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Summer School Courses - Week 4

16 August to 23 August

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, long associated with the Summer School, and its Director from 1980 to 1984, now Master of the Queen’s Music, returns to lead the advanced composition course, together with a retrospective of his many ‘Dartington works’. Our cycle of the Haydn Masses continues with the Theresienmesse Mass, alongside Mendelssohn’s great choral symphony – Lobgesang. Alexander Volkov is remembered with The Israel Piano Trio, and his son Ilan Volkov. We also ‘give our regards to Broadway’ with a new course in musical theatre.

ONE WEEK COURSES

Choir

Director Hilary Davan Wetton
Mendelssohn Symphony no 2: Lobgesang
Haydn Theresienmesse (Baerenreiter)

Chamber Choir

Director Andrew Griffiths
The chamber choir will explore a programme of Romantic partsongs, exploring works by composers such as Schubert, Mendselssohn, Schumann and Brahms.

Chamber Music

Coordinator Mark Smith
Bochmann Quartet
Israel Piano Trio
Chamber music runs for two sessions a day: 11.15am – 12.45pm and 2.15-3.45pm. You can choose to attend one
or both sessions, but you must commit to your chosen
sessions for the whole week. Pre-formed groups are welcome,
otherwise groups will be formed and repertoire chosen
according to the player’s preferences indicated on the
chamber music booking form, which must be completed in
order to enrol. Coaching will be available to all. Places are
limited and applications must by received by 1st May 2008.
Group lists and repertoire will be sent out in July.

Wind Chamber Music

Coordinator Laurence Perkins
This year’s wind chamber music course will focus on folkmelody
inspired works including (depending on player
availability) music by Dvorák, Liadov and Scottish traditional
tunes. Players will be allocated to one group, and will have the
option to sign up for more if they wish. A daily commitment to
your allocated group is necessary if you sign up for this course.

Dartington Festival Light Orchestra

Directors Herbie Flowers, Alan Gout, Katharine Adams, Claire
Lacey, Adam Bushell, Peter Ripper, Andy Baker
This fabulous course is back for its seventh year. It’s an
opportunity to work and play alongside a team of top
professionals who will share with you their experiences of
pretty much every aspect of the music business. There is
something for everybody – with a number of different options:

Morning session 9.15-10.45am
An opportunity for orchestral players to explore some of the
vast repertoire of light music from the heyday of programmes
such as ‘Music Box’, ‘Music While You Work’ and ‘Friday Night
Is Music Night’. The culmination of this course will be a
concert of light music for all the family, with works by Robert
Farnon, Eric Coates, Ronald Binge, Vivian Ellis, Arthur Wood,
to present day composers from around the world. ‘The Teddy
Bears’ Picnic’? Of course!
Afternoon session 2.15-3.45pm
A warm invitation is extended to all instrumentalists, including
harmonica, accordion, saxes (we have a baritone sax looking
for a player), to join us in joyful preparation for our legendary
tea dance on Thursday at 3.30pm on the lawn. This hugely
popular event includes full orchestral arrangements of
unforgettable songs by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Henry
Mancini, Rogers and Hart, Ivor Novello etc. There will be
all kinds of dancing including the Gay Gordons. You could
even enter the jive competition and win a fabulous prize!
Early evening session 5-6pm
Come and play some of the best-loved Strauss waltzes
and polkas with us. Someone will be on hand to demonstrate
some of the dance steps as well, so we will all be ready
for the Grand Viennese Ball on Friday at 10.30pm.
There will be saxophone ensembles, bass workshops,
percussion workshops and other niceties. For further
information, contact herbie.flowers@btinternet.com

Instrumental & Vocal Classes

Ian Partridge Voice*
Stephen Kovacevich Piano+
Julian Jacobson Piano
Edith Peinemann Violin
Rivka Golani Viola*
Karine Georgian Cello**
Lynda Coffin Flute
Andrew Knights Oboe
Alan Hacker Clarinet*
Laurence Perkins Bassoon *These classes are for advanced level participants only **Applications for both bursary and non-bursary students
wishing to attend this course must be made by 28 March
2008. Please send an application form, covering letter, CV,
recording of your playing, reference and a large stamped
addressed envelope if you would like your recording returned.
+ This class is for advanced level participants only,
who will be chosen by audition at the start of the week.

Singer-songwriting (FULL TIME)

Director Julian Marshall
This course will cover all aspects of writing songs, including
melody writing, harmony and sequence, lyric writing, form,
arrangement and production plus lots of opportunities for
workshopping ideas and performance practice. This course
is open to all who are interested in beginning or developing
their song-writing and performance skills.

Songs from the Shows

Director Robert Purvis
This course, aimed at singers of all abilities and experience,
will take a boisterous journey through the world of musical
theatre, with songs by great names such as Porter, Loesser,
Lerner, and discovering newer shows such as Avenue Q,
Hairspray and A New Brain. The course will culminate
in a semi-staged showcase with opportunities for solo
numbers as well as choruses.

Singing with Ease

Director Susie Self
This course is primarily aimed at participants who long to sing
solo but feel held back by nerves, a lack of confidence in how
they sound and physical discomfort in the way they use
their voice. Using all styles of music this course will help you
build a daily practice of breathing, focussing, extending your
range and sustaining beautiful sound. While this workshop
is suitable for total beginners, Susie also welcomes more
experienced singers looking to renew their joy in singing.

Write an Opera: Professional Development for Teachers (FULL TIME)

Directors Royal Opera House
We welcome the Royal Opera House to lead their
internationally acclaimed course for school-teachers.
Directed by a team of professional artists the course
equips teachers with practical skills to support the
development of their students’ learning through the
arts. It provides the tools and structures to enable the
undertaking of an in-school project in which students
are able to devise and stage their own opera from scratch.
For more information and to request an application
form, please contact ROH Education directly on
+44 [0]207212 9410 or email education@roh.org.uk.

*Please note this course can only be booked directly
through the ROH and not through Dartington*

Sustainable Sounds

Director Michael Freeman
This course will explore making and playing percussion,
wind and stringed instruments, constructed from recycled
materials, combining creativity with sustainability. Different
musical styles from various parts of the world will be drawn
upon to help with performance, and spontaneity will be
encouraged. The aim of the course will be to construct one
communal instrument made up of many working parts
that can be played by all the participants together – the first
‘junk gamelan’. The course is open to all aged eight and over.

TWO WEEK COURSES

Advanced Composition (FULL TIME)

Director Peter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is widely acknowledged as one of
the foremost composers of our time. He has written across the
widest range of musical styles and genres and is also active
as a conductor. He was appointed Master of the Queen’s Music
in March 2004.
Applications for both bursary and non-bursary students
wishing to attend this course must be made by 21 March
2008. Please send an application form, covering letter, CV,
two scores and recordings if available, reference and a large
stamped addressed envelope if you would like your music
and recordings returned.

Advanced Opera: Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin (FULL TIME)

Director Alexander Oliver
This is the first of a two-week course designed for young
professional and advanced student singers. Alexander Oliver
will give specialist coaching on Eugene Onegin leading to
three concert performances in the Great Hall. This course
works closely with Diego Masson’s Advanced Conducting
course. This is an invaluable opportunity for singers on the
threshold of their professional careers.
This course will finish on Monday 1 September 2008.
Applications for both bursary and non-bursary students wishing
to attend this course must be made by 21 March 2008. Please
send an application form, covering letter, CV, recording of your
singing, reference and a large stamped addressed envelope if
you would like your recording returned. Auditions will be held
in London in the Spring.

THREE WEEK COURSE

Advanced Conducting (FULL TIME)

Director Diego Masson
This is the second week of a three week course. Please see week three for details.

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