2013 Summer Music Festival
Composition Track
Faculty | Guest Faculty | Schedule
Daily Festival Activities Include:
- Guided Composition Time
- Music Theory Workshops
- Instrument Clinics
- Composition Forum
- Independent Composition Time
- Evening Activities – Performances and Entertainment
Congratulations! to Andrew Burdick and Lauren Schmitz for winning the MTNA State Composition Competition with pieces composed at the 2011 Summer Music Festival.
Faculty
Dr. Christopher Schmitz, composition. Dr. Schmitz is the director of the Center for Music Composition at Southwestern College. His jazz and classical compositions have been featured in performance venues throughout the United States (including Carnegie Hall) and his music has appeared in award-winning feature films. Schmitz presented sessions on “Teaching Musicianship Through Composition” at the 2012 Kansas Music Educators Association conference.
2013 Guest Faculty
Dr. Hermes Camacho is a composer and conductor from northern California. He earned degrees from Cal State Long Beach (B.M.), the University of Colorado (M.M.), and The University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.) and is currently on the faculty of the Austin Chamber Music Center, Cole Conservatory (California), Sonorous Ensemble, and the Sacramento Youth Symphony. He and his wife live in Austin.
Composition Track Schedule 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013 Schedule
| 11:00 am – 2:00 pm | Festival Move-in Lunch – On Your Own |
| 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm | Counselors, SC Ambassadors, CIT’s and Participants – Intro to Festival |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Composers’ Orientation—Darbeth 207 (distribute laptops, present goals) |
| 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Guided Composition—Darbeth 207 (choose a template; demo Sibelius) |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Dinner – Welcome Center |
| 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Guided Composition—Darbeth 207 (generate motives) |
| 8:15 pm – 9:30 pm | Jazz Faculty and the Student Loans Concert – Richardson PAC |
| 9:30 pm – 10:00 pm | Festival Meeting and Ice Breakers for resident participants |
Tuesday, June 4 - Friday, June 7
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Practice Time/Free Time |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast – Dining Hall |
| 9:00 am – 11:50 am | Guided Composition—Darbeth 207
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| 12:15 pm – 12:55 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm – 2:10 pm | All-Festival Choir Rehearsals/Practice |
| 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm | Film Music Appreciation—Darbeth 207 (Buhler) or other elective |
| 3:05 pm – 4:05 pm | Comp Forum—Darbeth 207 (score study; pedagogical topics; orchestration clinic) |
| 4:10 pm – 4:25 pm | Break and Snacks – Java Jinx |
| 4:30 pm – 5:40 pm | All-Festival Orchestra Rehearsal |
| 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm | Dinner |
| 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm | Various All-Festival Events:
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Saturday, June 8
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 11:00 am | Final Rehearsals/Composition Recordings |
| 11:00 am | Refreshments - Roy L. Smith Student Center Lobby |
| 11:00 am – 1:00 pm | Check Out (in phases) |
| 1:00 pm | Vocal Solos - Richardson PAC |
| Jazz Combo - Deets Library | |
| Chamber ensembles and piano performances - Messenger Recital Hall | |
| 1:40 pm | Vocal ensembles - Richardson PAC |
| Chamber ensembles and piano performances - Messenger Recital Hall | |
| Composition Debut - Darbeth Listening Lab | |
| Jazz Combos - Deets Library | |
| 2:20 pm | Chamber ensembles and piano performances - Messenger Recital Hall |
| Composition Debut - Darbeth Listening Lab | |
| 3:15 pm | Orchestra Concert - Richardson PAC |
| 4:15 pm | Choir Concert - Richardson PAC |
| 5:15 pm | Banquet - Roy L. Smith Student Center |
