Atlanta Instrumental Conducting Institute
The Atlanta Instrumental Conducting Institute invites musicians who are intellectually and artistically curious about the art of conducting and who seek to improve their own skills in the service of meaningful, connected music-making. Sessions will include gestural skills, non-verbal communication and instruction, creativity and imagination in rehearsal, and authentic musical leadership.
Conductors (post-undergraduate) and educators of all levels are welcome to apply for this intensive seminar for wind band/ensemble and orchestral conducting. All accepted conducting participants will attend a pre-institute online session with the faculty to establish goals and prepare repertoire for the laboratory ensembles: chamber winds, string orchestra, and full wind symphony.
Apply as a participant or auditor. Priority application date is May 1, 2024. Participation Fee $450 | Auditor fee $75/day
Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute
The Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute is a week-long series of seminars and masterclasses geared toward music educators, graduate student conductors, church musicians, community conductors, and any conductors looking to grow as artists. The Institute provides tracks of study in Choral Conducting or Wind Band Conducting with daily podium time conducting professional musicians, as well as lectures in conducting gesture, score study, choral tone, and rehearsal techniques for both choral, choral-orchestral, and wind instrumental literature. Co-artistic directors Dr. Daniel Bara of The University of Georgia and Dr. Deanna Joseph of Georgia State University will lead the 2024 Choral Track with Dr. Robert Ambrose of Georgia State University and guest Professor Gary Green of the University of Miami leading the 2024 Wind Band Track.
GSU Summer Leadership Institute
The Summer Leadership Institute fosters growth within the leadership of high school music programs. During this two-day event, 400 students from around the Southeast come together to learn effective leadership strategies and skills that will better equip them for leading themselves, their sections, and their ensemble.
Designed for middle and high school students with at least two years of musical study, the Summer Music Institute is an intensive one-week day camp. Select any of the four tracks and advance your musical training through world-class instruction from our institute conductors, in-depth study with our special topics instructors, and thrive on Georgia State's campus in downtown Atlanta.
The Schwob Summer Music Festival takes place Sunday, June 23rd through Friday, June 29th on the vibrant RiverPark campus at Columbus State University. The festival offers 5 days of intensive masterclasses, private lessons, chamber music, and special topics seminars, as well as student and faculty performances, all led by the world-class faculty at the Schwob School of Music.
Our festival offers young musicians, ages 14-18, a unique opportunity to grow through chamber music. Participants will work directly with Schwob faculty in the private lesson setting, and be coached as chamber musicians throughout the week. This unique opportunity allows students to develop deep listening skills, effective rehearsal techniques, and robust communication skills. Students will be housed in Columbus State University’s apartment-style housing, just a block from the Schwob School of Music.