Chamber Music Institute
Lessons in Performance, Composition, & Entrepreneurship
June 3-10, 2012
For superb young artists who love chamber music and who wish to explore careers in chamber music performance.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2012 Deadline extended to March 1, 2012
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Featuring
FULL-PAY FELLOWSHIPS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
All accepted participants receive a full fellowship to attend the Chamber Music Institute. This includes on-campus housing and meals. Transportation to Lincoln and the UNL campus is not included.
Entrepreneurship – Learn to be Visionary and Practical
For young artists hoping to transform the world with their music, it takes more than practice and artistic vision to succeed. They need to understand how to:
- Manage an ensemble
- Protect intellectual property
- Find funding for projects
- Structure a business
Each day, one session will address these and other critical issues.
Instruction provided by members of the Chiara String Quartet, who are out there doing it right now. It was not that long ago that the Chiara String Quartet found themselves where CMI fellows are now. How they traveled the journey from students with dreams to artists living the dream is a story of special importance to CMI fellows.
Quotes from previous participants:
- "Amazing. Some of the best coaching our group has ever had."
- "Tremendous. In five days our group reached a new level."
- "The Chiara String Quartet pulled more musicianship out of my group than we had ever exhibited."
- "I really enjoyed having so many opportunities to perform on stage."
- "The atmosphere was very inspiring for great music making."
- "It changed the way my group plays in such a lasting way."
- "A great experience."
Questions?
Contact Janet Sievert, jsievert1@unl.edu or 402.472.6830.
CMI - Faculty
With a global vision and a local focus, the UNL Music Faculty offers an exceptional contribution for attendees to the Chamber Music Institute.
The Chiara String Quartet, artists-in-residence
Playing "Chamber Music in Any Chamber," the Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon violin; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello) reaches from the concert hall into clubs, bars and galleries, expanding the places to hear live classical music while returning chamber music to its roots in intimate spaces. Described by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as "vastly talented, vastly resourceful, and vastly committed to the music of their time," the Chiara is also continually finding new meaning within pieces from the well-established quartet canon. Their performances have been described as "luminous," "searing," (New York Times) "soulful," "biting," and possessing a "potent collective force" (Strings Magazine). The 2009-2010 season is the first year in the Chiara Quartet's two-year Beethoven cycle, during which they will perform all sixteen of Beethoven's string quartets in Cambridge and Northampton, MA and Lincoln, NE. In keeping with their commitment to bring classical music to uncommon places, the quartet will perform "Beethoven in Bars" at clubs throughout the country, featuring Beethoven's music with new works by young composers Thierry Tiedrow, Lauren Loiacono and Matthew Ricketts, alumni of the 2009 CMI. The Chiara discography includes the Mozart and Brahms clarinet quintets with Håkan Rosengren for SMS Classical, and the world premiere recordings of Robert Sirota's Triptych and Gabriela Lena Frank's Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout for the Quartet's own New Voice Singles label. In 2007 the Chiara recorded Jefferson Friedman's Second and Third Quartets, and they recently finished recording the complete string quartets of Brahms for SMS Classical. |
John Bailey, Flute
John Bailey, Flute, is a member of the critically acclaimed Moran Woodwind Quintet, resident faculty quintet at UNL, which has toured extensively in the Midwest and recorded for Crystal Records and Coronet. Dr. Bailey has been the director of CMI since 2007. |
Ann Chang, Piano
Dr. Ann Chang is Artist-in-Residence (Piano, Fortepiano) at UNL School of Music and Fulbright Scholar. She also serves as Artistic Director of the Lied Center for Performing Arts. |
Damon Lee, Composer
Composer Damon Thomas Lee works in instrumental and digital composition, mostly in conjunction with visual media. He has collaborated with numerous ensembles and artists worldwide and taught on the faculty of the University of Music Karlsruhe (Germany) and the University of Huddersfield (UK) before coming to Lincoln in 2010. |
Alan Mattingly, French Horn
Alan Mattingly, Horn, is highly active as a chamber musician, performing with the Moran Woodwind Quintet, the University of Nebraska Brass Quintet, and the Plymouth Brass. |
Jeffrey McCray, Bassoon
Jeffrey McCray, Bassoon, is a member of the critically-acclaimed Moran Woodwind Quintet, resident faculty quintet at UNL. He has also appeared throughout the United States with various ensembles in chamber music concerts featuring contemporary music. |
William McMullen, Oboe
William McMullen, Oboe, is a member of the critically acclaimed Moran Woodwind Quintet, resident faculty quintet at UNL, which has recorded several CDs of the works of Theodore Blumer on Crystal Records. His solo CD of British oboe repertoire with pianist Catherine Herbener is also available on Crystal, and a flute/oboe CD is available on Centaur Records. |
Tyler White, Composition
Tyler White, Composition, has received commissions from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles. He is also Director of Orchestral Activities at UNL. |
CMI - Schedule
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Performances
The following performances are an integral part of the CMI experience. The faculty recital on Sunday night is a special performance exclusively for CMI fellows. Other performances feature the work of CMI fellows in their chamber music groups and the compositions of CMI composer fellows.
| CMI Faculty recital, Sheldon Museum of Art |
| Performances by the Chiara String Quartet and other faculty members for CMI fellows |
| In-house participants' recital, Sheldon Museum of Art |
| An opportunity for student groups to perform additional repertoire in a casual setting for other participants |
| Concert of composers' new works, Sheldon Museum of Art |
| World Premiere performances of compositions written for CMI chamber ensembles |
| Public Recital, Sheldon Museum of Art |
| Public performance of CMI chamber groups for the Lincoln community as part of the Meadowlark Festival |
CMI - Eligibility and Requirements
Participants must be in college or recent college graduates (undergraduate or master’s level, or equivalent). International students are welcome. All fellows must be 19 years or older to participate. Individual performers and composers currently in a DMA program will not be considered.
Application deadline: February 15, 2012 Deadline extended to March 1, 2012
Please read the instructions first! Clickable link is below.
Individual Performers
Application Requirements
- Online application form
- $5 submission fee, payable by credit card only
- Up to 5 audio recordings in .mp3 format (60 MB maximum total size, approximately 45 minutes of music)
- The recordings should be high-quality sound, and should contain music that demonstrates the technical and interpretive qualities of the individual auditioning.
- More Information...
Pre-formed Groups
Application Requirements
- A separate online application form for each group member
- $5 submission fee for each group member, payable by credit card only
- Up to 5 audio recordings in .mp3 format (60 MB maximum total size, approximately 45 minutes of music). Only one applicant for the group need submit the audio recording(s).
- The recordings should be high-quality sound, and should contain music that demonstrates the technical and interpretive qualities of the individual auditioning.
- More Information...
Composers
Application Requirements
- Online application form
- $5 submission fee, payable by credit card only
- 2 representative chamber music scores in .pdf format
- Recordings of the 2 works represented by the scores (in step 3) in .mp3 format (60 MB maximum total size, approximately 45 minutes of music)
- A curriculum vitae that includes a list of works with instrumentation, timings and performances in .pdf format
- More Information...
Online Application Form
- Read the instructions first at http://music.unl.edu/cmi-application-instructions
- Go to https://unlmusic.slideroom.com (warning: leaves unl.edu website)
If space allows, individual applicants will be accepted and placed into a group upon acceptance into the program.
Students must play one of the following instruments:
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Double Bass
- Piano
- Flute
- Oboe
- Clarinet
- French Horn
- Bassoon
- Trumpet
- Trombone
- Tuba
Individual students accepted will be placed into chamber music groups together and assigned repertoire by their assigned coaches to learn over the course of the week.
Pre-formed Groups
Pre-formed groups will be accepted.
Preference is given to the following pre-formed groups:
- String quartet
- Woodwind quintet
- Brass quintet
- Piano trio
- Piano quartet
- String quintet
Pre-formed groups not listed above may also apply and may be accepted at the discretion of the program faculty.
Composers
Composers will be paired with ensembles upon acceptance.
Composers accepted into the Institute will be matched with a participating chamber music group before arrival. Composers will bring a new work to be performed by that group at the Friday Composer’s Concert, will work with the ensemble during the week, and will receive feedback from the CMI faculty.
CMI participants will have access to the School of Music computer lab which includes Yamaha XG-midi workstations, Finale 2007 and Sibelius 4.0 software. Printing is also available. Participants must bring their own laptops. Wireless connections are available.
CMI - Application Instructions
Instructions for applying to CMI
(Application deadline: February 15, 2012 Extended to March 1, 2012)
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Do not mail paper copies or CDs. No hard copy application or CD submissions will be reviewed and will not be returned to the sender.
Caution
CMI uses slideroom.com, which uses Adobe Flash. It will not work on any portable Apple product (iPad, iPhone, iPod). It will work on any computer that can run flash (PC, Mac, Android phone, etc.).
Step 1: set up your SlideRoom account
Tip:
If you already have an account on slideroom.com, skip this step
Go to https://unlmusic.slideroom.com and click SIGNUP on the right-hand side of the screen. Fill out the form and click REGISTER.
Check your for a confirmation email from SlideRoom in your inbox. Click the link in the confirmation email to return to SlideRoom and continue your application.
Step 2: log into SlideRoom
Enter your email address and password. Click LOGIN. You should see a white page with the words "Welcome to our online portal!" on the left, and "Contact Information" for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music on the right.
Step 3: start your CMI application
Tip:
If you have already started an application, click Resume next to the yellow file folder under the words Chamber Music Institute to continue filling out the form.
Click the Start a new submission button. The $5 submission fee is the final step. You can save progress and return to your application as necessary to complete the process any time prior to the posted deadline.
When the Available Programs screen appears, click on Chamber Music Institute and answer all of the questions. The Next Step button will be inactive until you have answered all questions on each screen. You can exit and return to the complete the application at any time prior to the posted deadline.
Step 4: fill out the application form.
Fill out the text information pages first.
When you are ready to continue, upload your media file(s). Click Choose Media from Computer on the left of the screen, then choose the appropriate file(s) from your computer. Click Upload Selected Media. The upload may take some time, depending on the size of the file selected and your internet connection's speed. If applying as a pre-formed group only one group member can submit the audio file(s) for the group.
COMPOSERS:
A maximum of five files may be uploaded, so please submit two pdfs of scores (preferably chamber music), and two audio (mp3) files of the same pieces, plus a curriculum vitae (pdf) with a works list indicating performance dates of the works.
PRE-FORMED GROUPS:
Each member must fill out a separate application form, but only one member can submit audio files for the group. The other members should indicate the name of the ensemble, and the name of the individual who will upload the recordings in their application form. If your ensemble does not yet have a name, please make one up for the application so that we know you are a pre-formed group.
Step 5: payment of fee and submission of your application form.
The final step is payment of the $5 submission fee. Credit card information is required. Click the Payment Confirmation button, then the Submit button. You will not be able to return and make adjustments to your form once you click Submit.
Step 6: the School of Music will contact you with the results
Tips and Troubleshooting
For helpful tips on preparing your media and for troubleshooting issues, please go to the SlideRoom Help Desk ("Help" on the top of the screen). If you have additional technical questions regarding SlideRoom, please “Submit a Request” on the SlideRoom Help Desk site.