Meadowmount School of Music
The Meadowmount School of Music, founded in 1944 by Ivan Galamian, is a 7-week summer school in the town of Lewis (mailing address Westport) in Upstate New York for accomplished young violinists, cellists, violists, and pianists training for professional careers in music. The students are required to practice for at least five hours daily, and are also given instruction in chamber music and practice techniques. The extensive campus contains a dining hall with an infirmary and office, as well as practice cabins, faculty studios, a concert hall and student dormitories. During the summer session there are concerts given three times a week by the students, many of whom are international.
Some of the school's more distinguished alumni include:
- Joshua Bell
- Stephanie Chase
- Kyung-wha Chung
- James Ehnes
- Lynn Harrell
- Jaime Laredo
- Chin Kim
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Itzhak Perlman
- Michael Rabin
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Alexander Rybak
For a full list visit: http://www.meadowmount.com/alumni.shtml
Notable members of the school's faculty have included:
- Charles Avsharian
- Amy Barlowe
- Alan Bodman
- David Cerone
- Linda Cerone
- Dorothy DeLay
- Josef Gingold
- Clive Greensmith
- Matt Haimovitz
- Hans Jørgen Jensen
- Jonathan Koh
- Melissa Kraut
- Fredell Lack
- Eric Larsen, Director
- Paul Makanowitzky
- Patricia McCarty
- Margaret Pardee
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Gerardo Ribeiro
- Steven Rochen
- Leonard Rose
- Ann Setzer
- Jan Mark Sloman
- Sally Thomas
- Almita Vamos
- Roland Vamos
- Kathleen Winkler
- Ivan Ženatý
References
- A Boot Camp For Budding Virtuosos, BusinessWeek, August 20, 2006.
- Violin virtuoso: Practice pays off for girl, 11, with big dreams of brilliant future, CNNfyi.com, August 15, 2000.