2023 BRITT FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Program Dates: June 9 - July 2

Audition Deadline: March 1, 2023

To apply:

• Provide a current CV.
• Provide a single-page cover letter outlining the reasons for your interest in and readiness for this program. Please address the following questions:
• What are your personal and professional goals as an artist?
• What role does the contemporary musician play in the community both as a musician and as a teaching artist?
• Provide at least 2 letters of recommendation from a professor or private instructor.
• Provide full-body video recordings with high-quality sound of the excerpts listed below.
  

I. Solo

• • One movement (exposition only) of any standard cello concerto

II. Orchestral excerpts

• • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd mvt, ms. 1-10, ms. 49-59, ms. 98-106
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 35, 4th mvt, ms. 134-181
  • Debussy: La Mer, 1st mvt,  2 measures before reh. 9 thru 6 measures after 9 (top line)
  • Strauss: Don Juan, beginning to reh C

• Label audition video files using your name and the excerpt titles provided:
  Example “Violin, Smith, Rebecca, Don Juan”
• Send all materials to education@brittfest.org. Electronic submissions only. All inquiries will be acknowledged.