First Online Composers Forum, March 20 @ 2pm Central You are invited to participate in this year's first discussion/online forum. The leaders will be Junior Composers program director Seth Custer and general director Randall Davidson. To join the forum, simply visit this page at any time between 2-3pm Central and click on the link that will appear on the front page. The agenda will include a glossary of the basic terms that we will be using this year to describe how film scores are put together. You are encouraged to read a copy of the book, Hearing the Movies (Oxford University Press, 2010) and look at some of the film clips that are linked to the front page of this site. See you on Saturday, March 20! JCI is growing its programs: Junior Composers Studio, Junior Composers Institute, and Junior Composers Teacher Clinics
Junior Composers launches its new two-week residential program called Junior Composers Studio (JCS) for young composers age 14-20 interested in intense score study, composition, and advanced workshops with filmmakers, artists, composers, and screen-writers. The Studio begins Monday, July 12 (the week before JCI) and runs parallel to the Institute from Monday, July 18 through Saturday, July 24, 2010. Junior Composers Institute (JCI) continues as it has for the last eight years as one of the outstanding national camps for young musicians age 14-20 interested in exploring their imaginations through music composition. The daily schedule consists of music theory instruction, workshops, composing time, field trips, guest speakers, reading sessions, and salons. Junior Composers Teacher Clinic (JCTC) will launch its second year with some innovations. Plans will be announced soon. The Teacher Clinic will feature workshops, a seminar and a teaching laboratory. Return here often; more details will appear on this page. Save the dates! Junior Composers Studio - July 12-24, 2010 Junior Composers Institute - July 18-24, 2010 Junior Composers Teacher Clinics - July 16-17, 2010 Featured Opportunity announced for 2010: Film-scoring The 2010 featured opportunity will be film-scoring with readings by a professional ensemble directed by conductor-composer Cary John Franklin. Composers in the Studio will have a reading on Monday, July 12; JCI composers will have readings on July 19 and 20. Studio composers will have numerous opportunities to work with guest composer Richard Marriott during his three-day residency (July 15-17) and attend workshops with film-maker Barbara Wiener (July 14). In their second week, JCS composers will be joined by composers attending JCI. As usual, everyone will compose a new work during JCI week.
Composers join here!You are invited to register as a Member and get access to our Members section. You can find the registration form here. The Member section is a secure social networking area for young composers to share their music, pictures, ideas, and participate in online chats about composing issues. You can become a member by filling out the online application form in the "Apply/Prepare" section. Important upcoming dates: click here. JCI 2009 Summary JCI 2009 is now finished and it was a new high-water mark for many reasons. There were three remarkable salons: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento visited on Monday, July 6 to talk about his experiences and approaches to setting texts, a software developer for Finale presented a very informative Wednesday Salon on Finale 2010, and composer Stephen Paulus talked about the life of a professional composer on the Friday Salon, July 10. Thirty-two composers participated in JCI this year and all of them participated in the Saturday Salon as composers and performers. Composers attending JCI 2009 also composed works for one of the great choruses in the world: VocalEssence with conductor Philip Brunelle. Throughout this site you will see evidence of the conversations and preparations JCI composers participated in to prepare for this outstanding opportunity. Questions like: "How do I compose for voices?" and "How do I pick the 'right' text for a musical setting -- and how do I make the words make sense when they are sung?" "How do you get started?" and "What are the common pitfalls when writing for voices?" We have been fortunate to have seasoned composers and professional singers join the discussion along with conductor Philip Brunelle. And the conversation has been richer because of the quality of questions from our JCI composers. Visit the three archived conversations in the link, below. Major events at JCI 2009 Monday (7/6/09) @ 4:00 PM - Dominick Argento "Selecting and Setting Texts"
Monday (7/6/09) @ 7:00 PM - VocalEssence reading session Thursday (7/9/09) @ 7:00 PM - VocalEssence reading session Friday (7/10/09) @ 11:30 AM - MN Orchestra concert Friday (7/10/09) @ 4:00 PM - Stephen Paulus "Life as a Professional Composer"
Saturday (7/11/09) @ 9:00 AM - Final Salon
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