BSO Mobile Club
 Join the BSO Mobile Club and be notified of performance reminders, premiums and special offers directly to your cell phone.
Enroll Online!
Or
Text "BSO" at 72648
There is no cost to join the BSO Mobile Club, however standard text messaging charges may apply from your cellular service provider.
Podcast
Stay in tune with the latest audio and video podcasts from the current and past BSO and Boston Pops seasons.
BSO Podcast
Boston Pops Podcast
Supported by Firefox 2.0, IE 7.0, and Safari 2.0
|
|
"The Tanglewood Music Center's strength lies with its resources. The Tanglewood environment is a potent mix of all the attributes of a great musical and educational experience. The presence of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its artistic resources enables students to learn the art and craft of orchestral performance with master teacher-performers in orchestral and master class settings." – Edwin Barker, Principal Double Bass, Boston Symphony Orchestra, TMC Fellow, 1975 “The chamber music program provides intense encounters with intimate genres. The faculty stresses deep listening skills and active communication in repertoire ranging from masterworks to rarities, from the earliest styles to works just written.” –Norman Fischer, Chamber Music Coordinator The TMC strives to maintain a rewarding balance of orchestral playing, chamber music, and master-classes for instrumental Fellows.
Instrumental and Orchestral Studies
Edwin Barker, Chairman
Instrumental and Orchestral Studies at the TMC includes work in the TMC Orchestra (TMCO), as well as classes with members of the BSO and guests, and other special instrument-specific projects.
The TMCO performs under internationally renowned conductors before sold-out crowds in the Koussevitzky Music Shed and in Seiji Ozawa Hall. In 2010, Maestro James Levine will lead the TMCO in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 and in fully staged performances of Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos. Other conductors for the 2010 season will include Stefan Asbury Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Seiji Ozawa, and Robert Spano (see below).
Interaction with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is an integral part of the program. In addition to master-classes (see below), Fellows have regular contact with BSO section representatives, who serve as mentors in matters both professional and musical. BSO representatives are actively involved in pre-season auditions, creating summer assignments, providing ongoing counsel, and ensuring a regular collaboration between the two orchestras. Additionally, the TMCO joins with the BSO in a gala performance during Tanglewood on Parade, a day-long celebration filled with musical events. Front section seating is available to TMC Fellows for most BSO concerts, and BSO rehearsals are always open to TMC Fellows. TMC string players can audition to perform with the BSO during the summer, and TMC wind, brass, percussion and harp players are invited to observe daily BSO rehearsals onstage within the sections.
Highlights of 2010 TMC Orchestra: Repertoire and Conductors | | | JAMES LEVINE | Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Staruss: Adriadne auf Naxos (fully-staged opera) | | | RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS | Debussy: La Mer | | | SEIJI OZAWA | Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 | | | ROBERT SPANO | Copland: Symphony No. 3 |
Chamber Music
Norman Fischer, Coordinator The study and performance of chamber music is a central part of the Tanglewood Music Center curriculum. The TMC offers chamber music concerts every Sunday morning at 10:00 am and every Saturday evening at 6:00 pm, as well as additional concerts as scheduled throughout the summer. All instrumental and vocal Fellows perform on these recitals. All violinists, violists, and cellists will begin their summer with the 8-day String Quartet Seminar, an intensive workshop that explores this repertoire from Haydn through the 20th century. Participants concentrate exclusively on the study of pre-assigned quartets during this period; master-classes are held throughout the seminar. A marathon concert takes place at the end of the seminar, and some of the quartets studied become long-term projects for performance later in the season. Note that the 2010 String Quartet Seminar requires participants to be in residence during the TMC pre-season, beginning on June 19. All applicants should be aware of the TMC's considerable emphasis on contemporary music, which features prominently in chamber music recitals throughout the summer and particularly during the world-renowned Festival of Contemporary MusicM (August 12-16). Other highlights of chamber music in 2010 include projects led by distinguished faculty Emanuel Ax, Pamela and Claude Frank, Joseph Silverstein, and others to be announced.
Master Classes
TMC Fellows have at least one class per week with BSO members, TMC resident faculty, or visiting artists, examining over the course of the summer both solo and orchestral repertoire, as well as special topics like contemporary techniques, breathing methods, professional issues, reed making, etc. Fellows are informed of these in advance of the season, and should come prepared to actively participate. Classes may include extended seminars focusing on a particular topic, reading sessions for standard orchestral repertoire, and mock auditions.
2010 Instrumental Application & Audition Process
View the Application & Audition Process for the Instrumental Fellowship, including: required supporting materials, and information on the audition dates, times, and locations. more >
|