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ENSEMBLE PROGRAM: Instrumentalists (including pianists and percussionists) and vocalists are invited to apply to the SICPP Ensemble Program. A limited number of performers will be selected to prepare and perform contemporary chamber music under the direction of SICPP artistic director Stephen Drury; selected ensembles will prepare works by Composer-in-Residence Chaya Czernowin and be coached by the composer. A limited number of vocalists may also be selected to participate in the Ensemble Program; vocalists will work with a chamber group as well as work with special guest faculty Tanya Blaich. Music will be mailed out in May; groups formed from the pool of applicants will also include members of the Callithumpian Consort who will direct and coach the ensemble as well as perform in it. Ensembles will also perform works by invited composers (see CALL FOR SCORES). All music will be performed at the final marathon concert on Saturday June 19th.

NEW WORKS PROGRAM: Composers accepted to the program (see CALL FOR SCORES) will participate in daily colloquia, led by Program Coordinator Nicholas Vines, where composers will present their works and discuss their process with fellow composers. Selected composers will have their submitted works performed by musicians attending the Institute and/or members of the Callithumpian Consort in a master class by the Composer-in-Residence Chaya Czernowin, as well as on the final marathon concert on June 19th.

PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS: A limited number of pianists, percussionists and instrumentalists will be chosen to participate in seven days of master classes. Participants will be coached by pianists Stephen Drury and Corey Hamm, percussionists Scott Deal and Mathias Reumert, other members of the SICPP faculty and guests artist Steffen Schleiermacher on a broad range of repertoire from the last 100 years. Selected players will also be selected for participation in the Ensemble Program and assigned to chamber groups, which will rehearse in the afternoons. For pianists, those not participating in the Ensemble Program will receive private lessons from members of the piano faculty. (Click here for a list of repertoire suggestions.) Auditors, who do not perform in the morning classes, are also welcome, and may arrange to schedule lessons during the week with the SICPP faculty at NEC Summer School’s standard rate. Selected students will be invited to perform on the final marathon concert on Saturday June 19th. (see CONCERT SERIES) Click here for a complete list of faculty and artist bios.

NEW! ELECTRONIC MUSIC WORKSHOP: We are excited to introduce our newest workshop focused on the use of electronics in performance, led by NEC's John Mallia and SICPP's long-time percussion faculty Scott Deal, who will work with practicing electronic artists, including composers, improvisers, and sound artists, as well as performers and composers interested in, but with little or no experience with, electronics. This brand new program for electronic artists will include daily sessions of student presentations/demonstrations and faculty critique, daily specialized workshops and rehearsals with multichannel diffusion system(s) and specialized performance setups, and a culminating performance event showcasing participant works in the following areas: Instruments with live electronic processing, laptop and/or analog electronics in performance, multichannel sound diffusion, sound installations, networked performance, all to be a part of the SICPP marathon concert on June 19th.

CONCERT SERIES: The Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice will present six evening concerts of modern music for piano. Members of the SICPP 2010 artist faculty Stephen Drury, Corey Hamm, Yukiko Takagi, Scott Deal, and Mathias Reumert will perform alongside special guest artist Steffen Schleiermacher and the Callithumpian Consort, presenting music by Chaya Czernowin, Christian Wolff, Helmut Lachenmann, John Zorn, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage and others. Selected students will be asked to perform on the final marathon concert on Saturday June 19th. All concerts are FREE!

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE: Chaya Czernowin will be the BnG Foundation 2010 SICPP Composer-in-Residence; her music will be presented as part of the evening concert series. Czernowin will coach participants on her own works and meet with and discuss works submitted by participating composers, both in master class and in individual meetings (see CALL FOR SCORES).

CALL FOR SCORES: The New England Conservatory Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance is seeking scores for both mixed ensembles and piano or instrumental solo to be performed during the June, 2010 course (June 12 - 19). Scores can be of a range of difficulties. The selected works will be performed by advanced students attending the course and discussed in masterclass and individually by composer-in-residence Chaya Czernowin. Composers whose pieces are selected are expected to attend the course for the composer's fee of $650.

Review of submissions for performance begins April 15th.
Composers should submit scores (with minimal biographical information) to:

SICPP Scores
c/o Stephen Drury
New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115

SICPP is sponsored in part by the kind and generous support of:

_______The BnG Foundation