Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

Programs - String Studies

Intensive Three-Week String Quartet Workshop for High School and College Students

 

Dates June 28 - July 17, 2010
Program Fees
$1,600
Housing and Meal Plan Fees $890 (2009) 2010 costs TBA
Application Deadline
Deadline: March 1, 2010
Application Procedure

1. Online Application
2. Application Fee $50 & Audition Materials


PROGRAM COORDINATORS:

Stephanie Baer, 35 West Fourth Street, Suite 777, 212 992 9447, stephanie.baer@nyu.edu

Marion Feldman, co-director: marion.feldman@nyu.edu or 212 874 7756

Program Overview

This unique program in the art of String Quartet playing is offered to advanced high school and college students 15 years or older and young professionals. Through intensive preparation students will engage in an in-depth study of selected string quartet repertoire. Each group will learn an entire quartet and perform it during the NYU String Quartet Festival which is held at the end of the program.

Master classes with well-known musicians will enrich the students’ understanding of solo and string quartet repertory. Previous master classes have been given by Nadja Salerno- Sonnenberg, Pamela Frank, Martha Strongin Katz, Lawrence Dutton, David Geber and Paul Katz , the Borromeo String Quartet and the Brentano String Quartet as well as other well-known performers.

Ample opportunity for individual practice and string quartet rehearsal are included in the daily schedule. Students will receive coaching and weekly private lessons from NYU Artist faculty Anton Miller, Stephanie Baer, and Marion Feldman as well as guest faculty Rita Porfiris, and Eugenia Choi. The seminar will culminate in a five-day string quartet festival held in the Frederick Loewe Theatre which will include a concert given by our resident quartet, faculty and student performances which are open to the public

The first week of the workshop will focus itself on solo repertoire as well as chamber music. Daily master classes will be held to enable students to acquire experience in performance and to work on their technique. The final two weeks of the Intensive String Quartet Workshop are devoted to string quartet rehearsal and performance. At the end of the second week, students perform in a “works in progress” concert.

A typical day includes four hours of scheduled quartet rehearsal, a coaching (there are three quartet coachings per week), two or more hours of individual practice and a late afternoon master class. Evenings have activities as varied as chamber music readings, NY Philharmonic concerts, operas in Central Park or pizza parties.

The Second Annual NYU Summer String Quartet Competition

The New York University Intensive String Quartet Workshop is pleased to announce
The Second Annual NYU Summer String Quartet Competition, July 1 & 2, 2010

This competition is open to any pre-formed string quartets, members’ ages 14-30

Application deadline: March 1, 2010

Application requirements: a CD with 2 movements from 2 contrasting works for string quartet. Send audition materials to (or submit video online, instructions here):
Stephanie Baer, Director
Program in String Studies
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
35 West Fourth Street, Suite 777
New York, NY 10012

The First Prize Winners will play a concert sponsored by NYU at the historic Frederick Loewe Theatre in New York City. The Competition final round is free and open to the public. A special “Audience Choice” prize will be awarded based on audience votes.

One representative of the pre-formed quartet must apply on behalf of the quartet and mail in the application fee and audition materials. Any quartets applying for the competition must be available during the entire Intensive String Quartet Workshop, taking place on the New York University campus from June 28 - July 17, 2010. To apply please follow the application procedure listed here.

Housing/Meals

Housing is available only for participants who are 16 years or older. Students stay in shared rooms in an NYU residence hall with one or two roommates. The residence hall is located near Washington Square Park, a short walk from campus buildings. The housing and meals cost includes a meal plan of 10 meals per week and a card with $25 declining dollars. Participants can eat meals in campus dining halls, Monday-Friday. Students should bring long (80 inch) twin bed size flat and fitted sheets, blankets, bedspreads, pillows, and their own towels. The residence hall building has air conditioning and Internet access with an Ethernet cable.

NYU Public Safety Services officers are on duty 24 hours a day. Specially assigned Resident Assistants (R.A.) monitor discipline, including enforcing a curfew for students in this program, and help students as they adjust to living away from home.

Because our standards for achievement are high, we accept highly motivated students who will enjoy the classes as well as the cultural activities. It is, therefore, important to know that failure to comply with regulations will be grounds for immediate dismissal from the program. Parents and/or guardians will be contacted as soon as any unsatisfactory behavior is recognized.

Cost

The cost of the program is $1600. The fee for housing and meals is not included in the program fee.

Application Fee & Audition Materials

Participants must be 15 years or older to be considered. (Housing is available only for participants who are 16 years or older.)

If you would like to be considered for the workshop you must submit the following:

a general online summer application
• application fee of $50 (non-refundable, checks payable to New York University)
• a DVD or CD (or submit a video online, instructions here) with two contrasting movements or works

Please be sure to include your contact information: phone number, mailing address, and your e-mail address as well as the name of your school and your year of study (i.e., high school senior, college junior).

Send your application fee and audition materials to:

Stephanie Baer, Director
Program in String Studies
Music and Performing Arts Professions
35 West Fourth Street, Suite 777
New York, NY 10012

If you submit your audition video online, you should put all your contact information requested above in the same email to Professor Baer at stephanie.baer@nyu.edu. You will still need to mail in your application fee to the address above.

Audition materials become the property of NYU Steinhardt and cannot be returned.

***PLEASE NOTE: Participants under the age of 18 will be required to attend activities on practically every evening during the program. Activities will include trips to the theatre, concerts and visits to important sites throughout New York City.***

 

Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions - 35 W. 4th Street, Suite 777 - New York, NY 10012 - 212 998 5424