the Center for Advanced Musical Studies

The Colin Currie Scholarship (Application Deadline February 15)

sreid — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:43:20 +0000

Announcing the Colin Currie Scholarship for Chosen Vale

Colin Currie is personally donating a $1000 scholarship to Chosen Vale for a student demonstrating exceptional talent as a percussionist and the potential to be a leader in the field of percussion.

To apply:
Submit your application to Chosen Vale
- AND -
Submit the following to chosenvalepercussion@gmail.com:

a link to a video performance of two solos (can be mallet, multiple percussion, timpani, or other) that has been posted to Youtube or Vimeo.
an answer to the following question:

What goals do you plan to achieve at Chosen Vale and how will this opportunity impact your growth as a future leader in the field of percussion?

2012 Percussion Seminar Announced

sreid — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:49:42 +0000

July 2 – 14, 2012

The Chosen Vale International Percussion Seminar is a place where participants will be exposed to and given the opportunity to work and perform with visionary leaders in the field of percussion in addition to a peerless collection of composers. Percussionists at the Seminar are asked to work outside their own self-defined “comfort zone”, to take new risks, and to accept personal responsibility for their technical and musical growth. Selected participants will perform with faculty members in three formal concerts in the Mary Keene Chapel as well as present solo and ensemble performances throughout the region.

“Chosen Vale will provide an invaluable opportunity for learning and growth. Having an opportunity to spend time in this unique retreat will foster meaningful and focused music making and creativity.”

- Doug Perkins

Faculty:

Michael Burritt
Pedro Carneiro
Matthew Duvall
Tom Freer
David Lang (composer-in-residence)
Eduardo Leandro
Doug Perkins
Nancy Zeltsman

Guest composers:
Nathan Davis
Stuart Saunders Smith

2012 Trumpet Seminar Announced

sreid — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:22:23 +0000

June 18 – 30, 2012

Faculty member Brian McWhorter and Beta Collide, from their debut release “Psst…”

Offering a unique and vital series of trumpeting/musical experiences, from the exploration of the natural trumpet, learning how to structure free improvisation, and first performances of important new compositions, the Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar is a place where participants are challenged to look beyond what he or she has already studied and grow in unexpected, musical ways. Participants are asked to work outside their own self-defined “comfort zone”, to take new risks, and to accept personal responsibility for their technical and musical growth. Selected participants will perform with faculty members in three formal concerts in the Mary Keene Chapel as well as present solo and mixed trumpet ensemble music throughout the region.

“It is absolutely imperative that we find ways to reconcile professional standards with creative, independent thinking”
-Edward Carroll

Faculty:
Stephen Burns
Edward Carroll
Peter Evans
Mark Gould
Hakan Hardenberger
Brian McWhorter
Thomas Stevens

Special guest:
Bob Malone

Staff:
Rebecca Wilt, Collaborative Pianist
Tom Dambly, Audio and Video Engineer

Traditional masterclasses (which focus on repertoire nominated in advance by each participant) are presented alongside chamber music, natural trumpet class, individual tutorials (presented “Paris Conservatory Style” with others in attendance), workshops on a wide variety of relevant contemporary and pedagogical topics, and yoga class.

Adagio and Allegro, op. 70 (Robert Schumann)

sreid — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:00:22 +0000

Huw Morgan and Rebecca Wilt

Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

June 26, 2010

Mysteries of the Macabre (Gyorgy Ligeti)

sreid — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:00:28 +0000

Matthew Conley and Kimihiro Yasaka

Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

June 25, 2010

A Hoffnung Fanfare (Malcolm Arnold)

sreid — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:00:43 +0000

Edward Carroll, director
Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar
June 26, 2010

Morceau de Concours (Mauricio Kagel)

sreid — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:10:01 +0000

Ryan Bancroft

Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

June 26, 2010

Morceau de Concours (Mauricio Kagel)

Ryan Bancroft

Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

June 26, 2010

Concertino (Andre Jolivet)

sreid — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:05:24 +0000

Hayato Tanaka and Rebecca Wilt

Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

June 26, 2010

Final Conclusion (Jarmo Sermila)

sreid — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:00:25 +0000

Joris de Rijbel

Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

June 25, 2010

Telos 135 (Peter Maxwell Davies)

sreid — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:30:32 +0000

Philippe Brunet, Michael Hawes, Huw Morgan, Joris de Rijbel, and Douglas Perkins

Stephen Burns, conductor

Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

June 25, 2010