Magisterra Summer String Institute 2022
SESSION 1
(July 18-24)
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY INFORMATION
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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must submit a video recording (YouTube) featuring the selections as listed below:
VIOLIN
1. choice of any one Mozart Concerto (1st movement, exposition, no cadenza)
2. choice of any other contrasting work
3. TWO excerpts, one of which to choose from the following list:
VIOLA
1. choice of any concerto (Stamitz, Walton, Bartok, Hindemith, etc, first movement, exposition)
2. choice of any other contrasting work
3.. TWO excerpts, one of which to choose from the following list:
CELLO
1. choice of any concerto (1st movement, exposition)
2. choice of any other contrasting work
3. TWO excerpts, one of which to choose from the following list:
LOCATION:
Museum London
Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University
ACADEMY CONCERT
Sunday, July 24, 2022
2 PM
Museum London
works by W.A.Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Samuel Barber and Robert Volkmann
ACADEMY DESCRIPTION
Age: 18+ (recommended: university level, very advanced High School students encouraged to apply)
any advanced student with aspirations in a career in performance is welcome to audition!
Artistic director Annette-Barbara Vogel invites a selected group of emerging professionals to participate in an intensive week-long program of training geared towards professional orchestral playing.
Invited participants will perform in daily orchestral excerpt masterclasses led by a roster of principal players from several major North American orchestras. At the end of the week participants will perform a mock audition and will receive feedback to their presentation.
Intensive daily chamber orchestra rehearsals led by Professor Vogel alongside established professional artists will culminate in a final celebratory concert on Sunday, July 24th, 2022 at Museum London.
This program is designed to provide emerging professional string players with an in-depth look into how to effectively prepare for the highly competitive field of orchestra auditions.
ACADEMY ACTIVITIES:
– daily masterclasses on orchestra excerpts with renowned concertmasters and principals of North American orchestras
– daily rehearsals of string chamber orchestra repertoire
– mock orchestra audition
– celebratory final concert at Museum London
– lunches catered Monday-Friday by Growing Chefs (locally sourced organic meals)
Questions regarding the Young Artist Pro program please direct to Annette-Barbara Vogel at
VIOLIN EXCERPTS:
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream. Scherzo
Mozart: Symphony # 39, 4th mvt
Rossini: La Cenerentola, Ouverture
Rossini: Willem Tell, Ouverture
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 , Scherzo
Strauss: Don Juan
Weber: Oberon
VIOLA EXCERPTS:
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Berlioz Roman Carnival Ouverture
Brahms: Haydn Variations, Var. V, VIII
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mozart Marriage of Figaro Ouverture
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, mvt 1, 4
Strauss: Don Juan
CELLO EXCERPTS:
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvt III (3 Solo Excerpts)
Debussy: La Mer
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Scherzo N to O
Mozart: Symphony 35, mvt. IV
Rossini: William Tell Overture (Opening Excerpt)
Strauss: Don Juan