Chamber Music Seminar & Virtual Academy 2020
Monday, July 27th - Friday, July 31st
12 pm to 4 pm Daily
PYCO School of Music Chamber Music Seminar & Virtual Academy is an intensive chamber music experience designed to enhance the chamber music and collaborative skills of string, woodwind, and piano students ages 11 to 18, in a fun and exciting atmosphere!
Students are instructed by prominent artists and teachers of national and international renown with extensive experience and expertise as educators, chamber musicians, and members of major musical groups.
Seminar faculty and guest artists include musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet, Kassia Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon University, and Duquesne University.
Students are instructed by prominent artists and teachers of national and international renown with extensive experience and expertise as educators, chamber musicians, and members of major musical groups.
Seminar faculty and guest artists include musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet, Kassia Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon University, and Duquesne University.
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Dates: Monday, July 27 through Friday, July 31, 2020
Time: 12 pm to 4 pm daily Tuition: $350 per student. Tuition due by July 13, 2020. Click here to make a tuition payment. Due to the highly individualized nature of this program, no refunds will be given after July 13, 2020. No refunds will be made for failure to attend or incomplete attendance for any reason.
Suggested Equipment for participants:
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Auditions: This program is open to students ages 11 to 18 who play string instruments, woodwind instruments, or piano. For chamber music group placement purposes, an audition is required. Video auditions may be sent to info@pycosom.com. The audition deadline is Monday, June 27, 2020.
Students also have the option of participating in the Seminar portion of the program only, without participating in the Virtual Chamber Music Academy.
Tuition for Seminar only: $250 per student.
Instruments are not required to participate in the seminar. Seminar-only students will not participate in the Chamber Music portion of the program.
Instruments are not required to participate in the seminar. Seminar-only students will not participate in the Chamber Music portion of the program.
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Academy Faculty
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Seminar Speakers
- Amanda Lewis - Business
- Brittany Trotter (Dickinson College) - Practice hAPPily - using technology to enhance your solo and chamber practice routine
- Bryan Sable - Piano Improv
- Cello Fury - Rock
- Chris Laitta - Theater Performance
- Dawn Posey - Practice Advice
- Jeff & Tania Grubbs - Jazz
- Katie Grennan - Fiddling
- Lance Laduke (Carnegie Mellon University) - Business
- Mikhail Istomin (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) - Orchestra Audition Preparation
- Stanley Chepaitis (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) - Jazz
- Zoe Sorrell - Business
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