ITG Calendar

Albert L. Lilly III, Editor

 

May 31 – June 3, 2018: 29^th Annual Great American Brass Band Festival, to be held in Danville, KY (USA). The GABBF celebrates band music (especially brass band music) and provides free, family-friendly entertainment for its audiences. The event has always featured a variety of activities, but in recent years it has become even more multifaceted and will include a brass symposium, a New Orleans-style street party called “Bayou and Brass,” a parade, a picnic on the lawn, a balloon race, a Kids Art Fest, the Great American Swing Dance, and the Great American Art Festival. For additional details, contact Artistic Director John Stroube ([email protected]) or check the festival website (http://www.gabbf.org).

 

May 31 – July 1, 2018: National Orchestral Institute Festival. Rehearsals, concerts, and recitals take place at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park, MD (USA). Acceptance requires a successful audition and selection to the orchestra. A full audition tour is planned. Those events, as well as details for the event and other information can be found on the festival website (http://www.noi.umd.edu).

 

June 1 – 30, 2018: 29^th Orchestral Institute, to be held at the University of Houston (USA). The Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival (TMF) invites applications from college, graduate, and young professional players. Each participant receives a fellowship and a month of intensive musical training with inspiring conductors and a world-class faculty. TMF is housed in the outstanding facilities of the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, home of the sonically spectacular Moores Opera House. For more information, send an email ([email protected]) or check the institute website (http://www.uh.edu/kgmca//music/tmf/tmf-orchestra).

 

June 3 – July 15, 2018: 2018 Round Top Festival Institute (48th season), to be held in Round Top, TX (USA). Created in 1971 by concert pianist James Dick, the Round Top Festival Institute offers six weeks (no absence is permitted) of intensive training for young talented musicians (born before December 31, 2000) seeking a transition from conservatories and universities to professional careers. The Round Top Festival Institute owns its campus (over 200 acres), venues (a 1,000-seat air-conditioned concert hall and 160-seat chapel), practice rooms, accommodations, food services, and other amenities (swimming pool, jogging trails, etc.). The Round Top Festival Institute offers to accepted young artists a full scholarship (worth $6,500) for tuition through the James Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts. The relatively small number of participants (about 95) whose admission is based on auditions and recommendations and the fact that participants and faculty share the same campus create a collegial atmosphere through which a constant flow of stimulating exchanges enlightens everyone. Enrollment includes 28 violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 6 basses, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 5 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 6 percussion, 2 harps, and 4 pianists. The trumpet faculty includes Matthew Ernst, Marie Speziale, and Micah Wilkinson. Applications are open online (http://festivalhill.org/students/register.php).

 

June 11 – 14, 2018: University of Kentucky Summer Trumpet Institute, to be held on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington (USA). Masterclasses and recitals will be given by such guest artists as Marie Speziale, Rex Richardson, Vince DiMartino, Ryan Gardner, and many others. For more information, visit the institute website (http://www.UKtrumpet.com) or contact host Jason Dovel by email ([email protected]).

 

June 21 – July 1, 2018: Oberlin Trumpet Workshop, with all events held at the Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, OH (USA). Faculty for the event are Roy Poper and Arto Hoornweg. The workshop offers sessions in technique, masterclasses, lessons, and performances. For full details, check the workshop website (https://www.oberlin.edu/summer-programs/trumpet-workshop).

 

June 22 – August 5, 2018: Brevard Music Summer Institute and Festival, to be held at the Brevard Music Center, NC (USA). Keith Lockhart serves as artistic director. Trumpet faculty is Neal Berntsen, Robert Sullivan, and Mark Schubert. Scholarships are available. Applications are being accepted online (http://brevardmusic.org).

 

June 24 – 30, 2018: Eastman Trumpet and Trombone Retreat at Keuka, designed for adult players. Six days of musical instruction designed for trumpeters who desire more performance and network opportunities. Faculty includes James Thompson, Clay Jenkins, Mark Kellogg, Larry Zalkind, Dariusz Terefenko, and Pilates instructor Leslie MacDonald. Guest faculty includes Allen Vizzutti, John Marcellus, and Ralph Sauer. For full details, check the retreat website (https://summer.esm.rochester.edu/course/eastman-trumpet-and-trombone-retreat-at-keuka). Application deadline is May 1, 2018.

 

July 1 – 13, 2018: Eastman Summer Jazz Studies, to be held at the Eastman School of Music, the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (USA). Trumpet faculty includes Clay Jenkins and Mike Kaupa. This rigorous two-week program provides an intensive, performance-based experience for highly motivated students currently in grades 9 to 12 and is ideally suited for those considering jazz studies at the collegiate level. Students work directly with the renowned Eastman School of Music jazz faculty in a program designed to enhance improvisational and ensemble skills. For the entire list of deadlines and for application information, please check the program website (https://summer.esm.rochester.edu/course/summer-jazz-studies).

 

July 1 – October 31, 2018: Application period for the inaugural Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition. The inaugural competition will be for brass quintets (two trumpets, one horn, trombone, tuba), and is intended for ages 16 to 30, though the average age for any group may be no more than 28 at the end of the competition, July 20, 2019. The international jury will consist of five members (two trumpets, one horn, trombone and tuba) with special expertise in this field, led by the jury chair Reinhold Friedrich. The competition will be held July 15 – 20, 2019. It is anticipated that sixteen groups will be chosen to come to Manchester for the competition, which will be held at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK. Selection will be from submitted video recordings, based on the criteria of musical qualities, enterprise, and presentation. For full details, check the competition website (http://pjbe.org). Further information may also be had by contacting Jayne Rollason, project manager, via email ([email protected]) or phone (+44 (0) 1295 780689).

 

July 2 – 10, 2018 – Suzuki Method Teacher Development Course for Trumpet, to be held at the Mount Royal Conservatory, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6K6 Canada. Trumpet teacher trainer and brass project leader, Ann-Marie Sundberg from Sweden, will be coming to Canada to offer the course.  This event is offered as part of the Calgary Suzuki Summer Institute. Natalie DeJong will serve as host. For more information, contact Natalie via email ([email protected]) or phone (403-993-5376).

 

July 2 – 15, 2018: The 2018 California State University Summer Arts program will include a two-week course in “Composition for Brass with the Atlantic Brass Quintet.” The course coordinator is Brian Wilson, music department chair of Sonoma State University, and the composition faculty are Eric Ewazen and Raymond Burkhart. Additional details may be found at the program website (https://www2.calstate.edu/SummerArts/Courses/Pages/Composition-For-Brass-With-The-Atlantic-Brass-Quintet.aspx).

 

July 7 – 27, 2018: Eastman Music Horizons Program, to be held at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (USA). This internationally acclaimed Classical Studies program is for academically inquisitive performers, conductors, and composers currently in grades 9 – 12 who are seriously considering a career in music. Our highly individualized program emphasizes solo performance (strings, winds, brass, piano, organ, voice, classical guitar, harp, conducting, and composition). This program is for mature students of advanced performance levels who can work well in a focused collegiate-type environment. The program features two private lessons per week; weekly solo performance in repertory class; career seminar with individual interviews and great speakers; classes in theory, ear training, and history; performances in small ensembles; and Creative Ventures: choice of either composition for non-majors, conducting for non-majors, or improvisation. Final solo performance and chamber music concerts are held in Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall and Hatch Recital Hall. All performances are recorded, and each student will have online access to a recording. Wesley Nance serves as trumpet faculty for the event. For additional details and an application for admission, check the program website (https://summer.esm.rochester.edu/course/music-horizons).

July 8 – 14, 2018: The 33^rd Annual Rafael Méndez Brass Institute will be hosted by the Summit Brass and Denver Brass ensembles at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. The Institute is open to advanced high school students through professionals. Trumpet faculty will consist of Joe Burgstaller, David Hickman, Alan Hood, John Marchiando, and Ronald Romm. Scholarships are available. For more information, visit the institute website (http://www.MendezBrassInstitute.com).

 

July 8 – 15, 2018: Trumpet Course, second edition. Held as part of the Festival Rafael Méndez in Morelia, Mexico. Guest artists include Omar Tomasoni, Giuliano Sommerhalder, and Alex Freund. For additional information, check the website (http://www.festivalrafaelmendez.mx). There are limited openings for the course. More information can also available found by email (curso@festivalrafaelmendez.mx). 

 

July 22 – August 5, 2018: Marrowstone Music Festival, the premier orchestra training program of the Pacific Northwest. Marrowstone is presented by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and is hosted by Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (USA). Roy Poper serves as trumpet faculty for the festival. The program is open to students ages 14 to 25. For more details, check the festival website (http://marrowstone.org).

 

July 29 – August 3, 2018: Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute, to be held at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (USA). Addressing the various needs of today’s collegiate and high school players, the Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute is a fun-filled, highly motivating five-day clinic hosted by Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra musicians Douglas Prosser and Wesley Nance. Masterclasses, daily group warm-up sessions using buzzing techniques, mock auditions, and ensemble playing will provide students with performance opportunities each day. Students will explore ways to develop successful mental attitudes, styles, and techniques for great recital performances, orchestral playing, and audition success. For further details or to find the online application, check the institute website (https://summer.esm.rochester.edu/course/trumpet-institute).

 

July 30 – August 3 and August 6 – 10, 2018: Eleventh Annual Trumpet Program (weeks one and two as separate events) at SummerKeys, held in Lubec, Maine (USA). Trumpet players of all levels and interests, including avocational and “comeback” players, are invited and can attend either of the two weeks. Participants will receive a daily group class, a daily one-hour private lesson, practice time, and the chance to rehearse and perform with other musicians. The instructor will be Dr. Robert Stibler, professor of music at the University of New Hampshire. For more information, check the SummerKeys website (http://www.summerkeys.com) or contact Robert Stibler by email ([email protected]).

 

July 15 – 20, 2019: The Inaugural Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition. The inaugural competition will be for brass quintets (two trumpets, one horn, trombone, tuba), and is intended for players ages 16 to 30, though the average age for any group may be no more than 28 at the end of the competition, July 20, 2019. The international jury will consist of five members (two trumpets, one horn, trombone and tuba) with special expertise in this field, led by the jury chair Reinhold Friedrich. Applications for this competition will be received from July 1 to October 31, 2018. It is anticipated that sixteen groups will be chosen to come to Manchester for the competition, which will be held at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. Selection will be from submitted video recordings, based on the criteria of musical qualities, enterprise, and presentation. For full details, check the competition website (http://pjbe.org). Further information may also be had by contacting Jayne Rollason, project manager, via email ([email protected]), or phone (+44 (0) 1295 780689).