EMF Summer Study
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Summer Study 2021 Updates (as of Feb. 19, 2021)
Due to the nation-wide winter weather events and power outages, we are extending the Summer Study 2021 application deadline to Friday, March 5th.
Questions? Contact us: admissions@easternmusicfestival.org
The health and safety of our Festival participants is our number one priority. EMF is working with local and state health officials, our Guilford College hosts, venue partners, and reopening specialists to update guidelines and protocols designed to keep our students, faculty, staff, and patrons safe.
Updates for Summer 2021 include:
- Smaller class sizes
- Decreased student density indoors
- Modified dining services
- Increased use of open-air spaces
- COVID-19 testing on arrival and on a schedul during the Festival (TBD)
- Follow recommended health and safety protocols (wear a mask, wait 6-feet apart, wash your hands)
EMF will continue to follow local, state, and federal mandates and may need to quickly shift in-person programming, as needed.
Eastern Music Festival offers optional classroom instruction in several areas related to the performance and business of music that completes our rigorous program. Our classes and seminars give students an opportunity to converse with faculty about issues that every musician encounters throughout a professional career. Open dialogue and honest advice enhance students' experiential learning.
Orchestra Program
Presented twice-weekly during the Festival's concert season, EMF Young Artists prepare full-length concert programs. Maestro Schwarz and EMF's artistic leadership select a mix of musically and technically demanding repertoire that challenges each young artist. At EMF, all are inspired and challenged by the repertoire and the environment.
Piano Program
Eastern Music Festival's five-week piano program offers piano students the opportunity to work with the country's finest teachers and performers. Master artists William Wolfram and Awadagin Pratt lead our acclaimed piano faculty.
Classical Guitar Summit
Open to classical guitarists ages 14 and up, Eastern Music Festival's Classical Guitar Summit offers in-depth summer study with top instructors in an outstanding musical environment. Participants will collaborate with other instrumentalists and delve into new territories of chamber music, pedagogy, technique, and performance.
Conducting Institute
Eastern Music Festival's intensive conducting training program offers career and professional development through an accelerated learning process in a technically challenging and positive environment. EMF will accept up to 9 conducting scholars (age 18 or older) to work with master conductors and the Festival's student and faculty orchestras.
Euphonium Tuba Institute
Open to euphonium and tuba students ages 14 to 23, Eastern Music Festival's two-week Euphonium Tuba Institute offers in-depth summer study in an outstanding musical environment that inspires and enriches growth and excitement in every participant. Join our world-class faculty Demondrae Thurman and Aaron Tindall in a unique experience where participants will focus on technique, musicality, audition preparation, large ensemble section playing, chamber music, and effective practice habits.
String Fellowships
Twelve String Fellowships are available for young professionals – Violinists, Violists, Cellists – who are between the ages of 23 and 33. As an Eastern Music Festival String Fellow, you will have the opportunity to perform with the Eastern Festival Orchestra (the professional orchestra in residence) and in chamber music ensembles. You will also have the opportunity to participate in orchestral/conducting fellowship reading sessions and workshops, and to participate in one to three additional ensemble performances during EMF’s five-week summer season. Stipends and Room and Board are available.
Percussion Fellowship
The Percussion Fellowship position will not be offered in the 2021 season.
Piano Fellowship
One paid fellowship position is available for a young professional collaborative pianist, who is between the ages of 23 and 33. As an Eastern Music Festival Piano Fellow, this musician will perform keyboard parts with the two Young Artists Orchestras and accompany EMF students for the concerto competition finals, studio classes, and public master classes. In addition, the Piano Fellow will be the liaison between the piano faculty and the Director of Education, as needed. Stipend and Room and Board are available.
Trombone Fellowship
One paid fellowship position is available for a young professional trombonist, who is between the ages of 23 and 33. As an Eastern Music Festival Trombone Fellow, this musician will have the opportunity to perform second trombone with the Eastern Festival Orchestra (the professional orchestra in residence) and in other Festival ensembles (as programming needs dictate.) Stipend and Room and Board are available.
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