Overview
The horn institute is an opportunity for horn players to spend a week of intensive study with a distinguished faculty of performers and teachers.
Details
Daily master classes focus on practice techniques and routines, instrument history, solo literature, professionalism and ethics of the music business. Etude studies include the Kopprasch Etudes, Maxime- Alphonse Etudes, Concone Etudes, etc. Private lessons give students personal instruction with the distinguished faculty. Rehearsals for small and large ensembles are daily. Performances by faculty members and distinguished artists are the highlight of the week.
Music institutes admit students up to age 22. All other institutes are limited to current high school students. Students will live in a cabin with 10 to 18 other artists. The cabins are rustic but comfortable. Counselors supervise each cabin and are usually current college students who are studying the arts and sometimes former campers. (Note: college-aged students will be housed in cabins separate from high school participants.)
Because the Institutes occur before the regular camp season, participants do not wear uniforms and do not have opportunities for structured recreational activities.
Faculty
Gene Berger
Elizabeth Freimuth
Karl Pituch
Audition/Portfolio Requirements
- Record two solo works of contrasting style on a CD or DVD.
- Submit the audition and label the recording and its casing with the applicant's full name, "Institute Division," instrument and repertoire presented.
