In association with Sherborne Summer School of Music (UK)
27 July – 2 August 2025
WASBE is proud to support the participation of two active WASBE members wishing to train at this prestigious academy with a scholarship covering up to half of their tuition fees.
Sherborne Summer School of Music
This internationally recognised course is for conductors at all levels with an interest in wind repertoire, or a desire to immerse themselves in issues relating to conducting wind and brass instruments. Around twenty-five students will be accepted as active participants. Observers are also encouraged and will be fully involved in the course, but they will only conduct at the discretion of the tutors.
An integral feature of the course is that all active participants receive podium time with an ensemble each day and a performance opportunity at the end of the week.
Participants will explore the physical language of conducting, score preparation, rehearsal technique and repertoire knowledge. All conducting sessions are filmed and students receive videos of their work at the end of the week as well as regular review sessions during it. The course runs concurrently with the Wind Ensemble Course and there will be close liaison between the two including the opportunity for selected participants to work with that ensemble.
All participants should bring with them any instruments they play in order to accommodate ensemble work within the class. (If for any reason you are unable to bring your instrument(s), please let the summer school office know when you enroll). Students should, as a minimum, prepare thoroughly the works marked with an asterisk before commencement of the course. You may then wish to select further pieces from the remaining repertoire - it is usually more beneficial to know some of the music well, than all of it not so well. More experienced students may also wish to prepare works from the Wind Ensemble repertoire list.
Application deadline: March 31, 2025
Announcement of results: April 15, 2025
To apply, visit https://wasbe.online/scholarship#apply