Next mid-winter masterclass
with Phil Cashian
Thursday 2nd - Sunday 5th January 2014
St. Hilda's College and the
Jacqueline du Pre Music Centre, OxfordBookings open
1st July 2013 for CoMA members
1st October 2013 for general public
St Hilda's College
One of the more recently established colleges of Oxford University, this college is located on the banks of the River Cherwell, opposite the Botanic Gardens and the Magdalen Bridge. The Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, the first purpose built concert hall in Oxford since the time of Handel, is located within the college grounds accommodates the composers' masterclass and allcomers' orchestral and quintet sessions, chamber groups and evening concerts.
These are intensive courses focussed on developing skills in string writing for mixed ability ensembles. Past tutors have included Tansy Davies, Gerald Barry and Sally Beamish.
Each course offers
- Pre-course guidance on writing for mixed ability strings ensembles
- Group tuition classes and one-to-one composition tutorial with Phil Cashian
- Attendance at workshop of a work submitted by each composer in advance of the course with an Allcomers string orchestra and an Allcomers string quintet.
- The opportunity to record these sessions
- Feedback on technical aspects of string writing by professional performers Darragh Morgan (violin), Max Baillie (viola) and Robin Michael (cello)
- Daily sessions working as a ‘composers ensemble' to create a work for performance at the end of the course
- Passes to a MASH festival concerts in the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
- A creative boost to kick off the New Year
Numbers are restricted to a maximum of 12 composers.