 The
26th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill 胡桃山音 樂營 July 20 – August 13, 2017 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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APPLICATION
DATES: Thursday, July 20, 2017 (all students check in) - Sunday August 13, 2017 (all students check out)
LOCATION: Walnut Hill School, 12 Highland St., Natick, MA 01760. About 15 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts. www.WalnutHillArts.org
DEADLINE FOR
APPLICATION
Submit with a non-refundable application fee of US$70. Late application will be considered depending upon space availability.
AGE AND ENROLLMENT:
Age 14 or above. Total enrollment 45 students. No upper age limit. Special
arrangement is required for applicant younger than 13.
PROGRAM:
- Two to Three private lessons per week for piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, composition, and others (upon request).
- Chamber Ensembles
- Orchestral Performances
- Master Classes and Workshops
- Stage presentation workshop
- Concerts with faculty members and students
- Attending concert at Tanglewood Music Center, visiting Norman Rockwell Museum, and others
- Visits to New England Conservatory, Harvard University, Museum of Fine Arts, and other historical sites in the metropolitan Boston area
- English is the official language. Chinese translator available for the first week only if needed
AUDITION
Live audition and/or DVD/YouTube audition is required for all
applicants except students recommended by faculty members. Returning
students should contact Director Dr. Catherine Tan Chan 譚嘉陵 for
waving the audition. Application forms and fees are required for all
applicants including returning students.
Each applicant should prepare at least two contrasting pieces or two contrasting
movements of the same piece of his/her own choice that will represent
his/her musical level and achievement. Live audition is required for Taiwan
and China. DVD/YouTube audition is required for Hong Kong, US, Canada,
and other countries.
AUDITION AND CONTACT;
Taiwan:
- Applicants from
Taiwan will be auditioned in Taipei by Professors 黃維明, 林明慧, 鍾曉青.
The exact date and location will be arranged by Mrs. Meir Chen 陳美娥 Phone:+886 2 22302162, Fax: +886 2 22306222, Mobile: 886-910-381-528, Email: meir.chen88@gmail.com.
China:
黃秋寧, 上海音樂學院教師
Phone: + 86-136-519-07568 (for text only). Email: huangqiuning@shcmusic.edu.cn,
Wechat: Jonieplaythepiano Dr. Haobing Zhu , Assistant Professor, Shanghai Normal University.
朱昊冰博士, 上海師範大學教師
Phone : ＋86-177-210-22602 (for text only). Email: bingpiano@foxmail.com.
wechat: 17721022602
Hong Kong, US, Canada and other countries:
- Applicants
should submit a recently prepared DVD or YouTube to the Foundation
for Chinese Performing Arts, 3 Partridge Lane, Lincoln, MA 01773.
Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net.
It will be presented to faculty members for evaluation.
Piano Concerto
Competition:
Every year we select one pianist to perform a concerto concert. This
year 2017, it will be the piano concerto of Rachmaninoff Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini with Mercury Orchestra on Saturday,
8/12/2017, 8 pm, at
MIT Kresge Auditorium. We encourage all piano students to try it
out. The competition will be held on Friday, July 28, 2017, 2
pm
TUITION:
There is a non-refundable application fee of US $70 for each application.
The tuition is US $3,000 per student that covers private and chamber
lessons, room, meals, and fees to all activities during the festival
period. Individual travel expenses to and from the music festival are
not included.
Financial Aid ranging from US $500 to $1,000 will be awarded
to qualified applicants on financially needed basis. Students interested
in financial aid must include a letter of request and a recommendation
from his/her music teacher with the application. Tax-report documents
for annual household income and statement of financial situation are
required for evaluation. Returning students (attended the festival at
least twice and with English fluency) could apply to be the Assistant
to the Director with full tuition waiver and still receive all the benefit
of a regular student. Tuition is due in two weeks after audition.
No refund for cancellation after May 30, 2017.
FACULTY MEMBERS 2017
(alphabetically, a
partial list)
Piano
Tema Blackstone
Juilliard Pre-College
Bruce Brubaker
New England Conservatory, Chairman piano department
Wha Kyung Byun,
Piano Master Class
New England Conservatory
Hung-Kuan Chen 陳宏寬
Juilliard School of Music
Yale University Pi-Hsien Chen 陳必先
Hochschule fur Musik Freiburg Pi-Hsien Chen 莊雅斐
Boston Conservatory
New England Conservatory Preparatory
Alexander Korsantia
New England Conservatory
New England Conservatory
Curtis Institute of Music
Victor Rosenbaum
New England Conservatory
Mannes School of Music
Russell Sherman,
Piano Master Class
Distinguished Artist-in-residence of New England Conservatory
Minsoo Sohn
Korean National University of Arts
Mana Tokuno
New England Conservatory Preparatory
Violin
James Buswell
Lynn Chang 張萬鈞
New England Conservatory Preparatory
Boston University
MIT
Nicholas Kitchen
New England Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet
Magdalena Richter
New England Conservatory Preparatory Chair String Department
Director String and Chamber Orchestra of Rivers School Conservatory
Kristopher
Tong
New England Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet
Viola
Juilliard School of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
Scott Lee 李捷琦
University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory
Mai Motobuchi
New England Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet
Cello
Yeesun Kim
New England Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet
Laurence Lesser, Cello Master Class
President Emeritus, New England Conservatory
New England Conservatory Preparatory
Sam Ou
歐維聖
New England Conservatory Preparatory
Double Bass
Pascale Delache-Feldman
co-founder of Cello e Basso
Longy School of Music, Tufts, Rivers School
Composition
Yang Yong 楊勇
Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
Chamber
Music Master Class
Yehudi Wyner
2006 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Benjamin Zander
Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Clarinet
Thomas Hill
Longy School of Music
Boston Chamber Music Society
Flute
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin
Tufts and MIT
Joyce Alper
Bassoon
Tracy McGinnis
Saxophone
Kenneth Radnofsky
New England Conservatory
Boston University
Longy School of Music
Tai Chi
Tai-Chun Pan,
潘台春
Other faculty members who have taught in the previous years:
Piano: David Deveau,
(the late) Anthony di Bonaventura, (the late) Luise Vosgerchian, (the
late) T. Krafchenko, Cheng-Zong Yin 殷承宗, Sylvia Chambless, Robert
Levin, Vivian Weilerstein
Violin: (the late) Masuko Ushioda, (the late) Marylou Speaker Churchill,
Nai-Yuan Hu 胡乃元, Donald Weilerstein
Viola: Gillian Rogell
Cello: Michael Bonner, Mark Churchill, Bion Tsang 章雨亭
Double bass: Edwin Barker, DaXun Zhang 張達尋
French horn: Neil DeLand
Oboe: Joyce Alper, Kathy Lord
Flute: Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Jean DeMart
Voice: Maxwell Li, Guping Deng 鄧桂萍, Patty Thom, Ree-Ven Wang 王麗文
Composition: Samuel Headrick, Shih-Huei Chen 陳士惠
Clarinet: David Samour
Percussion/Marimba: Pius Cheung, Robert Schulz
Trombone: Brian L. Diehl
Dulcimer: Ping Li 李平
Erhu: Zhan-Tao Lin 林戰濤
This program is made possible by
the donation from the general public, and the support from The Tan
Family Cultural Fund. Photos, updated concert activities and other
information are online at: www.ChinesePerformingArts.net
Birth Date (MM/DD/YR): _________ ___________ Age ______ M□ F□ Instrument (major): ________________________________________________________ Instrument (2nd instrument that you would
like to have lessons , if pass the audition): Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________ Mobile Phone:_____________Email of applicant: __________________________________ Names of Parents: ___________________________________________________________ Telephone of parents: ____________Email of Parents: ______________________________ Current School and Grade: _____________________________________________________ Current Teacher: _____________Email of Teacher: _________________________________
Honors received (use separate sheets if needed): ___________________________________________________________________________ Audition pieces: List at least 4 pieces, using a separate sheet if needed. Prepare to performe at least two pieces of contrasting pieces or contrasting movements of the same piece at the audition. Live audition is required for Taiwan and China. DVD/YouTube audition is required for Hong Kong, US, Canada, and other countries. Returning students have to contact Dr. Catherine Tan Chan 譚嘉陵 directly about whether the live audition could be waived. 1:________________________________________________________________________________ 2:_______________________________________________________________________________ 3:_______________________________________________________________________________ 4:_______________________________________________________________________________ Release Statement
I, _______________________(Name), release the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts and its’ agents and employees from any and all claims, demands, and cause of action on account of any injury, illness, or loss which may occur during my participation in The 26th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill, July 20 to August 13, 2017. _____________________________________
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the application form, the release statement form, and a non-refundable
application fee of (Taiwan)
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