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Commercial Recording Projects
Course Format: Classroom

 

Recording / CD Residencies
Course Format: Classroom
A recording project is the focus of these short-term residencies which are intended to help participants develop audio products, such as compact discs and demo tapes. Resources available to produce such products include a fully equipped multitrack recording studio, high-resolution recording facilities adjacent to the recital hall, professional resident engineers skilled in various audio media a...
 

Brass Master Class
Course Format: Classroom
For trumpet, trombone, tuba, and French horn. Musicians participate in a combination of master classes, private lessons, career development seminars, and performances, arranged by trombonist Alain Trudel and trumpeter Jens Lindemann. While pre-formed ensembles may apply, individual applications are adjudicated, and acceptance to the program will take all factors into account.
 

International Keyboard Festival
Course Format: Classroom
This program provides a great environment for keyboard musicians to develop through the numerous opportunities to perform on stage, and the excellent facilities which include 43 grand pianos, two harpsichords, and over 50 private studios. Participants interact with all faculty for the program including Marc Durand, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, and Julian Martin. The Banff Centre¡¯s summer music program...
 

Opera and Concert Orchestra Residency
Course Format: Classroom
The first part of the residency, under the baton of Imre Palló, focuses on four performances of John Estacio/John Murrell¡¯s Filumena, an opera first performed at The Banff Centre in 2003. Filumena is being re-mounted during the 2005 Banff Summer Arts Festival as part of Alberta’s 100th anniversary celebration. Rehearsal in the final week of the residency will be conducted by Peter Lei...
 

Master Classes
Course Format: Classroom
For violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn (July 11 to 22 only). In this program, musicians participate in a combination of master classes, private lessons, career development seminars, and performances, arranged by the faculty. Musicians interact with violinists Scott St. John and Erika Raum, violist Steven Dann, cellists Aldo Parisot and Shauna Rolston, flutist Lise...
 

Summer Short-Term Career Development Residencies
Course Format: Classroom
Residencies help composers, ensembles, singers, and solo performers (of instruments other than those of the master class programs) realize a specific artistic project of their choosing. Musicians in short-term residencies have the opportunity to participate in all activities taking place in Music & Sound during their stay, including working with faculty and visiting artists. Residencies vary...
 

Chamber Music
Course Format: Classroom
This program provides pre-formed ensembles of all types, with or without piano, an opportunity to focus on their development as an ensemble. Ensembles work on repertoire of their choice, are provided with their own rehearsal space, and the freedom to work on their own schedule. Program faculty includes violinist Andrew Dawes, cellist Laurence Lesser, and pianist Bernadene Blaha. The Banff C...
 

The Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music
Course Format: Classroom
For over 30 years, the Banff jazz workshops have set the standard for jazz excellence worldwide. Banff jazz alumni continue to assume positions of leadership in the creative music community worldwide. This workshop includes daily master classes and supervised small ensemble rehearsals, several common sessions per week with all faculty, workshopping new compositions, unlimited opportunities f...
 

The Hugh Fraser Jazz Orchestra Workshop
Course Format: Classroom
This program is for 25 to 30 saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion, bass, piano, and guitar musicians. Others will be considered (voice, flute, strings). For over 30 years, the Banff jazz workshops have set the standard for jazz excellence worldwide. Banff jazz alumni continue to assume positions of leadership in the creative music community worldwide. This lively workshop concentrates on...
 

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