If you love classical music or any music and you can arrange to be in Greensboro NC between June 28 and August 2, go by Guilford College or places like Tate Street Coffee. Hundreds of the best and brightest students from all over the country, as well as professional musicians in many disciplines are in town for The Eastern Music Festival. This is taken directly from their website.
“The Eastern Music Festival and School is one of this country’s foremost training programs for aspiring young orchestral and piano students between the ages of 14 and 20, presented within the nationally known summer music festival.
For over 45 years, the central focus of the Eastern Music Festival and School has remained the needs of the pre-professional student. The School at EMF limits enrollment to no more than 200 students, making this unique program “up close and personal,” ensuring access to faculty, visiting artists and artistic staff, and creating an extremely nurturing and friendly environment.
EMF challenges you to discover your best, and learn how to push beyond. For five weeks between June 28 and August 2, visiting artists, faculty and students gather on the beautiful campus of Guilford College in North Carolina to study, rehearse and perform the world’s greatest orchestral, chamber and piano literature. Instruction includes private lessons, orchestral experience, concerts, master classes, chamber music studies, and music-related classes in a collegial and professional environment.”
You may find some of these Alumni in town as well:
Wynton Marsalis
Trumpet
Soloist and recording artist
Chauncey Patterson
Viola
Miami String Quartet
Geraldine Walther
Principal Viola
San Francisco Symphony
Eliot Chapo
Violin
FSU, former concertmaster of NY Philharmonic
Josef Burgstaller
Trumpet
Canadian Brass
Rolando Morales-Matos
Percussion
Grammy winner, Broadway, Curtis
Charles Putnam
Horn
American Horn Quartet
David Hardy
Principal Cello
National Symphony Orchestra
Ricardo Morales
Clarinet, Soloist
Julliard, Mannes, Manhattan Schools
Chris Rex
Principal Cello
Atlanta Symphony
Tom LeGrande
Associate Principal Clarinet
Houston Symphony
David Cramer
Associate Principal Flute
Philadelphia Orchestra
Manny Laureano
Principal Trumpet
Minnesota Orchestra
Richard Hawley
Principal Clarinet
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Manuel Barreuco
Guitar
Christopher Allen
Percussion
Pittsburgh Symphony
Charles Bell
Horn
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Holly Blake
Bassoon
Philadelphia Orchestra
Thomas Booth
Trumpet
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
James Box
Principal Trombone
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Rebecca Boyer
Violin
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Michael Chertock
Piano
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Robert Deutsch
Cello
National Symphony Orchestra
Robert deMaine
Principal Cello
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Dlouhy
Oboe
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Jason Marsalis
Percussion
Soloist and recording artist
Aniko Kovacks
Concertmaster
Budapest Chamber Orchestra
Lawrence Epstein
Bass
San Francisco Symphony
Anne Fagerburg
Cello
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Rachel Fagerburg
Viola
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Finamore
Trumpet
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Colin Gatwood
Oboe
Houston Symphony
Laura Griffiths
Oboe
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Sue Heineman
Bassoon
National Symphony Orchestra
David Kim
Cello
Saint Louis Symphony
John Moore
Bass
Pittsburgh Symphony
Scott Mozlin
Violin
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Eliesha Nelson
Viola
Cleveland Orchestra
Elizabeth Ostling
Flute
Boston Symphony
Paula Page
Harp
Houston Symphony
Bruce Patti
Violin
Dallas Symphony
Hunter Scholar
Horn
Saint Louis Symphony
Angie Smart
Violin
Saint Louis Symphony
Douglas Smith
Clarinet
Atlanta Symphony
Martin Smith
Horn
Pittsburgh Symphony
Zachary Smith
Horn
Pittsburgh Symphony
Sylvie Wang
Piano
Northwestern University
Bryan Dumm
Cello
Cleveland Orchestra
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