QUALIFICATION:
College and graduating high school students will be considered.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
A completed application (including audition tape, CD or video recording unless auditioning in person) must be received by February 26, 2007. Apply online now.

AUDITIONS:
Participants will be selected based on recorded or live auditions. Send audition materials to:

Harlaxton International
Chamber Music Festival
Petrie School of Music
Converse College
580 East Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302-1931
(864) 596-9021
(864) 596-9167 fax

RECORDED AUDITION:
Submit a tape, CD or video recording (solo and/or chamber performance) of two contrasting selections.

LIVE AUDITIONS:
Live auditions will be held on the campus of Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, and Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007.

TRANSPORTATION:
Participants may travel from the United States with a group departing from Charlotte International Airport. Alternatively, students may make their own travel arrangements to meet the group in London. The festival will provide transit for those arriving at London Heathrow Airport during a prearranged four-hour block of time. The festival will conclude in London, and a shuttle will be provided to Heathrow.

WHERE:
Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England (110 miles north of London)

HOW MUCH:
$2,875 (includes chamber coaching, housing, meals at Harlaxton Manor, transportation, activities, performance arrangements, an excursion to London and a farewell banquet); flight is not included.

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE:
Acceptance notices will be sent about March 1, 2007. Confirmation and a nonrefundable deposit of $300 are required by March 20, 2007. A second payment of $1,000 is due by April 10, 2007, and the complete balance is due by May 1, 2007.

EXCURSIONS:
Festival performances take participants to Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincoln, Belvoir Castle, Grantham and neighboring areas. The festival concludes with a London performance and two nights in the heart of the city. Weekends allow limited time for independent travel; some students and faculty may elect to extend their stay with European travel and performance.

DIRECTOR
Joseph Hopkins, voice; director of the Harlaxton International Chamber Music Festival; dean and professor of music, School of Performing Arts, Samford University

FACULTY
Harlaxton faculty are committed chamber musicians with extensive teaching experience in both American and international venues. Faculty for the 2007 festival include:

• Luis Fred, brass; principal trombone, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra; Camerata Caribe; Conservatory of Puerto Rico faculty
• Miles Hoffman, viola; artistic director of the American Chamber Players; National Public Radio commentator
• Johnny M. L. Poon, artistic director of performance activities, Hong Kong Baptist University; director, Collegium Musicum Hong Kong
• Sarah Johnson, violin; Converse Trio; host, “Sarah Johnson and Friends at the Dockstreet Theatre”; concertmaster, Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra; Converse College faculty
• Kenneth Law, cello; Converse Trio; Ritz Chamber Players; principal, Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra; Converse College faculty
• Susan Lyle, voice; conductor, Converse Chamber Singers; Converse College faculty
• Saxton Rose, woodwinds; principal bassoon, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra; Camerata Caribe; Conservatory of Puerto Rico faculty
• Douglas Weeks, piano; Converse Trio, Steinway Artist; Converse College faculty
• Additional international artists may be included as guest faculty.

GUEST ENSEMBLES

• Converse Trio
• A Cappella Choir, Samford University
• Collegium Musicum Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra
• Converse Chamber Singers