July 18 - July 30, 2010

Daniel Druckman with students in an orchestral percussion performance class. Left to right: J. Scott Mitchell (PA), David Guryn (NY), Druckman, Zach Redler (FL), and Evan Taylor (NJ). Photo by Nan Melville

The long-running Summer Percussion Seminar is designed specifically for advanced high-school percussionists, who must have reached age 15 at the time of their application and must not have graduated from high school prior to July 18, 2010. During two intensive weeks in the exciting cultural environment of New York's Lincoln Center, students pursue hands-on study of all the major percussion instruments: two and four-mallet keyboard, snare drum, timpani, and orchestral accessories. In addition, students are introduced to world hand drums, percussion chamber music, and both multi- and solo-percussion repertoire. Seminar participants will experience a challenging range of master classes, clinics, lectures, rehearsals, and performances—all of this activity focused on preparing them for success in conservatory and college auditions.

The 2010 faculty is still being finalized.

Resident faculty for 2009 included:
Joseph Gramley, director, Summer Percussion Seminar
Daniel Druckman, chair, Juilliard percussion department
Gordon Gottlieb
Joseph Pereira
Gregory Zuber

Guest Faculty:
Glen Velez
Javier Diaz (Latin Percussion guest)
Haruka Fujii (Guest marimba faculty)

Private Lessons

The Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar is pleased to offer private lessons as part of the Summer Percussion Seminar curriculum. In past years, private lesson faculty have included the following:

Daniel Druckman
Gordon Gottlieb
Joseph Pereira
Gregory Zuber
Joseph Gramley

DEADLINE TO APPLY AND SUBMIT AUDITION MATERIAL - Monday, March 8, 2010

Audition Requirements

Applicants should submit the following for their audition submission:
-One snare drum solo or etude of your choice
-One two-mallet solo or etude of your choice
-One timpani solo or etude of your choice
-One four-mallet solo or etude of your choice

Audition Submission

Applicants should review their submission for clarity before submitting. Audition recordings may be submitted in one of two ways:

Our preferred method of receiving your audition recording is online through our ArtsApp portal, at www.ArtsApp.com/Juilliard. After you have registered with ArtsApp, you may upload your audition recording (audio: mp3 or video: .avi, .flv, .mov, .mpg, .wmv). Total portfolio size needs to be under 250MB, with a maximum file size of 55MB. For technical support with your ArtsApp submission, contact support@artsapp.com. The fee for submitting your audition video via ArtsApp is $5, payable on the ArtsApp Web site.

In place of an online submission, students are also welcome to submit an audio or video recording. Please send recording to:

The Juilliard School
Office of Admission
Attn: Geoffrey Scott, Summer Percussion
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023

You will receive an email confirmation of your submission once it has been received.

Tuition

Tuition and fees for the 2010 Seminar are not yet final.This page will be updated as soon as the information is available.

The tuition for the 2009 program, including room and board, is $1,290.

View a sample of last year's schedule. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required.) For further information, contact:

Geoffrey Scott
Office of Admissions
The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-6588
Phone: (212) 799-5000, ext. 223
E-mail: gscott@juilliard.edu