The New York Summer Music Festival is honored to present three scholarships this summer in the memory of Gretchen M. Snedeker, one of NYSMF's original faculty members.
Made possible by a tremendously generous grant from Kathy and Jay Snedeker, Gretchen's parents, the scholarships will each provide one excellent french horn player a one-session (two week), full tuition scholarship valued at $1,700 to attend the 2011 New York Summer Music Festival.
All french horn players 18 and younger are welcome to apply. Scholarship recipients will be required to play in all ensembles as determined by the NYSMF brass faculty. In addition, all applicants will be eligible for regular NYSMF financial aid/scholarship awards.
HOW TO APPLY
Please follow these steps to apply for this scholarship:
- Complete your NYSMF Application form online at http://www.nysmf.org/apply.
- Submit your $75 Application Fee.
- Upload your audition video to YouTube.
- Submit your written essay, resumes, Teacher Recommendation, and YouTube URLs via email to scholarship@nysmf.org.
No paper applications will be accepted.
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APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- NYSMF online application and $75 application fee (http://www.nysmf.org/apply)
- Resume
(both regular and musical)
- Teacher Recommendation
(using the standard NYSMF form)
- Brief essay to include your answers to the following questions:
- Why do I want this scholarship?
- What are my musical goals / dreams / passions?
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
- Mozart Horn Concerto #2, 1st Movement
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- Orchestral excerpt or piece of your choice (3 min max)
AUDITION VIDEO RECORDING REQUIREMENTS
- Please upload your audition video to YouTube and include the URL in your email to scholarship@nysmf.org.
- Videos must be unedited and must be a medium shot (face, horn, torso) or close-up (face, fingers, horn keys).
- Any quality recording is acceptable as long as it accurately represents your skills, technique, and sound. Professional-level recordings are not required.
MISCELLANEOUS
- Scholarship winners may apply their award to 1, 2, or all 3 sessions. (Minimum 1 session)
- Applicants not winning this scholarship are automatically eligible for regular NYSMF financial aid/scholarship packages.
- Scholarships may not be combined with any other NYSMF financial aid/scholarship/staff scholarship position or package
We wish you the best of luck in your application! If you have any questions, please email us at scholarship@nysmf.org. |
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Gretchen
Snedeker lost her life on April 10, 2008. We mourn the loss of
a smart, sweet, immensely talented musician, and the passing
of a good friend to us all. Our hearts go out to her friends,
colleages, family, and her fiancee.
Gretchen
Snedeker was the adjunct Professor of Horn at Colgate University
and served as Principal Horn with the Utica Symphony, Catskill
Symphony Orchestra, and the Colgate University Symphony Orchestra.
Ms.
Snedeker graduated from the Eastman School of Music, from which
she held a Bachelor’s of Music degree and a Performer’s
Certificate in Horn and where she was completing her
Master’s degree in Performance and Literature.
Gretchen
was an active freelance performer, having appeared with the Rochester
Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras, the Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Skaneatleles Chamber Music Festival, the Binghamton
Philharmonic, and the Kingston Symphony of Ontario, Canada.
During
her years at the Eastman School, Ms. Snedeker performed with the
Eastman Wind Ensemble in a tour of Japan, Taiwan, and Macao for
the Sony Music Corporation and at Carnegie Hall for the 2005
College
Band Directors Association Symposium.
As
a soloist, she appeared on WXXI’s radio program, “Live from Hochstein” and
with the Finger Lakes and Greece Symphony Orchestras. Gretchen also
won the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s Eisenhart Award
for wind performance in 2000.
An
avid supporter of contemporary music, she has participated in
several world premiere performances, and in 2003, worked with Pulitzer
Prize winning composer, John Corigliano at the June in Buffalo
Festival. Her influential teachers include A. Kendall Betts,
W. Peter Kurau,
and Derek Conrod.
She
led the Natural Horn Studies Program at Eastman, and had joined
the Buffalo Philharmonic. |
2011 GMS Winners
Caitlyn Smith (with Mr and Mrs Snedeker)
Mikey Stevens (also with Jay and Kathy Snedeker)
Mikaela Etchegary (alas, not pictured with the incredibly generous Snedekers!)
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