Appalachian Education Initiative will review applications for Summer Music Institute
Morgantown WV (Nov. 2, 2009) – As the West Virginia affiliate of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, the Appalachian Education Initiative is excited to announce that more than one student from West Virginia will be able to attend the Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) National Trustees’ Summer Music Institute in 2010. Through an initiative of the NSO National Trustees, West Virginia residents ages 15-20 are eligible to apply for a National Trustees’ fellowship by recorded audition.
“The Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute is a 4-week program at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, for student instrumentalists,” said Lou Karas, AEI executive director. “Serious music students who attend the program have a wonderful opportunity to enhance their study experiences if they are chosen to attend.”
The Institute will be held from June 28, 2010 – July 26, 2010, according to Karas. Each student accepted into the Institute attends on full scholarship, which includes housing, food allowance, and local transportation during their stay in Washington, D.C. Travel assistance is also available.
“AEI will accept applications from now through Jan. 22, 2010, when a panel of West Virginia professional musicians and educators will review applications and select students who will be recommended for the program,” Karas said. “Those recommendations are sent to the NSO for final selection.”
This year, fellowships will be awarded to students who play violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba or harp.
Students who attend the institute have a full learning schedule, including...
- Private lessons taught by a member of the National Symphony Orchestra
- Chamber music coaching by NSO musicians
- Master classes and seminars
- Attendance at selected rehearsals and performances of the NSO
- Participation in the NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra, conducted by Elizabeth Schulze
- Performance opportunities in DC metropolitan area
- Exposure to internationally-renowned conductors, soloists and musicians
Applications, due by Friday, January 22, 2010, are available from the Appalachian Education Initiative and their website. For questions regarding auditions and applications, please contact AEI at 304-225-0101.
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About AEI:
Since its inception in 2001, the Appalachian Education Initiative (AEI) has been dedicated to ensuring that quality arts education should be a central part of the education of every public school student in West Virginia. For more information, go to www.aeiarts.org.
About the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAEN):
KCAAEN is a coalition of statewide non-profit organizations working in partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to support policies, practices, programs and partnerships that ensure the arts are an essential part of American K-12 education.
