultaneously each week. Beginning through advanced users will be accommodated. The workshop is open to students ages 14-adult. Enrollment limited to 12 students per section (PC or Mac).
Course Requirements
For PC Users:
Laptop with Windows XP or higher
USB Midi Interface & USB cable
Software installed: Band In The Box and either Cakewalk or Cubase
For Mac Users:
Laptop with Mac Os X or higher
USB Midi Interface & USB cable
Software installed: Band In The Box and Digital Performer
Keyboards, mixers, mics and printers will be provided by the school.
Tuition, room and board: $975 per session
Charlie Richard
Paul Carman
Sandy Megas
Dan Boulton
