Closing Week Celebration Party. Open to faculty, staff, institute participants, and VIP Season Pass holders only.

Q&A Session with Benjamin Bowman, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera.

Participants of the Mostly Modern Festival present an evening of chamber works.

Masterclass with Benjamin Bowman, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera.

Masterclass and Q & A Session with Andrew Crust.

2:00-3:30pm — Masterclass (open to Conducting Program participants only)
3:30-4:00pm — Q & A Session (open to all festival participants)

Flutist Lindsey Goodman presents “Flute Forward", a modern perspective on writing for flute, discussing notation, extended techniques, and practical tips. This useful guided tour of the 21st-century flutist’s tool kit includes repertoire examples and resources which will assist composers and flutists in collaborating on their next projects.

Composer Jonathan Newman discusses his latest works and his career as a composer. Open to institute participants only.

Led by Peggy Kampmeier, this class will go through various extended techniques for piano. While designed for pianists and composers, this class is open to all institute participants.

Professional development seminar with Cia Toscanini, Vice President, Concert Music, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers).

Guest Lecturer, date and time subject to change.

Participants of the Mostly Modern Festival present an evening of chamber works.

Dovas Lieutvninkas, trumpet, focuses on how to connect with one's audiences during concerts and/or recitals to make them feel more comfortable and willing to engage in repertoire that can be seen as more "challenging" to the listener. Open to all institute participants.

Second Week Celebration Party at the Surrey-Williamson Inn at Skidmore College. Open to faculty, staff, institute participants, and VIP Season Pass holders only.

Professional development seminar with Deirdre Chadwick, Executive Director, Creative, Classical Music, New York, for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.).

Masterclass and Q & A Session with JoAnn Falletta.

2:00-3:30pm — Masterclass (open to Conducting Program participants only)
3:30-4:00pm — Q & A Session (open to all festival participants)

Masterclass and Q&A session with Caroline Gilbert, principal viola of the Buffalo Philharmonic.

Professional development seminar with Tiffany Soricelli, founder of Virtuoso Advising for Artists. Open to institute participants only.

Participants of the Mostly Modern Festival present an evening of chamber works.

Masterclass and Q&A session with Cenovia Cummins, former concertmaster of the New York Pops.

Masterclass and Q&A session with Guy Yehuda, clarinet faculty at Michigan State University.

Composer and Composition Coordinator Stephen Cabell discusses his latest works and his career as a composer. Open to Institute participants only.

Piano seminar with Geoffrey Burleson: Improvisation Workshop: Approaches, Styles, and the Composition-Improvisation Continuum

Meet Victoria Paterson, General Director; and Robert Paterson, Artistic Director in a conversation covering their careers as working Musicians, and as a composer and personnel contractor leading to the foundation of the Mostly Modern Festival.

Learn the ins and outs of performing on Broadway, conductor cams, click tracks, vamps, and much more with Keve Wilson and Victoria Paterson!

Session on extended techniques followed by improv, led by Dovas Leituvninkas, trumpet.

Class with William Safford on contrabassoon. Designed for bassoonists and composers, but open to participants.

Composers are paired with a singer to create a brief art song for them, then workshopped in a reading session with feedback from our composition and voice faculty.

Composer Jennifer Bellor discusses her latest works and her career as a composer. Open to Institute participants only.

Led by Percussion faculty member Matt Ward and MMF Artistic Director Robert Paterson.

Class about Jim Mastrianni, his career, and recording. First hour will be in ELM, second hour will likely be a trip to Jim's home studio, just down Broadway from Skidmore.