APPLICATION                                     

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION  
April 10, 2018
Submit with a non-refundable application fee of US$70. Late application will be considered depending upon space availability.

AUDITION
Live audition and/or DVD/YouTube audition is required for all applicants except students recommended by faculty members. Returning students should contact Director Dr. Catherine Tan Chan 譚嘉陵 for waving the audition. Application forms and fees are required for all applicants including returning students. Each applicant should prepare at least two contrasting pieces or two contrasting movements of the same piece of his/her own choice that will represent his/her musical level and achievement. Live audition is required for Taiwan and/or China. DVD/YouTube audition is required for Hong Kong, US, Canada, China, and other countries.

• Applicants from Taiwan will be auditioned in Taipei by Professors 黃維明,林明慧,鍾曉青.   The exact date and location will be arranged by Mrs. Meir Chen 陳美娥 Phone:+886 2 22302162, Fax: +886 2 22306222, Mobile: 886-910-381-528, Email: meir.chen88@gmail.com .

• Ms.  Jonie Qiuning Huang, Shanghai Conservatory of Music. 黄秋宁, 上海音乐学院教师
  Phone: + 86-136-519-07568 (for text only). Email: huangqiuning@shcmusic.edu.cn , Wechat: Jonieplaythepiano
• Dr. Haobing Zhu , Assistant Professor, Shanghai Normal University. 朱昊冰博士, 上海师范大学教师
  Phone : ＋86-177-210-22602 (for text only). Email: bingpiano@foxmail.com . wechat: 17721022602

Piano Concerto Competition:

This year 2018, the concerto piece is Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 The concerto concert with Mercury Orchestra is on Saturday, 8/11/2018, 8 pm, at Harvard Sanders Theatre. We encourage all piano students to try it out. The competition will be held on Friday, July 27, 2018, 2:30 pm (To Be Confirmed) before faculty members, invited jury, and Channing Yu, conductor of Mercury Orchestra. Here is a list of concerti performed since 1996. Lang Lang, Yeol-Eum Son, Max Tan, Eric Lu, among others have played.  http://www.chineseperformingarts.net/contents/festival/index-Orchestra.htm  

TUITION:
There is a non-refundable application fee of US $70 for each application. The tuition is US $3,000 per student that covers private and chamber lessons, room, meals, and fees to all activities during the festival period. Individual travel expenses to and from the music festival are not included. Travel medical insurance is recommended but not included.
Financial Aid ranging from US $500 to $1,000 will be awarded to qualified applicants on financially needed basis. Students interested in financial aid must include a letter of request and a recommendation from his/her music teacher with the application. Tax-report documents for annual household income and statement of financial situation are required for evaluation. Returning college students with advanced degrees, and have attended the festival at least twice with English fluency, could apply to be the Assistant to the Director with full tuition waiver and still receive all the benefit of a regular student. Tuition is due in two weeks after audition. No refund for cancellation after May 30, 2018.
 

FACULTY MEMBERS 2018 (alphabetically, a partial list)
Lynn Chang張萬鈞, music director

Hung-Kuan Chen 陳宏寬
Juilliard School of Music
Yale University

Pi-Hsien Chen 陳必先
Hochschule fur Musik Freiburg

Ya-Fei Chuang 莊雅斐
Boston Conservatory
New England Conservatory Preparatory

Meng-Chieh Liu 劉孟捷
New England Conservatory
Curtis Institute of Music

Lynn Chang 張萬鈞
Boston Conservatory
New England Conservatory Preparatory
Boston University
MIT

Viola

Jessica Bodner
The Parker Quartet
Harvard University
Longy School of Music of Bard College

Hsin-Yun Huang 黃心芸
Juilliard School of Music
Curtis Institute of Music

Scott Lee 李捷琦
University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory

Cello

Mark Churchill, Cello Master Class
New England Conservatory

Yeesun Kim
New England Conservatory
Borromeo String Quartet

Carol Ou 歐逸青
New England Conservatory Preparatory

Sam Ou 歐維聖
New England Conservatory Preparatory