Yellow Barn

June 30 – August 4, 2013
Seth Knopp, Artistic Director
David and Janet Wells, Founders

For individual musicians (strings, piano, woodwinds, harp, and percussion) and pre-formed ensembles

2013 Application for Individual Musicians
2013 Application for Summer Ensemble Residency

Yellow Barn's core program is a five-week intensive summer chamber music program for outstanding students and young professionals. Participants explore chamber music repertoire with an internationally renowned faculty, rehearsing and performing together in 20 concerts at the Big Barn, Yellow Barn's intimate concert hall in Putney, Vermont. Repertoire ranges from the Baroque period to the present day, and often affords participants the opportunity of working with visiting composers. Participants are housed, share their meals, and have access to rehearsal and practice studios on Yellow Barn's summer campus at The Greenwood School.

Residencies for pre-formed ensembles will be tailored to the needs of each group invited to participate. Performance opportunities for the ensemble, and the involvement of its individual members in projects outside the ensemble, will be determined accordingly. Ensembles should be full-time groups who have been playing together for a minimum of one year, and who have the shared desire to establish themselves as a lasting entity. All instrumental combinations are considered.

Yellow Barn alumni have founded and joined major chamber ensembles, are members of the world's finest orchestras, and are respected educators in the music world. Yellow Barn alumni ensembles include eighth blackbird, So Percussion, Due East, and the Ariel, Chiara, Jupiter, and Parker Quartets.

This program is open to 36 musicians in the early stages of their professional careers. Most participants in this program are currently enrolled in, or have graduated from, conservatory, or graduate school.

For more information about Yellow Barn's unique program, please read our educational philosophy.

Application Information

Deadlines
Materials must be received by the following dates:

Live Auditions
Europe: January 7, 2013
US: January 16, 2013

Videotaped Auditions
February 4, 2013

Fees

Application Fee: $80 (non-refundable and due with application)

All participants receive a full scholarship to cover tuition, room, and board.

Auditions

Individuals (strings, piano, woodwinds, harp, and percussion) and pre-formed ensembles are invited to apply. Live auditions are strongly recommended. Only in cases where live auditions are impossible, applicants may audition with unedited DVDs or video files. CDs will not be accepted. Unfortunately, Yellow Barn is not able to return audition materials.

Audition Requirements

Prepare at least one substantial movement from two contrasting works that make very different demands on you as a player. You must bring your own pianist unless you are performing only unaccompanied works. Auditions are typically 15 minutes in length but may vary from audition to audition.

Audition Dates and Locations

London, England: January 10

Weimar, Germany: January 12

Berlin, Germany: January 13

Los Angeles, CA: January 22

San Francisco, CA: January 23

Houston, TX: January 24

Baltimore, MD: January 26

Boston, MA: January 29, 30, 31

New Haven, CT: February 1

New York, NY: February 2, 3, 4

Cleveland, OH: February 11

For more information, please contact:

Lisa Kang, Production Manager
(802) 387-6637, x108
lisa@yellowbarn.org

Yellow Barn does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or veteran status in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, or other Yellow Barn-sponsored activities.