NOW SUMMER COURSE – 17th – 20th August 2012
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It gives me great pleasure to announce Northamptonshire Orchestral Winds’ first band camp, summer school or summer course. This Summer Course is open to all wind band instrument players in the community (not just the NOW Community) and will focus on excellence, musicianship, ensemble, balance, intonation, and technical expertise. Expert professional conductors and trainers will be brought in to work alongside NOW’s Musical Director Andrew Bassey to bring a course to remember.
Tim Reynish will be the main conductor, and with his vast experience this will surely be a course that everyone will benefit from. The Advanced Wind Orchestra will learn cutting edge wind music possibly with a world premiere.
The course is planned to run from Friday morning to Monday evening with a concert for all the bands at the end which will be open to the public. The course will be packed full with educational classes, inspirational conducting and music making, with a chance to browse and purchase wind band music and try and buy musical instruments from the trade stands. In particular trumpet players have the brilliant opportunity to try the up and coming and much acclaimed Geneva Trumpet which will be demonstrated by the fantastic principal trumpet in the London Symphony Orchestra, Rod Franks.
We envisage a non-residential course open to all woodwind, brass and percussion players. People coming from a distance could be advised where to stay. Cooked meals will be provided but they are not included in the course price, they are extra (so if you want to provide your own – go ahead).
Course fees are kept down to a minimum. If you want to come but finances are an issue we may be able to help. Also if you would like to donate to help musicians with financial difficulties you can click here .
The location is University of Northampton, Avenue Campus, St. George’s Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JD. Please complete this online application form , the next link to this is at the foot of the page.
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Trumpet Soloist: Rod Franks, and Geneva Instruments
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Proposed repertoir.
Course Schedule.
What else is on offer?
3 wind bands playing great music at their level.
A Master Class, with selected players from the advanced wind orchestra, on Igor Stravinsky’s famous, Symphonies of Winds; Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (if he is free!) or Dr Tim Reynish if he isn’t.
Band Basics Class – how to achieve good ensemble, dynamics, intonation, balance, articulation etc., with the wind band. Timothy Reynish.
Art of Conducting Class and how conducting, phrasing and expression interact. This is for all, as all have an interest in this. Timothy Reynish.
Demonstration on Geneva Instruments and a master class on the slow movement of Richard Rodney Bennett’s Trumpet Concerto. Rod Franks (sponsored by Geneva Instruments).
A Massed Fun Band Play in.
A Summer Course BBQ with some amusing medieval street entertainment, by early music man and his wife, Richard and Elizabeth York.
A Concert that is open to the public to round off the course. Tickets available through NOW after March 30th 2012
We hope to run 3 ensembles simultaneously
Beginner Wind Ensemble - Grade 1 – 3
Intermediate Wind Ensemble – Grade 4 – 6
Advanced Wind Orchestra - Grade 7 +
Fees
£150 Standard Rate,
£140 concessions full time student under 21,
£130 Advanced Players beyond grade 8,
£110 UK Music College Students: you attend a UK Royal College or Birmingham Conservatoire.
Non refundable deposit - £25 per person due on application
balance due by Friday March 30th
Just to make sure you understand:- the price includes great music making, Summer Course BBQ, refreshments and access to Master Classes.
Extra - 7 hot meals (Lunch and Dinner) for £50, Students/children £35
(If you need advice on nearby Bed and Breakfast accommodation please ask.)
N.B. In order for you to have the hot meal extra you must pay in advance with your application fees by 30th March 2011 as the caterers require precise numbers in order for this to work, you will be issued with some sort of voucher. If you do not pay in advance there is no guarantee that you will be fed. Refreshments including hot drinks are provided during breaks at no extra cost, as is the course BBQ (with Renaissance Bard Entertainment) which are all covered by the course fee.
A non-refundable deposit of £25 per person is also payable on application.
NOW supports practical music education in the community
CHILDREN ON THE NOW SUMMER COURSE (UNDER 16 yrs).
We are not against children being involved in NOW. We do have children as young as 8. Usually their parents are learning alongside them. Therefore for the purposes of this course and bearing in mind that this is a non-residential course and there is no pastoral care specifically for the children, we will allow children on the course as long as they are accompanied by an adult with specific parental responsibility for that child. The adult does not have to play in the same group but must be on-site as long as the child is on-site. At 16yrs and above young people can attend without an adult. Please tell us if you are in this position at the time you make your application.
NOW was set up in October 2005 to provide a very high standard of music education through training in wind bands and ensembles within the community. NOW also makes this available at a very affordable rate so as to give anyone who has this interest the opportunity to learn whether ‘rich or poor’. If you do not already play an instrument please sign up for a beginner class which only costs £2 an hour. If this or any other course is not affordable due to you being unwaged etc., please speak to us we may be able to help. If you would like to donate to the Summer Course and help NOW in its objectives, please donate using the secure Paypal link below.