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Instruments
Accepted
Week 1
 | Intermediate and Advanced
Piano |
| Novice,
Intermediate and Advanced Violin, Viola, Cello. |
Week 2
| Intermediate and Advanced
Piano |
| Intermediate and Advanced
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Harp
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| Intermediate and Advanced
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn, Bassoon, Trumpet |
We try to place
everyone who registers.
Where there are limits on how many we can
take in a program, we accept people on a first come first serve basis. If
we must close a program due to over-registration, we will place you on a waiting
list in the order we receive applications, and put you in the program as soon as
there is an opening. Wait listed people who cannot be accepted are first
in line for the following year.
Friendly,
supportive atmosphere
Summertrios
works on fostering a friendly, supportive atmosphere. We are humorous
about ourselves, and serious about our music. We know that each
participant is playing as well as he/she can at the moment and we respect
everyone's achievement. Even playing a little bit is hard to accomplish.
At Summertrios we are each trying to do our best. Competitive
behavior is discouraged -- no matter who you are, someone plays better.
Exceptional
learning
Our coaching staff is selected from
among fine musicians who are interested in working with amateurs, and promote
our goal of helping everyone move forward in their playing. The coaches
are deeply engaged, and offers ideas and approaches which you will not hear
elsewhere. The most advanced and least advanced of our participants learn.
Many people feel they make a year of progress in their week with us.
Placement
Audition
If we don't know your playing, you
must send us a tape or CD -- this is for
Placement
purposes only.
DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED.
We do not judge; we just place. You
don't need to sound like a professional. You don't need to sound
wonderful. You are who you are, and that is fine. We don't need great
audio quality. But we really, really need to hear you. Unless we
know everyone's playing, there is no way we can assemble sensible groups.
In
order to place you into well-matched groups, we need some idea how you play.
If you are attending for the first time, or if
you have improved significantly since we last heard you, we must hear your
playing. If you send a tape or CD we suggest you include one fast and one slow piece, and would prefer
to hear you solo or in a very small ensemble.
You do not have to be
note-perfect (since none of the rest of us are), and the tape does not have to
be technically wonderful. As long as we can hear you that is fine.
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Attending for more than one week
You
are welcome to register for both weeks. You may also register for the
Premium Program or the
Concerto Program if you so desire. Exceptions are:
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Novice Strings are not accepted week 2.
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Winds
are not accepted week 1.
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Dorm rooms &
transportation
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Summertrios cannot accommodate requests
for specific dorm rooms. General requests to accommodate physical disabilities will
be accommodated. |
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Summertrios does not arrange
transportation. |
Refund Policy
If you must drop out after
registering, we will be as accommodating as we can. However, we
incur costs for every participant who registers. As the program
grows closer, we are locked into higher and higher costs for you.
We have guaranteed the colleges a certain attendance; we have hired
faculty based on the registration; and these people must be paid whether
you come or not. Further, we have put much administrative effort
into the scheduling process; additional time and effort is incurred if
you drop out.
With these facts in mind, the policy is: If
you drop out prior to one month before the program start date, we will
refund all but your non-refundable deposit. If you drop out between
two weeks and one month from the start date, we will refund $350 or 1/2
your payment, whichever is lower. We
will not make refunds for dropouts within two weeks of the program start
date, because all the money paid to us has been committed
by that time.
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