Composer Mentorship Program

About the Composer Mentorship Program

This May, three high-school student composers in the greater Twin Cities area will be selected to work with The Schubert Club¹s composer-in-residence Edie Hill for the coming academic year.

The mentorship will involve monthly individual sessions, as well as opportunities for the group to get together as a whole. Specific topics and the times of the individual sessions will be arranged jointly, based on each student¹s interests and availability, and may deal with: notation, guided listening, composition, and repertoire. Group meetings may include attendance at local performances, rehearsals, and workshops. In addition, a piece by each composer apprentice will be considered for performance on The Schubert Club¹s Thursday Courtroom Concert series, and each apprentice will receive a complimentary one-year membership to the American Composers Forum.

Schubert Club composer-in-residence Edie Hill is an award-winning freelance composer whose works have been performed in the U.S., Canada, and throughout Europe. She is a three-time McKnight Composer Fellow, a 1999 Bush Artist Fellow, and has received grants from many organizations, including Chamber Music America. She earned a B.A. from Bennington College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, studying composition with Lloyd Ultan and Libby Larsen. Learn more about Edie Hill at www.ediehill.com.

Past Composer Apprentices:

• Simon Alexander-Adams (2007)
• Sara Feinberg (2007)
• Leo Wexler-Mann (2007)
• Melissa Mogan (2007)
• Benjamin Link (2006)
• Jeff Marquardt (2006)
• Olivia Muzzy (2006)
• Emily Vomacka (2005)
• Oliver Krause (2005)
• Naomi Finsaas (2004)
  

Questions about this opportunity?  Contact Holly Windle at (651) 292-3267 or email.