Summer is the season when serious students of music, dance and

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© Edwin A. Davis
Summer is the season when serious students of music,
dance and theater are free to immerse themselves in the
arts; to learn and to grow, to practice and rehearse, to
observe and participate. It is a time, as well, for these
students to bond with peers and professionals who share
their passion and support their goals – people who “speak
the same language” on every level. Because attending
a summer arts program can be such a life-changing
experience, it is important to select the right program.
We encourage students who are searching for a quality
summer arts program to factor in four key elements to the
decision-making process:
• The caliber of the faculty and guest artists
• The number of daily contact hours with the faculty
• The performance standards of the ensembles in
which the student will perform.
• The quality of program offerings
At the Performing Arts Institute, we have developed the
kind of program in which students can nurture their talents
and grow as human beings. The following pages describe
the content of PAI’s program: its high-caliber teachers,
its dedication to in-depth study, its performance schedule
and its commitment to students. We are a community,
each member supportive and inspired by the other. I invite
you to meet our community and examine our program.
Our CD, along with the sound samples on the PAI
Web site, will allow you to hear the high quality of our
ensembles. We are proud of PAI’s performance standards
and unabashedly invite comparison with other summer
programs.
We hope that this brochure successfully communicates the
remarkable spirit of the Performing Arts Institute. Please
join us for our 2009 season!
Nancy Sanderson
Director, Performing Arts Institute
of Wyoming Seminary
(570) 270-2186
[email protected]
www.wyomingseminary.org/pai
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The Performing Arts institute is...
A vibrant community of talented
people who thrive in a rich
cultural atmosphere …
where students come to study with mentors
who inspire them, to perform the best of the
literature and to associate with new and old
friends who understand “what makes them
tick.” Our international faculty members and
conductors come to collaborate with students who
are refining their skills for a lifetime in the arts.
Dedicated teachers and consummate professionals,
they enjoy working with young musicians, actors
and dancers in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
Counselors come to share their knowledge and
talents, to perform alongside students and faculty,
to contribute fresh ideas from their studies at
universities and conservatories around the world,
and to provide supervision for the residential
community.
A rigorous program in music, dance,
and musical theater for dedicated
students ages 12-18 …
who seek to master their craft for career or
avocation. Intensive rehearsal, practice, and class
time are devoted to in-depth development of
technical and expressive abilities. Students work
closely with an international faculty, gaining
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exposure to their individual vision and style while
performing major works of the repertoire. As a
pre-professional program, the Institute prepares
students for conservatory auditions by providing
academic training and performance experience at
the highest level. PAI students who do not wish
to pursue a career in the arts enjoy the association
with those who do and welcome the challenge and
stimulation of a demanding program.
A campus alive with the arts
Imagine dance productions with live music, major
symphonic repertoire at every orchestra concert,
wind and jazz ensembles that perform university
and professional-level music, choirs handling the
masterworks of the repertoire, and a full-length
and fully mounted musical theater production.
Rarely do young performers have continuous
exposure to such significant works and the
opportunity to perform them so well.
How are we
Different?
PAI students perform
every week …
We present more than 35 public
performances in the 42-day season.
This exhilarating schedule raises
performance levels, reinforces
knowledge of the repertoire, and
attracts packed houses every week.
It also trains young performers to become
confident – to reach for improvement rather than
strive to outperform others. That training comes
from repeated stage experience, with immediate
feedback from a caring community of peers and
faculty.
We keep our numbers small.
PAI requires every student to audition for
acceptance so ensemble needs, class size, teacher/
student ratio, and performance opportunities are
not compromised.
We foster a warm environment …
where easy interchange among students and staff
encourage supportive relationships. Wyoming
Seminary’s beautiful campus and international
community combine with the mixture of music,
theater and dance for stimulating conversations,
wonderful artistic experiences, and lasting
friendships.
Students and teachers work
side-by-side throughout the day.
Side-by-side programs in which students
rehearse and perform with professionals are not
exclusive to PAI. Many symphony orchestras
sponsor side-by-side mentoring programs that
have successfully motivated students to become
better musicians. Correspondingly, students at
PAI benefit from rehearsing and performing
in ensembles with their teachers. In total, they
have over five contact hours per day with their
teachers in rehearsals, masterclasses, private
lessons and chamber music sessions. The
unusually large amount of time students have
with high caliber professionals is what makes the
side-by-side experience at PAI so meaningful.
Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch of the Martha Graham Dance Company
Masterclasses and performances by
nationally known guest artists and
special events … add an exciting dimension
to our program. In years past, PAI has hosted
world renowned artists such as Charles Tregor,
violinist; Brad Garner, flutist; Umberto Lucarell,
oboist; and the Shanghai String Quartet, to
name a few. The 2008 roster of performers,
teachers and guests included the American film,
television, and stage actor, Austin Pendleton; the
nationally acclaimed DaPonte String Quartet;
Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch of the Martha Graham
Dance Company and recording organist, Mark
Laubach. In addition, PAI hosted a college fair in
which over 30 college music departments were
represented. Also joining PAI was Dr. Cari Tellis
who offered a vocal health workshop for PAI
singers. Dr. Tellis also provided PAI vocalists with
comprehensive voice evaluations, which included
acoustic, aerodynamic and videostoboscopic
testing – an invaluable baseline measure of their
vocal function.
2008 College Fair
Dr. Cari Tellis, voice consultant,
explaining vocal scope examination
results with a PAI singer
“My daughter Costanza spent six
unforgettable weeks on the PAI campus
in 2008. Her only regret was that she
had to return to Italy! As a parent, I am
convinced that this experience has been
a unique opportunity for her to grow,
expand her horizons, make great new
friends, have fun and work hard at the
same time, and perform with musicians
from all over the world. Making music
together with those who share the same
passion made her a better musician: as a
father I am very proud of it.”
Attorney Claudio Cocuzza,
Milano, Italia
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We’ll help you make audition recordings:
While at PAI, students who plan to audition for music schools or competitions can arrange to
have high-quality CD or audio cassette recordings made on our campus. This will take place
in a sonically correct environment employing professional recording equipment and a seasoned
recording engineer at a charge of $75.00. Professional accompanists also will be available for a
small fee.
A structured daily schedule:
At the Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary, a structured daily schedule allows time
for students to accomplish their goals, whether preparing for a career in music or for a lifetime of
artistic enjoyment. No two students take the same combination of classes and rehearsals. Instead,
they are guided in scheduling a mixture of core requirements (available at various ability levels)
and sessions that support a student’s specific goals.
At the core of every musician’s PAI experience:
Masterclasses: For one hour each day, students gather for masterclasses, where faculty members
coach soloists and chamber ensembles or address topics that are specific to their instruments.
Discussions such as proper breathing, recital repertoire, comparative recordings, sectional playing
and baroque ornamentation inspire musical maturity. The masterclass setting provides a public
forum that stimulates and reinforces learning.
Theory Classes: Daily theory classes give students the opportunity to analyze music by means of
traditional academic theory, which they can then apply in rehearsal. Students place into one of
three levels of traditional theory. In addition, an advanced-topics class is offered to students who
have completed all three levels. The class changes yearly, enabling returning students to take new
music theory offerings each season.
Institute Chorus: In the middle of each day, students and counselors break from their individual
schedules and come together for Institute Chorus. They practice solfeggio, learn a varied choral
repertoire and – equally important – meet as a unified group.
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Practice: Essential practice time is built
into every student’s schedule. Whether
preparing for ensembles, private lessons,
or solo performances, students will have
time every day for individual practice.
Private Lessons: Although students are
required to take only one private lesson
per week, teachers are available for
additional lessons. Instruction is offered
on all instruments, as well as voice and
in composition. Payment for each lesson
is an additional fee, paid directly to the
teacher by the student.
Performing Organizations
Every major performing organization
at PAI enjoys the opportunity to work
with outstanding international guest
conductors; each group will have from
three to five different conductors over the
six-week period. This variety provides
ensemble members with exposure to
diverse musical styles as our conductors
bring their own experience, training,
interpretation, and nation’s musical
traditions to the podium.
(... part of a letter to the editor of two Northeastern Pennsylvania newspapers:)
“This past Saturday I had the distinct pleasure of attending
a performance presented by the Performing Arts Institute of
Wyoming Seminary. And I was not alone: St. Stephen’s Church
was so full of music lovers, it was difficult to find a seat. It is
evidently no longer a secret that PAI is a phenomenal summer
program for high school musicians that draws talented students
and gifted teachers from across the country.
Saturday’s performance was remarkable for both the passion and
precision that the conductors were able to inspire in their young
performers.”
Dr. Steven Thomas,
Director of Choral Activities,
Wilkes University
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Music
Instrumental Track:
• The Symphony Orchestra is comprised of
“At PAI, every student
is given personal
attention and loads
of performance
opportunities. I
enjoyed playing under
the distinguished
conductors each week
and being surrounded
in rehearsals by
the extremely
qualified faulty and
staff members. The
large amount of
outstanding repertoire
that the ensembles
moved through was
unbelievable. PAI
rivals many other
institutions of its kind
in the country. Thank
you for giving me
this memorable and
valuable experience.”
• The Chamber Orchestra for strings rehearses
one hour each day, leading up to Saturday
evening performances. Last season, students,
along with their mentors, performed works such
as “An English Suite” by C. Hubert H. Parry,
“Concerto Grosso No. 1” by Ernest Bloch and
Mendelssohn’s “Sinfonia in B Minor.”
• The Wind Ensemble performs every week
in the Buckingham Performing Arts Center.
Rehearsing the best of the traditional and
modern wind ensemble repertoire, the group
meets daily for one and a half hours. 2008
performances included “Black Dog” by Scott
McAllister, “Overture to Candide” by Leonard
Bernstein, “Diagram” by Andre Waignein,
“Folk Dances” of Dimitri Shostakovich and
Karl Husa’s “Smetana Fanfare.”
Michael Barone, host and senior
executive producer of NPR’s
national weekly radio program,
“Pipedreams”
• Chamber Music (string, woodwind, brass or
mixed) is a staple of daily life at PAI as each
student is assigned to a chamber ensemble
and coached by a member of the PAI faculty.
They rehearse daily for an hour and perform
for masterclasses as well as in public concerts.
As students are exposed to the chamber music
repertoire, they develop ensemble and leadership
skills and move toward musical independence.
Vocal Track:
Beyond the core classes and the choruses, vocal
track students may move in two directions: they
may follow the traditional solo and ensemble
repertoire into vocal masterclasses, opera,
music history, and keyboard skills, or they may
participate in musical theater, described in detail
on page 10.
• The Institute Chorus is the organization that
brings PAI together. All students and counselors
rehearse daily for one hour and perform each
Saturday evening.
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Clara Conrad,
Interlochen Arts
Academy,
class of 2006
teachers, counselors, and students who rehearse
for one and a half hours each day on repertoire
at the professional level. Qualified wind and
brass players rotate in their sections according
to the repertoire’s orchestration and the degree
of difficulty. Our 2008 Saturday evening
performances in Great Hall included works
such as “Pini Di Roma” (Pines of Rome) by
Ottorino Respighi, “Symphony in D Minor”
by César Franck, Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and
Juliet Overture-Fantasy” and “Till Eulenspiegels
lustige Streiche” by Richard Strauss.
“How surprising it was to discover
this concert and become aware of
the remarkable Performing Arts
Institute that Wyoming Seminary
is supporting. Really tops. Heart
warming.”
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Repertoire for Institute Chorus represents a broad range
of genres. Frequently, it performs larger works with
orchestral accompaniment. Last season, repertoire of
the Institute Chorus included “Lux Aeterna” by Morten
Lauridson, traditional Zulu songs from South Africa,
“Cantate Domino” by Vytautas Miškinis, “Double
Trouble” from Harry Potter by John Williams and
“From the End of the Earth” by Alan Hovhaness.
• Masterworks Chorale, PAI’s select vocal ensemble,
rehearses for one and a half hours each day. In these
intense sessions, the objective is to refine vocal ensemble
skills, improve sight-reading, and gain familiarity with a
wide variety of musical styles and composers. “Mata Del
Anima Sola” by Antonio Estéves, “Animal Crackers”
by Eric Whitacre, “Te Deum” by John Rutter, Aaron
Copland’s “Old American Songs” and “Capriciata” by
Adriano Banchieri were among the Chorale’s weekly
repertoire in 2008.
Piano Track:
The program for pianists includes chamber and
solo performance, as well as theory, music history,
masterclasses, private study, and practice. Pianists
participate in Institute Chorus and may also participate
in Masterworks Chorale and Jazz Band.
Jazz Track:
Students who audition successfully into the jazz track
work closely with faculty in daily combo rehearsals,
classes (improvisation, jazz piano, jazz theory, jazz
masterclass and jazz history) and Jazz Band. Students
are exposed to a variety of jazz genres and performance
traditions, rapidly improving their abilities as they
perform side-by-side with PAI’s outstanding professional
faculty. Rotating Jazz Band directors and guest artists also
significantly shape the attitudes of aspiring jazz musicians
in masterclasses,
student jam sessions
June 28-August 8
and free-improvisation
June 28-July 18 or July 19-August 8
gatherings.
3-week, day
$975
• The Jazz Band
6-week, day
$1925
rehearses daily for 75
3-week, boarding
$2625
minutes and performs
6-week, boarding
$4975
every week on the stage
of the Buckingham
Performing Arts Center. “Basie - Straight Ahead” by
Sammy Nestico, “Sambop” by Bryan Kidd, “The
Doomsday Machine Meets Mr. Gelato” by Ellen Rowe
and “Hickory and Twine” by Alan Baylock were among
the Jazz Band sounds heard at PAI in 2008.
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Kiss Me Kate 2005
Musical Theater
Leadership
William Roudebush, director of PAI’s musical theater program,
brings 37 years of teaching and directing experience to PAI
where he collaborates with his students and professional staff.
The goals of PAI’s Musical Theater Program are to develop
each student’s full potential and talent, cultivate joy in the
process, and stimulate creativity beyond any preconceived
limitations. Individual growth leads to the success of a
production, and thus, it is our highest priority.
Four elements distinguish PAI’s Musical Theater Program.
A Solid Foundation
All musical theater students must develop their vocal skills
in Institute Chorus and Basic Musicianship class, both of
which are designed to strengthen proper vocal production
and technique. Because sight-singing skills are essential
to the musical theater profession, they are emphasized
in ensembles and classes. Students also attend extensive
theater-arts masterclasses. In 2008, Austin Pendleton
presented a theater arts masterclass to students at PAI.
Pendleton’s acting credits include “Another Vermeer,”
“Mother Courage and Her Children,” “Romeo and
Juliet,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Shelter,” “Grand Hotel,”
and “The Diary of Anne Frank.” He received a Tony
Award nomination for direction on the 1981 revival
of “The Little Foxes” and is currently represented OffBroadway as the director of “Fifty Words.” Pendleton
received the 2007 Drama Desk Award for being a
Renaissance Man of the American Theater. Temple
University’s Forrest McClendon also presented workshops
in movement, character development and Acting while
Singing.
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“Even though I expected that the talent level at PAI would
be high, the performance standards took me totally by
surprise. I enjoyed the intensity of working in depth
with so many other serious students. We all loved to see
the amazement on people’s faces when they attended
a concert and heard what we accomplished in just one
week. PAI’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof” really
stunned people too because it was so professional. I’m in
touch with many of the friends I made this summer, and
we still talk about the energy and excitement that was
always present at PAI.”
Keland Sarno
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fiddler on the Roof 2008
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Professional Environment
The venue for this season’s musical production will be
the 2000-seat F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts,
Northeastern Pa.’s most prestigious professional theater.
Students will work with experienced union stagehands
and a professional pit orchestra in the newly renovated
Art Deco Broadway roadhouse. In addition, each season
students will have the opportunity to work in the musical
theater production with a professional who is highly
successful in the field. In the 2008 season, veteran actor
Jason Sherry joined PAI to play the role of Tevye in our
production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” His talent, training
and years of experience were an invaluable source of
inspiration and education.
Oliver! 2007
Commitment to Ensemble
Casting limitations do not allow for all students to receive major roles in the PAI production. Great
care is taken in selecting a specific show that provides each performer with important opportunities
to contribute to the lifeblood of the ensemble. We believe that the power of the ensemble is the most
effective framework for individual growth. Students not cast in leading or supporting roles will be
featured performers in an exciting, fully produced cabaret-style production.
In previous seasons, PAI productions have included “Cabaret,” “Les Miserables,” “Into the Woods,”
“Dear World,” “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “West Side Story,”
“The Threepenny Opera,” “Oliver!” and “Fiddler on the Roof.”
Oliver 2007, guest artist David Canary
June 28-August 8
6-week, day
$1925
6-week, residential
$4975
2008 guest artist, Austin Pendleton
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Dance
The PAI dance program is rigorous, encompassing classical
ballet, modern dance, jazz, and improvisation. The
demanding four-week workshop is led by a faculty of
professional dancers, teachers and choreographers, all who
come from diverse backgrounds and have professional
experience. The curriculum is both strenuous and rewarding,
challenging dancers to refine technique and increase stamina.
It culminates in a full-scale dance production featuring
students, faculty, and guest artists. Dancers are involved in all
aspects of the production, including costume design, lighting
and choreography. There is often live accompaniment by PAI
musicians.
Although the importance of strong ballet technique is
stressed, the program also emphasizes diversity in dance
training. Many students wish to explore other dance genres
and engage in the creative process of choreography. PAI
encourages such artistic diversity, knowing there are many
non-traditional dance opportunities (modern, jazz and
improvisation) available to both professional and amateur
adult dancers. For students who do not pursue careers as
professional dancers, a diversity of dance genres will allow
them to dance for a lifetime, far into their adult years.
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“Thank you for
allowing me to have
one of the best dance
experiences ever.
Actually, it was one of
the best times of my
entire life. Whether
I was dancing at
the Degnan studio
with some amazing
dancers (and hilarious,
wonderful teachers) or
in the lounge, sitting
with my mix of PAI
and ESL friends, I was
enjoying myself.”
In addition to our faculty, guest clinicians are
invited to conduct masterclasses in specific
aspects of dance. In 2007, Barbara
June 28-July 26
Weisberger, founder of the
Pennsylvania Ballet, shared her
4-week, day
expertise with PAI dancers. Other
4-week, boarding
notable guest artists of past seasons
included Carrie Ellmore Tallitsch,
principal dancer with Martha
Graham Dance Company; Elizabeth Hansen of the
Joffrey Ballet; Jeanne Dillon and Sophia Castaldi,
who danced both nationally and internationally
with the Miami City Ballet; Lisa Sundstrum,
former principal dancer with the Pennsylvania
Ballet Company and American Ballet Theater; Lina
Early, director of Opus 1 Contemporary; Derrick
Vanford, dancer with Koresh Dance Company;
Trinette Singleton, former principal dancer with
The Joffery Ballet; Megan Bailly Jackson, principal
dancer with the Brandywine Ballet Company; and
Andrew Buleza, former character dancer with
Pittsburgh’s famous Tamburitzans.
$1425
$3600
Kelsey Weiner,
Syracuse, N.Y.
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Faculty
The majority of our faculty and conductors
at the Performing Arts Institute have been
working together each summer for a number
of years. They continue their close association
with each other for two reasons: their respect
for each other and a shared passion for
teaching. The faculty currently performs
with symphony orchestras and/or teaches at
universities and conservatories. They have
trained at The Juilliard School, The Curtis
Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music,
Yale and The Royal Academy of Music
(England), to name a few. Resident Assistants
also come to PAI from leading universities
and conservatories, where they are pursuing
careers in the arts.
“As a parent of a young cellist, it was very gratifying to hear him
praise your program. PAI offered each student great personal
attention and intense training in an environment conducive to hard
work. Being exposed to true professionals and talented peers, along
with the chance to play larger and more challenging works, helped
the young musicians progress exponentially. More importantly,
with the friendly and approachable counselors and diverse student
backgrounds, PAI is a great place to make new friends.”
Throughout the summer, teachers perform
in recitals, coach chamber groups, and play
side-by-side with students in large ensembles.
This extensive contact provides students
with excellent professional role models.
These talented teachers are not only valuable
resources; they become lasting friends and
mentors who help guide students’ careers.
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Ang Lee, film director
Music History
Jazz Workshop
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Music Theory
Brass, Wind
Masterclass
Jazz Improvisation
Intro to Opera
Theater Workshop
Jazz Masterclass
Basic Musicianship
for Theater Students
Beginning Jazz Theory
Lunch
1:00 – 1:55
Piano Ensembles
Chamber Orchestra
Lunch
Wind Ensemble
String
Masterclass
11:30 – 12:15
Masterworks
Chorale
10:30 – 11:25
Beginning
Jazz Piano
9:30 – 10:25
9:00 – 9:30
8:40
Community
Meeting
When selecting a schedule, students must include time each day for individual practice.
9:00 – 10:25
Daily Schedule
The following pages list faculty from the
summer of 2008, most of whom will be
returning to PAI in the summer of 2009. It is
important that you and your teacher review
the credentials and experiences of our faculty.
If you would like to speak with students
about our faculty, please call us for phone
numbers.
Institute Chorus
where she studied with Robert Barris.
While pursuing graduate studies at the
University of Houston, she studied with
Karen Piersen. Aldridge has participated
in numerous summer festivals including
the Texas Music Festival in Houston
and Symphonic Orchestra of Mineria in
Mexico City. Formerly co-principal
bassoon in the Symphonic Orchestra
Carlos Chavez, Aldridge was an active
free-lancer and chamber musician in
Mexico City. She has also performed
with the National Symphony of Mexico,
the Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes,
Symphonic Orchestra of the State of
Mexico and the Philharmonic of Mexico
City. In the fall of 2008, Aldridge returned
fuer Musik in Frankfurt, Germany, under the tutelage of Professor
Susanne Mueller-Hornbach and has undertaken additional studies
with Gerhard Mantel, Siegfried Palm, Hubert Buchberger, Ulrich
Voss and Menachem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio). She formerly
taught at Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, headed the string
department for the Buseck Music School and performed regularly
as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Germany. Currently
a member of Marywood University’s string faculty, she also serves
as an artist-in-residence at Wyoming Seminary. In addition, she is
an active free-lance performer with various chamber ensembles
and orchestras throughout the region.
My wife and I were very impressed by the performance level
of the choirs and orchestras that we heard for the concert we
attended at the conclusion of the first week of the seminar. Each
ensemble performed a varied and challenging program at a very
high level. I was struck by how well the faculty interspersed
themselves within the ensemble but yet allowed the students to
gain valuable leadership experience. I would recommend this
program for any student who is serious about improving his/her
performance skills as a musician.
to the USA to pursue her doctorate
degree from Mason Gross School of the
Arts at Rutgers University.
Dr. Lisa Burrell (violin faculty) received
a doctorate in violin performance
from the University of Houston in 2002.
She is currently on the faculty of Sam
Houston State University and has an
active private studio in Houston. Her
students have participated regularly in
all-city, regional and all-state orchestras.
Formerly a faculty member of the Blue
Lake Fine Arts Camp, she is a current and founding member of the
Key West Symphony and the Burrell-Blondel Duo. Burrell’s former
teachers include Mark Rush, Mathias Tacke, Shmuel Ashkenasi
and Lawrence Wheeler.
Christiane
AppenheimerVaida (cello
faculty)
completed
her musical
studies at the
Hochschule
Jerome Campbell (Wind Ensemble
Conductor), a conductor of university
wind ensembles as well as district,
regional, and all-state festivals
throughout the Northeast, conducted
the Wind Ensemble at PAI. A former
university professor of music and
department chair, he received the
Citation of Excellence award from
Pennsylvania Music Educator’s Association in 1990 and the
Vocal Jazz (Session 1 only)
Jazz History
Free
Time
7:00 – 8:00
Piano, Vocal,
Brass, Winds,
Percussion,
Strings, Guitar
Dinner
6:00 – 7:00
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Chamber
Ensembles:
Concerts and
Evening Activities
8:00 – 9:30
Vocal Masterclass
Jazz Musician
Practice Time
5:00 – 6:00
Basic Conducting
and Score Reading
Piano Masterclass
Symphony
Orchestra
4:00 – 5:00
Beginning Piano
Music Theater
3:15-6:15
3:15 – 4:40
Jazz Band (2:00 - 3:10)
3:15 – 4:10
2:00
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Elizabeth
Aldridge
(bassoon)
received her
bachelor
of
music
degree from
Northwestern
University
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George F. Engelmann, Orchestra Director
James E. Taylor High School
Katy, Texas
choral ensemble accompanist, coached
chamber music and taught beginning
piano class.
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My daughter Alexandra greatly benefitted from the performance
experience she had at PAI as a member of the orchestra program.
The musical training she received has contributed to her early
success at University of North Texas where she is a music
education student.
Tim Broscious (percussion faculty) is
professor of Western percussion at
the National Conservatory in Amman,
Jordan. He is also principal percussion
for the Amman Symphony Orchestra. He
holds a master of music degree from The
Hartt School of Music and a bachelor’s
degree from Samford University.
Currently pursuing a doctorate degree
from Hartt, he has studied percussion with Benjamin Toth, Dave
Samuels, Tracy Wiggins, Alexander Lepak, Shane Shanahan,
Joe Galeota, John Amira, Rogerio Bocatto and Grant Dalton.
Broscious has performed with numerous organizations including
Quey Percussion Duo, New Britain Symphony and Celebration
Winds. Before accepting his current position, he taught percussion
at Simsbury High School (Conn.) and the Hartt Community Music
School. He is endorsed by Sabian Cymbals, Innovative Percussion
and HoneyRock publications. In 2004, he was a semifinalist in the
prestigious Universal Marimba Competition in Sint-Truiden.
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Clement
Acevedo
(piano faculty)
currently
t e a c h e s
piano at the
Settlement
Music School
in Camden,
New Jersey. A native of the Philippines,
Acevedo completed his undergraduate
degree from the University of the
Philippines College of Music. He is
currently finishing his master of music
degree at Temple University’s Esther
Boyer College of Music, where he serves
as a teaching assistant. At PAI, he was a
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“Not only are the faculty
and students at PAI great
to work with, but it is one
of the best-run summer
programs I have ever been
a part of. It is always a
pleasure for me to conduct
at PAI.”
Sarah Hatsuko Hicks,
Assistant Conductor of the
Minnesota Orchestra
S.
Todd
Christopher
( v o i c e
faculty),
m u s i c
director
for
PAI’s
musical
theater
program, received a bachelor’s
degree from Ohio State University
in music education and a master’s
degree from Northern Arizona
University in vocal performance.
While at NAU, Christopher served
as a graduate assistant, where he
conducted the men’s chorale and
opera orchestra. Currently, he holds
the position of vocal music director
of Wapakoneta High School (Ohio).
S c o t t
Cranston
( w i n d
ensemble
conductor)
is
the
director
of bands
at
New
Canaan High School, Conn. His
ensembles have earned top honors
at competitions in Quebec City,
Orlando and New Orleans and
have been invited to perform at
Avery Fisher Hall (2002), Carnegie
Hall (2004), and at the London New
Year’s Day parade in 2005. Cranston
performs as principal trombonist
with the New Haven Symphony
Orchestra and is a regular
performer with the New York City
Ballet orchestra and national tours
of Broadway shows in Hartford and
New Haven. He has also performed
with popular artists including
Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow,
Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Natalie
Cole and Rosemary Clooney. He
received his undergraduate degree
from Hartt Conservatory of Music
and master of music degree from
Yale University.
Elizabeth Duhr (voice faculty)
is a recent graduate of the
Resident Artist Training
Program with the Tri-Cities
Opera Company. With the
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company, Duhr undertook the roles
of The Mother in Menotti’s “Amahl
and the Night Visitors,” Third Lady
in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte,”
Suzuki in Puccini’s “Madama
Butterfly” and Alisa in Donizetti’s
“Lucia di Lammermoor.” A versatile
performer, her other credits
include Rossini’s “La Cenerentola”
(Tisbe), Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The
Mikado” (Katisha), Britten’s “The
Rape of Lucretia” (Bianca) and
Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah” (Mrs.
Ott). She has also appeared as the
alto soloist in Handel’s “Messiah,”
Mozart’s “Requiem,” Saint-Saëns’
“Christmas Oratorio” and “Bach’s
B-minor Mass.” Duhr earned
a bachelor of music in vocal
performance from the University of
Iowa and graduated from SUNYBinghamton with a master of music
degree in opera.
and Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, to
name a few. Currently she is in her
sixth season dancing with the Martha
Graham Dance Company. In addition,
she conducts masterclasses and
workshops at various dance schools
throughout New Jersey.
Steve Fidyk
(jazz
band
conductor)
is an accomplished percussionist,
clinician,
educator
and
studio
musician with over 30 recordings to his
credit, including one Grammy award.
Currently drummer with the Army Blues
Jazz Ensemble of Washington, D.C., he
has toured and recorded with Maureen
McGovern, New York Voices, Cathy Fink
and Marcy Marxer, The Capital Bones,
Michael Abene and the Taylor/Fydik
Big Band, an ensemble he co-leads
with Stan Kenton alumnus Mark Taylor.
An active educator, he has authored
“The Drum Set SMART Book” and an
instructional DVD entitled “Set Up and
Play!” available through the Mel Bay
Corporation. He has also recorded over
60 jazz play-along volumes for the Hal
Leonard Corporation. Fidyk has served
on the faculty of Wilkes University, St.
Mary’s College of Maryland, George
Mason University and the University of
Maryland.
Kristina Early (dance faculty) is a
member of the well-known Opus
1 Contemporary Dance Company.
In addition, she teaches at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet
and the Steppin’ Out Academy of
Dance. Former teaching positions
include West Chester University and
the Radomile Academy of Dance.
Tim Early - see left (head of the
dance program) serves as codirector of the Philadelphia-based
modern dance company Opus
1 Contemporary. In addition to
working with many independent
choreographers, he continues
to perform with Philadelphia
companies including Brandywine
Ballet and Pennsylvania Academy
of Ballet. Currently on staff at Mount
Holyoke College as a visiting artist,
he also has choreographed for
Lafayette College, Moravian College
and West Chester University.
Early trained with master teacher
Jonathan White in the Vaganova
method and is also trained in the
techniques of Limon, Graham,
Horton and Wigman.
Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch (dance
faculty - see pg. 5) is from Hamilton,
Virginia, where she began her
early dance training. A cum laude
graduate of the University of
Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of
Music, Ellmore-Tallitsch has danced
with Dayton Contemporary Dance’s
second company, Philadanco,
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Distinguished Service award in
1998. He is currently the conductor
of the PAI/Wyoming Seminary Civic
Symphony.
Zane Forshee
( g u i t a r
faculty)
received a
bachelor of
music degree
from Webster
University,
where
he
studied with John McClellan, and
later received his master of music
degree from Peabody Conservatory,
where he studied with Julian Gray. He
was the first-prize winner of the solo
guitar competition at Peabody and a
National Guitar Workshop fellowship
recipient. He has appeared in solo and
chamber performances in Chicago,
Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis
and Baltimore. Currently in the DMA
program at the Peabody Conservatory,
Forshee is on the faculty of the Peabody
Preparatory Conservatory.
Church in Chicago. In demand as a choral
conductor and clinician, Hampton has served
as guest conductor for the Rhode Island AllState Chorus, the American Choral Directors
Association’s Eastern Division High School
Honor’s Choir, Baltimore All-County High School
Chorus and the Pennsylvania Region I and
Region VI High School Choirs. Hampton earned
a bachelor’s degree from Westminster Choir
College, a master’s degree from Marywood
University and a doctorate from Northwestern
University. His arrangements of spirituals and
gospel songs can be found at Augsburg Press,
Earthsongs Publications and Hinshaw Music.
Dr. Mark Hardy
(choral conductor)
currently serves as
the Director of Choral
Activities at the
Baltimore School for
the Arts. In addition,
he is the choral
director at Johns
Hopkins University and the music director
of the Baltimore Masterworks Chorale. Also
active as a composer of choral, chamber and
orchestral works, Dr. Hardy has had works
premiered by the Indianapolis Symphony Choir,
The Lehigh Festival Singers, and the Indiana
University Oratorio Chorus. He holds a B.M.
degree in composition from the University of
Massachusetts and M.M. and D.M. degrees in
choral conducting from Indiana University.
Allyss
Haecker
(voice
faculty)
received her master’s
degree in choral
conducting from the
University of Illinois
and her bachelor’s
in music education
from Converse College. Formerly the choir
director with Fenton Area Schools in Fenton,
Michigan and the Director of Music Ministries
at First United Methodist Church in South Lyon,
Michigan, she is currently pursuing a doctorate
in choral conducting at the University of Iowa.
Arthur
Haecker
(trombone faculty)
received a master
of music degree
from the University
of Michigan and a
bachelor of music
degree from the
Eastman School of
Music. He has served as the instructor of low
brass at Hillsdale College, Millikin University and
Converse College. He has performed with such
groups as Opera Illinois, the Illinois Symphony
Orchestra, the Atlanta Pops, and the Greenville
Symphony (S.C.). Haecker is currently pursuing
a doctoral degree at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Keith Hampton
(choral conductor)
is currently the
Director of Music
Ministries at the
Park Manor Christian
Thomas Heinze (jazz band director) is a retired
music specialist in the Palmerton Area School
District (Pa.) and studio professor of oboe
and saxophone at Wilkes and Marywood
Universities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
music education and master of music degree in
oboe performance from West Chester University
and has served as principal oboist with the
Allentown Band for 37 years. Formerly the
principle oboist with the Allentown Symphony
Orchestra, Heinze is active as a solo recitalist
and chamber musician in the Mid-Atlantic area
and performs with numerous ensembles in
northeastern Pennsylvania. In addition, he is
musical director and saxophone soloist with
the Big Band Ambassadors.
Dr. Matthew Herman
(guest composer)
holds a doctorate
of musical arts in
composition from
Temple University.
He earned degrees
from Bowling Green
State University and
The College of Wooster. His teachers have
included Samuel Adler, Burton Beerman,
Richard Brodhead, Wallace DePue, Jack
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Schyler
Fung
(clarinet faculty) is
an active teacher
and free-lance artist
in the New York and
New Jersey area.
He holds a master
of music degree
from the Juilliard
School and a bachelor of music degree from
the Manhattan School of Music, where he
studied with Charles Neidich and Ayako
Oshima. He served as principal clarinet of the
Juilliard Orchestra, Juilliard Opera Orchestra,
MSM Symphony, Philharmonia, and Chamber
Sinfonia and he has played under the batons of
Sir Colin Davis, Kurt Masur, Anne Manson, and
Joanne Falletta. In addition, Fung participated
in the Sarasota Music Festival and the Astoria
Music Festival. In the summer of 2007, he
toured Seoul, Korea with members of a Juilliard
woodwind quintet, giving solo and chamber
recitals. Currently, Schyler serves on faculty at
the Monmouth Music Academy and Zen Music
Center.
Gallagher, Matthew Greenbaum, Marilyn Shrude
and Maurice Wright. Herman’s orchestral
composition, “The War Prayer,” was featured
on a 1998 concert of “Young and Emerging
Composers” by the Cleveland Chamber
Symphony. Since then, his compositions
have been performed throughout the United
States and Europe, including the premiere of
his bassoon sonata at the International Double
Reed Conference, the premiere of his oboe
sonata at Carnegie Hall, a performance of his
choral anthem “A Field Afar” on WVIA-TV and
a premiere of two commissioned works for
the University of Scranton. Herman has been
awarded the prestigious Stimson Carrow Tribute
Award at Temple University and Outstanding
Educator at West Chester University. He
currently teaches at Montgomery County
Community College.
JohnHornung(director
of the Young Artists
program) teaches
English and directs
theater productions
at Wyoming Seminary.
While at his former
teaching post at
Moravian Academy,
he directed their summer programs and cofounded the Moravian Academy Faculty
Players. He also co-founded the Open Door
Theater Company (Philadelphia) and presented
workshops on creative dramatics, Shakespeare,
scene study and improvisation, writing, directing
and acting in the company’s shows. Hornung
earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University
and a master’s degree from Bucknell University.
Paul
Hostetter
(orchestral conductor)
is currently the
music director and
conductor of the
Colonial Symphony,
artistic director of the
Winter Sun Music
Festival, Director of
Orchestral Studies at Montclair State University
and the former musical director of the New
Jersey Youth Symphony. He has appeared
as a guest conductor with the New York City
Opera, New Jersey Symphony, American
Composers Orchestra, Delaware Symphony
and Philharmonic Virtuosi, among others. On
Broadway he has conducted productions of
“Candide” and “The Gershwins’ Fascinating
Rhythm.” A graduate of the Juilliard School, he
has recorded for the Telarc, CRI, Albany, Centaur,
Milken Archive and Koch labels, and his CD of
the music of Pulitzer Prize winner Lewis Spratlan
was named by Anthony Tommasini, chief critic
of The New York Times, as one of the top five
of 2005.
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Thomas Paolino, father of
17 year old Brianna
Music Theater Student,
Warwick, Rhode Island
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Janet
Jackson
(choreographer), one of
only four certified A.D.A.P.T.
danceexaminersinCanada,
is in constant demand as
an adjudicator and guest
clinician for major dance
festivalsthroughoutCanada
and the U.S. She brings her
vast experience as a choreographer for professional
theaters and television commercials to PAI, where
she has choreographed “Les Miserables,” “Cabaret,”
“West Side Story,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “The Threepenny
Opera,” “Oliver!” and “Fiddler on the Roof.”
Kenneth
Jernigan
(orchestral conductor), is
often sought to conduct allstate festivals because of
his high musical standards
and his ability to inspire
young musicians to winning
performances. Jernigan
earned his degree from the
Aaron Copland School of Music. At PAI he conducted
the symphony orchestra and chamber orchestra and
served as co-director of PAI’s Junior Division.
Leslie Jernigan (Junior
PAI) is a graduate of the
Aaron Copland School
of Music. She has many
years of experience at the
Encore Music Camp of
Pennsylvania. While at PAI,
Jernigan co-directed the
Junior Division.
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Holly Rose Jones (assistant
to the Summer Dean of
Students) holds a bachelor
of music degree from The
Hartt School of Music in
viola performance, where
she studied with Steve
Larson and Melinda
Daetsch. From 2006-2008
Jones completed a long-term comprehensive
teacher training course in Suzuki violin books 1-8
under the direction of Sanford Reuning of the Ithaca
Talent Education School. She has also taken violin/
viola teacher workshops with Carrie ReuningHummel and Teri Einfeldt. Jones is the assistant
for the music department at St. Catherine’s School
for Girls in Richmond, Virginia, and teaches private
violin and viola lessons. She has performed with the
Williamsburg Symphony and is the current violist for
the Windemere String Quartet. At PAI, she served as
the Assistant Director of Residence Life and assistant
to the director of PAI.
Jacqueline Kerrod (harp faculty) performed
extensively in her native South Africa before coming
to the United States to pursue a master of music
degree and artist diploma from Yale University, which
she completed in 2001. For three consecutive years,
Kerrod was fellowship recipient and assistant to
Nancy Allen at the Aspen Music Festival (Colo.),
where she also won the Harp Competition 2001. She
has appeared in orchestras such as the New York
Philharmonic, the New York Solisti, the New Haven
Symphony and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (New York
City).
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“Since PAI counselors
and faculty consist
of people who attend
or teach at dozens of
performing arts colleges
and conservatories, my
high school daughter
has learned a great deal
about which schools
may be best for her and
which ones to avoid. No
amount of internet search
or glossy catalogues can
replace this valuable
resource of information.
Also, when she visits
schools for interviews
and auditions, she usually
knows someone from
PAI who is attending or
teaching there.”
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Dr. Maureen Hurd (clarinet
faculty) is assistant
professor of clarinet and
area chair of woodwinds at
the Mason Gross School of
the Arts, Rutgers University
(N.J.). She has appeared as
soloist, chamber musician,
orchestral clarinetist and
guest clinician throughout Europe, Asia and North
America, including performances at the 2005 and
2007 International Clarinet Association Clarinetfests
in Japan and Canada. Her performances of
contemporary chamber music include appearances
at New York’s Merkin Hall and the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center in Alice Tully Hall. Hurd has
also been a featured soloist on the Mitteldeutsche
Rundfunk radio broadcast of American music
(Germany) and for works composed by Evan Hause.
She earned her master’s and doctorate of musical arts
from the Yale School of Music where she continues
to work on an ongoing research/performance project
of Benny Goodman’s classical clarinet commissions.
She studied with David Shifrin, Charles Neidich,
Ayako Oshima and Joseph Messenger.
Lyric tenor San-ky Kim
(voice faculty) is assistant
professor of voice at Texas
Christian University. After
completing a bachelor of
arts degree at the Australian
National University, he won
the Australia-New Zealand
Foundation Award which enabled him to further his
studies at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music.
While completing his master of music degree there,
he made his professional debut with the Philadelphia
Opera Company as the Emperor Altoum in Puccini’s
“Turandot.” He has performed over 50 major operatic
roles (in seven different languages) in major European
opera houses (Helsinki, Biel, Bern, Amsterdam,
Brussels, Gent, Bregenz and Prague). Kim earned his
doctor of musical arts degree at Temple University.
Gene Koshinski (director of
percussion) is instructor of
percussion at the University
of Minnesota Duluth. He
performs and teaches in an
array of musical mediums
including solo, chamber,
orchestral, jazz (drum set
and vibraphone), studio
Wen-Chi Cathy Liu (piano faculty) is
currently pursuing her doctorate in piano
performance at Temple University. Liu holds
a bachelor’s degree in piano performance
from The Curtis Institute of Music as well as
a master’s degree and professional study
degree from Temple University. At age 16,
Liu gave her debut concert with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. She has also toured
in the United States and Asia many times, appearing in major concert
halls such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in N.Y., Jordan Hall
and Symphony Hall in Boston, Academy of Music in Philadelphia,
Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and the National Concert Hall in Taipei.
Liu is also an active solo and chamber performer in the tri-state
area. She is now a piano faculty member at Temple University and at
Chestnut Hill Academy.
Mark Andrew Kratz (vocal faculty) has
recently been featured as Tamino in “The
Arctic Magic Flute” (Opera To Go!, Alaska)
and as the beast in the musical “Beauty
and the Beast” (Juneau Lyric Opera). Kratz
is a 2006 graduate from the Tri-Cities Opera
young artist training program and a 2003
young artist for the Tacoma Opera. He holds
a master’s degree in opera from Binghamton
University and a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the
Eastman School of Music. His roles with Tri-Cities Opera include
Tamino in “Die Zauberflöte,” Yamadori in “Madame Butterfly” and
Arturo in “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Kratz’s other performances include
Mozart’s “Requiem” and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Northeast
Philharmonic), Britten’s “Serenade for Tenor and Horn” (Eastman
School of Music), Schubert’s “Mass in E-flat” (Eastman-Rochester
Chorale), Mozart’s “Requiem” (Northeastern Philharmonic), Bach’s
“Magnificat” (Binghamton University) and Mendelssohn’s “Die Erste
Waldpurgisnacht” (Binghamton University). He also appeared as a
soloist in the Newport Music Festival (R.I.).
Dr. Victor Liva (orchestral conductor) is
currently associate professor at Cleveland
State University, where he is the orchestra
director and coordinator of string studies.
In addition, he was recently named music
director and conductor of the Cleveland
Philharmonic. He holds degrees from
Temple University and the University of
South Carolina, where he earned a
doctorate of musical arts degree in conducting under the tutelage
of Donald Portnoy. Formerly the director of orchestral studies at
the University of Northern Arizona, Liva studied violin under worldrenowned master teachers such as Dr. Min Soo Chang, Helen
Kwalwasser, Odin Rathnam and Ryan Kho.
Lawrence Loh (orchestral conductor),
resident conductor of the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra, is also music
director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic. Formerly the associate
conductor of the Dallas Symphony, he
came to national attention in 2004 when
he substituted at the last minute with
the DSO orchestra for an ailing Charles
Dutoit. Conducting Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Berlioz’s “Symphonie
Fantastique,” Loh received enthusiastic acclaim from orchestra
players, audience members and critics alike. As resident conductor
of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Loh conducts educational
concerts and the Pops series and is cover conductor for half of the
Classical Masterworks series. He has served as guest conductor
with the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Portland, Cedar Rapids,
Colorado Springs, East Texas, Fort Collins, Fort Worth, Lubbock,
Plano, Shreveport, Sioux City, Spokane and Tallahassee. Loh has
also led Korea’s Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, the Binghamton
Philharmonic, the Yale Philharmonia, Ottawa’s National Arts Centre
Orchestra and the Dallas Chamber Orchestra.
Jens Larsen (trumpet faculty) holds a
bachelor of music degree from Old Dominion
University and a master of music degree
from Rice University. Larsen has also
studied at the School of Music at Indiana
University, and has performed in Europe
as part of the North Carolina School for the
Arts Summer Tour. His teachers include
such master teachers as Charles Gorham,
Dr. William Bartolata, and Armando Ghitalla. He is the third trumpet in
the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, and is also the trumpet professor
at North Greenville University. Past teaching positions include Georgia
Perimeter College and Southern Polytechnic State University.
Michael Lawson (Assistant to the Dean of Students) is an active
freelance trombonist, and performs regularly with many professional
ensembles in the North Texas and Oklahoma areas, including the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He has been Bass Trombonist of the
Las Colinas, Garland, and Arlington Symphony Orchestras since 2001,
and is the founder and arranger of the North Star Brass Trio. While
attending Texas State Univerisity, Lawson studied with Larry Bird
and Charles Hurt, and performed frequently with the San Antonio
Symphony. Lawson completed his graduate studies in orchestral
performance at Southern Methodist University under the tutelage of
John Kitzman. He is currently a Private Instructor of Low Brass for
Richardson and Lewisville (TX) school districts.
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recording, African drumming, Brazilian percussion, Cuban and Haitian
drumming, Caribbean steelband and other types of world music.
He has studied percussion with Benjamin Toth, David Samuels,
Chris Hanning, Alexander Lepak, Rogerio Boccato, Shane Shanahan,
Joe Galeota and John Amira. In 2002, he won the National MTNA
Collegiate Artist Percussion Competition, and in 2004 he finished third
in the prestigious Universal Marimba Duo Competition in Belgium.
Koshinski is currently a member of the Quey Percussion Duo, which
commissions and premieres works by world-renowned composers.
He holds degrees from West Chester University (B.A.), The Hartt
School (M.M.) and is currently a doctoral candidate (D.M.A.) at the
Hartt School. Koshinski is endorsed by Sabian Cymbals, Innovative
Percussion, and HoneyRock Publications.
Matthew Marsit (Summer Dean of Students
and staff conductor) currently serves as
the assistant director of wind ensembles
and clarinet teacher at Cornell University.
In addition to his duties at Cornell, he is
an active free-lance clarinetist and has a
private studio in Ithaca, New York. Prior to
his appointment, he conducted the wind
ensemble at Drexel University and taught
at Rosemont and Harriton High Schools in Philadelphia.
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Lina McMenamin (dance), co-director of the Philadelphiabased modern dance company Opus 1 Contemporary, has
been teaching, performing and creating works for the company
as well as many other ballet and modern companies in the tristate are for over 25 years. She has served on the staff at
Temple University, Bryn Mawr College and Rowan University,
to name a few. McMenamin has been the recipient of the PA
Fellowship for the Arts, the ADF Festival at Duke University and
the PEW Foundation for choreographers.
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Dr. Michael Nickens (tuba faculty) is a full-time professor at
the George Mason University department of music, where
he teaches Popular Music in America, Sight-Singing and
Ear Training. In demand as a free-lance classical and jazz
tuba player, he is a former member of Michigan’s renowned
Creative Arts Orchestra. He has devoted much of his
professional playing to ensembles that focus on improvisation
such as “Yours Truly,” which blends jazz and hip-hop elements,
“Everyone a Pope” and “Doc Nix & the Family.” Nickens
received his bachelor of music from Manhattan School of
Music; his M.M. from Yale University and his D.M.A. from the
University of Michigan.
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Alex Noppe (head of PAI jazz
program) is an associate instructor
in jazz at the Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music, where he
directs the Jazz Ensemble IV. He is
currently a D.M. candidate in Brass
Literature and Pedagogy. Noppe
previously completed a master’s
degree in performance at Indiana,
studying with John Rommel and David Baker, and holds dual
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James Orfanella (jazz band
director) is the band director at
Valley View High School (Pa.). In
addition, he is an active free-lance
trumpeter throughout Northeastern
Pennsylvania and has a private
trumpet studio. While at PAI, he
taught jazz theory and conducted
the Jazz Band.
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Heather McGinnis (dance) has been a principal dancer
in the Opus 1 Dance Company, Philadelphia, for over ten
years. Experienced in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, pointe and hiphop, she has had an active performance career throughout
Philadelphia and New Jersey. She has taught dance for over
ten years and worked with the Moscow Ballet as co-director
of the children’s dance troupe for their production of “The
Nutcracker.” She received her B.F.A. in dance from Temple
University.
bachelor’s degrees in trumpet performance and jazz studies
from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Bill
Campbell, Bill Lucas and Dennis Wilson. He has played with
the Lansing Symphony, the Jackson Symphony and the
Green Bay Symphony, and has performed at the International
Association for Jazz Educators conference and the Detroit
Jazz Festival. Noppe currently plays with the ColumbusIndiana Philharmonic, the Terre Haute Symphony and the
David Baker Jazz Ensemble. He has had compositions and
arrangements premiered by the University of Michigan Jazz
Ensemble and the Arbor Brass Choir and is active as a freelance performer and teacher in the Detroit and Indianapolis
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Dr. Thomas McCauley (wind
ensemble conductor) is the
director of bands at Montclair
State University. Previously the
director of bands at University of
Indianapolis, he has held similar
positions at Marietta College (Ohio)
and Northeastern Illinois University.
At Indiana, he hosted the University
of Indianapolis Instrumental Conducting Workshop with such
notable guest clinicians as Eugene Corporon, Jerry Junkin,
Craig Kirchhoff, Felix Hauswirth and Mallory Thompson. He
holds a doctorate in conducting from Northwestern University
where his primary teacher was Mallory Thompson, as well
as master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of
Nevada. He has appeared as a guest conductor, clinician
or adjudicator in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Missouri, Arizona,
Kentucky, Georgia, California and Nevada. In 2006, the Indiana
Music Educators Association honored McCauley with an
Outstanding University Music Educator Award.
Perry Orfanella (string bass faculty)
graduated from the Hartt School of
Music where he was a double bass
student of Gary Karr and went on
to receive his master of music at
the University of South Florida. He
currently is director of orchestras at
the Osceola County School for the
Arts in Kissimmee, Florida, as well
as a free-lance bass player and studio musician. Bringing
fourteen years of experience with him from the Encore Music
Camp of Pennsylvania, he served as a Jazz Band conductor,
jazz combos coach and string bass teacher.
Michael Parker (tuba faculty) is
currently a member of the nationally
known Monumental Brass Quintet.
As a member of MBQ, he is on
the artist rosters for Class Acts,
and the Washington Performing
Arts Society. In 1999, he received
a bachelor of music degree from
Northwestern University where he
studied with Rex Martin. A graduate student at the University
of Missouri-Columbia, Parker studied under the tutelage of Dr.
David Kutz. He has performed with the Washington National
Opera, Elmhurst Symphony, Kenosha Symphony, Missouri
Brass Consortium, The University of Missouri Faculty Brass
Quintet, and the Mount Vernon Brass Consort. As a soloist,
Parker has appeared on recital series in the Washington
D.C. region, including the Strathmore Mansion, The State
Department, Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library and the
University of Washington. He is also very active as a teacher
and maintains a large studio in Howard and Montgomery
Counties, Maryland.
Dr. William Payn (choral conductor) currently serves as
Director of Choral Studies at Bucknell University. His choirs
have performed all over the world and have been televised
nationally by PBS since 1988. Dr. Payn also serves as the music
director and conductor of the Susquehanna Valley Chorale and
Faculty
Continued
William Roudebush (director of PAI’s
musical theater program) has directed well
over 250 productions at such theaters as
Actors Theater of
Louisville, Cleveland
Play House, The
Hanna Theater,
Syracuse Stage
Company, Walnut
Street Theater, Mint
Theater Company,
Ensemble Studio
Theater and the John Houseman Theater
in New York City. He is nationally known as
an educator, having taught at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York,
Temple University, Virginia Commonwealth
University and The University of the Arts. In
Dr. Stephen Schmidt (viola faculty) is a violist with
the Richmond Symphony and is a member of the
Richmond Chamber Players. He earned both
a bachelor and master of music degree from
The Juilliard School and a doctorate from the
PeabodyConservatory.
His teachers have
included
Roberto
Diaz, Paul Neubauer,
Eugene
Becker,
Joseph DePasquale
and Paul Doktor. He
has
participated
in
many
music
festivals, including Tanglewood, Spoleto (Italy),
Bowdoin Chamber Music Festival, Kinhaven,
and the National Repertory Orchestra. Schmidt
currently teaches viola and violin at Virginia
Commonwealth University and is the director of
their Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concerts
Series.
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Ellen Rowe (jazz
band director) has
been described
as “a rare ‘triple
threat’ of pianist,
composer-arranger
and
teacher”
(Arizona Daily Star).
She is currently
associate professor of jazz piano at University
of Michigan’s School of Music, where she
also directs the Jazz Ensemble. She appeared
on Marian McPartland’s acclaimed NPR show
“Piano Jazz” twice and is in great demand as
a sideman, performing with artists including
Kenny Wheeler, Ingrid Jensen, John Clayton,
Tom Harrell and Jiggs Whigham. Published by
Sierra Music, her work has been performed
and recorded by ensembles including the
Village Vanguard Orchestra, the BBC Jazz
Orchestra, the U.S. Navy Commodores, the
Berlin Radio Jazz Orchestra and the big band
DIVA. While attending the Eastman School
of Music, she won the Kansas City Women’s
Jazz Festival Combo Competition. She also
has written orchestral features for Marian
McPartland and Gene Bertoncini, as well as
big band features for Red Mitchell and Bob
Brookmeyer. Her most recent album release
is “Sylvan Way.”
Toledo Public Radio in 2008. Roytz performed
Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme
with the CSU symphony orchestra as their 2007
Concerto Competition winner. Her teachers
include Anne Martindale-Williams, David Primo,
Bryan Dumm, Alan Harrell, and Stephen Geber.
Irina Schuck (violin faculty), Ukrainian violinist,
graduated from the renowned Moscow
Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Kharkov Academy
of Performing Arts. She has performed with the
European musical ensemble, Controverse and
symphony orchestras throughout Russia, Latvia,
Germany and Scandinavia. An active freelance violinist throughout America, Schuck has
a private studio in Philadelphia and Fort Worth,
Texas.
Dr. Martin H. Seggelke (wind ensemble
conductor) teaches at the University of
Christina Roytz Minnesota, Morris, where he conducts the UMM
(music
theory) wind ensembles and serves as professor of
received
her conducting and clarinet. Prior to his appointment
bachelor of music there, he taught conducting at the Eastman
degree
with School of Music and served as assistant to the
concentrations in director of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and
music performance the Eastman Wind Orchestra. Seggelke also
and
music
was a conductor and
education from
board member for
Cleveland State University. As a licensed
OSSIA, an Eastman
educator, she has taught music in public
contemporary music
elementary, middle, and high schools; and for
ensemble. In addition,
nearly a decade has taught cello privately.
he served as the
She is currently pursuing a master of music
Assistant Director
degree in cello performance from Carnegie
of Bands at SUNY
Mellon University on a full-tuition fellowship.
Fredonia and taught
Active as a free lance orchestral player, she conducting and music history at the University
frequently plays with orchestras such as the of Bremen. He holds a doctor of musical arts
Toledo Symphony, the Lima Symphony and degree in conducting from the Eastman School
the Mansfield Symphony. Prior to moving to of Music, a master of music from SUNY Fredonia
Pittsburgh, she was a member of the New and a master of music from the University of
Century String Quartet, which performed Bremen, Germany.
throughout Ohio and was featured on
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Peter Povey (violin
faculty) received
his undergraduate
degree from the
Royal College of
Music (England),
where he was a
student of Donna
Lee Croft. Before
moving to the U.S.A., he was an active freelance violinist in London, playing in orchestras
such as the City of Birmingham Philharmonic
and the London Philharmonic. Povey received
his master of music degree in 2008 from Yale
University, where he served as a teaching
assistant for the graduate school. Currently
a student of Ani Kavafian, Povey is a Fellow
of Music, Arts and Culture at Yale’s Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences and is pursuing
an advanced degree. He is also the music
director and founder of the McAlester
Institute of Music in Oklahoma, a two-week
music camp for students age 6-18.
1995, he developed an innovative curriculum
for the Walnut Street Theater School, for
which he earned an award from the
Pennsylvania Council of the Arts honoring the
unique outreach program. Author of “Acting
by Mistake,” Roudebush brings 36 years of
teaching and directing experience to PAI
where he collaborates with his students and
professional staff.
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Orchestra. Payn has
over 30 published
compositions
including
two
new
works:
“Heart Melodies,”
distributed
by
Paradigm Press
and performed by
the Phoenix Symphony, and “With What Shall
I Come Before The Lord?,” distributed by
GIA Publications. Payn received his bachelor
of music degree from Westminster Choir
College and his doctor of musical arts in
organ and harpsichord literature from West
Virginia University. As a member of the
American Choral Directors Association, Payn
has served as president of the Pennsylvania
state association. In 1996, Westminster Choir
College presented him with the Distinguished
Alumni Merit Award.
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Jennifer Shaw (Music Makers faculty) is an OrffSchulwerk specialist currently teaching elementary
music at Lake Ridge Academy (Ohio). She earned
both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the
Ester Boyer College of Music at Temple University
and since then has completed the levels 1 and 2 OrffSchulwerk training at Cleveland State University.
She also is an active free-lance flutist and studio
teacher in the Cleveland area.
Faculty
Joey Tartell (jazz band director) currently is a trumpet
professor at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of
Music and an active performer. The lead trumpeter
for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, he
also plays lead in the Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra
and the Steve Allee Big Band. In addition, he has
performed as lead trumpeter/featured soloist in Pops
concerts with the Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis,
and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras. Tartell has
toured and recorded with Maynard Ferguson, the
Woody Herman Orchestra, and the U.S. Army’s Jazz
Ambassadors, to name a few. Tartell completed his
bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance at the
Eastman School of Music, studying with Barbara
Butler, and was awarded a performer’s certificate.
He received a master’s degree in jazz studies from
the University of Miami, where he was Gil Johnson’s
teaching assistant. He has also studied with Mel
Broiles and Vince DiMartino.
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Parents of Nathan Xu, 16
year-old violinist from
Beijing, China
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“Nathan had many wonderful
experiences at PAI this past
summer. The teachers and
students were like a warm
family and the daily life there
left a deep impression. As his
parents, we are very grateful
to express our thankfulness
to you. All the experiences at
PAI will influence Nathan’s life
in the future. PAI has been our
wonderful memory.”
Sophie Till (violin faculty)
holds an advanced
music degree from
the Royal College of
Music in London and a
master of music degree
from the University of
Massachusetts (Amherst)
where she studied under
Charles Treger. She is pursuing a Ph.D. on the
Beethoven violin sonatas at the University of Leeds
(England). An active free-lance violinist throughout
Europe and Eastern United States, she formerly
taught at both Eton College and the Royal College of
Music, Junior Department. She was recently named
the recipient of the F. Lammot Belin Arts Award and
is currently recording the complete Beethoven violin
and piano sonatas. She serves on the music faculty
of Marywood University, Scranton, Pa., where she is
the director of the string division, and is an artist-inresidence at Wyoming Seminary.
Scott Tucker (choral
conductor) is Director of
Choral Music at Cornell
University where he
conducts the Cornell
University Chorus, Glee
Club, and World Music
Choir. He also teaches
courses in music theory
and conducting. In addition to his work in western
choral music, Tucker has traveled to and studied
traditional music of East and South Africa and leads
workshops in Xhosa and Zulu song style. He received
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a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from
the New England Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of
Music in trumpet performance from the New England
Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Science degree from
Tufts University. He is currently the American Choral
Directors Association Eastern Division Repertoire and
Standards Chair for Male Choirs and is the recipient
of numerous awards, including the 2004 Outstanding
Advisor Award from Cornell Student Activities, a Talbot
Baker Award for excellence in teaching, and a St.
Botolph Award for notable artists in the Boston area. In
1980 Scott Tucker was named a Presser Scholar.
Dr. Cynthia Johnston
Turner (wind ensemble
conductor) is the director
of wind ensembles and
assistant professor at Cornell
University. She completed
her doctor of musical arts
degree in conducting at the
Eastman School of Music,
where she taught undergraduate conducting, and
served as doctoral assistant conductor in Eastman’s
wind ensemble program. She was awarded the
Eastman Graduate Teaching Award for 2003-2004.
Before beginning her doctorate, Turner had been the
director of music at Parkside High School, Dundas,
Canada for 12 years, where wind and jazz bands under
her leadership consistently won provincial and national
awards for performance excellence. Currently, she is
active as a guest conductor, festival adjudicator and
clinician.
John Vaida (choral conductor)
is chairman of the fine and
performing arts department
at Wyoming Seminary where
he directs the 100-voice
chorale and the awardwinning 28-voice Madrigal
Singers. He is the United
States representative of the
International Choral Network and an internationally
known guest conductor and studio teacher. He also is
a past president of the Pennsylvania Music Educator’s
Association. He is the head of choral activities at PAI.
Dr.ChristopherVaneman(flute
faculty) holds a bachelor’s
degree (honors) from the
Eastman School of Music and
M.M., M.M.A., and D.M.A.
degrees from Yale University.
He has also studied at the
Salzburg Mozarteum and
the Conservatoire Royal of
Belgium. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras
in Europe and the United States and has served as
principal flutist of the Reigate Festival Orchestra in
England. His chamber group, Ensemble Radieuse,
performed on three continents and released its first
CD during the 2003-2004 season. Vaneman currently
is assistant professor of flute and music history at
Converse College.
Dr. Kelly Vaneman (oboe faculty) holds a
D.M.A. degree from Yale University. She
received a bachelor of music degree, summa
cum laude, from Baylor University and
holds a certificate in performance from the
Koninklijk Konservatorium in Brussels. She
has performed with such ensembles as the
National Orchestral Institute, the American
Wind Symphony and the Reigate Festival
Orchestra in England. She currently serves as assistant professor of
oboe and music history at Converse College (S.C.).
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Bernardine Vojtko (coordinator of junior
programs, Music Makers faculty) has been
the dance instructor at Wyoming Seminary for
28 years. Formerly a dance teacher at College
Misericordia and Bravo Dance Conservatory,
she has choreographed and directed regional
musicals and taught at Wilkes University’s
Encore Kinder. A graduate of Mercyhurst
College, she has studied with Twyla Tharp,
Ismet Mouhedin, Jozia Mieszkowski and Madame Valentina Belova.
Jared Ziegler (saxophone faculty) is an
active teacher, performer and clinician in the
Milwaukee, Wis. area. He holds degrees from
the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and
Northwestern University, where he studied
with Frederick Hemke. He has appeared
with groups such as the Minnesota Opera
Orchestra and Kenosha Symphony and has
premiered works by Elliot Sharp and Michael
Cunningham (debuted at the 13th World Saxophone Congress). A
member of the Hyacinth Saxophone Quartet, he performed at final round
competitions of the Chesapeake Bay Chamber Music Competition and
Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition.
Anneka Zuehlke (French horn faculty) is
principal horn of the Greenville Symphony
Orchestra and the Spartanburg Philharmonic.
Currently an adjunct horn instructor at
Converse College Petrie School of Music, she
has attended festivals such as Tanglewood,
Spoleto, Norfolk, Sarasota, Aspen and Verbier
Academy Festival with the Curtis Orchestra.
Zuelke earned her bachelor’s degree in music
from the Curtis Institute of Music and her master’s degree at the Yale
School of Music where she was awarded the John Swallow Prize for
outstanding brass performance.
PAI 2008 Counselors
Name
University
Mark Allen
University of the Arts
Graduation Year
PAI 2002 COUNSELORS AND INTERNS
2010
Robert Baily
Sam Houston State University
2009
Victoria Baker
Temple University
2009
Magdalyn Boga
Duquesne University
2008
Dawn Candlish
Duquesne University
2008
Dave Day
Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2003
University of South Carolina
MM 2005
North Carolina School of the Arts 2007, Artist Diploma
Sonia Deng
Boston Conservatory
2008
MM 2010
Joseph Ellickson
University of Iowa
2009
William Farrell
Penn State University
2009
Kristina Finch
Eastman School of Music
Florida State University
2008
MM 2010
Luke Gorman
Cleveland State University
2010
Hannah Khromov SUNY Purchase
2010
Chloe Kalna
Pratt Institute
2012
Malia Piazza
West Chester University
2010
Eric Robins
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
New England Conservatory
2006
MM 2009
Kasey Robinson
Pointe Park University
2010
Christina Roytz
Cleveland State University
Carnegie Mellon
2008
MM 2010
Phillip Runkel
Temple University
Iowa University
2007
MM 2009
Ashley Salinas
Sam Houston State University
2009
Alexander Salwach Manhattan School of Music
2011
Amiee Shorten
2009
Ithaca College
Interns
Anastasia Anthony University of the Arts
2008
Janelle Caso
University of Scranton
2010
T. J. Firneno
Duquesne University
2011
Courtney Sowinski Wagner College
2011
Katelin Walsko
2008
University of the Arts
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Admission to the Performing Arts Institute
Admission is limited, depending on such factors as ensemble needs and
residence hall capacity. Once a particular instrument limit is reached,
students who apply and who are provisionally accepted are placed on a
waiting list.
To complete the admission process, new applicants must
submit the following:
1.The application and application fee:
$35 (for domestic students) until May 1 or $50 after May 1;
The international student fee is $75 until May 1 or $100 afterwards.
2. The reference form completed by a music, theater or dance teacher
3. The reference form completed by a classroom teacher
4. Audition
Students may audition in one of two ways: by submitting recorded material
or by live audition. Audition requirements vary by program. Complete
audition information is located on the PAI application, on the admissions
page of the PAI Web site (www.wyomingseminary.org/pai/admit.htm), or by
contacting the PAI office ([email protected] or 570-270-2186).
Applications and recommendation forms may also be submitted online at
www.wyomingseminary.org/pai.
The Decision
When all of the appropriate components are received, the selection
committee reviews the materials and communicates acceptance or denial to
the candidate.
PAI accepts students ages 12-18. Dancers between the ages of 10 and 18
are accepted into the dance program.
Enrollment and Payment
Upon acceptance, either an enrollment deposit or full payment is required.
Otherwise full payment is due as billed.
Refund Policy
Staff is hired and supplies are ordered to accommodate those registered or
enrolled for PAI. Refunds (total payments minus enrollment deposit and
application fee) will be granted until three weeks prior to the program’s start.
Costs June 28 – August 8
3-week, day
6-week, day
3-week, residential
6-week, residential
$975
$1925
$2625
$4975
Dance
4-week, day
4-week, boarding
Financial aid forms are available upon request.
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$1425
$3600
The 18-acre Upper School campus of Wyoming Seminary
is located in the residential community of Kingston, Pa. It
is close to the recreational opportunities of Northeastern
Pennsylvania’s Pocono region–mountain, lakes and forests
– yet is just across the Susquehanna River from a small
historic city. It is close to cinemas, stores and a full range of
restaurants.
Supporting the academic pursuits of more than 465 college
prep students in the regular school year are classroom
buildings, a 20,000-volume library, dormitories, two
gymnasiums, a swimming pool, modern dining hall, and two
centers for the performing arts. Phone and Internet access
is available in dorm rooms, and several campus areas offer
wireless Internet service.
During the summer, the Performing Arts Institute shares the
Kingston campus with several other programs for high-school
students, including academic enrichment classes and ESL
(English as a Second Language) programs.
The entire campus is open to PAI participants. Concerts
will be given in the Buckingham Performing Arts Center as
well as the school’s European-style “Great Hall.” Ensemble
rehearsals, practice rooms and teaching studios are found
throughout the campus. Wyoming Seminary’s Austin pipe
organ and French harpsichord extend the range of musical
literature to which students can be exposed.
The dormitories of Wyoming Seminary in
the summer bring together students of the
Performing Arts Institute, the College Prep
Institute, and the English as a Second Language
Institute. On weekends and during free time, the
gymnasiums, fields, tennis courts and swimming
pool are available for informal recreation. The
Performing Arts Institute involves its participants
in a busy weekend rehearsal and performance
schedule. Academic and ESL students combine
Saturday and Sunday excursions with PAI
concert attendance. Dorm neighbors and
roommates enjoy attending one another’s
performances.
A Word about our
International Community
Wyoming Seminary is one of America’s oldest
coeducational college preparatory schools. For
more than one hundred years, Sem’s school-year
academic program has nurtured international
students. And since 1991, Summer at Sem has
been world renowned for its unique English as
a Second Language Program, teaching language
and American culture. Summer at Sem’s tradition
of internationalization makes PAI especially
appealing to musicians and dancers from around
the world. In 2008 PAI students and faculty
came from Great Britain, Czech Republic,
Germany, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, China,
Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, Mexico,
Spain, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sweden,
Viet Nam and Japan. All took advantage of
longstanding resources and thrived in Sem’s
friendly and diverse community.
Accommodations and Supervision
More than 150 students from around the world
reside in Summer at Sem dormitories. Swetland,
Fleck and Darte Halls accommodate girls; boys
are housed in Carpenter Hall.
Each dormitory provides spacious lounges for
relaxation and television viewing. Computer
access is offered throughout the campus, and
several locations offer wireless Internet access.
Meals
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Residential Life
Overseeing boarding student housing and
activities are the director and assistant director of
residential life. Several members of the teaching
faculty live in dormitory apartments and help to
reinforce the leadership provided by the more
than 25 resident assistants (RAs), university
students majoring in music, theater or dance.
RAs are selected for their qualities of leadership:
engaging personalities, extraordinary artistic
talents and organizational and managerial skills.
They are selected to provide responsible counsel
and good influence to those in their care and
above all else are committed to helping every
student achieve a satisfying artistic and social
experience at PAI.
Teachers and students eat all meals in the
school’s dining facility. ESL and academic
secondary students eat the evening meal family
style beginning at 5:45 p.m. All other meals and
the 6:15 evening meal for PAI students are served
cafeteria style.
Allowances
To have access to spending money, parents may
establish an allowance account in the Summer
Programs office. Allowances are distributed
only on Fridays in anticipation of weekend
recreational or shopping plans. Students who
wish to open a bank account in order to use
the PNC automatic teller machine (ATM) on
campus may use the PNC, Citizens and Fidelity
banks located nearby.
Travel
Wyoming Seminary provides shuttle service
from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport (AVP)
to the campus at no charge. Parents must
make the ground transportation arrangements
for students who wish to be met at Newark
International (two hours) or New York City’s
JFK airport (three hours). Details for making
those arrangements will be provided to students
and their families following enrollment. One-way
prices range from $150 to $450 U.S. dollars.
Medical Care
Medical care is readily available. A physician and
a registered nurse are on call 24 hours a day. The
nurse holds regular office hours daily. General
Hospital is located less than eight minutes from
the Wyoming Seminary campus.
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2009 Performance Schedule
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Mon. June 29 GH Counselor Solo & Chamber Recital
8 P.M.
Mon. July 27 GH Faculty Chamber Recital 8 P.M.
Thur. July 2 GH
Student Solo & Chamber Recital 8 P.M.
Wed. July 29 GH Student Solo & Chamber Recital 8 P.M.
Fri. July 3 BPAC Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble 8 P.M
Thurs. July 30 BPAC Cabaret Recital
8 P.M.
Saturday July 4-GH
*Please note start time.
Masterworks Chorale, Chamber Orchestra,
Institute Chorus,
Symphony Orchestra
3 P.M.*
Fri. July 31 BPAC Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble
8 P.M.
Faculty Solo & Chamber Recital 8 P.M.
Masterworks Chorale,
Chamber Orchestra,
Institute Chorus,
Symphony Orchestra
8 P.M.
Tues. July 7 GH Saturday August 1-GH
Thur. July 9 GH Student Solo & Chamber Recital 8 P.M.
Sun. Aug. 2 GH Guest Artist Recital
8 P.M.
Fri. July 10 BPAC Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble
8 P.M.
Tues. Aug. 4
Student Solo & Chamber Recital
8 P.M.
Saturday July 11-GH
Masterworks Chorale, Chamber Orchestra,
Institute Chorus,
Symphony Orchestra
8 P.M.
Monday, July 13
Guest Artist Recital
8 P.M.
Wed. July 15 GH Student Solo & Chamber Recital
8 P.M.
Thur. July 16 BPAC Cabaret Recital
8 P.M.
Fri. July 17 BPAC Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble
8 P.M.
Saturday July 18-GH
Masterworks Chorale,
Chamber Orchestra,
Institute Chorus,
Symphony Orchestra
8 P.M.
Sun. July 19 BPAC
Jazz Faculty Recital
8 P.M.
Mon. July 20 GH Counselor Solo & Chamber Recital
8 P.M.
Wed. July 22 GH Student Solo & Chamber Recital 8 P.M.
Fri. July 24 BPAC Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble
8 P.M.
Saturday July 25-GH
Masterworks Chorale, Chamber Orchestra,
Institute Chorus,
Symphony Orchestra
8 P.M.
Sun. July 26 BPAC Dance Company Production
3 P.M.
Wed. Aug. 5 GH Student Solo & Chamber Recital 8 P.M.
Thurs. Aug. 6 KIRBY
PAI Musical Theater Production
8 P.M.
Fri. Aug. 7 KIRBY PAI Musical Theater Production
8 P.M.
Sat. Aug. 8 BPAC & GH Season’s End
A Grand Finale
7 P.M.
GH: Great Hall
Sem’s Upper School campus
BPAC: Buckingham Performing Arts Center
Sem’s Upper School campus
KIRBY: F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts,
Wilkes-Barre