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International Music Institute of Leipzig

Summer Course & Competition for Orchestral Conducting

July 11th- July 21st, 2011

The IMIL Conducting Course offers an intensive 10 day conducting training to enable conductors to competently handle any conducting situation, to help instrumentalists meet the many demands of orchestral playing, and offers an intense environment to learn a difficult and varied repertoire.

Each week's schedule includes seven master classes .

Participants conduct a piano sextet. Subjects will include conducting technique, interpretation, score study, analysis, rehearsal technique and musician interaction.

The workshops also offers private detailed score study sessions with the faculty and a pianist The score study sessions focus on conducting technique, interpretation and analysis.

All sessions are videotaped with video/sound straight to DVD providing participants with an invaluable learning tool and exceptional conducting footage. The IMIL Conducting Course will accept a maximum of 18 conductors.


Summer 2011

Course &

Competition


Faculty:


Toshiyuki Shimada

Yale University


Roderick MacDonald

SUNY, Fredonia

HOW TO APPLY:

 

Application deadline – March  1st, 2011


For Online Application:


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FEES: Non-refundable Application Fee - $ (not included in the workshop fee)

  • Application Fee 25 Euro (US$ 35) (non-refundable) / 40 Euro (US $52) after deadline

Workshop Fee -  1,800 Euro (US$ 2,400)

Includes all course fees (rehearsal and master classes) and 3 meals a day. Meals include (breakfast, lunch, & dinner), use of facilities, master classes, and weekly lessons from faculty, daily podium time (Tuesday though Saturday), all video tape material.

Students have to pay for their own flight and rooms (we are happy to make reservations for hostel/hotel)  Scholarship money available.