Prep Division Summer Recap | By the Numbers

With summer festivals and opportunities canceled, the Preparatory Division, which includes the Music Advancement Program (MAP) and Pre-College, created a virtual summer term to keep the music going. Here are some stats.

200 current, just-graduated, and incoming MAP and Pre-College students attended
60 performance classes: strings, winds, brass, percussion, piano, voice, movement and music
8-18 age range of students
5 weeks of classes Monday-Thursday, 10am-5pm
70 dedicated faculty members
12 academic courses

• Conducting: Communication and Clarity
• Summer Ear Training: Modes and Polyrhythms
• The Science of Resilience for Young Musicians
• Intro to Ethnomusicology
• Introduction to Music Technology
• A Brief History of Jazz
• European Tour 2020: A Discovery of Baroque Performance Practices
• The Baroque Suite
• Black Music in America
• Why Does Modern Music Sound Weird?
• Counterpoint Intensive
• MAP Rally

6 guest artist interviews led by students, with

• tenor Javier Camarena
• double bass faculty member Joseph Conyers
• mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (BM ’04, MM ’06, voice)
• flutist Demarre McGill
• faculty member Orli Shaham (Pre-College ’93; BCJ exchange ’97, piano)
• Conrad Tao (Pre-College ’11, piano)