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Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra Young Artists ProgrammeLast edited by Christy Harris. When: Where: January 23, 2008 For immediate release Celebrating the 10th Summer Music Institute. Ottawa, Canada – Applications are now being accepted for the 10th National Arts Centre Young Artists Programme 2008 with National Arts Centre Orchestra Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, internationally renowned soloist and conductor, as its Artistic Director. The Summer Music Institute (SMI) includes the NAC Young Artists Programme (June 9 to July 1, 2008) and the Junior Strings (June 14 to July 1, 2008). The deadline to apply is February 15, 2008. Open internationally with full financial support available to Canadian citizens and partial financial support for international participants accepted to the Young Artists Programme. $500 fee for those accepted to the Junior Strings. For full information, audition requirements and online applications, please go to the NAC website at www.nac-cna.ca/smi, and click on the Young Artists Programme link. Otherwise, interested students may contact Christy Harris at (613) 947-7000, ext. 568, by email at charris@nac-cna.ca or write for information to the NAC Summer Music Institute, P.O. Box 1534, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 5W1. Now in its tenth year, the National Arts Centre Young Artists Programme (YAP) identifies and fosters young, exceptional musical talent through intensive instruction led by Artistic Director Pinchas Zukerman and an internationally-renowned faculty. Founded in 1999 by Pinchas Zukerman, the Young Artists Programme offers 65 highly talented students from across Canada and around the globe the opportunity to take part in two levels of technical study. Exceptional string, wind and piano musicians aspiring to be tomorrow’s best classical musicians are invited to apply to this intense and fulfilling programme of study. The Young Artists Programme offers outstanding private instruction and chamber music coaching. All students will perform in public chamber music concerts and may perform in public masterclasses, as well as closed works-in-progress and recitals. The Young Artists Programme Senior Level offers instruction in violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano and pre-formed string quartets to young adults displaying exceptional talent up to age 26. The Junior Strings offers instruction in violin, viola, cello and piano for those displaying outstanding talent during teen years, minimum age 12. Exceptions may apply. This year’s faculty is headed by Pinchas Zukerman and co-Artistic Director Patinka Kopec, of the Manhattan School of Music (violin and viola); and includes among others Grigory Kalinovsky of the Manhattan School of Music (violin and viola); Hans Jorgen Jensen of Chicago’s Northwestern University (cello) Carole Sirois, NAC Orchestra, (cello) and on faculty at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal ; Tatiana Goncharova of the Manhattan School of Music (piano); Joel Quarrington, NAC Orchestra principal double bass; Steven Dann of the Glenn Gould Professional School at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, (chamber music); guest chamber coach, Michael Tree, violist of the famed Guarneri Quartet; the five Principal Winds of the NAC Orchestra, Joanna G’froerer (flute), Kimball Sykes (clarinet), Charles Hamann (oboe), Christopher Millard (bassoon) and Lawrence Vine (horn); and guest soprano, Benita Valente. The Junior Strings Programme is headed by NAC Orchestra musicians Elaine Klimasko (violin) and Margaret Munro Tobolowska (cello). In order to ensure greater access to the Young Artists Programme, the NAC Foundation offers many opportunities for full and partial scholarship made possible by the support of individuals, organizations, and corporations locally and across Canada and the United States. Canadian participants will automatically be considered for full scholarships, and private donations help provide partial scholarships for international students.
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