YES Academy is pleased to welcome Dr. Amr Selim to the Academy program with an exciting two weeks of symphonic Band repertoire for woodwinds, brass and percussion. The program will be a two-week long immersion into music for Symphonic Band and, when joining forces with the Festival String Orchestra, into Symphonic Orchestra repertoire. At the camp, students will improve their individual skills and broaden their own musical experience in a shared environment of teamwork and learning. Other aspects of the program include technique, breathing, and and sight-reading classes, chamber music (brass and woodwind quintets plus duets, trios and ensembles with strings and/or piano), Jazz and Broadway repertoire and collaborations, private and small group lessons, sectional rehearsals and other general Academy activities like the YES Open Mic night where everyone can share their talents across all programs. This year’s program is open to up to 25 instrumentalists aged 15 and up. Admission is based on instrumental skills, talent and ability as demonstrated in your live audition or submitted audio or video.
Accepted instruments include:
Flute/Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Saxophone
Trumpet
French Horn
Euphonium
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Percussion
Among the representative repertoire to be studied during the camp: Symphonic Band: Compositions by and arrangements of composers such as John Philip Sousa, Camille Saint Saëns and Johannes Brahms. Excerpts from film soundtracks such as Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, The Hobbits and Broadway musicals such as Lion King and Aladdin Symphony Orchestra: Excerpts from Gustav Holst’s The Planets All participants will perform in the gala final concert at USEK on Friday August 9.
