2013

ADULT CHORAL INSTITUTE

JULY 9, 11, 16, 18    7 - 9:30pm

HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CHORAL INSTITUTE

JULY 15 - 19    2:30 - 8:30pm

COMBINED PERFORMANCE July 19

HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SUMMER CHORAL INSTITUTE

Join our distinguished faculty for a week-long program of intensive choral and solo vocal training. Enjoy the camaraderie and adventure of creating great music together while forging lasting friendships. Strengthen your voice and musicianship through small group sessions, workshops, individual voice lessons, large group rehearsals, and more! The Institute is produced through a partnership between the National Philharmonic and Montgomery College and is open to students entering grade 9 thru graduating grade 12, as well as college students who want a more intense experience than the Adult Institute offers. The week will culminate in a final concert, held with the National Philharmonic's Adult Summer Choral Institute, at Montgomery College.

The faculty of the Institute includes Stan Engebretson, Artistic Director of the National Philharmonic Chorale and Co-Founder of the Institute; Molly Donnelly, Professor of Music at Montgomery College and also Co-Founder of the Institute; Ronald Frezzo, Vocal and International Baccalaureate Music Instructor at Richard Montgomery High School; Victoria Gau, Associate Conductor of the National Philharmonic; and Theodore Guerrant, Accompanying Program Specialist at the University of Maryland School of Music.

EXPERIENCE

Experience in a school, church or community choir, or study with a private voice teacher is required. Scores will be provided beforehand to give participants a chance to study them and learn the music in advance.

REPERTOIRE

Repertoire includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Morten Lauridsen, Dirait-on and Sure on this Shining Night (with adult choir)

Eric Whitacre, selections tba

Rahman, Balleilakka

Gilkyson, Requiem

Bach, Dona nobis pacem (with adult choir)

Spirituals, tba

SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION

For registration packet, click form on left sidebar to download.

To register, please download the HS and College Institute registration form and send it, along with your $75 deposit to: National Philharmonic, attn: HS/College Choral Institute, The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852

THE ADULT SUMMER CHORAL INSTITUTE

Adult singers (college age and over) from around the area are invited to sing with members of the National Philharmonic Chorale under Artistic Director Stan Engebretson for two inspiring weeks of intensive rehearsals. Experience singing in a high-quality large ensemble while fine-tuning your musicianship and developing your vocal technique! The Summer Choral Institute is produced through a partnership between the National Philharmonic and Montgomery College, and is led by distinguished faculty from area universities and choral groups.

No auditions are necessary but singing experience is required. Experience may include singing in a university or community chorus, or in a church choir.

REPERTOIRE

Repertoire includes:

Bach, Gloria from Cantata 191

Bach, Dona nobis pacem (with HS choir)

Lauridson, Sure on this Shining Night (with HS choir)

Spirituals, tba

DATES AND LOCATION

Adult Choral Institute rehearsals are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, July 9, 11, 16, and 18 at 7 to 9:30 pm, in the Music Building of Montgomery College Rockville Campus. The final concert, held in conjunction with the Summer Choral Institute, will be on Friday, July 19, 2013 at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center at Silver Spring.

REGISTRATION

Click on registration form on left sidebar to download.

To register for the 2013 Adult Summer Choral Institute, please download the registration form (PDF) and send it, along with the $70 tuition fee, to National Philharmonic, attn: Adult Choral Institute, The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda, MD 20852-3385.

For further information, or if you have any questions, please contact Victoria Gau at 301-493-9283 x116 or .