Christopher Weiss has been selected as the composer-in-residence for the Young Artists Program this season.
Education
Young Artist Program
Music in Our Schools classroom visit 2007
Each season, the Festival has in residence 10 to 12 selected student-musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia for Music from Angel Fire's"Young Artist Program". These young musicians reside in Angel Fire during the Festival season and study and publicly perform along side the Festival's professional musicians, thereby gaining invaluable concert experience. The Program is designed for education and performance and broadens the Festival's education outreach concerts, "Music in Our Schools."
Music in Our Schools
The"Music in Our Schools."program is the first such program in New Mexico designed to serve the rural part of the State and through this, a broad segment of the diverse population is reached. Musicians fromthe "Young Artist Program" perform 30 classroom concerts in rural area schools together with associated lectures and discussion as part this special and unique program.
For the 2007 Season, this program is presented in part by the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust of Santa Fe, the Albert I. Pierce Foundation of Albuquerque, the Lenfest Foundation of Pennsylvania and United Chevrolet-Toyota of Raton and Angel Fire.