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https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/orchestral-institute/
Because of the COVID 19 pandemic, the VSOI is going online this summer.
Virtual VSOI
To support efforts to contain COVID-19 and follow direction from our public health leaders, the 2020 Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute and UBC Chamber Orchestra Festival will not be taking place as planned. Due to the unprecedented nature of this pandemic, it is impossible at this point in time to predict whether air travel will be back to normal, and whether Canada’s borders will be reopened to visitors. We recognize the challenges created by the inability to plan ahead, and we keep the safety and health of our students, faculty, and staff above all else.While it greatly saddens us not to welcome so many talented young musicians to Vancouver this summer during an unprecedented situation, we do hope that our alternative plans will help provide unique, exciting, and rich musical experiences to everyone who has applied to VSOI 2020.
Introducing Virtual VSOI 2020
PHASE I: Audition feedback and coaching
All applicants, including conductors, are invited to participate in a one-on-one virtual coaching with our faculty which will include review, discussion, and feedback about your audition video as well as an introductory lesson. Coachings will last approximately one hour. There is no additional fee to participate- your previously paid application fee will be put towards the cost of your coaching. We encourage all applicants to participate!I’ve seen many harpists performing on videos that they have posted online during this lockdown. In many cases, they have YouTube channels. If a channel gets up to 1,000 subscribers, then YouTube begins paying them, as I understand it. So, to support your harpist colleagues, subscribe to their YouTube channels. It may not be much, but it’s better than nothing.
https://acquia-drupal-registration-service.rcmusic.com/sites/default/files/files/HarpSyllabus_2016_online_SECURED.pdf
pages 30-32 in case anyone would like to see what she is referring to.
I found it. It’s the chamber music link listed as April 1. Philippa, you sound wonderful! So musical! You’ve come such a long way since I coached you in Italy.Dear Saul,
The “hand stabilizer” exercises are in the RCM Syllabus. You can download the technical pages of the Royal Conservatory Harp Syllabus. https://acquia-drupal-registration-service.rcmusic.com/sites/default/files/files/HarpSyllabus_2016_online_SECURED.pdf
They’re on page 30-32.I’m not very busy right now, so I could also give you a few pointers. Check my web site for contacting me.
http://www.elizabethvolpebligh.comSkype doesn’t seem to work very well. The sound is not good, there can be an echo, and the connection often gets cut. I have found that FaceTime and Zoom work very well. I have heard that WhatsApp is good, but I have not tried it.
Before the lesson, I set my Ipad on a music stand on my left side while I am sitting at the harp, and the sheet music that they are working on is on another stand in front of me. I position the Ipad so that I can see the student, and they can see my hands on the strings of my harp. I have my own copy of the music they are studying, with all the bar numbers marked, so that I can easily refer to the areas they need to work on. (The student also has to mark their music with the bar numbers.) I think this is going to be the new normal for quite a while, so this is a good topic.I’m one of those people who likes to practise right up to the performance. But I don’t “cram”. I try to have everything learned far enough in advance that a cold or illness doesn’t cause a catastrophe. As long as you don’t injure yourself or expend all your energy by overdoing it, it can settle your nerves. But everyone is different and should do what works best for them.
He was playing the character Big Foot, but an unseen harpist was playing the harp. Anyone know who it was? Just curious.
Vancouver International Music Competition
Sorry! I thought I had attached the link before, but it clearly did not adhere. Here it is.
The new website can be found here: https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/orchestral-institute/
They are offering an “Early Bird” application fee. $10 off until Feb. 15, 2020.
The choices for the concerto competition are:
Michael Conway Baker Harp Concerto, Handel Harp Concerto, Ravel Introduction et Allegro, or Debussy Danses Sacrées et ProfaneIt should have two harps, because of some of the chords that have more than eight notes, but also at G in the second movement, where it is much better to split between two harpists. Also, in the third movement at H, the second harpist can play the bass octaves while the first harpist takes the chords. Since the chords are so wide, it would make sense for the second harpist to play the bottom section of the chords with the right hand while playing the octaves with the left. This is an exposed section. At 4 before K, and K, the harp parts can be split between the two players. I wrote out this section to avoid the page turn. (Attached.)
