<p>I would love help looking at festivals/camps for my D. She is a violinist - a good one, but not conservatory level, currently a college freshman music major. She is hoping to attend Credo (a religious-based ensemble program), but we have no way of knowing her chances, so I'd like to find a couple other options for her. </p>
<p>I've waded through the lists a bit, including the ones Violadad posted before (which is how I found Credo) but figuring out the level of selectivity and the age-appropriateness is hard. I'd love some personal recommendations. We are in Georgia and she goes to school in Ohio. Any location is fine, but closer is better. Also, I'd prefer it to be shorter - just a couple weeks - both for personal and financial reasons.</p>
<p>Binx: you might also take a look at possibilities for your daughter to be a counselor at a music camp for high school students, which would defray costs and also allow for good performance opportunities.</p>
<p>New York Summer Music Festival is probably too far, but a lot of kids there come from even further to go there. I don't think admission is incredibly competitive, but the faculty comes from a lot of the prestigious East Coast music schools, and the camp prides itself on offering a broad range of performance opportunities for all levels of perofrmers.<br>
I think their website is nysmf.com. It's held on the grounds of SUNY Oneonta.
Our D went there for vocal last summer, and intends to be a repeat attendee for summers to come. Her roomate flew in from California for a two-week session, and had gone at least two summers (violin). You can opt for a two-week, four-week or six-week stay. I thought their pricing was quite reasonable.</p>
<p>Yale/Norfolk Chamber Music Session (CT)
Heifetz Institute (VT)
Bowdoin (Maine)
Meadowmount (NY)
National Orchestral Institute (MD)
Aspen (Orchestra fellowship)</p>
<p>I might drop one or two of those. Still trying to decide whether or not to do TMC-- the audition rep is pretty eccentric, and I'm not sure there's time to learn it on top of preparing for three competitions this winter! I'm also still considering Pacific Music Festival (Japan) and Music Academy of the West.</p>
<p>I was going to suggest the Sewanee Summer Music Festival at University of the South in Tenn. I don't know if it is only high school students, though. While I was looking for a link for you for that program (I found won but can't get it to work) I found this other website that looks quite informative. It does a search for you based on instrument, type of music (classical or jazz) and program you are looking for. The search engine has an option for workshops and festivals as well as schools. Lastly, you can pick a state and it will list programs with your criteria. It is probably a good place to start. </p>
<p>that is a cool site -- with lots of information, though several programs I can think of are not included -- it took me awhile to figure out how to do a search; in case anyone else is as computer-obtuse as I am, the trick is to click on the image of the instrument you want as it parades by.</p>
<p>Binx, Sewanee's festival would be a very logical choice for your daughter because, if I'm deducing correctly, her teacher (Miami U, right?) is on faculty there. </p>
<p>As it happens, I attended Sewanee multiple times and really loved it. It was one of the most important formative experiences of my youth.
It is probably best for high school students, but there are certainly plenty of college and graduate students around.</p>
<p>Binx, what about Shenandoah Performs? Someone here posted about that last year. I think it might be a fellowship program, but it's worth checking into.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions. She actually is less interested in Sewanee simply because her teacher does indeed teach there. She likes him a lot - it's just that summer seems to be an opportunity to experience other methods and teaching styles. It might be a good back up, though, and it's nice to know you liked it, fiddlefrog.</p>
<p>Violadad also suggested Shenandoah Performs. It looks great, but next year's details aren't up on the web yet, so it's hard to check the schedule. I've bookmarked it, though. Last year they required a DVD application. Since she has to do one for Credo, it should be easy enough to send it here, too.</p>
<p>I had done some web searches already for some local programs, looking to see if she might be able to be a counselor, as mamenyu suggests. A lot of the programs in GA are held at colleges, and the counselors seem to be pulled from those colleges. But I like the idea. </p>
<p>I appreciate the links, and will have to explore them a bit more later next month. (Leaving for Germany on Saturday for a couple weeks, so won't have much Internet access.) </p>
<p>Cosmos, I didn't mean to derail your thread. I'm curious what European programs you're looking at. S2 auditioned for Verbier (didn't think his audition went well, though), and he has done Leipzig in the past. He's probably also re-applying to Music Academy, and I don't know what all else, if anything.</p>
<p>binx- you can email Jan Wagner, the conductor/music director directly at <a href="mailto:jwagner@su.edu">jwagner@su.edu</a>. If nothing else, you'll end up on the mailing/email list when the info is updated.</p>
<p>Son's plans are still up in the air, and are based around his teaching dates in PA. Sarasota, Colorado College, Garth Newel, Hot Springs, Shenandoah, Kent/Blossom, Yellow Barn, National Orchestra Institute all are usually within his free time frame.</p>
<p>It is a two-week program in Leipzig at the music college there (the one founded by Mendelssohn-Bartoldy, which was very cool). They offer instruction in piano, violin, viola, cello, chamber music, flute, horn, singing - (but not all are offered both sessions). It is expensive - nearly 800 Euros for the program and housing (which is separate, and doesn't include meals). There is no audition. We lived just a couple hours away, and it gave my S a chance to study intensely with his favorite teacher, so it was worth it for us. </p>
<p>The program is run by a joint group of Koreans and Germans, and the website is rather difficult to navigate. </p>
<p>[Edit: interesting -- that web address says "<a href="http://www.euroarts.co.kr%22">www.euroarts.co.kr"</a>]
Choose English (you don't have to install any special characters - ignore that), then select "Summer Leipzig". On some of the pages, you have to scroll down - the German is first, then English. On others, they are interspersed.</p>
<p>Hello! I just signed onto this awesome website. I am a junior is high school planning to get a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, though I haven't figured out where yet. My current top two are Rice University and U of Oregon.</p>
<p>I am going to participate in a summer program this coming year (financed by my wonderful parents :)) - does anyone have recommendations as to which program? Past experiences (or your kids'), good, bad, or ugly? My piano teacher says that Tanglewood is the best that she knows of, followed by Aspen and the one at Indiana University. I will be applying to several.<br>
I went to a 1-week chamber music camp at UCLA last year - it was a very good experience (my first summer music program), but is not meant for serious musicians.</p>
<p>If anyone has any input, I would really appreciate it!</p>