Alaska
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jo Ryman Scott, founder and executive director, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Music, P.O. Box 82510, Fairbanks, AK 99708; (907) 474-8869, fax: (907) 479-4329; estival@alaska.net; http://www.fsaf.orgfairbanks/
Summer Arts Festival, Fairbanks, 7/13–7/27. Featured teachers: Peter Marsh, Linda Wang, Tom Miller, Byron McGilvray and John Barcellona. Type of participants: Classical, jazz and world music instrumentalists, vocalists, teachers, music educators and IMTs, soloists, ensembles and people who enjoy music. Age or grade level: Collegiate and semi-professional and advanced amateurs. Emphasis: Chamber music, improvisation, theory, jazz, private lessons, workshops, gospel choir, world music and cabaret. Cost: $1,000 with housing; $550 w/out housing. Credit available.
Arkansas
Opera in the Ozarks
Jim Swiggart, general director, Opera in the Ozarks, 16311 HW 62 W., Eureka Springs, AR 72632; (479) 253-8595; Arkansas@opera.org; http://www.opera.org/
Opera in the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, 5/22–7/18. Featured teacher: Roger Cantrell. Type of participants: Vocalists and opera singers. Age or grade level: Collegiate. Emphasis: Pedagogy, repertoire, technique and workshops. Cost: $3,500 with housing.
California
Idyllwild Arts
Diane Dennis, registrar, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, P.O. Box 38, Idyllwild, CA 92549; (951) 659-2171, ext. 2365; fax: (951) 659-4552; summer@idyllwildarts.org; http://www.idyllwildarts.org/
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, Idyllwild, 7/6-8/17. Featured teachers: Yehuda Gilad, Nancy Ambrose King, Larry Livingston, James Thatcher and John Walz. Type of participants: Orchestral instrumentalists, vocalists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Collegiate. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, improvisation, repertoire, sight reading, theory, jazz, private lessons and technique. Cost: $400: 2 weeks, $600: 4 weeks with housing.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Laura Reynolds, summer programs coordinator, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Summer Music West, 50 Oak St., San Francisco, CA 94102;
(415) 503-6254, fax: (415) 503-6299; smw@sfcm.edu; www.sfcm.edu/summer
Summer Music West, San Francisco, 6/16–8/1 (5 sessions). Type of participants: Cello, violin, viola, bassoon, clarinet, flute and horn instrumentalists, pianists, composers and ensembles. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Chamber music, repertoire, sight reading, theory and composition. Cost: $345–$810 w/out housing.
San Francisco Early Music Society
Frances Feldon, director, San Francisco Early Music Society, SFEMS Recorder Workshop, P.O. Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709; (510) 528-1725; franfel@aol.com; http://www.sfems.org/
SFEMS Recorder Workshop, Oakland, 7/20–7/26. Featured teachers: Janet Beazley, Frances Feldon, Katherine Heater, Lisette Kielson, Norbert Kunst, Herb Meyers and David Morris. Type of participants: Recorder instrumentalists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Adult amateurs, all levels. Emphasis: Chamber music, history, improvisation, repertoire, sight reading, theory, technique, workshops and recorder orchestra. Cost: $695 with housing; $410 w/out housing. Credit available.
Stevenson School
Garrett McLean, office manager, California Summer Music, 236 W. Portal Ave., #104, San Francisco, CA 94127; (415) 753-8920, fax: (415) 753-8934; csm@csmusic.org; http://www.csmusic.org/
California Summer Music, Pebble Beach, 7/5–7/28. Featured teachers: Irene Sharp, Wendy Sharp, Arne Balk-Møller, Hans Boepple and Sheila Browne. Type of participants: Violin, viola and cello instrumentalists, pianists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Secondary and collegiate. Emphasis: Chamber music, repertoire, private lessons, technique, workshops and electronic and computer music. Cost: $3,400 with housing; $1,700 w/out housing.
Colorado
Colorado College
Bettina Swigger, arts festival manager, Colorado College, Summer Programs, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St., Colorado Springs, CO 80903; (719) 389-6098, fax: (719) 389-6955; festival@coloradocollege.edu; www.ArtsFestival.ColoradoCollege.edu/MusicFestival
Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, 6/9. Featured teachers: Scott Yoo, Mark Fewer, Bion Tsang, Jon Manasse, Anne Epperson. Type of participants: String, wind and brass instrumentalists, pianists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Collegiate. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, repertoire, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: TBA.
Vocal Arts Symposium, Colorado Springs, 7/20–8/10. Featured teachers: Martile Rowland, Steven LaCosse, James Allbritten and Thomas Lindblade. Type of participants: Vocalists, soloists, ensembles, music educators and IMTs. Age or grade level: Collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Jazz and opera. Cost: $2,500 (approximate) with housing; $1,425 w/out housing. Credit available.
Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
Connie Cook Glen, director; Mary Beth Barteau Shaffer, assistant director, 2344 E. Iliff St., Denver, CO 80208; (812) 336-4779 or (319) 447-0765; cglen@indiana.edu or mbshaffer723@hotmail.com; http://du.edu/lamont/comm_precollege.html
Lamont School of Music Summer Pre-College Academy, 6/25–7/6, Denver. Featured teachers: John Arnesen, Chad Cognata, Joe Docksey, Pamela Endsley, David Genova and others. Type of participants: Brass, string and wind instrumentalists, pianists and vocalists. Age or grade level: Ages 12–18 (some age exceptions). Emphasis: Private lessons, orchestra, wind ensemble, choir, chamber ensembles, theory, workshops, master classes, technology and numerous performance opportunities. Cost: $1,350 with housing; $950 w/out housing.
New Conservatory of Dallas
Oneida Cramer, executive coordinator, New Conservatory of Dallas, Conservatory Music in the Mountains, P.O. Box 743876, Dallas, TX 75374-3876; (972) 503-8486,
fax: (972) 239-3606; ocramer@newconservatory.org; http://www.newconservatory.org/
Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Fort Lewis College, Durango, 7/13–8/3. Featured teachers: Arkady Fomin, Misha Galaganov, Jesus Castro-Balbi, Roger Fratena and David Korevaar. Type of participants: Cello, string bass, violin and viola instrumentalists, pianists, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Elementary, secondary, collegiate and professional. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, history, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, private lessons, technique and workshops. Cost: 3 weeks: $1,795, 2 weeks: $1,415 with housing; 3 weeks: $795, 2 weeks: $645 w/out housing.
Pikes Peak Young Composers, Inc.
Leonard Rhodes, artistic director, Pikes Peak Young Composers, Inc., P.O. Box 7252, Colorado Springs, CO 80933; (719) 593-1831;
info@pikespeakyoungcomposers.org; http://www.pikespeakyoungcomposers.org/
Summer Workshops, Colorado Springs, 7/16–7/20. Featured teachers: Leonard Rhodes, Ofer Ben-Amots, Curtis Smith and Max Lifchitz. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, composers, soloists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, jazz, private lessons, technique, workshops, electronic and computer music, fundamentals of composition and new music. Cost: $400 (some scholarships are available) w/out housing.
Rocky Ridge Music Center
SoYoung Lee, music director, Rocky Ridge Music Center, winter office: 840 Pearl St., Ste. Q, Boulder, CO 80302; (970) 443-0242, ext. 3333, fax: (303) 546-9676; summer office: 465 Longs Peak Rd., Estes Park, CO 80517; (970) 586-4031, fax:
(866) 244-7107; http://www.rockyridge.org/
Summer Music Camp, Estes Park, various seminars 6/9–8/17. Featured teachers: Santiago Rodriguez, Hugh Sung, Naoko Takao, Catherine Herbener, Fred and Marina Hammond and others. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, vocalists and ensembles. Age or grade level: Elementary through collegiate or amateur. Emphasis: Private lessons, chamber music, orchestra, choir, theory/composition, master classes, recitals and concerto competition. Cost: $375 to $3,200 with housing and meals.