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Sponsored by: Manhattan Concert Productions
Manhattan Concert Productions is in its 11th season of offering excellent performing opportunities for qualified musicians at major venues across the country and overseas.
MCP is delighted to announce the Manhattan Orchestral Institute, June 11-15, 2010 in New York City. The Manhattan Orchestral Institute is designed to unite talented young musicians from across the United States for 5 days of study and rehearsal in New York City as they pursue heightened levels of individual and ensemble performance skill. The Institute will culminate in a performance in New York's legendary Carnegie Hall.
The Manhattan Orchestral Institute is open to 16-20 year old string, woodwind and brass players by audition only. Interested participants must submit an Application Form and Audition CD and will be accepted on an individual basis. Audition materials must be received by February 15, 2010 for consideration.
Accepted musicians will play in the Institute orchestra under the direction of renowned Maestro Shinik Hahm, conductor of Yale University's premiere Philharmonia Orchestra, the orchestra of the Yale School of Music. Additionally, Institute musicians will participate in master classes and sectionals led by some of New York's most respected orchestral musicians.
This is a unique opportunity for the more serious students.
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SCHEDULE
APPLICATION FORM
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
EXPECTATIONS
INCLUSIONS
TUITION
INSTITUTE FACULTY
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DAILY SCHEDULE
June 11, 2010
Arrival at LaGuardia, Newark, or JFK airport, or by bus or train. Transportation on your own to residency hotel, check in. 7 pm welcome session and orientation followed by placement auditions.
June 12, 2010
9 am-1 pm – MOI orchestra rehearsal and sectionals with Institute faculty. The evening will be spent at Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic. There will be a pre-concert talk, providing an insightful and engaging backstage preview of the evening's program, likely hosted by James M. Keller, the Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence and Program Annotator at the New York Philharmonic. The talk will be followed by an evening concert with the New York Philharmonic, featuring Maestro Alan Gilbert, and Lisa Batiashvili, violinist. The program that evening includes the Sibelius Violin Concerto and Brahms Second Symphony.
June 13, 2010
Half of this day will be spent in orchestra rehearsal, either 9-1 or 1-5. The other half of the day will be spent in masterclasses with members of the Institute. Evening is free to attend a concert or Broadway show.
June 14, 2010
Concert day! Abbreviated morning dress rehearsal from 10 am-12 noon. Afternoon free for sightseeing or use of pass to "Top of the Rock" observatory at Rockefeller Center. Late afternoon sound check at Carnegie Hall. The 8:00 pm concert is followed by a reception cruise.
June 15, 2010
Check out of hotel by noon. Remainder of day free, depending upon departure time.
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APPLICATION
Download the Application Form PDF to print, complete, and send by mail with your Audition CD. The Private Instructor/Ensemble Director Recommendation Form PDF must also be downloaded, printed, and completed and sent by mail or faxed to 212-279-1145. All materials should be mailed to:
Manhattan Concert Productions
236 W. 30th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10001
AUDITION CD RECORDING REQUIREMENTS
ALL applicants for the 2010 Manhattan Orchestral Institute must submit an audition CD recording (cassette is acceptable if CD recording equipment is not available). Eligible instruments are: violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba. The recording must be unedited and unaccompanied.
Please include the following:
- the following scales, 2-octaves (if possible) with arpeggios: B Major; g-sharp minor; A-flat Major; f minor
- two EXCERPTS from a recently studied or performed solo or etude, representing contrasting tempi
Applicants who wish to audition on two instruments must submit a separate audition CD or cassette tape for each instrument.
The applicant's full name and instrument must appear on the CD label itself, as well as spoken on the recording. Additionally, please include an insert that lists the excerpts and their respective composers.
*AUDITION MATERIALS MUST BE RECEIVED
NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 15, 2010*
You will be notified of your acceptance by March 6, 2010
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ACCEPTED STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
- Participants will be expected to know their music thoroughly by the time of arrival in New York City
- Participants will be expected to exercise respectful and alert etiquette at all rehearsals, masterclasses, and sectionals; behavior to the contrary can result in dismissal from the Institute with no refund
- Participants will be expected to be on time, with pencils available for all sessions
- There is to be no consumption of alcohol or illegal drugs throughout the Institute; behavior to the contrary will result in dismissal from the Institute with no refund
- There is to be no intimate cohabitation among Institute participants; behavior to the contrary will result in dismissal from the Institute with no refund
- Participants must understand the high level of commitment required to pursue the discipline required of artistry
- Participants will accept the leadership exerted by Institute leaders and the Manhattan Concert Productions staff
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INCLUSIONS:
- Five days and four nights residency in New York City at midtown hotel
- Participation in the Institute Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Shinik Ham, conductor of Yale University's Philharmonia Orchestra, the orchestra of the Yale School of Music
- Sectionals and masterclasses, led by the Institute faculty consisting of respected New York City professional musicians
- Ticket to a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Alan Gilbert, conductor, and Lisa Batiashvili, violin. Program includes the Sibelius Violin Concerto and Brahms Second Symphony.
- Evening concert ensemble performance at legendary Carnegie Hall
- Concert management
- Post-concert reception
- Ticket to observation deck at Rockefeller Center ("Top of the Rock")
- Certificate of participation for each musician
TUITION:
$1,049 per person
- Travel to New York City not included
- If you choose double occupancy in the hotel, there is an additional fee of $375; if you choose single occupancy, the additional fee is $1,125
- After acceptance into the Institute, a $100 non-refundable deposit is due; the remainder can be paid in installments, with the entire balance due by April 11, 2010
INSTITUTE FACULTY
FACULTY TO COME
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