Viola Fellow

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

    • Bach: Prelude movement from a Suite

II. Orchestral excerpts

    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, beginning to D
    • Strauss: Don Juan, first page
  • 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.