Announcement: Program for Classical Music and Opera Writers

NB: I have no affiliation with the program and know nothing about it.

Advance Announcement

5th NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera Writers

Location: Columbia University's Journalism School

Dates: November 8-18, 2008

We are pleased to announce the 5th NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera at Columbia University’s Journalism School. With 100 alumni around the United States, the Institute is the most important professional development opportunity for journalists who cover classical music. Most expenses are covered. Join a faculty of leading critics, reporters, scholars, and experts in the field for an unsurpassed immersion in the world of classical music. The program includes writing workshops, classroom instruction on music and journalism, visits to New York’s top classical music institutions, and attendance at some of the most important concerts of the 2008 season.

Application Deadline: AUGUST 19, 2008

Inquiries: Email nea_institute@earthlink.net to request an application.

Additional details will be posted at the Journalism School’s website.

Concert Highlights:

• Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov orchestra at Lincoln Center
• New Metropolitan Opera production of Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust” directed by Robert Lapage (first MET staging in a century)
• Israel Philharmonic performs Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel
• MET Opera New York premiere of John Adams’ “Dr Atomic”
• Bernstein Festival performance at Carnegie Hall featuring the New York Philharmonic conducted by incoming music director Alan Gilbert