Tailored to meet the individual and professional needs of young artists ages 18–35, Professional Training Workshops provide a special opportunity for participants to explore every aspect of musical life with today’s leading artists. These weeklong intensive workshops provide insight and tools to nurture artistic vision, offer ways to communicate and connect with audiences, and build a community of friends and colleagues to last a lifetime.
Music teachers, performers, students, and other music lovers are welcome to attend select Workshop sessions as auditors and watch world-renowned artists coach and guide young performers for a small fee. Learn more.
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MARILYN HORNE AND THE SONG CONTINUES... WITH MALCOLM MARTINEAU, AND KURT MOLL
For Singers
Open to young professional singers, this festival curated by Marilyn Horne features six public events at Carnegie Hall and is dedicated to exploring and preserving the art of song.
January 18–23, 2011
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ROBERT SPANO AND THE BERLIOZ REQUIEM with Norman Mackenzie, choral preparer A Choral Workshop and Festival
For Choral Professionals
Top choral professionals from around the world and some of the nation's best high school choruses explore and perform Berlioz's great Requiem.
February 8–13, 2011
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BRAD MEHLDAU MASTER CLASSES Advancing Jazz Improvisation
In Partnership with (Le)Poisson Rouge
For Jazz Students in the NYC Area
Brad Mehldau leads jazz trios and solo composer-pianists from the New York City area in an exploration of jazz improvisation and creative collaboration during two intense days of master classes at (Le) Poisson Rouge.
March 5–6, 2011
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CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF Exploring Bach, Brahms, and Schumann
For Violin-Piano Duos
Renowned violinist Christian Tetzlaff invites violin-piano duos into the worlds of Bach, Brahms, and Schumann in this intensive, five-day workshop.
May 1–5, 2011
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DAWN UPSHAW WITH DONNACHA DENNEHY Creating and Collaborating on New Vocal Works
For Singers and Composers
This dynamic workshop, which culminates with a concert in Zankel Hall, offers composers and singers a chance to explore and perform new vocal works.
April 11–17, 2011
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These workshops are tuition-free. Carnegie Hall will reimburse travel and housing costs for participants living outside of New York City (up to $650 for international travel and up to $300 for domestic travel). Participants must be available for the duration of the workshops, including evenings, and are expected to attend all workshop sessions.
To be added to the Professional Training Workshop mailing list, please contact Professional Training Workshops at 212-903-9733 or e-mail ptw@weillmusicinstitute.org. In your e-mail, please include your mailing address, instrument, and the types of workshops in which you are interested (instrumental, choral, vocal, conducting, composition, jazz, world, folk).
More information is available on our FAQ page.
Professional Training Workshops are made possible, in part, by Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Bulgari and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Delivery of the Weill Music Institute's programs to a nationwide audience is supported, in part, by the US Department of Education and by an endowment grant from the Citi Foundation.

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