DENVER PHILHARMONIC INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING WORKSHOP, CONCERT and COMPETITION
WHERE: Denver, Colorado, USA
WHEN: February 10 - 15, 2025
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FACULTY: Maestri Lawrence Golan and Donald Schleicher
GUEST ARTIST: Denise Dillenbeck, Violin and Annie Zagorski, Viola
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ENSEMBLE: The Denver Philharmonic Orchestra
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DESCRIPTION:
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Come to the "Mile High City" Denver, CO, to study the art of conducting and great repertoire with two amazing faculty. This workshop includes:
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Score study, career development and programming classes
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4 full orchestra sessions or 3 string ensemble sessions, depending on the level of participation
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Video reviews with faculty
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Appearance on final public performance for all participants
Only 14 active participants will be accepted, six PLP and eight GLP participants. One competition winner, at the discretion of the faculty, will be selected to return the following season to guest conduct a piece on a subscription concert.
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• Platinum Level Participants (PLP): conduct one piece or movement on the concert with the full orchestra• Gold Level Participants(GLP): conduct
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REPERTOIRE:
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Full Orchestra/Platinum Level Concert Repertoire:
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
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Nancy Ives: Immortal Beloved - Denise Dillenbeck, Violin
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A
String Orchestra/Gold Level Concert Repertoire:
Holst: St. Paul's Suite
Telemann: Viola Concerto - Annie Zagorski, Viola
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
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MAESTRO LAWRENCE GOLAN
Vibrant, inspired performances, imaginative programming and an evocative command of different styles and composers are the hallmarks of American conductor Lawrence Golan. He currently serves as Music Director/Conductor of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra (Washington), the York Symphony Orchestra (Pennsylvania), and the Lamont Symphony Orchestra & Opera Theatre at the University of Denver (Colorado). In addition, he is the Music Director Laureate of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra.
Having conducted throughout the United States and in Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, England, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, Maestro Golan continues to develop relationships with orchestras nationally and abroad.
An accomplished violinist, Golan served as Principal Second Violinist of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra (1989-1990) and then Concertmaster of the Portland Symphony Orchestra for eleven years (1990-2001) before focusing his career on the podium. He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and continues to perform, primarily to benefit the orchestras of which he is Music Director.
As a composer/arranger, Golan’s edition and reduced orchestration of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is published by Spurwink River Publishing. His scholarly-performing edition of the solo violin works of J. S. Bach, which includes a handbook on Baroque Performance Practice, and The Lawrence Golan Violin Scale System are both published by Mel Bay Publications. Golan’s Fantasia for Solo Violin is published by LudwigMasters. His original orchestral compositions, Fantasia for Orchestra and Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc), are both available through Notation Central.
Lawrence Golan was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 St. Cecilia International Music Competition in the UK and was also awarded First Prize in four different categories, both as conductor and composer. In addition, he is a 10-time winner of ASCAP Awards for the Innovative Programming of Contemporary Music, 5-time Global Music Award winner, 3-time American Prize winner, 3-time Downbeat Magazine Award winner, and 2-time Prestige Music Award winner. He was the Grand Prize Winner of the American Prize in Orchestral Programming and the First Place winner of the Ictus International Music Competition. Golan has made numerous commercial recordings, both as conductor and violinist, many of which have garnered international awards.
A native of Chicago, Golan has been Director of Orchestral Studies and head of the graduate conducting program at the University of Denver since 2001. Previous positions include Principal Guest Conductor, Bayerische Philharmonie in Munich, Germany (2022-2024), Music Director, Denver Philharmonic Orchestra (2013-2024), Resident Conductor, Phoenix Symphony (2006-2010), founder and Artistic Director, Atlantic Chamber Orchestra (1998-2003), Music Director, Portland Ballet Company (1997-2013), and Music Director, Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra (1990-2001).
MAESTRO DONALD SCHLEICHER
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Maestro Schleicher served for 26 years as Director of Orchestras at the University of Illinois, where he was awarded the title of Daniel J. Perrino Professor Emeritus, School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts. Other previous positions include Resident Conductor at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Music Director and Conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director and Principal Opera Conductor for the Pine Mountain Music Festival. At the outset of his career, he spent seven years as a high school band director in Williamsville, New York, and two years as Director of Bands at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In addition, he served as both Associate Director of Bands and Associate Director of Orchestras at the University of Michigan.
Schleicher has conducted the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the Daegu (South Korea) Symphony Orchestra, the Incheon (South Korea) Philharmonic, the Gwangju Symphony (South Korea), the Guiyang (China) Symphony, the Orquesta Filarmonica de la UNAM of Mexico City, the South Dakota Symphony, and the orchestras of Bridgeport, Tallahassee, and Lansing. He has appeared as a guest conductor at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and served as a cover conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
He is frequently invited to lead performances or provide conducting master classes at many of the country’s major music schools such as the Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Baylor University, University of Minnesota, Ithaca College, Ohio State University, and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. As an enthusiastic advocate of public school music education, Mr. Schleicher has conducted All-State orchestras, festivals, and youth orchestras in nearly every state of the United States.
As a conducting teacher, Mr. Schleicher regularly appears as conducting clinician and is currently engaged as a lead teacher for the International Conducting Workshop and Festival as well as the Conducting Master Class and Workshop Series. Many of his former conducting students have gone on to hold prestigious conducting positions with orchestras and opera companies across the globe.
TUITION, LODGING
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Tuition, Platinum Level Participant (6 only) $1345 (US)
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Tuition, Gold Level Participant (8 only) $825 (US)
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Tuition Auditors: $250 (US)
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Accommodations: are the responsibility of the attendees. There is a discount rate available at the Holiday Inn Express Downtown Denver (3 blocks from the workshop venue). Traditional Room - $129; Deluxe King - $149. Includes WiFi, breakfast buffet, IHG rewards.
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Participants and Auditors who play in the preconcert string ensemble receive a $150 discount.
APPLICATION INFO
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Highest priority to applications received by Dec. 1, 2024.
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Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2024 and will continue until all spots have been filled.
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Tuition must be paid in full by January 1, 2025.
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Cancelation Policy: If a canceling participant’s spot is filled by a new student, a tuition refund will be given. If a canceling participant’s spot is not filled, they get a credit for the following season’s DPO Conducting Workshop.
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There is a $100 non-refundable application fee.
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SCHEDULE
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February 10-15, 2025
Denver, Colorado, USA
Deatils TBA
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