<p>Does anyone have any experience with the composition program that is part of the Eastman Summer Horizons program? Also looking for info on the composition program at New York State Music Festival. Thanks!</p>
<p>I attended Music Horizons, but not for composition. Let me know if you have any specific questions about the overall program!</p>
<p>I’m an incoming soprano vocal student at Music Horizons this July, and would like to know all about your experience at Eastman!
Thanks!</p>
<p>I was also wondering about it! For the the dorms, would does everyone get their own room or are we doubled?</p>
<p>About the NYSMF -we have looked very hard for more information about this program for the past two years and were still unable to get a feel for what the program was all about beyond what was on website and a conversation with them at a high school music festival. We decided again pursuing it and choose another composition program to apply too for this summer and last.
It seems the composition component was only held in the afternoons at NYSMF. It also seems the rest of the program is unauditioned. We do know some kids who have attended other parts of the camp but none of those kids were especially serious except for one who attended jazz program there and that kid liked to a lot and went for a couple of summers.</p>
<p>Hey! I’m a soprano who attended last summer. It was a great program: advanced, challenging, informative, etc. Horizons students room both single and double in the dorms. I was in a single, but most people were in doubles. I actually wish that I had been doubled, because I saw a lot of room mates become really good friends, and although I made good friends as well, it seemed like a more complete experience with the doubles. You might be able to request either way. The vocal instructors are amazing; I worked with Derrick Smith and had a wonderful time studying with him. I have kept contact with him and even had an impromptu lesson at Eastman when I went to audition last month! At the age of a rising senior, the program in general was only a bit stifling; they do like to keep track of you, make you check into the dorms at 10, don’t let you off of Gibbs street, etc., but considering that the ages of the program are from 14-18, it’s not bad at all. I was treated very maturely and respectfully by all staff and teachers. I got to work with some very amazing people in a very amazing place, including Eastman faculty; I even got to work personally with an Eastman grad. vocal student! Everything at the program was run very professionally, which I loved, and once you figure out the system, the freedom that you are given is quite nice. Beware of the first meeting with the head RA; it’ll make the program sound like it’s constricting enough for middle-schoolers, but it’s really not at all. “Lights out” at 11 on weekdays and 12 on weekends, but as we all know there are too many ways to get around that to count. You basically just have to look like you’re ready to sleep by then. There aren’t too many times you’d even want to stay up much later, because classes start at 8, even on Saturday. It is a very rigorous program, and will look great on your transcript even though you don’t technically get college credit for the classes. Be prepared to actually work hard, because there will be competition and you will get out of the classes what you put into them. I never wanted to leave Eastman after that month, and still feel like it’s a part of me. I am eagerly awaiting their decision letter and feel like I belong there. I suggest it a thousand times! Don’t hesitate to ask any questions that you may have; I’d be happy to answer.
-Sierra</p>
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