Young Artist Program in Violin or Viola
This class is open to senior violin students and provides instruction in a setting that moves towards traditional music college/university instruction while maintaining roots in Suzuki philosophy and pedagogy. It is expected that these senior players, who provide a role model to other participating students, will join enthusiastically in other Institute events.
Students Eligible:
Violinists or Violists who have completed Suzuki Bk. 8 or who are working at a Grade 9 RCM level or higher. Admission to the YAP program is based on invitation following a successful video audition.
Daily in-person only program includes:
Daily Optional Classes: (you may choose up to two options)
Cost: $690 CDN. Optional classes extra
Please note that mature students may better handle the audition process and the public master class instruction in the Young Artist Program. While there are no age limits, high school-age students may adapt to this somewhat more intense experience more easily than younger children. The regular Senior String program is another very rewarding option available for advanced students who are not sure about the YAP, or who are not accepted into the program (there is strictly limited enrolment in the YAP).
Application deadline is May 1st
Prepare your video audition, upload it to a web hosting service, and email download links to Elayne Ras by May 1st (no exceptions). See the Video Audition instructions.
NOTE: Audition recordings will not be processed until we have received the registration fee. Some classes will begin on Sunday August 11, and you will be notified via email about the specific times.
Students Eligible:
Violinists or Violists who have completed Suzuki Bk. 8 or who are working at a Grade 9 RCM level or higher. Admission to the YAP program is based on invitation following a successful video audition.
Daily in-person only program includes:
- Daily public Master Class (half-hour per student) with David Gillham (BC)
- Daily Master Class includes piano collaborator (if required, and rehearsal before classes begin)
- Daily Group Class
- Daily Advanced Orchestra rehearsal
- Solo performance at the end of the week
Daily Optional Classes: (you may choose up to two options)
- Chamber Music
- Choir for Everyone!
- Beginners Composition
- Intermediate Composition
- Fiddling
- Handbells
- Improv
- Percussion
- Viola for Violinists
Cost: $690 CDN. Optional classes extra
Please note that mature students may better handle the audition process and the public master class instruction in the Young Artist Program. While there are no age limits, high school-age students may adapt to this somewhat more intense experience more easily than younger children. The regular Senior String program is another very rewarding option available for advanced students who are not sure about the YAP, or who are not accepted into the program (there is strictly limited enrolment in the YAP).
Application deadline is May 1st
Prepare your video audition, upload it to a web hosting service, and email download links to Elayne Ras by May 1st (no exceptions). See the Video Audition instructions.
NOTE: Audition recordings will not be processed until we have received the registration fee. Some classes will begin on Sunday August 11, and you will be notified via email about the specific times.
Orchestra
with Dragon Djerkic (QC) and Margaret Parkin (UK)
Dragan and Margaret will lead our orchestras in a varied selection of music on Friday's Final Orchestral Concert. These conductors have extensive experience working with student orchestras. Prepare to be amazed!
Dragan and Margaret will lead our orchestras in a varied selection of music on Friday's Final Orchestral Concert. These conductors have extensive experience working with student orchestras. Prepare to be amazed!
Jeanie made her solo debut at age 11 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. She was a prize winner at the WAMSO Young Artist Competition, NTDTV International Violin Competition, Canadian Music Competition and MTNA Chamber Music Competition.
Jeanie has been a member of the Arthur-Leblanc string quartet since 2023. She has performed at chamber music festivals including Banff, Domaine Forget, Norfolk, Schleswig-Holstein, Toronto Summer Music, Sarasota, and Ottawa’s Music and Beyond. Jeanie was a founder of the Equinox Chamber Music Festival in Copenhagen. She has collaborated with dancers of the Royal Danish Ballet, performing solo Bach and chamber music in such venues as the Copenhagen Photo Festival, Elsinore Shakespeare Festival, and Royal Danish Theatre.
As an orchestral musician, she has previously been a member of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, Odense Symphony Orchestra (Denmark), Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (Denmark) and the Royal Danish Orchestra. She has also played with Thirteen Strings, Via Salzburg, various musical productions with Broadway Across Canada, and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra.
[ David Gillham is unable to come to SOSI this year. We are grateful to Jean-Hee Lee for graciously offering to take his place. ]
NOTE: All information, classes, faculty, etc. are subject to change depending on enrolment.
YAP Video Audition Instructions
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violin or viola yap | cello yap | piano yap
mini institute | junior strings | intermediate strings | senior strings