Summer Programs 2013
June 24 – August 2, 2012
The Conductors Institute, an affiliate of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, offers a variety of study combinations that allow students to tailor their own programs. Students may enroll in the four-week program or one two-week segment of the Conducting Program for Fellows and Colleagues; in two-week programs, including the Discovery Program and the Composer-Conductor Program; or in the one-week program in Visual Score Study/Baton Placement and Body Movement Technique. For more information about individual programs, including application procedures and tuition, please see below.
Visual Score Study/Baton Placement and Body Movement Technique
June 24–28This program unites the study of Institute repertoire, using visual score study/baton placement techniques, with instruction in the Alexander Technique as it relates directly to the enhancement of performance skills and expression. Maestro Farberman teaches score study and baton placement. Alexander Farkas teaches the Alexander Technique.
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Discovery Program
July 8–19Directed by Eduardo Navega, the Discovery Program is designed for conductors who wish to improve their basic skills. It runs concurrently with the Conducting Program. Participants work with a string quartet in afternoon sessions five days a week for two weeks and attend all morning and evening sessions of the Conducting Program.
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Composer-Conductor Program
July 22 – August 2Composers who want to learn the fundamentals of conducting technique are encouraged to apply for this program. During the first week, composers attend all morning and evening sessions of the Institute and work in the afternoon on basic techniques, conducting a string quartet.
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Conducting Program for Fellows and Colleagues
July 1–26
Available as a two-week session or as a full four-week session.Fellows and Colleagues study with Maestro Farberman and guest conductors and composers in all Institute sessions.
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Repertoire
Institute repertoire will include:
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