Mary AllyeB Purtle is an accomplished performer as well as a private instructor of all the woodwind instruments. She has had students win the Music Teachers National Association Competition at the South Carolina Junior & Senior level (flute and oboe), the Southern Division Junior level (flute) and had a Junior National Woodwind Finalist (flute). She[…]
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The Steans Music Institute is Ravinia’s summer conservatory, bringing together each summer talented young musicians from around the world to make music together under the supervision of an internationally renowned faculty. Through its three programs—jazz, piano and strings, and singers—young artists at the Steans Music Institute attend master classes given by musical luminaries, have daily[…]
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The Pine Mountain Music Festival (PMMF) was founded in Iron Mountain in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in 1991 by Laura Deming, a cellist and member of the orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago. She invited several colleagues from Chicago to present a week-long chamber music series, and the programming expanded to include opera by the second[…]
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Rocky Ridge Music Center, located in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, offers summer residential music camps for youths and adults. The mission of Rocky Ridge Music Center is to nurture the creative, musical, and personal development of youth and adults in an inspirational setting. Under the guidance of world-class faculty and guest artists, students[…]
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For over forty years the Rome Festival has offered artists from around the world the opportunity to study, perform, and live in the heart of the inspirational historic center of Rome. The artists perform in palace courtyards with the Rome Festival Orchestra, Opera, Ballet, Concert Chorus, and Chamber Music Ensembles. From their small hotels they[…]
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The Round Top Festival Institute offers six weeks (no absence is permitted) of intensive training for young talented musicians seeking a transition from conservatories and universities to a future professional career. Symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, chamber music and solo repertoire are included in this concentrated 6-week program. The Round Top Festival Institute owns its campus[…]
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Mission of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival 1. To provide artistic and academic preparation for the most gifted graduate-level performers and composers from around the world under the tutelage of an international faculty. 2. To support and extend the Yale School of Music’s internationally recognized music programs by serving as a pedagogical and performance venue[…]
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The Ohio Light Opera is a summer in residence company in Wooster, Ohio, located in north central Ohio. Cast opportunities include both a young artist program as well as Resident Professional artist employment opportunities for a total of a 36 person cast. Vocal auditions are held annually in a number of cities across the nation,[…]
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Opera North is the Northeast’s premier summer opera festival, with a proud track record of presenting high-quality productions in the intimacy of the 710-seat Lebanon Opera House, and of serving as a career launching pad for Young Artists. Over its long history, Opera North has presented a wide variety of repertoire, including Ariadne auf Naxos,[…]
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Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point is a unique training program and festival founded in 1950. Affiliated with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC), Opera in the Ozarks has earned the reputation of being a prominent training program for all singers interested in pursuing a career in opera. Our alumni have sung on[…]
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