Piano Institute

NEC Summer Session 2012

Debussy and his World

Friday, July 13 - Sunday, July 15

Donald Berman, Tufts University, Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University
Marilyn Roth, Chair, Piano Department, Preparatory School, New England Conservatory of Music
Dana Gooley, Brown University
Eryan Katsenelenbogen, Faculty, Preparatory and Continuing Education, New England Conservatory
Geoffery Burleson, Hunter College, Princeton University
Mark DeVoto, Professor Emeritus, Tufts University
Kenneth Hamilton, University of Birmingham
Frederic Chiu

The NEC Summer Piano Institute celebrates the sesquicentennial (150th birthday) of Claude-Achilles Debussy. The weekend intensive will focus on Debussy’s music as well as the music of French composers both who influenced him and whom he influenced. In addition Debussy we will explore works of  Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Ravel, Satie, and Mompou, among others. We will look at Debussy’s incorporation of World Music into his art and his reach into Jazz and Modernism.

Debussy and his World continues a series of summer Piano Institutes that began in 2007 with The Piano Music of Schumann and Brahms, followed by The Piano Music of Frederic Chopin in 2008, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn in 2009, Clara and Robert Schumann in 2010, and Franz Liszt and his Circle in 2011. The institute brings together pianists, piano teachers, and musicologists interested in synthesizing new scholarship, historical performance practice, and historical recordings to inform their playing, teaching, and interpretation. The composer-immersion format provides a forum for professionals, teachers, adult students, and advanced high-school students. There will be opportunities for close study, practice and exposure to the entire range of music by Debussy and his followers. Faculty will give presentations on various aspects of the works of Debussy  including performance traditions, historical interpretive approaches, and analysis of early recordings of performers from the Golden Age. Sessions will stress current topics in recent French Music scholarship and its relevance for the pianist and piano teacher. The weekend culminates with a recital by the participants.

Admission

An audition is required of performing participants. Please contact Marilyn Roth at Marilyn.Roth@necmusic.edu or Donald Berman at donberman@mac.com.to schedule an informational/placement interview. For those living outside these geographical areas, a CD may be sent.

Please contact the Continuing Education at continuingeducation@necmusic.edu with any further questions regarding the institute.

Registration

Performing participants (after admission by audition) and auditors may register online.

Performing Participants

1 SCE Credit: $TBA
Early-Registration discounted SCE credit tuition (registered/paid by May 31st): $TBA
Non-Credit (Friday-Sunday): $TBA
Early-bird discounted non-credit tuition (registered/paid by May 31st): $TBA

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*DO NOT PROCEED with registration unless you have appied and been accepted.

Non-performing Participants (includes recital pass)

2 Day Pass: $TBA
1 Day Pass: $TBA

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All of the above require a $40 registration fee.

Single Event Auditors

Event auditors can attend morning or afternoon sessions: $50 (no registration fee)

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Why people love NEC's Piano Institute

"I just want to thank you so much for a fantastic learning experience, on so many levels! It could not have been better!!" -Judy

“This was one of the most meaningful events I have ever been a part of, and I don’t say this kind of thing often” -Don

“You have a serious combination of relaxation and intensity going on” -Dana

“I had a blast, and it was wonderful to see and hear young pianists playing and discussing Mendelssohn intelligently and with sensitivity." -Larry

"From my side, I was quite impressed with what you and Marilyn do with that Institute, and [I] think it has a real future" -Veronica

Faculty Presentations, 2012

Donald Berman: Debussy and World Music
Geoffrey Burleson: Saint-Saens’ Piano Music
Mark Devoto: Debussy: in Black and White
Dana Gooley: Debussy and Evolving Traditions
Kenneth Hamilton: Debussy and the French Piano School

Masterclasses 2012

Donald Berman
Geoffrey Burleson
Frederic Chiu
Eryan Katsenlenbogen

Faculty Recital 2012

Donald Berman: Music of Fauré and Debussy
Frederic Chiu: Childrens Corner Suite with narration by David Gonzalez
Geoffrey Burleson: Music of Saint-Saens and Ravel
Eryan Katsenlenbogen: Improvisations on Debussy

Participant Recital 2012

Sunday, July 10, 8:00 PM in Jordan Hall, free

Participants perform in masterclasses, symposia, workshops and the recital.

Auditors (non-performing participants) may participate in discussions and attend all the sessions.

Housing

The New England Conservatory houses Summer Session participants at Emerson College in The Colonial Building, 100 Boylston Street, Boston, an air-conditioned, 24-hour-a-day secured conference center in the heart of Boston in the Boston Common (two/three stops away from New England Conservatory on Boston’s MBTA Orange Line). There is plenty of room for participants here and can generally choose a single or a double room (bathrooms down the hall) or a room in a suite (bathroom in the suite).  Housing arrangements and payments are made through New England Conservatory; please contact NEC’s Continuing Education Office at 617-585-1131 or continuingeducation@necmusic.edu. Check-in time is 12p.m. and Check-out time is 2p.m. Please check in at the registration desk on the second floor. You will be issued your key upon checking in. (Please note that Emerson College does not accept payments at the door; admittance requires that your name be on the list of people who have paid through New England Conservatory.)

Provisions: Towels and linens are provided in addition to breakfast; please note that the air conditioning can be very effective and you may want to bring an extra layer of clothing just in case. Single and double rooms have bathrooms down the hall; suites have bathrooms within the suite. There are kitchens in each hall with sinks and stovetops – no microwaves or refrigerators.

To learn more about Emerson College and its location (and directions to it from the airport bus or train stations, etc) please consult the Emerson College Web site
www.emerson.edu.

2012-02-08