Author: SCI Members Mailing List
Subject: Composing in the Wilderness 2015
Fellow Composers:
I’m delighted to announce that registration is now open for Composing in the Wilderness 2015! This one-of-a-kind creative adventure will take place July 8-21. We’ve opened up registration this early in the hopes that many of you (particularly faculty and professionals) would have a sufficient window of time to pursue professional development funding sources. Of course, composers of any age or level (from undergraduates and up) are very welcome!
Now it its fourth year, the course will visit two spectacular regions of Northern Alaska, Denali National Park and Preserve and the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. You’ll spend eight days exploring the stunning beauty of Denali’s wilderness and the mighty Yukon River, learning how the life of the region is reflected in the sounds you hear, interacting with scientists and interpretive rangers, and developing your creative skills through translating these ideas into original chamber music. Our time in Denali will be focused on absorption and observations, while our time in Yukon-Charley will be spent on reflection and composing. You’ll get the added excitement of taking bush plane flights (a truly authentic Alaskan experience) to and from Yukon-Charley National Preserve.
Following our wilderness experiences we will return to Fairbanks to work with top performers from the faculty of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival on our new pieces. This year, for the first time, ALL of the participants’ pieces will be performed by Concert Black (http://www.theconcertblack.com/) and Andie Springer (http://www.andiespringer.com/), an amazing mixed quartet of contemporary music experts from New York. A public performance will take place as part of the Arts Festival.
Encapsulating inspiration, composition, rehearsal, and performance into only two weeks, this field seminar is an intensive and exhilarating creative experience. Participants must be trained composers (professional, or currently enrolled in a university composition program) with experience preparing their own manuscripts and writing chamber music for various instruments. Of course, you also need to be adventurous, physically fit and comfortable roughing it.
Space is limited (nine positions with a few already taken), so don't delay. (And of course, please forward this to anyone who might be interested!)
LINKS:
Articles about previous years: This unique workshop is offered as a collaboration between:
Online Flier: http://www.stephenlias.com/s/CitW2015b.pdf Registration: http://www.fsaf.org/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/composinginthewilderness http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/bringing-home-a-piece-of-alaska (Australian Music Center) http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Young-composers-head-into-the-wild-for-inspiration-4854833.php (Houston Chronicle) http://www.artsatl.com/2013/08/preview-composer-stephen-wood-journeys-alaska-find-inspiration-wilderness/ (Arts Atlanta) Alaska Geographic Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Denali National Park and Preserve Yukon Charlie Rivers National Preserve Denali Arts and Humanities Alliance The Murie Science and Learning Center
Feel free to contact me with questions.
Steve Lias
Jury Coordinator, ISCM Young Composers Award Director, Composing in the Wilderness
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Subject: Composing in the Wilderness 2015
Fellow Composers:
I’m delighted to announce that registration is now open for Composing in the Wilderness 2015! This one-of-a-kind creative adventure will take place July 8-21. We’ve opened up registration this early in the hopes that many of you (particularly faculty and professionals) would have a sufficient window of time to pursue professional development funding sources. Of course, composers of any age or level (from undergraduates and up) are very welcome!
Now it its fourth year, the course will visit two spectacular regions of Northern Alaska, Denali National Park and Preserve and the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. You’ll spend eight days exploring the stunning beauty of Denali’s wilderness and the mighty Yukon River, learning how the life of the region is reflected in the sounds you hear, interacting with scientists and interpretive rangers, and developing your creative skills through translating these ideas into original chamber music. Our time in Denali will be focused on absorption and observations, while our time in Yukon-Charley will be spent on reflection and composing. You’ll get the added excitement of taking bush plane flights (a truly authentic Alaskan experience) to and from Yukon-Charley National Preserve.
Following our wilderness experiences we will return to Fairbanks to work with top performers from the faculty of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival on our new pieces. This year, for the first time, ALL of the participants’ pieces will be performed by Concert Black (http://www.theconcertblack.com/) and Andie Springer (http://www.andiespringer.com/), an amazing mixed quartet of contemporary music experts from New York. A public performance will take place as part of the Arts Festival.
Encapsulating inspiration, composition, rehearsal, and performance into only two weeks, this field seminar is an intensive and exhilarating creative experience. Participants must be trained composers (professional, or currently enrolled in a university composition program) with experience preparing their own manuscripts and writing chamber music for various instruments. Of course, you also need to be adventurous, physically fit and comfortable roughing it.
Space is limited (nine positions with a few already taken), so don't delay. (And of course, please forward this to anyone who might be interested!)
LINKS:
Articles about previous years: This unique workshop is offered as a collaboration between:
Online Flier: http://www.stephenlias.com/s/CitW2015b.pdf Registration: http://www.fsaf.org/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/composinginthewilderness http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/bringing-home-a-piece-of-alaska (Australian Music Center) http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Young-composers-head-into-the-wild-for-inspiration-4854833.php (Houston Chronicle) http://www.artsatl.com/2013/08/preview-composer-stephen-wood-journeys-alaska-find-inspiration-wilderness/ (Arts Atlanta) Alaska Geographic Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Denali National Park and Preserve Yukon Charlie Rivers National Preserve Denali Arts and Humanities Alliance The Murie Science and Learning Center
Feel free to contact me with questions.
Steve Lias
Jury Coordinator, ISCM Young Composers Award Director, Composing in the Wilderness
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