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Summer Academy for High School Organists

Host Facility
Eastman School of Music
Location
Rochester, NY
Time
9am-4pm daily

Come and experience the thriving pipe organ culture at Eastman in this five-day intensive workshop for high school students. Each day will include private and group instruction from world-renowned performers and pedagogues, as well as daily access to a wide variety of instruments. Participants will have the opportunity to perform in master classes focusing on repertoire, sacred music skills, improvisation, and technique. Use this time to meet friends and colleagues that share in your passion, and see just how much there is to discover and learn within the organ community here in downtown Rochester. The program includes social activities and excursions and a final student performance open to the public.

 Faculty: David Higgs, Nathan Laube, Edoardo Bellotti, William Porter, Stephen Kennedy; Caroline Robinson, coordinator.

 Visit http://summer.esm.rochester.edu/course/summer-academy-for-high-school-organists/ for details and information.

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