COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY
Collegiate Preparatory is a course geared toward students—instrumentalists, vocalists and composers—who are either considering auditioning for a music conservatory, or are looking for a more intensive performance experience. Students will rehearse regularly with a high-level collaborative pianist, perform often in class, offer feedback to peers, take juries & mock auditions, and perform at 5 community outreach concerts throughout the year. It is the goal of this class to provide detailed and individualized guidance for students regarding the collegiate and conservatory selection and audition processes.

COMPOSITION
Composition is a course which presents & explores concepts needed in order to create musical compositions. Topics included are: music notation principles, full-score writing, instrumentation, exploration & analysis of a variety of techniques and styles used by composers throughout history and today. As part of this class, students will attend one masterclass with a guest composer and a workshop focused on a selected topic (for example, film scoring or video game music). Additionally, composition students will be guided through their final project, which consists of writing a music composition aimed to be performed by Conservatory’s chamber music students and conducted by Conservatory’s conducting students during their final recital in May 2024.

CHAMBER MUSIC STUDIES
Chamber Music is a program that matches students in appropriately-leveled small groups with the goal of learning, rehearsing, and performing a variety of repertoire in three public recitals throughout the year. Students are matched with peers based on age, skill level and instruments represented across the program. Every chamber group receives one hour of weekly instruction by local professional musicians, and performs in three—sometimes four—public performances throughout the year. Playing in a chamber group setting offers students the opportunity to strengthen their musical abilities by developing in-depth listening skills, non-verbal communication, and a more thorough understanding of musical compositions. Click here to find audition information for the 2023-24 season.