'TASTER' CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS WITH JOHN LANDOR
Central London
Saturday 27th July 10 am – 5 pm
Monday 29th July 10 am – 5 pm
just £35.00!
These low-cost conducting workshops, sponsored by London Musical Arts, are an opportunity to experience John Landor’s conducting instruction at first hand and be considered for future courses, masterclasses and individual lessons with him.
Each workshop will involve group work on technique and individual podium time of up to 30 minutes on Beethoven’s Symphony No 1, accompanied by a professional pianist and fellow participants. You will be assigned a workshop with participants of similar ability where possible. You may video your own session. Video/photography may be made by the organisers for future use.
Further dates may be added during August 2024, so if you cannot attend either workshop, please send your contact details and the application information below.
Eligibility:
18 years and over. You can attend only one of the workshops and should stay for the duration. Previous participants at John Landor’s courses are not eligible.
Requirements:
Some experience of conducting. Good knowledge of music theory and analysis. Confidence reading full scores. Bring your own orchestra score of the repertoire (batons are optional). If you play a relevant orchestral instrument to Grade 8 plus, bring both instrument and a music stand to play for your fellow participants.
Application:
Please send an email including the following:
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a covering note saying why you are interested
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your level (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
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your availability/non-availability for either day
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your CV, with any conducting experience and online links, if any, to your conducting videos
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what instrument/s you play (to Grade 8 level and above)
Deadline:
Early application is advised as places will be offered to suitable applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. We will respond within three days of receiving your application and your place will be confirmed on receipt of the fee. Fees are non-refundable.
John Landor (MA Mus Oxon, ARAM) was a former pupil of Ilya Musin and George Hurst, Music Director London Musical Arts Orchestra at St Martin-in-the-Fields, international guest conductor, recording artist, and has taught conducting for over 10 years.
LONDON MUSICAL ARTS CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS AND CONCERT - SALOMON ORCHESTRA
26 Nov - 3 Dec 2022, London, United Kingdom
Programme
7 active participants
Brahms 3rd & 4th Symphonies
2 full days of classes with piano (ca 70 minutes podium time)
One 60 minute private lesson
Class video analysis
90 minutes podium time and public performance with Salomon Orchestra
Video recording of orchestral sessions and concert
This masterclass is for conductors who already have experience working with full orchestra in the standard repertoire, and are prepared to challenge themselves to gain more mastery. It is based on the principles of the late Ilya Musin, Professor of Orchestral Conducting of the St Petersburg Conservatoire.
It is led by a former student of Musin, John Landor, Music Director of London Musical Arts Orchestra and Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. Maestro Landor has enjoyed a long international career conducting orchestras, choirs and opera companies, both in concert and in the recording studio, as well as regularly leading conducting courses and masterclasses. The foundations of his teaching are empathy, imagination, responsiveness, respect and commitment.
More details of Maestro Landor’s teaching principles and testimonials from students can be found here.
Each participant will be allocated one movement from either Brahms' 3rd or 4th Symphonies to work on and perform in the concert. They should also have a good knowledge of all the other movements of these works, so that the whole class can be involved through observation, discussion and practise.
The Salomon Orchestra is well-known as London’s finest non-professional orchestra and has worked with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Andrew Davies in the early years of their professional careers. The forces available will be full wind, brass, timpani/percussion, with strings at 86442. The venue for the orchestral sessions and concert is St Mark’s Church, Primrose Hill, London NW1 7TN, a beautiful church with a fine acoustic near Regent’s Park. The other sessions will take place in a studio in Maida Hill, London W9 2HH.
Please email us if you have any questions.
Schedule
Sat 26 Nov & Sun 27 Nov 10:30 - 17:30: classes with piano
Mon 28 Nov & Tue 29 Nov: private lessons
Tue 29 Nov 18:30 - 21:30: orchestra
Wed 30 Nov 15:00 - 19:00: class video session
Thu 1 Dec 18:30 - 21:30: orchestra
Fri 2 Dec 18:30 - 21:30: orchestra
Sat 3 Dec 14:00 - 17:00: orchestra, 18:30 - 20:00: concert
Application
Up to seven active participants will be selected based on submitted materials.
Please email your CV with full contact details, a list of works conducted, a short statement about your reasons for wanting to attend the masterclass and at least two video links showing your work with orchestra or large ensemble. Please state a preferred movement from one of the Brahms Symphonies to work on, also indicating second and third choices. (Please note that you may not necessarily be allocated one of your preferences, for practical reasons.)
Fee GBP £1,150.00
Deadlines (23:59 UK time)
23 October: Applications submission
28 October: Notification of successful applicants
1 November: Deposit of GBP 500.00 and signed acceptance of T&Cs
7 November: Allocation of movements
14 November: Final instalment of GBP 650.00
Observer Places
Up to ten observer places are offered at GBP 25.00 for each of the orchestral days. Please email to let us know what days you wish to attend and we will contact you with more details.
Terms and Conditions
I will attend all sessions and work on the repertoire I am allocated. Any video material of my conducting may be used for publicity by the organisers. I have no medical conditions that would compromise my participation and I agree to take part at my own risk. I understand that I am responsible for my own travel, accommodation and meals. I will pay any fees due by the deadlines and cover any bank charges. Non-attendance at any session for any reason may result in my place being withdrawn with no refund. Fees once paid are non-refundable (unless the organisers can find a suitable replacement, in which case an administration fee of £250 will be deducted). I understand that if any part of the course has to be cancelled because of forces beyond the organisers control, compensation will be limited to a pro rata refund of any cancelled session/s.
I agree to the above terms and conditions.
Printed full name ______________________________
Signature___________________________
Date____________
(please print, sign, and return by email as jpeg)
This course is managed by Henry Wood Chamber Orchestra,
a charity registered in England and Wales.
CONDUCTING WORKSHOP - PIANO AND CLASS ENSEMBLE
8 - 9 January 2022 London W9
7 Conductors
80 mins podium time with professional pianist and class ensemble
Sat 8 & Sun 9 January: 10:30 - 17:00 | London W9
Beethoven Symphony No 2, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
£130 - £175 conductors
MASTERCLASS AND CONCERT - I MAESTRI ORCHESTRA
20 - 27 November 2021 London W9 & NW1
6 conductors (intermediate/advanced), unlimited observers
80 mins podium time with professional pianist
110 mins podium time + concert performance with I Maestri Orchestra (semi-professional)
Sat 20 & Sun 21 Nov: 11:00 – 17:00 | London W9
Wed 24, Thu 25, Fri 26 November: 19:00 - 22:00
Sat 27 November: 13:20 - 17:00 & 18:30 concert |St Mark’s Church, Primrose Hill, London, NW1 7TN
Brahms 1st Symphony, Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Schubert 'Unfinished' Symphony (1st movement)
Schumann Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra op 131
£535 conductors, £45 observers , free for observer/players
Please note observer and observer/player places applicable 24 - 27 Nov sessions only
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRING CONDUCTING COURSE - LONDON MUSICAL ARTS ORCHESTRA
Saturday 13 November 2021 11:00 – 18:00, London W9
Thursday 18 November 2021 13:20 – 16:20, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London WC2
4 conductors (intermediate/advanced)
80 mins podium time with professional pianist
40 mins podium time with London Musical Arts Orchestra (professional)
50 minute individual online assessment after the course
Warlock Capriol Suite - Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile - Boccherini Minuet - Mozart Divertimento in F -
Vivaldi Sinfonia ‘alla rustica’, Sinfonia Al Santo Sepolcro, Autumn from the Four Seasons Movs 1 & 2
£355
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRING CONDUCTING COURSE - LONDON MUSICAL ARTS ORCHESTRA
Sunday 19 September 2021 11:00 – 18:00 | London W9
Friday 24 September 2021 13:20 – 16:20 | London WC2
4 conductors (intermediate/advanced)
80 mins podium time with professional pianist
40 mins podium time with London Musical Arts Orchestra (professional)
50 minute individual online assessment after the course
Elgar Serenade for Strings - Holst St Paul’s Suite - Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
£355
ONE DAY CONDUCTING SEMINAR - CLASS ENSEMBLE
Friday 27 August 2021 11:00 – 18:00 | St Mark’s Church, Primrose Hill, London, NW1 7TN
12 conductors (beginner to advanced), unlimited observers
30 mins podium time with Conductors’ Ensemble (including professional leader)
Schubert ‘Unfinished’ Symphony - J Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture - Beethoven Fidelio Overture
£65 conductors, £15 observers, free for observer/players