Conducting Institute
with Mark Gibson
Our 2022 Conducting Institute Is Open for Applications for this Summer’s Festival in Miami Beach
JUNE 22nd - JULY 10th 2022
Conducting Institute
Orchestra Concert Repertoire*
Schumann Symphony No. 3
George Walker (“Tangents”)
Verdi La Forza del Destino Overture
The MMF Conducting Institute is an intensive program for aspiring conductors who wish to gain experience in the symphonic and operatic fields. Conducting Institute participants receive daily conducting classes, orchestral readings and an orchestral concert. Accepted conductors have the option to join the MMF Conducting Institute with Mark Gibson as either a full participant or as an auditor.
MMF is pleased to have numerous alumni of our conducting institute who have gone on to win assistant conductor auditions in major symphony orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony, Colorado Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic to name a few.
Performances
All Conducting Institute participants have the opportunity to perform in the orchestral symphony concert on July 7, 2022. Participants will share the program, each conducting one movement from a symphony, concerto or one overture. MMF will professionally video record the performance and distribute to participants for personal use after the completion of the 2022 festival.
Podium Time
Participants are guaranteed a minimum of two hours of cumulative orchestra podium time, in addition to class sessions as outlined below.
CCM Opera Conducting Bootcamp comes to Miami Beach in new partnership with MMF
Opera Production: The Magic Flute | By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CCM Opera Conducting Bootcamp is an intense and dynamic program designed to develop the interaction between conductor, orchestra and singer. The skills taught at CCM Opera Bootcamp can be applied quickly and effectively to have great impact on your success as an artist. If you are an aspiring conductor, singer, or composer… we want YOU to train with us in Miami this summer!
All activities will follow MMF and City of Miami Beach COVID-19 guidelines for safety.
Highlights of the CCM Opera Conducting Bootcamp
All participants will conduct in the opera production with the MMF Orchestra in a public performance.
Conduct orchestra rehearsals and reading sessions with the guidance and instruction from resident and guest faculty.
Italian Diction Classes
Operatic Staging Rehearsals
Daily conducting classes with Mark Gibson
Performances
All CCM Opera Conducting Bootcamp participants have the opportunity to perform in a staged opera production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute to be held July 10, 2022.
Participants will share the program, each conducting a different portion of the opera. The festival will professionally video record the concert and distribute it to participants for personal use after the completion of the 2022 festival.
Tradewind Apartments
Tradewinds Apartment Hotel is directly across the street from Miami Music Festival’s rehearsal spaces and less than a 5 minute walk to the beach. Tradewinds Hotel features 160 luxurious boutique studios, one and two-bedroom apartment suites for MMF festival students and staff.
Apartments are fully furnished and include:
Free Wifi
Swimming Pool
Full Kitchen
Beach Towels
On-site laundry facilities
2022 Faculty TBA
*Faculty is subject to change
Tuition and Fees
Conducting Institute $3,000.00
Registration Fee $250.00
Application Fee $35.00
Housing Fees
Conducting Institute
Quad, 4 people per apartment, 2 people per room: $740.00
Double, 2 people per apartment, 1 person per room: $1,480.00
Entire Apartment: $2,960.00
HOW TO APPLY
Please complete our online application and submit a video recording. Conducting Applications can only apply via a video application and are not required to audition live.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Videos must face the conductor and should include at least two contrasting works and not exceed 15 minutes.
Videos should include applicants conducting a full orchestra or chamber ensemble. Applicants may also submit videos with piano, but an ensemble of at least six musicians is preferred.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Received by March 1, 2022
SCHOLARSHIPS
Partial work-study scholarships are available for conducting participants.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Miami Music Institute admits students of any race, color, creed, sex, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, family responsibility, national origin, ancestry, handicap, or religion to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the Institute. It does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs or any other Institute-administered programs