Calling All Student String Players - Apply by Sept. 13 for Special Ensemble Opportunity

John Mitty Tuesday, August 27, 2013

(RIVERHEAD, NY, August 27, 2013) – East End Arts is now accepting student applications for the 2013 Music Masters Fellowship Program, a nine-week, tuition-free, intensive string ensemble workshop opportunity which will be conducted and mentored by professional cellist and conductor Nico Olarte-Hayes, long-time student of Itzhak Perlman. The program will take place from September 30 through December 3, 2013. To apply, high school string students must submit an online application including a recorded performance sample.

 

REMINDER: The deadline to submit applications is Friday, September 13, 2013. Application and guidelines are available at http://www.eastendarts.org/calendar/event/2013/09/13/deadline-to-apply-music-masters-string-fellowship-program.

Student string players (ages 14 through 18) with exceptional musical ability and a passion for music are encouraged to apply for this rigorous workshop opportunity for violin, viola, cello, and double bass students, rehearsals to be held on Monday evenings between September 30 and December 2, 2013 at the East End Arts School in Riverhead, with a final performance on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at a Riverhead location to be announced. There are no fees for participation in the Music Masters Fellowship Program. Of the applicants, a select few will be selected to participate in the string ensemble based upon their performance skills. Nico Olarte-Hayes, the conductor and mentor for this program, is one of today’s most promising musical talents, an alum of the Perlman Music Summer Program, and a long-time student of virtuoso Itzhak Perlman. The selected students will have the incredible opportunity to work under the baton of this professional string player and conductor, and will be given training in professional rehearsal and performance skills. This full scholarship, tuition-free fellowship program allows select students to participate in an ensemble of talent, under the guidance of a music industry professional.

Application submissions are now being accepted by the East End Arts School, and must be received by September 13, 2013 to be considered for this program. Recording quality of performance sample will not be judged. For application and complete details, visit http://www.eastendarts.org/calendar/event/2013/09/13/deadline-to-apply-music-masters-string-fellowship-program.

This program follows East End Arts and the Perlman Music Program’s second annual collaborative master class opportunity for East End string students to work under the baton of Maestro Itzhak Perlman, which took place in July 2012 and 2013. East End Arts is thrilled to be providing an additional opportunity for local string students to work with a professional string musician.

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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