STRING OUTREACH PROGRAMS INFORMATION
String Outreach Flyer (downloadable version)
The University of Illinois School of Music Office of Outreach and Public Engagement in Music, sponsor events each year
for school orchestras and string students.
The Senior High School String and Orchestra Clinic will be held on the University of Illinois campus Saturday, February 23, 2008. Each orchestra participating presents a twenty minute concert in the Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Following that performance, a forty minute clinic is given by one of the clinicians. A maximum of twenty orchestras will be accepted. Orchestras are accepted in order of applications AND fee received.
Letter to Orchestra/String Directors
String and Orchestra Clinic Application
String and Orchestra Clinic Schedule
Niles West High School and UI School of Music String and Orchestra Consortium
On April 18 and 19, 2008, the Allerton String Chamber Music Symposium will be held at Allerton Park in Monticello, Illinois. Student string ensembles are selected from a prerecorded audition. Each visiting ensemble rehearses under the supervision of a University faculty member or graduate student and participates in a recital. Activities begin around 4:00 p.m. Friday and end around 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Each person attending the symposium is charged for housing and meals. Other guests joining us for meals at the symposium will be asked to pay for their meals using the rate established by the Allerton Conference Center.
Allerton String Chamber Music Symposium Application
Illinois Summer Youth Music offers outstanding music camp experiences
for string and full orchestra students. The Senior Orchestra is open to students in grades 9-12.For the Junior Strings and
Junior Orchestra, students must be grades in 6-9.In each orchestra, the acceptance
of strings is based on the completion of the information requested on
the application form. Winds, brass and percussion students are placed in both the Senior and Junior
Orchestra following the auditions the first day of camp. These students rehearse and perform with both the orchestra and
the symphonic band. Keep in mind that attempts are made to keep balanced instrumentation in the orchestras. Because of this, some sections are quick to
close. Encourage your students to apply
early.
Senior Orchestra, June 15-21, 2008
Junior Strings/Junior Orchestra, June 22-28, 2008
The
School of Music has numerous string ensembles that are available to
perform at your school and interact with your students. One of our featured
ensembles is the internationally renowned Pacifica Quartet (Sibbi
Bernhardsson, violin, Simin Ganatra, violin, Masumi Per Rostad, viola and
Brandon Vamos). Other string faculty members at the University of Illinois
include, Sherban Lupu, violin, Rudolf Haken, viola,
Michael Cameron, double bass, Ani Aznavoorian, cello, and Stefan Milenkovich, violin. If you are interested in scheduling these groups
or faculty members at your school, please contact us at
OPE@music.uiuc.edu
. To
learn more about the Pacifica Quartet,
visit their web site at www.pacificaquartet.com.
