Concert broadcasts and seminars by top artists part of Monteux's summer online calendar

 

Mr. Thayer stated, "We are excited to announce our summer 2020 online events. While COVID-19 has made it impossible to hold our regular season in-person, the inspirational sounds of symphonic and chamber music will still be heard in digital format through free concert broadcasts. We will continue to help young musicians hone their skills through a variety of seminars and workshops given by some of the best musicians and experts in the field, all of which will be open to the public."

 

A detailed six-week schedule, comprising four different series and totaling 28 events will be presented by The Monteux School & Music Festival beginning June 14 and running through July 26, 2020. The calendar will include:

 

Monteux Festival Orchestra Broadcasts - featuring performances from the 2015-19 summer Festivals, including such works as Tchaikovsky's brilliant Symphony No. 5 in E minor; Chausson's Symphony in B-flat Major with its compelling moments of serenity and dramatic intensity; Respighi's magnificent Fountains of Rome; Elgar's Enigma Variations with its famous "Nimrod" variation, and Ravel's colorful and intense La Valse.

 

Mainely Chamber Music Broadcasts - featuring performances from the 2014 - 19 summer seasons, including Borodin's tender Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2; Haydn's popular String Quartet Op. 20, No. 4; Ewald's intriguing Brass Quintet No. 3; William C. White's Trio for Viola, Horn and Piano, composed for two fellow Monteux alumni; Stravinsky's neo-Classical masterpiece, Octet for wind instruments, and last summer's performance of Vivaldi's Autumn and Winter from The Four Seasons featuring soloist Milan Milisavljevic, principal viola with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

 

Conductor Seminars - covering professional and educational engagement, physical and mental health, approaching scores, storytelling from the pit, rehearsals, professional image, inclusion and diversity, building careers and more. Presenters include David Neely, Artistic Director, Des Moines Metro Opera and Director of Orchestral Activities, University of Maryland; Diane Wittry (Music Director, Allentown Symphony Orchestra; Rob Bethel, Yesterday Service Sheet Music; Henry Fogel, Orchestral Management Consultant, Dean Emeritus, Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts and former president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Laura Grant, national publicist; Dr. Ralph Manchester, President, Performing Arts Medical Association, and a number of distinguished Monteux alumni: Gabriela Diaz Alatriste, Artistic Director, Orquesta Filarmoónica Mexiquense; Sarah Hicks, Principal Conductor, Minnesota Orchestra's Live at Orchestra Hall Series and Inside the Orchestra series, and staff conductor, Curtis Institute of Music; Sara Jobin, Artistic Director of the Center for Contemporary Opera, New York City; Tiffany Lu, Monteux Conducting Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, Sewanee: The University of the South; Ming Luke, Principal Guest Conductor, San Francisco Ballet; Tanya Maggi, Dean of Community Engagement and Professional Studies, New England Conservatory; Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Emeritus, Seattle Symphony; David Rahbee, Director of Orchestras, University of Washington; Michael Sakir, Music Director, Opera Memphis; Kirk Smith, Co-Principal Conductor of the NEW Black Music Repertory Ensemble at Columbia College in Chicago; Kensho Watanabe, international guest conductor and former Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra (2016 to 2019), and William White, Music Director, Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers.

 

Instrumental Audition Workshops - for violin/viola, brass, woodwinds, cello/bass. Participants have been selected from the musicians who were attending the School this summer. Guest artists: Nathan Cole, First Associate Concertmaster, Los Angeles Philharmonic; Jennifer Gunn, flute/piccolo, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Steve Lange, trombone, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster, Louisville Orchestra, and Bjorn Ranheim, cello, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

 

All events are free. Concert Broadcasts are of previous season performances and are open to the Public; links will be posted on Monteux's website and Facebook. The Conductor Seminars are open to the general public to observe, but registration is required in advance. A link will be sent to registrants. Click here for more information. Instrumental Audition Workshops are open to the general public to observe. All times Eastern Standard.