TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY
July 19 - August 14, 2010
2010 marks the fifth anniversary of the Toronto Summer Music Academy, which will run from July 19 to August 14, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Academy has been conceived to provide exceptionally gifted young musicians with an opportunity to study with an international faculty of the highest quality and reputation, learning from their experience and musicianship. With limited enrollment, study is intense and enriching and provides students with a chance to interact with the faculty and other emerging professionals.
The Festival
The 2010 Toronto Summer Music Festival runs concurrently with the Academy program and features over thirty Canadian and international artists in more than twenty concerts, workshops, lectures and twice-weekly Emerging Artist concerts. The theme of the 2010 Toronto Summer Music Festival is SONGS OF THE EARTH, a celebratory commemoration marking the anniversaries of three giants of the Romantic period: Schumann, Chopin and Mahler.
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, a fully equipped opera house; and Walter Hall, 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.
2010 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.
Composition Workshop
A workshop designed for talented young composers with demonstrated originality and skill in their creation of string quartets.
Chamber Ensemble Coaching
Up to four weeks of intensive coaching for pre-formed chamber music groups of exceptional quality.