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| Dates | July 12-18, 2009 |
| Program Fees | $790 |
| Housing and Meal Plan Fees | $490 |
| Application Deadline | Rolling deadline, still accepting |
| Application Procedure | 1. Online Application |
Program Coordinator:
Dr. Sean Reed, 35 West Fourth Street, Suite 777
212 998 5828, E-mail: ssr7@nyu.edu
Program Overview
Download Summer 2009 FAQs here.
Summer Institute for Brass Quintet & Brass Chamber Music for High School Students, College Students and Young Professionals who play trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium and tuba.
Participants can expect an intensive week of instruction at NYU, in the heart of New York City’s Greenwich Village, interacting with NYU's world-class brass faculty.
- Benefit from master classes, private instruction, workshops and concerts
- Interact with a diversity of world-renowned NYU faculty artists
- Study in New York City, the music capital of the world
Instrumentalists or pre-formed brass ensembles, proficient at an advanced level, are encouraged to apply.
Trumpet Faculty
David Krauss – Principal - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Tom Hoyt – New York City Opera, Principal – Broadway show: Wicked
Laurie Frink – Classical/Jazz, Broadway, recording artist - radio/television/film
Trombone Faculty
Thomas Hutchinson – Principal – New York City Opera
Sean Reed – Director of Brass Studies – New York University
Horn Faculty
Joe Anderer – Principal – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ann Ellsworth – Manhattan Brass
Tuba Faculty
Marcus Rojas – Classical/Contemporary/Improvisational, recording artist - radio/television/film.
Housing/Meals
All participants will be housed in unadorned dormitory bedrooms in multi-bedroom suites. Each suite typically has two or three bedrooms. Each bedroom has two or three beds and is furnished with a bed, desk, dresser and closet/wardrobe for each guest. If a resident is assigned to a single bedroom, he or she will not be assigned a roommate in their bedroom. Each individual suite has a bathroom shared by all occupants of the suite. There are no kitchens in our facilities used for short-term housing. NYU Summer Housing does not provide in-room telephone, television, or internet connectivity to short-term guests.
You will receive meal tickets for two meals daily in campus dining halls. Dining halls are closed on Saturdays and Sundays. You will be responsible for your own meals then, as well as any other mealsor snacks outside of the two meal tickets per weekday..
Cost
The cost for the program is $790. Meal plan and housing are not included in the program fee.
Audition Material
Participants must be 16 years or older to be considered. No live auditions. Please
send a DVD with two contrasting solo pieces, or of your pre-formed
brass chamber ensemble. CDs will not be accepted. Send supporting material to:
Sean Reed, Director
Program in Brass Studies
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
35 West Fourth Street, Suite 777
New York, NY 10012
***PLEASE NOTE: Participants under the age of 18 will be required to attend activities on practically every evening during the program. Activities may include trips to the theatre, concerts and visits to important sites throughout New York City.***
Audition materials become the property of NYU Steinhardt and cannot be returned.