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Distinguished alumni of the school include conductors Thomas Baldner, Anshel Brusilow, Michael Charry, John Covelli, Marc David, Leon Fleisher, Neal Gittleman, Adrian Gnam, David Hayes, Sara Jobin, Erich Kunzel, Anthony LaGruth, Michael Luxner, Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Ludovic Morlot, Xavier Rist, John Morris Russell, Werner Torkanowsky, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Hugh Wolff, Barbara Yahr, Christopher Zimmerman, David Zinman, and musicians in orchestras and other music ensembles throughout the world.
Intensive summer program providing training and practical experience for conductors and orchestra musicians Exciting repertoire of some 60 works, encompassing the full scope and variety of the symphonic literature Unique experience where conductors learn from both sides of the podium by also playing in the orchestra, creating a positive environment in which conductors and instrumentalists work and learn together Inspired and passionate teaching praised by students and colleagues |
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In Memoriam
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HANCOCK and ELLSWORTH — Nancie Monteux Barendse, 96, died April 30, 2013, in Ellsworth. She was born Jan. 8, 1917, in Boston, Mass., to Edward Purslow of Boston and Doris (Hodgkins) Purslow of Hancock.
She spent her childhood in Milton, Mass., and in Waldoboro. In 1924, she and her older brother, Donald, late of Hancock, relocated with their mother and stepfather, Pierre Monteux, near Waterloo, Belgium, south of Brussels. In Brussels, she attended the Dalcroze School, where she studied modern dance and later, ballet. In 1930, the family moved to Paris, France, where Monteux conducted the Paris Symphony. In 1935, Nancie debuted as a dancer with the Orchestra Symphonique under her stepfather’s baton. Later in that same year the family left France for San Francisco, where Monteux had assumed the directorship of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Nancie’s American debut took place in Los Angeles, also in 1935, dancing to programs by Bach, Schubert, Brahms and Debussy, all with her father conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. For the full obituary, please continue reading by clicking on the photo. |
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Pierre Monteux and the Rite of Spring
"The year was 1913. The developed world stood on the brink of the great conflagration that would bring down the social, political, and power structures that had governed life for centuries. Revolutions in knowledge of the physical laws of the universe, the workings of the human mind, and relationships between science and religion and between capital and labor, shook people’s inner and outer lives to their foundations and to their very core..." |
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