Sewanee Summer Music Festival
http://www2.sewanee.edu/ssmf/festival_home
June 14 - July 20, 2008
Of exceptional interest to summer school students is the Sewanee Summer Music Festival which will celebrate its forty-eighth season this summer. The Music Festival offers a complete program of instrumental studies, including orchestra, chamber music, private study, and class work in musical subjects. Students from all parts of the nation and abroad gather at Sewanee for intensive training. Distinguished conductors and internationally renowned soloists visit throughout the duration of the Festival.
In residence to teach and perform during the five-week session will be over thirty artist-teachers from various symphony orchestras, schools of music, and the concert field. Instruction is offered on the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, piano, organ, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and percussion. Instruction is also available in composition, conducting, and theory.
Summer School students who wish to study with members of the Music Festival’s faculty must apply well in advance of the opening of the Festival.
In conjunction with the training program, the Festival presents weekend concerts throughout the session for residents of the Sewanee area and guests. Summer School students are invited to attend the concerts. Some are free of charge. Also, Wednesday evening concerts feature special attractions. Those requiring an admission fee may be enjoyed by students at a reduced rate. Subject to change, the weekend concert schedule is as follows:
- Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. — Faculty Chamber Music Concerts
- Fridays at 7:00 p.m. — Student Ensemble Programs
- Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. — Faculty Chamber Music Concerts
- Sundays at 2:30 & 3:30 p.m. — Symphony Orchestra Concerts, with guest artists and guest conductors.
Detailed concert information, application forms, and the Music Festival brochure will be sent on request. For all information, please write to: Mark Savage, Managing Director of Sewanee Summer Music Festival, 735 University Avenue, Sewanee, Tennessee 37383-1000, or call (931) 598-1225.
