Terrific summer opportunity - Spectrum Brass Seminar

[jcameron]

Spectrum Brass is excited to announce our Second-Annual Spectrum Brass Seminar, June 16 - August 11, 2013, 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 16 - July 14, and July 15 - August 11. There is only room for three advanced collegiate brass quintets each session and applications are due March 15th.

* For additional info about SBS: http://www.spectrumseminar.com
* To see performances from last summer: http://www.youtube.com/spectrumbrassquintet
* For application: http://www.yaptracker.com/applications/ ... tival-2013

2012 was our inaugural year, and we kicked it off in style with 25 advanced brass students from major institutions including Curtis, Eastman, Rice, Mannes, USC, Baylor, University of Michigan, Oberlin, and many more. We have significant scholarship opportunities and are focused on accepting a higher percentage of pre-formed groups this summer.

SBS participants will have an intensive experience featuring business/entrepreneurial classes, numerous brass quintet performances, and a large brass ensemble that starts with orchestral rep and 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 3 times per session.

The faculty for SBS 2013 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.

Spectrum Brass has had a big presence in it's first 5 years of existence and has more than a dozen performances each summer at the Bay View Music Festival.

Some highlights from Spectrum's first 5 years:

* Performances in 16 states
* World Premiere of Jim Stephenson's "Dodecafecta" for brass quintet and band at the Midwest Clinic
* Performance of Spectrum's acclaimed Gershwin show at Midwest Clinic
* Critically acclaimed debut CD - "One of the best" - Barry Kilpatrick, American Record Guide
* World premiere of Jim Stephenson's "Salsa Metales" show for brass quintet and orchestra with the
Bozeman Symphony.
* Check out our website - http://www.spectrumbrass.com
* Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/spectrumbrass

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! You can email me here: spectrumbrass"at"gmail.com