2015 Student Catalog

SUMMER 2015

Aspen Music Festival and School

JUNE 24–AUGUST 23

Robert Spano, music director Alan Fletcher, president and ceo Jennifer Johnston, vice president and dean of students

AMFS Music Director Robert Spano conducts students and artist-faculty in an orchestral performance PHOTOS: ALEX IRVIN

Each student coming to Aspen steps into an extraordinary musical world of unparalleled depth and breadth. It encompasses more than six hundred students, five orchestras, opera, dozens of chamber music concerts, master classes, lectures, and more.

Along with private instruction, many students rehearse and perform major orchestral repertoire side-by-side with their teacher and/or with principal players from the orchestras of New York, Join Aspen for its Philadelphia, Los Angeles, sixty-seventh season, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cleveland, Chicago, and and experience more. Orchestras perform weekly, or accompany one of your own artistic three professional operatic productions. Soloists and and personal conductors vary by week and are among the world’s most transformation. revered classical musicians.

Students in all programs can attend the three-hundred-plus performances, master classes, lectures, and panels; and, as part of the AMFS community, they make connections that can last a lifetime.

Aspen is open to musicians of any age and stage of their careers, but note that the intensity of the professional performance schedule and the exacting standards of quality make Aspen most appropriate for the serious, dedicated musician.

ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL

The Aspen Music Festival and School is the country’s premier orchestral and operatic summer music festival, offering a combination of intensive one-on-one instruction and professional performance experience.

ASPEN BY THE NUMBERS More than 600, from approximately 40 states and 40 countries STUDENTS:

Approximately 9 to 35, average age is 22

AGES:

130 from nearly every major U.S. conservatory, music school, and orchestra

A R T I S T- F A C U LT Y :

GUEST ARTISTS: ORCHES TR A S: OPER A S:

75+

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3 productions

VENUES: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Concert Hall, the Wheeler Opera House, and other smaller venues around town T O TA L E V E N T S I N E I G H T W E E K S :

More than 300 E L E VAT I O N :

7890 ft. above sea level

AV ER A GE DA ILY HIGH IN T HE SUMMER :

76 degrees

Join Aspen for its sixty-seventh season, and experience what has made it a place of transformational artistic and personal development since 1949.

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PROGRAMS

Orchestra Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion, Harp Brass Quintet Studies Finckel-Wu Han Chamber Music Studio Aspen Opera Theater Center Vocal Opera Coaching Solo Piano Collaborative Piano American Academy of Conducting at Aspen Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Classical Guitar APPLICATION DEADLINES

Program-specific, ranging from November 1, 2014–January 2, 2015

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Aspen alumna Simone Porter performs with the Aspen Chamber Symphony

Whether through imagination or their own actual travels, they evoke or invoke the unusual, the exotic, the different, and the exceptional. Travels to distant lands, in dreams or in reality, bring new and colorful sounds, exotic instruments, songs and dance rhythms, and the adaptation of memories to composers as different as Bach, Verdi, Debussy, Ravel, and Golijov. Our 2015 season theme, Dreams of Travel, explores works trading on these cultural odysseys.

The Aspen Opera Theater Center will produce Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, a double bill of Steven Stucky’s The Classical Style and Christopher Theofanidis’s Cows of Apollo or The Invention of Music, and Mozart’s Così fan tutte.

Summer 2015 will also include highlights of the stellar orchestral repertoire, including music of Beethoven, Debussy, Dvorˇák, Berlioz, Ginastera, Janácˇek, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann, Stravinsky, Wagner, Weber, and Tchaikovsky, with a focus on the music of Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his centenary.

Verdi’s Aida will be the centerpiece of the summer.

Conducted by Robert Spano and directed by Edward Berkeley, the semi-staged performance will take place in the Benedict Music Tent with an international cast of singers and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra chorus.

In addition to our artist-faculty and our music director Robert Spano, guest artists invited to

the 2015 season include violinists Veronika Eberle, Daniel Hope, Stefan Jackiw, Leila Josefowicz, Gil Shaham, Simone Porter, Sarah Chang, and Robert McDuffie; pianists Inon Barnatan, Yefim Bronfman, Jeremy Denk, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Conrad Tao, Vladimir Feltsman, Wu Han, Jan Lisiecki, Garrick Ohlsson, Nikolai Lugansky, Marc-André Hamelin, Vadym Kholodenko, Yundi Li, Orli Shaham, and Joyce Yang; bassist Edgar Meyer; cellists Lynn Harrell, Alisa Weilerstein, and David Finckel; singers Sasha Cooke, Susanna Phillips, Michelle DeYoung, and Isabel Leonard; conductors including music director Robert Spano, Ludovic Morlot, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Søndergård, Jeffrey Kahane, Hugh Wolff, David Robertson, Jane Glover, Jun Maerkl, George Manahan, Larry Rachleff, Johannes Debus, Patrick Summers, Hannu Lintu, and Joshua Weilerstein, among many others.

WHAT’S NEW in 2015

Composers have long enriched their music through encounters with other cultures.

Ensembles-in-residence include the the American Brass Quintet, the American String Quartet, Emerson String Quartet, Jupiter String Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, and Takács Quartet, with Steven Stucky, Christopher Theofanidis, Shulamit Ran, Sebastian Currier, and George Tsontakis as composers-in-residence.

The season will also showcase another hallmark of the Festival: a wide variety of lectures and enrichment events, as well as collaborations with other arts organizations such as the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, the Aspen Institute, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the Aspen Art Museum, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

Baroque music has elicited a tremendously positive reaction in recent years, so another evening of Baroque music will once again feature guest artists and artist-faculty, side by side with our 2015 students.

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ASPEN EXPERIENCE

Applications for the 2015 Season will be accepted beginning

OCTOBER 1 √ 2014 Students at the Aspen Music Festival and School participate in many enriching musical opportunities including: PRIVATE LESSONS For the Orchestra, Aspen Opera Theater Center, Solo Piano, and Collaborative Piano programs, acceptance to the Aspen Music Festival and School is contingent upon being accepted into an artist-faculty member’s studio.

Students receive one lesson each week.

MASTER CLASSES Public master classes are presented weekly at Harris Concert Hall and on the Bucksbaum Campus. Classes include individual instruments, piano and strings, chamber music, and orchestral repertoire.

COURSES All students are encouraged to participate in the music-related courses offered by the AMFS artistfaculty and staff. In addition, the AMFS offers courses in body awareness, including Alexander Technique.

Donald Weilerstein teaches a master class at Harris Concert Hall

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CHAMBER MUSIC STUDIES The Aspen Music Festival and School’s chamber music program is built around a myriad of student ensembles studying a wide range of repertoire prepared in coachings and master classes by more than forty artist-faculty members, guest artists, the American Brass Quintet, and members of the resident string quartets: American String Quartet, Jupiter String Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, and Takács Quartet.

Students accepted into the program will receive weekly coachings from artist-faculty and must demonstrate professional initiative in preparation for coachings and performance opportunities. Ensembles focus primarily on traditional configurations—string quartets, piano trios, piano quartets, piano quintets, and wind and brass quintets.

Curricula for pianists may include chamber music with either strings or winds, two-piano/four-hand repertoire, duo sonata class, and mixed contemporary ensembles. * Participation in Chamber Music is elective but strongly encouraged. An audition is required upon arrival in Aspen. Placement in an ensemble is not guaranteed. Half session opportunities are limited.

Student violinist Fabiola Kim performs with the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra

STUDENT PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES Opportunities include Spotlight Recitals, Chapel Chamber, Chapel Piano, String Showcase, Concerto Competitions, Youth Programming, Music on the Mountain, and more. Students are able to participate through auditions and/or teacher approved applications.

PERFORMANCES Students are given an AMFS Season Pass and are encouraged to attend the 300-plus events presented throughout the season.

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ORCHESTRA

In addition to weekly private lessons, all students in this program have the opportunity to play in one or more of the AMFS’s five orchestras. The orchestras are a mixture of all-student and student/artistfaculty players. Upon arrival in Aspen, students will audition for placement.

Orchestras perform weekly in the 2,050-seat Benedict Music Tent with prominent conductors and soloists. The rehearsal and performance schedule is rigorous, and performances are at a professional standard.

Wind, brass, percussion, and harp players may rotate through different orchestras throughout the

ASPEN CHAMBER SYMPHONY A chamber-sized symphony composed of AMFS artist-faculty members and students in side-byside performance. It is led by world-renowned conductors and joined for most concerts by star guest soloists.

ASPEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA A large symphony orchestra composed entirely of students. Concerts are directed by notable guest conductors, and soloists include star guest artists, artist-faculty, and student competition winners.

ASPEN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA A large symphony orchestra composed of AMFS artist-faculty members and students in side-byside performance. It is led by world-renowned conductors and joined for most concerts by star guest soloists.

eight weeks. Some string players are placed in one orchestra for the entire season. Others will rotate through several orchestras throughout the eight weeks. Though the AMFS does offer a half-session, all students are strongly encouraged to attend for the full eight-week season as orchestral and chamber music opportunities for half-session instrumentalists may be limited.

Orchestra students who are preparing for a professional audition will have the opportunity to participate in an orchestral excerpt class led by Music Director Robert Spano. Students must be nominated to participate by their Aspen teacher.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CONDUCTING AT ASPEN ORCHESTRA The centerpiece of Aspen’s conductor-training program, the orchestra is guided by both master conductors and the next generation of up-andcoming conducting talents, who perform in the orchestra when off the podium. The orchestra is led by an artist-faculty concertmaster.

ASPEN OPERA THEATER CENTER ORCHESTRA A pit orchestra composed of AMFS students, which performs with the prestigious Aspen Opera Theater Center. The orchestra is led by an artistfaculty concertmaster.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

JANUARY 2 √ 2015 ◊ Fellowships and scholarships available ◊ Audio or video audition recordings required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

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ORCHESTR A STRING FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Orchestra applicants who wish to also apply for fellowship by submitting the additional orchestral excerpts are eligible to win an award that covers the cost of tuition and room/ board in school housing or a stipend to be used toward off-campus housing expenses.

ASPEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA MENTOR FELLOWSHIP There are ten mentor-fellowship positions (two per string section) available within the APO. Fellows rotate weekly between the principal/concertmaster and a section position. Together, these individuals are the leaders of their section. The ensemble is regularly supported by mentorship from artist-faculty. Ideal candidates should have an interest in honing their leadership skills. This opportunity comes with a $500 travel stipend.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CONDUCTING AT ASPEN (AACA) ORCHESTRA STRING FELLOWSHIP

REGULAR ORCHESTRA STRING FELLOWSHIP There are a number of fellowships available to wellrounded string players who demonstrate a high level of accomplishment on their instrument. These individuals should be solid players, and will be expected to make a strong contribution in their ensemble. These fellows will audition for orchestra placement and seating assignment upon arrival in Aspen. Past practice shows these candidates have had successful seating auditions and have typically played in the front of the section. Students may be placed in or may rotate through any of the five orchestras previously described.

This all-fellowship orchestra is guided by both master conductors and the next generation of up-andcoming conducting talents. Ideal candidates for the AACA orchestra fellowship positions are preparing for professional life and will benefit from exposure to a great deal of standard repertoire. The AACA orchestra provides string players with principal opportunities and these opportunities can be rotated in order to make them available to multiple individuals. NOTE: The AACA orchestra has seven services per week and is the only orchestra to have a scheduled week off.

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ORCHESTRA

BRASS QUINTET STUDIES The AMFS sponsors five fellowships to a pre-formed brass quintet for the eightweek program. The quintet will perform in collaboration with the American Brass Quintet, receive coachings and lessons from ABQ members, and its individual members will be part of the regular orchestra rotation.

APPLICATION DEADLINE PLEASE NOTE: Quintet members may also simultaneously apply as individuals for the Orchestra program and for the Brass Quintet opportunity. Applicants who are interested in applying on their instrument for the Orchestra program must apply twice. Please contact the Office of Student Services for an application fee waiver code.

JANUARY 2 √ 2015 ◊ All students receive fellowships ◊ Audio audition recordings required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

American Brass Quintet

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Adria Ye (piano), Amy Blackburn (violin), and Sarina Zhang (cello) perform at Harris Concert Hall

FINCKEL-WU HAN CHAMBER MUSIC STUDIO The summer of 2015 marks the third season of a highly successful chamber music workshop for piano trios and piano quartets under the leadership of cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han. Drawing from their own classes, and in cooperation with other Aspen artist-faculty, they will form and mentor ensembles in intensive preparation for a public performance during the first session of the Festival. The Aspen experience will be supplemented with concurrent participation in the orchestral program as well as private lessons.

Cellist DAVID FINCKEL and pianist WU HAN

Cellists and pianists under the tutelage of

David Finckel and Wu Han for the first session will study privately with other preferred artist-faculty for the second session of the Festival. Full session attendance is strongly encouraged. Additional coachings will be available to groups that maintain membership and residency for the second session.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

JANUARY 2 √ 2015 ◊ Fellowships and scholarships available ◊ Video audition recordings required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

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ASPEN OPERA THEATER CENTER

AOTC students perform Lowell Liebermann’s The Picture of Dorian Gray

Edward Berkeley // director Elizabeth Buccheri // head of music The AOTC is an intense full-session program with a curriculum of music, acting, weekly voice lessons, AOTC Director song repertory, EDWARD BERKELEY dance classes, rehearsals, Alexander Technique sessions, auditioning and professional-orientation workshops, individual music and dramatic coachings, and vocal master classes taught by resident artist-faculty and guest artists.

The Aspen Opera Theater Center presents three new, fully-staged opera productions each summer. AOTC productions are regularly reviewed in press, including Opera News, the

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New York Times, and the Denver Post. Alumni of the program include Jamie Barton, Danielle de Niese, Renée Fleming, Bryan Hymel, Isabel Leonard, Brian Mulligan, and Ryan McKinny.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

NOVEMBER 15 √ 2014 ◊ Fellowships and scholarships available ◊ Live audition and audio audition recordings required ◊ Mandatory live auditions take place between November and mid-December ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

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OPERA COACHING

PERFORMANCES DURING THE UPCOMING SEASON WILL INCLUDE NEW PRODUCTIONS OF ◊

The Aspen Opera Theater Center provides an opportunity for seven collaborative pianists to participate in opera and vocal coaching with the AOTC’s artist-faculty pianists and coaches. In this program, students play for opera and class scene preparation, and perform with AOTC singers in the weekly opera scenes master classes. Candidates must audition live for Edward Berkeley, director, and Elizabeth Buccheri, head of music, for the Aspen Opera Theater Center.

GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette Conducted by George Manahan

C H R I S T O P H E R T H EO FA N I D I S AND WIL L IAM HOFFMAN’S The Cows of Apollo or the Invention of Music and STEVEN STUCKY and JEREMY DENK’s The Classical Style (World Stage Premiere) Conducted by Robert Spano

MOZ ART Così fan tutte Conducted by Jane Glover

AOTC students perform Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

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SOLO PIANO

Piano students at the AMFS study with members of the internationally renowned artist-faculty. In addition, they have the opportunity to augment their weekly lessons by performing in recitals and master classes taught by guest artists and members of the piano artist-faculty, and students regularly attend presentations given by distinguished figures in the arts. In 2014, Piano Notes presenters included Stephen Hough, Steven Osborne, Marc-André Hamelin, Jeremy Denk, Leonard Slatkin, and Garrick Ohlsson; master classes were held by Stephen Hough, David Finckel and Wu Han, Ann Schein, Jeremy Denk, Julian Martin, Inon Barnatan, and Yoheved Kaplinsky.

Students may also elect to study and perform mixed-ensemble literature, which may include chamber music with either strings or winds, two-piano/four-hand repertoire, duo sonata class, and mixed contemporary ensembles.

Other music-related classes, including keyboard studies and piano pedagogy, are available, as well as participation in the student concerto competitions and appearances in recitals.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

JANUARY 2 √ 2015 ◊ Scholarships available ◊ Video audition recording required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

Artist-faculty member Julian Martin teaches a master class at Harris Concert Hall

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Music Festival and School’s artist-faculty as well as visiting guest artists. Subjects covered range from sight-reading and score reading to vocal and instrumental repertoire, interpretative skills, and varying aspects of the accompanist and collaborative artist’s work. Students receive weekly private lessons from a member of the piano artist-faculty and are encouraged to participate in the full curriculum and activities of the AMFS.

COLLABORATIVE PIANO

Collaborative Piano Director RITA SLOAN

The Collaborative Piano program provides training for exceptional pianists who are already committed to collaborative arts or are considering a career in this area. The term “collaborative arts” includes any area of piano performance that involves more than solo piano (vocal and instrumental accompanying, duo work, orchestral piano, piano chamber music, etc.). The program combines practical experience with theoretical study, and covers the entire range of the keyboard collaborative arts.

Collaborative Piano students have the opportunity to accompany master classes, private studio lessons, and Spotlight Recitals to augment their scholarship. Accompanying time varies.

Students may participate in orchestral performance under resident and visiting guest conductors, instrumental collaborations (studio accompanying and performances in various venues), vocal collaborations APPLICATION DEADLINE (studio accompanying focusing primarily on aria work, with √ additional experiences in opera, chamber music, and lieder, as ◊ Fellowships and scholarships available available), and contemporary works with various ensembles. ◊ Live audition and audio audition recordings required The program includes weekly ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com seminars with the Aspen

JANUARY 2 2015

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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CONDUCTING AT ASPEN

Music Director Robert Spano works with the 2013 Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize winner, Andréas Vogelsberger

Robert Spano // director Asadour Santourian // program administrator The American Academy of Conducting at Aspen (AACA) provides participants with intensive conducting training with a skilled orchestra, assists them in gaining podium experience, and supports each individual’s development as a conductor. The heart of the Academy is the opportunity for twelve to fourteen conductors to work with an orchestra of experienced musicians, and to play as a member of that orchestra under the baton of program colleagues—­all under the guidance of master conductors.

Participants learn by conducting a wide range of repertoire and types of performances, including orchestral concerts, concerto performances, opera master class arias and scenes, repertoire readings, and composer readings.

Last summer, Music Director and AACA Director Robert Spano was joined by guest conductors Federico Cortese, Johannes Debus, and Hugh Wolff.

The Academy brings to each participant the national attention that is critical to establishing a career. Established conductors, orchestra managers, artist managers, music critics, and other music executives may come to Aspen each summer to spotlight the brightest emerging talent.

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William Kunhardt, 2014 James Conlon Conductor Prize winner

Stephen Mulligan, 2014 Aspen Conductor Prize winner

Yuwon Kim, 2014 Robert Spano Conductor Prize winner

George Jackson, 2014 Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize winner

RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITIES

APPLICATION DEADLINE One Academy participant may be awarded the Aspen Conductor Prize, which carries with it the invitation to return to Aspen for the following summer as assistant conductor.

Academy participants may be awarded the Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize, the James Conlon Conductor Prize, or the Robert Spano Conductor Prize, all of which carry an invitation to return to Aspen the following summer as an Academy Conductor on fellowship.

NOVEMBER 1 √ 2014 ◊ All conductors and instrumentalists receive fellowships ◊ Video conducting and instrumental audition recordings required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

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SUSAN AND FORD SCHUMANN CENTER FOR COMPOSITION STUDIES

Steven Stucky // composer-in-residence Sydney Hodkinson // composer-in-residence George Tsontakis // composer-in-residence The Aspen Music Festival and School offers an unparalleled opportunity for an exchange of ideas with some of the world’s foremost composers and performers of New Music. The Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies provides eight to ten students a variety of perspectives and teaching styles in an intensive full-session program.

Students work intimately with AMFS composition faculty and composers-in-residence Steven Stucky, George Tsontakis, and Sydney Hodkinson; guest composers Shulamit Ran, Christopher Rouse, and Christopher Theofanidis; as well as Aspen’s own Robert Spano and Alan Fletcher.

Master classes, lectures, and individual study will be given by some of today’s most highly regarded and frequently performed living composers. In recent years, guest faculty have included such international figures as Stephen Hartke, John Corigliano, Leonard

Slatkin, John Harbison, Matthias Pintscher, Anders Hillborg, Marc-André Dalbavie, James MacMillan, Joan Tower, Christopher Theofanidis, Poul Ruders, Augusta Read Thomas, and Brett Dean.

Student works will be performed by artists of the AMFS in a variety of mixed ensemble configurations including the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble and the American Academy of Conducting Orchestra.

Additional performance opportunities are scheduled on a public composition showcase mentored by AMFS faculty and guests.

The annual Hermitage Prize will be awarded to one member of the composition class. The prize consists of a Hermitage residency and a $1,000 food and travel stipend. The Hermitage Artist Retreat is honored to be in partnership with the Aspen Music Festival and School and looks forward to hosting the annual Aspen composer.

Following each season, the Jacob Druckman Prize, in memory of the great American composer, who taught at Aspen from 1976 to 1995, is conferred on one student composer, in the form of a commission for an orchestral work to be premiered during the subsequent Festival season.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

NOVEMBER 15 √ 2014 ◊ All students receive fellowships ◊ Audio audition recordings and scores required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.org

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ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE

Sydney Hodkinson

director

The Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (ACE) is in residence for the full eight-week session. The septet functions as the ensemble for the Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies and reads music written by student composers. Instrumentation is as follows: flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/E-flat clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion.

The ensemble also participates in many contemporary music performances with the artist-faculty of the AMFS. Members of this ensemble receive private weekly lessons with artist-faculty members and may also take elective courses. All student-members receive a fellowship.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

DECEMBER 1 √ 2014 ◊ All students receive fellowships ◊ Audio audition recordings required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.org

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CLASSICAL GUITAR

HALF SESSION II (July 27–August 23) Sharon Isbin

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The Aspen Classical Guitar Program is an intensive four-week program that offers master class instruction with director Sharon Isbin and her assistant concentrating on technique, sound production, interpretation of all repertoire, and Baroque performance practices. Advanced students will receive all of their master class lessons from Ms. Isbin; others may have one or more of their lessons with her assistant. Placement will be determined on an individual basis. Qualified students enjoy many opportunities for performance, including chamber music collaborations. The program culminates with a class concert. Students also have the opportunity to participate in chamber music and guitar ensemble, coached by Ms. Isbin’s assistant.

Classical Guitar Director SHARON ISBIN

APPLICATION DEADLINE

JANUARY 2 √ 2015 ◊ Scholarships available ◊ Audio audition recordings required ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

Student Colin Davin performs at Edlis Neeson Hall

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CENTER FOR ADVANCED QUARTET STUDIES

Earl Carlyss

director

This country’s premier training program for emerging string quartets, the Center for Advanced Quartet Studies offers eight weeks of intensive study devoted exclusively to quartet repertoire and performance practice. Alumni of the center are among today’s more celebrated young quartets and have won numerous prestigious chamber music awards and

competitions, and instructors and coaches include members of the world’s top string quartets: Earl Carlyss (Juilliard Quartet), James Dunham (Cleveland Quartet), and Sylvia Rosenberg, plus members of the American String Quartet, Jupiter String Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, and Takács Quartet.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

DECEMBER 1 √ 2014 Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Director EARL CARLYSS

◊ All students receive fellowships ◊ Live audition required if selected from pre-screening ◊ Apply online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com

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APPLICATIONS AND FINANCIAL AID

We will begin accepting applications for the 2015 season on October 1 Saturday, November 1, 2014

American Academy of Conducting at Aspen

Saturday, November 15, 2014 Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies Aspen Opera Theater Center Opera Coaching Monday, December 1, 2014

Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Center for Advanced Quartet Studies (pre-screening)

Friday, January 2, 2015

Orchestra Collaborative Piano Solo Piano Classical Guitar Brass Quintet Studies Finckel-Wu Han Chamber Music Studio Resident Assistant Positions

APPLICATION FEES (fees are nonrefundable) $60 if application is submitted by December 1, 2014 $125 if application is submitted between December 2, 2014, and January 2, 2015

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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

2015 ENROLLMENT FEES

More than seventy percent of students at the Aspen Music Festival and School receive some kind of financial aid and thirty-seven percent receive fellowships. Scholarships are awarded based on a combination of talent and financial need, and range from partial to full tuition. All students who apply for financial assistance will be considered for scholarship. Fellowships are merit-based only and are awarded based either on a live audition or a recorded application. Fellowships cover full tuition, and room and board in School housing or a stipend to be used toward off-campus housing expenses. Those students who apply for fellowship positions may also be considered for financial aid if they have completed the necessary paperwork. Financial assistance is not available to students electing to attend for only half session of a full session program. For details, see your specific program of study.

FULL SESSION

HALF SESSION (1 OR 2)

Tuition

$3,650

$2,300

Room & Board

$3,650

$2,300

Security Deposit

$100

$100

Health Service Fee

$185

$115

ll fees are due in full at registration. Tuition is all-inclusive of weekly •A lessons, chamber music coaching, an AMFS pass (good at all concerts except operas, special events, and benefits), lectures, seminars, and all classes and master classes. he $100 security deposit is required of all students and is refundable •T subject to completion of the checkout procedure.

ll registered students of the Aspen Music Festival and School are required •A to participate in the Student Health Service program, and to pay the Health Service Fee of $185 ($115 for Half Session students). More details regarding coverage can be found in the Student Handbook. pon acceptance, students will have a two-week period to make a •U reservation at Aspen. In order to reserve, a tuition deposit of $500 as well as a housing deposit of $1,000 is due. Deposits are non-refundable.

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PARTIAL LIST OF ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL ALUMNI

“Before I first came to the AMFS, I was deciding whether I was going to be a musician. My teacher at the time said, ‘Go to Aspen and it’ll give you a taste of what the music world is about.’ So I did, and it was an amazing experience. It lit this fire inside me.”

VIOLINISTS

– Jossalyn Jensen, viola

“When I first arrived in Aspen, I met a lot of students who were already starting their careers and I thought, ‘Hey, I want to do the same thing.’ And then I thought, ‘Well, I can.

I’m in Aspen, too!’ Being here helps me strive to be a better musician, and it also gives me the confidence that a singer needs.”

– Yaritza Zayas, soprano

“My favorite part of Aspen is being exposed to the best musicians in the world, getting to see them perform, and getting to perform alongside them. That’s inspiring.”

– Nicholas Mariscal, cello

“I’d already finished my master’s degree when I came to Aspen for the first time, but the AMFS gave me all the education that formal education couldn’t.”

– Craig Verm, baritone

Joshua Bell David Chan Sarah Chang Ray Chen Robert Chen Karen Gomyo Midori Goto David Halen Sirena Huang Cho-Liang Lin Robert McDuffie Simone Porter Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Gil Shaham Elena Urioste Andrew Wan PIANISTS Jeremy Denk Ingrid Fliter Orli Shaham Conrad Tao Yuja Wang Joyce Yang Wu Han CONDUCTORS Marin Alsop Mei-Ann Chen James Conlon James Feddeck James Gaffigan James Levine Tomás Netopil Peter Oundjian Larry Rachleff Leonard Slatkin Joshua Weilerstein Hugh Wolff CELLISTS Lynn Harrell David Requiro Joshua Roman Alisa Weilerstein

ALUMNI

2014 SEASON STUDENTS

COMPOSERS Andy Akiho Lera Auerbach Mason Bates William Bolcom Philip Glass Daniel Kellogg David Lang Hannah Lash Eric Nathan Clint Needham Andrew Norman Augusta Read Thomas Adam Schoenberg Bright Sheng Sean Shepherd Joan Tower SINGERS Jamie Barton Liam Bonner Sasha Cooke Ying Fang Renée Fleming Haeran Hong Isabel Leonard Ryan McKinny Danielle de Niese Russell Thomas Dawn Upshaw Jennifer Zetlan ENSEMBLES Calder Quartet Escher String Quartet Jupiter String Quartet Pacifica Quartet Ying Quartet OTHER Bassist Edgar Meyer Performer Peter Schickele

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ARTIST-FACULTY This artist-faculty list is accurate as of September 3, 2014. Please visit www. aspenmusicfestival.com before requesting teachers for the most up-to-date artistfaculty list and bios.

MUSIC DIRECTOR Robert Spano PRESIDENT AND CEO

Artist-faculty member James Dunham teaches a private lesson

Alan Fletcher VICE PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF STUDENTS Jennifer Johnston VOICE Vinson Cole Elizabeth Hynes Stephen King W. Stephen Smith, leave of absence ASPEN OPERA THEATER CENTER Edward Berkeley, director Elizabeth Buccheri, head of music William Billingham Garnett Bruce Timothy Long Kenneth Merrill Lauren Schiff Jeanne Slater Mary Duncan Steidl Diane Zola

Artist-faculty member Bruce Bransby performs alongside his student in the Aspen Festival Orchestra

SOLO PIANO

CELLO

Choong Mo Kang Yoheved Kaplinsky Julian Martin Anton Nel Ann Schein Rita Sloan Arie Vardi Virginia Weckstrom Wu Han

Richard Aaron Darrett Adkins David Finckel Desmond Hoebig Eric Kim Michael Mermagen Brinton Smith

COLLABORATIVE PIANO Rita Sloan, director VIOLIN *Renata Arado *Earl Carlyss *Laurie Carney *Laura Chen *Robert Chen *Ellen dePasquale David Halen *Robert Hanford Cornelia Heard Paul Kantor Masao Kawasaki Alexander Kerr Espen Lilleslåtten Robert Lipsett *Robert McDuffie Sylvia Rosenberg Naoko Tanaka Bing Wang *Peter Winograd

BASS Bruce Bransby Christopher Hanulik Albert Laszlo Edgar Meyer

Artist-faculty member Stephen King teaches a private lesson

FLUTE Nadine Asin Bonita Boyd Mark Sparks OBOE Robert Atherholt Elaine Douvas Richard Woodhams CLARINET Burt Hara Bil Jackson Joaquin Valdepeñas BASSOON Nancy Goeres Per Hannevold Michael Sweeney

VIOLA

SAXOPHONE

*Daniel Avshalomov Catharine Carroll Victoria Chiang James Dunham Masao Kawasaki Sabina Thatcher *Thomas Turner Stephen Wyrczynski

Bil Jackson FRENCH HORN Andrew Bain *Erik Ralske Eric Reed David Wakefield John Zirbel

Stephen Kim, winner of the 2014 Violin Concerto Competition, performs with the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra

TRUMPET Karin Bliznik Kevin Cobb Louis Hanzlik Raymond Mase TROMBONE Per Brevig Michael Powell John D. Rojak, bass trombone TUBA Warren Deck PERCUSSION

Emily Levin, winner of the 2014 Harp Competition, performs at Harris Concert Hall

*Frank Epstein Jonathan Haas David Herbert Douglas Howard Joseph Pereira Thomas Stubbs Mark Yancich Paul Yancich Cynthia Yeh HARP Nancy Allen CLASSICAL GUITAR Sharon Isbin, director CHAMBER MUSIC Darrett Adkins Per Hannevold Cornelia Heard Rita Sloan Additional members of the artist-faculty

Robert McDuffie rehearsing with chamber orchestra led by St. Louis Symphony concertmaster and AMFS alumnus and artist-faculty member David Halen at Harris Concert Hall

CENTER FOR ADVANCED QUARTET STUDIES

ASPEN CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE

*Earl Carlyss, director James Dunham Sylvia Rosenberg American String Quartet Jupiter String Quartet Pacifica Quartet Takรกcs Quartet

Sydney Hodkinson, conductor

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Lauren Schiff LUTHIER Joan Balter AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CONDUCTING AT ASPEN Robert Spano, director Asadour Santourian, program administrator Federico Cortese, visiting faculty Larry Rachleff, visiting faculty SUSAN AND FORD SCHUMANN CENTER FOR COMPOSITION STUDIES Sydney Hodkinson, composer-in-residence Shulamit Ran, visiting guest composer Christopher Rouse, visiting guest composer Steven Stucky, composer-in-residence Christopher Theofanidis, visiting guest composer George Tsontakis, composer-in-residence

ENSEMBLES-IN-RESIDENCE American Brass Quintet American String Quartet Jupiter String Quartet Pacifica Quartet Takรกcs Qartet ARTIST-FACULTY EMERITUS Adele Addison, voice Robert Biddlecome, trombone Gabriel Chodos, piano Carole Cowan, violin Michael Czajkowski, composition John Graham, viola William Grubb, cello Irene Gubrud, voice Thomas Haines, film scoring and audio recording Alan Harris, cello Jennifer John, violin Joseph Kalichstein, piano Eugene Levinson, bass Jorge Mester, music director Theodore Oien, clarinet Antoinette Perry, piano Sylvia Plyler, AOTC Louis Ranger, trumpet Christopher Rouse, composition Dennis Smylie, bass clarinet Paul Sperry, voice Viviane Thomas, voice Martin Verdrager, theory Dick Waller, clarinet Won-Bin Yim, violin * Asterisk indicates that this artist-faculty member does not teach privately.

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