Young Artists Program

June 12 – 29, 2013
Seth Knopp and Mimi Hwang, Co-Artistic Directors

For outstanding musicians ages 13-20
Strings, Woodwinds, Piano, and Composition

2013 Application for Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program

Yellow Barn’s Young Artists Program brings together 28 outstanding young instrumentalists and composers from across the United States and abroad for a rigorous and exciting 18-day chamber music workshop that includes intensive study and three public performances. The challenging and supportive learning environment defines a daily schedule that offers coaching sessions, private lessons, public performances, masterclasses, theory workshops, rehearsal and practice time, and the opportunity to enjoy Yellow Barn's beautiful campus. Instrumentalists study three major chamber works, with repertoire assigned well in advance. Composers are completely integrated into the program, working with faculty and collaborating with performers to bring their work to life in performance. Participants are housed, share their meals, and have access to rehearsal and practice studios on Yellow Barn's campus at The Greenwood School.

Young Artists Program alumni, and some college-age participants, attend major conservatories and colleges, including the Juilliard and Eastman Schools of Music, New England Conservatory, the Curtis, Cleveland, and Peabody Institutes, Harvard, Rice, and Yale Universities, and Bard College, among others.

This program is open to 28 instrumentalists and composers between the ages of 13 and 20.

2013 Young Artists Program Faculty

Violaine Melançon, violin
Marka Gustavsson, viola
Natasha Brofsky, cello
Mimi Hwang, cello
Seth Knopp, piano
Stephen Coxe, composition

Guest Faculty
Lucy Chapman, violin
Mai Motobuchi, viola
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Steven Mackey, composition
Christopher Theofanidis, composition

Application Information

Deadlines
Materials must be received by the following dates:

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

Videotaped Auditions
February 18, 2013

Fees

Application Fee: $60 (non-refundable and due with application)

Tuition, Room, and Board: $2,300 (due in full by April 20, 2012, and non-refundable after May 1, 2012)

Limited scholarship assistance is available based on financial need. Please inquire for more details.

Auditions

Strings, woodwinds, pianists, and composers 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.

If you are a composer, please send three recent scores, preferably with recordings.

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

Rochester, NY: February 9

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.