Lessons in piano and organ, strings, voice, winds and percussion and composition are given during the summer depending on availability of faculty.   In addition, options are available for music educators to study privately on a secondary instrument that combines performance and pedagogy with no audition.  One unit of credit is given for six one-hour private lessons plus a weekly one-hour studio class or, in the event no studio class is formed, eight private lessons.

Permission to register is required.   Contact the School of Music Summer Session Office for information.  Phone:  (847) 491-7485 or email d-wyandt@northwestern.edu.

MUSIC: MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

Taking Master classes and Workshops for Credit

MUSIC 330 Practicum In Performance
MUSIC 430 Materials, Performance Practice and Pedagogy

Registration for all master classes and workshops, either for credit or non-credit,  must be done through the Summer Session Office in the School of Music. The prices listed are for non-credit registration. There is an additional charge for university credit.

Contact that office for registration materials and the special instructions for each class.  Phone:  (847) 491-7485 or email  d-wyandt@northwestern.edu.

Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer Trumpet Master Classes

MUSIC 330-0 Sec. 71    430-0 sec. 71           

• One week
• 6/16 - 6/20
• MTWThF 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
• Evanston Campus
• Performer:  $600;  Auditor:  $50 per day

This is a workshop for the serious trumpet player, featuring daily master classes and performances by Northwestern professors Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer.  Participants will perform several times throughout the week including solos, orchestral mock audition and assigned chamber music.  Performances and topics to include solo playing, audition techniques and practice, musicianship, piccolo trumpet playing, orchestral techniques and problem solving and traditional Chicago-style health of production and sound.  Performance applicants should send a resume and tape with a solo of your choice and the following:  Enesco Legend page 1, Stravinsky Petrouchka Ballerina solo and Mahler Symphony #5 opening solo. Applications will be processed as they are received: early submission is advisable. The deadline for performer applications is May 1.  Auditors are encouraged.  For more information contact the School of Music Summer Session Office, (847) 491-7485 or d-wyandt@northwestern.edu.

Walfrid Kujala:  Flute and Piccolo Master Classes in Orchestral Performance

MUSIC 330-0 Sec. 51 and MUSIC 430-0 Sec. 51

• One week
• 6/23 - 6/27
• MTWThF 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; TTh 2 - 5 p.m.
• Evanston Campus
• Performer: $550; Auditor:  $30 per session

These seven master class sessions will focus mainly on the study and performance of significant solo and ensemble passages for flute and piccolo in the symphonic literature.  The repertoire will include excerpts from – Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, Beethoven’s Leonore Overture no. 3 and Symphonies nos. 3, 6, 7 and 9, Dance of the Sprites from Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust, Brahms’s Symphonies no. 1 and 4, Debussy’s Preludetothe Afternoon of a Faun, Dvorák’s Symphony no. 8, Hindemith’s SymphonicMetamorphosis, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Classical Symphony, Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé, Piano Concerto, Mother Goose and Bolero, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and Scheherazade, Rossini’s Overtures to William Tell, La Gazza Ladra and Semiramide, Saint-Saens’s Carnival of the Animals, Shostakovich’s Symphonies nos. 5, 6 and 9, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel and Salome’s Dance, Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, Petrushka and Song of the Nightingale, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 4.  Professor Kujala will also illustrate and discuss the proper preparation of typical audition concertos for flute (Mozart, Nielsen, Ibert) and piccolo (Vivaldi).  Most of the orchestral excerpts and all the concertos will have piano accompaniment

Professor Kujala will stress the disciplines necessary for study and effective performance of repertoire.  Performers will be asked to select excerpts from the list to play in the class, and other works may be brought in as well.  Students will receive suggestions, verbally and through example, in regard to their performance.

Performers for Professor Kujala’s master classes are chosen by audition.  Prospective performers must submit a high-quality  recording (cassette, CD, MD, or DAT) that includes excerpts from at least five of the orchestral works listed above plus either the opening 39 bars of the Mozart Concerto in G or the opening 45 bars of the Mozart Concerto in D.  The recording, together with a resume of training and experience, should be sent to Summer Session, Northwestern University School of Music, 711 Elgin Road, Evanston, IL 60208-1200.  Applicants who are accepted as performers will then be billed for the $550 performer’s fee.  The fee for auditing is $30 per session. Applications will be processed as they are received: early submission is advisable. The deadline for performer applications is May 1.

Rex Martin and Gene Pokorny:  Tuba Master Classes

MUSIC 330-0 Sec   430-0 Sec. 21

• One Week
• 6/29 - 7/3
• Evanston Campus
• Performer $550;  Auditor $50 per day.

Rex Martin, professor of tuba and euphonium at Northwestern University, and Gene Pokorny, principal tuba of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will present a five day performance workshop for tuba players. During this intensive week, students will have the opportunity to study with both teachers in a master class setting. Various sessions will include, but are not limited to:  audition preparation, recital preparation, efficient practice techniques, the psychology of performance, effectively combating stage fright, fundamental and advanced techniques, breathing and pedagogy. In addition to the master classes, both Mr. Pokorny and Mr. Martin will present solo recitals. The deadline for performer applications is May 1. Auditors are encouraged. For more information contact the School of Music Summer Session Office at (847) 491-7485 or d-wyandt@northwestern.edu.

Michael Burritt:  Summer Percussion Seminar

MUSIC  330-0 Sec 41  430-0 Sec. 41

Guest Clinicians:  Anders Astrand, James Ross

• One Week
• 7/14 - 7/18
• MWF 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.; TTh 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Evanston Campus
• Performer:  $425

This marimba seminar will consist of daily master classes and performances by international performing artist and Northwestern University Professor of Percussion Michael Burritt and his guests.  The lectures will focus on topics such as musicianship, technique, interpretation, expression, performance anxiety, choosing repertoire, composing for marimba, physical awareness, listening session and pedagogy.  A portion of every day will be spent in master class sessions.  Students will be required to have two major works from the standard repertoire prepared for the week.  Each student will receive a 30 minute  private lesson as a part of the seminar. For more information or to register contact the School of Music Summer Session Office at (847)491-7485 or d-wyandt@northwestern.edu.

Trombone Master Classes with Charlie Vernon

MUSIC 330-0 Sec. 31  430-0 Sec. 31

• One Week
• 7/28 - 8/1
• MWThF  9 a.m. - 1 p.m.; MTh 3 - 6 p.m.
• Recital Tuesday, 7 p.m., Regenstein Hall
• Participants $550; Auditors $50 per day

These weeklong master classes will emphasize the fundamentals of trombone playing:  breathing, phrasing, articulation, and musicianship.  Students should be prepared to play standard orchestral excerpts and classical trombone solos of their choice.

Charlie Vernon has played bass trombone in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1986. In April 1991, with the CSO under Daniel Barenboim, he gave the world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilch’s Concerto for Bass Trombone which was commissioned by the orchestra for its centennial.  In September 2006, he and the CSO premiered Chick a’ Bone Checkout, a new concerto by Christian Lindberg. Mr. Vernon currently teaches at Northwestern University and has many solo and teaching appearancesthroughout the world. The deadline for performer applications is June 15. For more information and to receive an application contact the School of Music Summer Session Office, (847) 491-7485 or d-wyandt@northwestern.edu.