{"id":820,"date":"2009-05-05T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2009\/05\/05\/2009-rose-city-international-conductors-workshop-discovery-program\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T15:18:04","slug":"2009-rose-city-international-conductors-workshop-discovery-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2009\/05\/05\/2009-rose-city-international-conductors-workshop-discovery-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop Discovery Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rose City International Conductor\u2019s Workshop <\/strong><\/p>\n

Discovery Program <\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcoming Composers, Instrumentalists, Vocalists, Music Librarians, Undergraduate Conductors, Amateurs, Music Educators, Scholars<\/p>\n

www.rosecityworkshop.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Priority Application Deadline June 7, 2009<\/p>\n

We all know that the conducting world is very hard to break into- there are scarcely enough opportunities for current and would-be full-time conductors to get experience and feedback. However, it is not only full-time conductors who can benefit from a solid conducting technique, and understanding of rehearsal dynamics and a deep grounding in score study.<\/p>\n

Composers, who often end up conducting their own music and that of their peers, music educators, who often find they want a bit of tune-up after a busy and draining year in the class room, and instrumentalists who may even just want to develop a better understanding of what they\u2019re seeing on the podium in their orchestra are all among the broad cross-section of musicians who often find themselves looking for opportunities to increase their understanding of the art of conducting. Committed amateur conductors, who are often deeply frustrated trying to find an opportunity to develop their passion for conducting without a conservatory education have often spent many, many years studying scores and yet have never been able to find a workshop that would give them a chance to stand in front of professional players.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, when many new or part-time conductors start looking for training programs, they find that a first-class violinist or teacher or composer can only hope to get into a second class program.<\/p>\n

When the Rose City International Conductor\u2019s Workshop initiated the Discovery Program three years ago, our first goal was to create a program where composers, players, teachers and undergraduate conductors could get the same quality of training as their full-time counterparts<\/em><\/strong> in the Emerging Artist program, most of who are well into or have completed their graduate studies in conducting. Discovery Program students work with the same faculty as their EA counterparts, and are treated as equals in all seminars and discussions. The get to work with the professional musicians of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra on the same full-orchestra work as the EA students, and they get to work with concert pianist Rick Rowley. Most importantly, they get to work with all the members of our conducting faculty.<\/p>\n

In recent summers, we have seen DP students progress on the EA program, and others have parlayed their experience into admission to grad school in conducting. All DP teaching sessions are professionally recorded in CD-quality audio. Others have taken their new insights into the classroom or the recording studio.<\/p>\n

Conducting sessions include<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Piano reduction session\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chamber Ensemble session<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chamber Orchestra session<\/p>\n

and-<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Classes in score preparation<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stick technique<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Movement, breathing and posture<\/p>\n

Repertoire-
\nDebussy (arr. Schoenberg)- <\/strong>Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune<\/p>\n

Haydn- <\/strong>Symphony no. 99(with full orchestra)<\/p>\n

Beethoven-<\/strong> Symphony No.4, Mvt I (piano reduction with Ricky Rowley)<\/p>\n

Tuition- $660 (2 payments of $330)<\/p>\n

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