Spectrum Brass Seminar, summer of 2016

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Spectrum Brass Seminar, summer of 2016

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Spectrum Brass is excited to announce our Fifth-Annual Spectrum Brass Seminar, June 17 - August 15, 2016, at the Bay View Music Festival. Applications are being accepted for individuals and preformed groups for the full eight-week session, or for two four-week sessions from June 17 - July 19, and July 19 - August 15. There is room for two advanced collegiate brass quintets each session and applications are due March 27th. If you are interested in attending but can't meet the application deadline, contact me right away and I will see what I can do to facilitate your application.

* For additional info about SBS: http://www.spectrumseminar.com
* For application: http://bayviewfestival.org/conservatory ... pplication

2012 was our inaugural year, and we have now had 61 students from 38 of the greatest music programs in the United States and Canada. So far we have had 3 active brass quintets formed by SBS alumni, and are excited about giving more students the performing and business tools they need to start an active, working quintet.

SBS participants will have an intensive experience featuring business/entrepreneurial classes, numerous brass quintet performances, and a large brass ensemble that ends each session with performances in venues across Northern Michigan. SBS students receive weekly lessons, quintet coachings twice a week, business/entrepreneurial classes twice a week, and 6 large brass coachings each session. In addition, each brass quintet will perform 4-5 times a session, and the large brass ensemble will perform multiple times per session.

The faculty for SBS are:

* Scott Thornburg, trumpet
* Brian Buerkle, trumpet
* Aaron Brant, horn
* John Rutherford, trombone
* Jacob Cameron, tuba

The seminar sessions are focused on topics from branding/marketing a group to finding your way in the world of freelancing. We pride ourselves on preparing the SBS participants to be out in the brave new world of the arts and on the cutting edge of entrepreneurial training.

In addition, the Bay View Music Festival is located in one of the most beautiful summer resort communities in the country, with some of the best views, outdoor recreation, and beaches to be found anywhere in the country. Check out the Bay View website - http://www.bayviewfestival.org

Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions and of course, please forward this on to anyone that might be interested!
Jacob Cameron
Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium
Western Michigan University
Principal Tuba, Grand Rapids Symphony
http://www.wmich.edu/music/
https://www.grsymphony.org/
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