June 9 - June 19, 2019

The Snow Pond Composers Workshop at Snow Pond Music Festival is a week of intensive input and experiences for creative growth for composers at both the graduate and undergraduate level.  In addition to private lessons and Master Class sessions with faculty composers, participants will explore new imaginative territories with immersion instructional and practicum sessions on improvisation, and an array of techniques for integrating improvisation into one’s compositions.  Time will be provided for on-site composing, and participants will have a short piece for violin, viola, and/or flute performed, critiqued, and recorded by Visiting Performing Artists Maya Bennardo and Hannah Levinson.  In addition to welcoming traditional approaches to composition, we are also receptive to composers whose work incorporates electronics, improvisation, jazz, rock, and other diverse elements into the compositional mix.

Program Highlights

• Master Class sessions and private lessons with faculty composers.
• Instructional sessions dedicated both to honing traditional compositional skills and to intensively exploring a wide range of approaches to improvisation.  These include both techniques for integrating improvisation into one’s compositions and presentations on interactive computer systems for use by improvising musicians.
• Exploration of the violin, viola, and flutes (bass, alto, concert, and piccolo) through presentations, readings, and performances of short pieces by Visiting Performing Artists Maya Bennardo, Hannah Levinson, and Peter H. Bloom.
• Receptive to both traditional composition and to composers whose work incorporates electronics, improvisation, jazz, rock, and other diverse elements into the compositional mix.
• Time for composing and processing new materials and ideas.
• Intimate and supportive environment for networking with peers and professional staff.
• Affordable tuition includes lodging, meals and use of New England Music Camp’s waterfront, recreational equipment and facilities.