[AMS-announce] FWPS: Summer Fellowships for Concert Program Annotation & Publication, Tanglewood Music Center

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SUMMER FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN CONCERT PROGRAM ANNOTATION & PUBLICATION

The Tanglewood Music Center (TMC), the Boston Symphony Orchestra's prestigious summer academy for advanced musical training, announces a new Fellowship in the area of program publications.

Under the guidance and supervision of the BSO Publications Office and TMC staff, the Publications Fellow will gain hands-on experience in the creation of printed concert programs and related activities. Based on his or her interests and abilities, the Publications Fellow may:

- Write and/or edit program notes for TMC Orchestra concerts and select chamber music concerts
- Produce printed programs for all TMC concerts, including gathering and editing texts and translations for vocal programs
- Work with the BSO Publications Office in proofreading, editing, and gathering materials for BSO program books
- Have the chance to attend BSO concerts and closed rehearsals, TMC rehearsals and concerts, classes, lectures, and other events
- Meet and confer with visiting performers, writers, and teachers
- Give a limited number of talks to the TMC community
- Collaborate with TMC Composition Fellows on program notes for newly composed works

For more information, including how to apply, please visit www.tanglewoodmusiccenter.org.  Contact tmc at bso.org with questions.

Please note that Fellows of the TMC are required to be in residence for eight weeks (June 19-August 19) at Tanglewood, the summer home of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Housing and most meals are provided.

Since its start as the Berkshire Music Center in 1940, the Tanglewood Music Center has become one of the world's most influential centers for advanced musical study. The Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Program offers an intensive schedule of study and performance for advanced instrumentalists, singers, conductors, and composers who have complete most of their formal training in music. According to recent estimates, 20 percent of the members of American symphony orchestras, and 30 percent of all first-chair players, studied at the TMC. Prominent alumni of the Tanglewood Music Center include Claudio Abbado, Luciano Berio, Leonard Bernstein, David Del Tredici, Christoph von Dohnányi, Jacob Druckman, Lukas Foss, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Gilbert Kalish (who headed the TMC faculty for many years), Oliver Knussen, Lorin Maazel, Wynton Marsalis, Zubin Mehta, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Seiji Ozwa, Ned Rorem, Cheryl Studer, Sanford Sylvan, Michael Tilson Thomas, Dawn Up
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 Shirley Verrett, and David Zinman. Today, alumni of the Tanglewood Music Center play a vital role in the musical life of the nation.