Music Teacher Symposium

Schedule

Sunday July 29: 3:00PM Voice Teacher Registration and Orientation
Monday July 30: 8:00AM SMW Student Registration and Orientation
Monday-Thursday: 9:00AM - 12:30PM SMW choir rehearsals and sectionals; 12:30PM - 1:00PM Lunch Break; 1:00PM - 3:00PM Voice teacher/choral conductor seminar
Friday August 3: 9:00AM - 10:00AM Choir Rhearsal; 10:15AM - 11:15AM Voice Student Recital; 11:30AM - 12:00PM Pizza Party with SMW students; 12:30AM - 2:00PM Dress Rehearsal Evening Concert at SVSS Tent; 3:00AM - 4:30PM Afternoon Concert (optional); 5:30AM - 7:30PM Evening Concert under the SVSS Tent (assist)

Application Info

Forms and applications are available on our form download page.
Application Deadline: May 10, 2007
Notification of Selection: May 30, 2007

Fees

Please contact the SVSS Education Programs office for information regarding fees.

Program Description

This season's week long workshop is dedicated to public school choral conductors and area voice teachers who seek a wider understanding of the following: physiology of the voice and vocal pedogogy, solo vocal literature, audition preparation and stage deportment, and considerations in the studio and choosing appropriate solo literature. The program is held in conjunction with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony Summer Music Workshops.

School of Music "Pitch Perfect Evening" performance.

Curriculum

Participants will receive daily hands-on instruction while working directly with various levels of voice students who attend the Voice program at the SVSS Summer Music Workshops. Daily Seminars will begin with a lecture discussion based on the topics of the day. (Pedogogy, literture for young voices, audition preparation etc.) The second half of the session will include demonstration lessons by the instructors and the participants. The demonstration lessons will include discussion, problem solving and idea sharing. All rehearsals, classes and seminars will take place at a local school in Sun Valley.

Faculty will be led by Idaho State University assistant professor of Music, Dr. Diane Livingston Friedley. Dr. Friedley received her DMA from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts and her Master of Music from Indiana University. She has been an active performer in opera and recitals throughout the U.S. and abroad. At ISU she teaches voice and has developed the successful Summer Youth Opera program here in Idaho, which she began at Rutgers University.

College Credit

We are coordinating with a local university to offer the Music Teacher Symposium as a one-hour undergraduate or graduate course. There will be an additional fee for participants who register for this credit

Summer Music Workshop voice students in rehearsal.

Number of Participants

To provide a maximum education experience, enrollment will be limited to 10 participants. (A minimum of 5 participants will be necessary for the class to be held.)

Housing & Meals

Paricipants will be responsible for making their own arrangements for housing. We have blocked a limited number of standard rooms (2 queen beds) at a local hotel. Information on the hotel will be provided to participants upon notification of their selection so that they make make their reservation directly with the hotel. No meal plan is provided during the workshops, but there are local restaurants and food stores within the area.