“Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity to make beautiful music with beautiful people.” Cailin McGarry, 2024 Chamber Music Fellow
NEWFOUND CHAMBER WINDS CHAMBER MUSIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Newfound Chamber Winds: Chamber Music Fellowship Application
The Newfound Chamber Winds Chamber Music Fellowship program is a summer workshop built upon our passion for sharing and creating music of the highest caliber. The 2025 Chamber Music Fellowship Program will run simultaneously with the Tidewater Composition Workshop to create meaningful, collaborative experiences between the NFCW Artist Faculty, the faculty composers, and Composition Fellows.
Up to three Chamber Music Fellows will be invited for each represented instrument in standard wind dectet instrumentation (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn).
Up to four Fellows will be invited on saxophone, and saxophonists may apply as a pre-formed quartet.
All applications for fellowships should be at minimum a rising sophomore in college and demonstrate exceptional playing ability.
Audition Repertoire: Two selections of the applicant's choice (solo -or- with piano accompaniment). The review committee recommends that, at minimum, one of the two selected pieces have been composed during the late 20th or 21st centuries, though this is not a requirement.
Additional Program Highlights:
Private and group lessons with NFCW Artist Faculty
Chamber music coaching and collaboration with NFCW Artist Faculty
Multiple performance opportunities of traditional repertoire and newly composed works in collaboration with the Tidewater Composition Workshop.
Professional video recording of live performances
Seminars on a wide range of topics, including: Career Building, Conductor/Performer Etiquette, Presentations by NFCW Artist Faculty, Presentations by Tidewater Composition Workshop participant composers, Q&A Session w/ Composition Workshop faculty David Biedenbender and Viet Cuong, Public Speaking to Audiences, and Writing Program Notes
Tuition: $800.00 (Scholarships available)
Housing: Fellows will be responsible for their own accommodations during the program. On-campus dorm housing is optionally available at the cost of $485 for 10 nights, Sunday, June 8 - Wednesday, June 18. A number of off-campus housing options are also available.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis October 15 through January 1. Participants will be notified of their acceptance via email by January 15.