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.
2012 Guest Faculty
2013 Guest Faculty TBA
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 |
| 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Scott Lang – Music Leadership |
| 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Scott Lang – Advanced Music Leadership |
| 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Composers’ Orientation—Darbeth 207 (distribute laptops, present goals) |
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 – 11:00 am | Guided Composition Time—Darbeth 207 |
| 11:00 am – 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Theory Workshop—Studio 8 |
| 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Guided Composition Time—Darbeth 207 |
| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Instrument Clinic (alternate between faculty performers)—Darbeth 207 |
| 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Break and Snacks – Java Jinx |
| 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Composition Forum (score study; tools and methods of composition) |
| 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm | Dinner |
| 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Independent Composition or Free Time |
| 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm | Evening Activities
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Saturday, June 8
| 7:30 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am – 10:00 am | Final Rehearsals |
| 11:00 am | Family Day Begins Detailed schedule coming soon! |
