TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY
July 21 - August 17, 2008
The Toronto Summer Music Academy launches its third season from July 21 to August 17, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Edward Johnson Building (Faculty of Music) at the University of Toronto.
The Academy program is designed to enhance the artistic development of emerging professionals: experienced musicians at the threshold of their career in music performance. Internationally acclaimed artists and pedagogues offer training in music performance through a series of workshops. The Academy is led by Artistic Director Agnes Grossmann.
The sole criterion for Academy acceptance is musical excellence. Enrollment is limited in each program to ensure quality of instruction. The workshops involve master classes and coaching sessions. Ample time is allowed in the schedule for individual practice and ensemble rehearsals. Students will have opportunities to perform in concert.
The 2008 Toronto Summer Music Festival runs concurrently with the Academy Program and features over thirty Canadian and international artists in more than twenty concerts, an opera production, workshops, lectures and twice weekly student concerts. The theme of the 2008 Toronto Summer Music Festival, IN THE FIRE OF CONFLICT, explores how composers over the centuries have expressed the dramatic tension of confl ict in its many facets.
2008 Academy Programs
Master Classes for Instrumentalists
A series of intensive master classes with our internationally acclaimed faculty targeted at solo musicians and pre-formed ensembles at the threshold of their career in music performance.
String Quartet Workshop
Two weeks of intensive coaching for exceptionally promising string quartets.
Opera
A four-week opera program, including voice master classes and Italian language coaching, under the direction of Agnes Grossmann. The four-week session culminates with performances of Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, fully staged by Titus Hollweg, with members of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada as part of the Toronto Summer Music Festival.
Composition Workshop
A workshop designed for talented young composers with demonstrated originality and skill in their creation of string quartets.
Chamber Music Workshop for Experienced Amateurs
A one-week intensive workshop for serious, experienced amateur ensembles providing coaching by our highly acclaimed faculty to advance skills in music interpretation, ensemble and performance skills.
2008 Academy Faculty
Academy Facilities
Rehearsals, classes and coaching take place in the Edward Johnson Building, home of the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Individual practice rooms and several rehearsal spaces with pianos are available to Toronto Summer Music Academy students.
The Edward Johnson Building houses: a music library which is the main research music collection in Canada and includes a vast collection of sound recordings in the Sniderman Recording Archives; the MacMillan Theatre, which is a fully equipped opera house; and Walter Hall, which is one of the city's major chamber music halls. It is located on the main campus of the University of Toronto in midtown Toronto, on the subway line, and close to the city's libraries, concert halls, galleries, museums and theatres.