Join Maestro Robert Franz for a focused conductor workshop on creating, preparing, and presenting education concerts. Franz is Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, and Music Director of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra. Robert Franz’s appeal as a first-rate conductor and enthusiastic award-winning educator is acclaimed by critics, composers and audiences of all ages. Composer Bright Sheng praised Franz for his “extremely musical and passionate approach towards music making” and critics hail his “masterly pace, emphasis, and technical control”, calling his conducting “viscerally thrilling”.
Tentative Schedule
Monday, November 13, 2017
*All sessions held at the Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave W, Windsor, Ontario N9A 5P4
- PM: arrival in Windsor (If flying, use Detroit Metro Airport)
- 6:30pm – 9:30pm Program creation with Robert Franz
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
* All sessions occurring at the Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave W, Windsor
- 10:00am – 12:30pm Rehearsal with WSO SQ4A + piano
- 12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch
- 2:00pm – 4:30pm Rehearsal with WSO SQ4B + piano
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm Touch up workshop program presentation
- 5:30pm – 7:00pm Dinner
- 7:00pm – 9:30pm Rehearsal with Orchestra
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
- 10:00am – 10:45am Performance 1 at school A
- 10:45am – 11:15am Break
- 11:15am – 12:00pm Performance 2 at school A
- 12:00pm – 12:30pm Lunch
- 1:00pm – 1:45pm Performance 1 at school B
- 1:45pm – 2:05pm Break
- 2:05pm – 2:50pm Performance 2 at school B
- 3:30pm – 6:30pm Debrief with Robert Franz
- Evening departure
All applicants must apply via our Online Application Portal which includes a $75 application fee.
Requirements: All participating conductors must be Active Members of the Conductors Guild. Click here for HOW TO JOIN.
Workshop Tuition:
- Participating Conductor: $800 (USD)
- Auditor Conductor: $400 (USD)
2017 Windsor Symphony Workshop
