The Hotchkiss School
Music
Music Department News ...
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Flutist Wins Prize in Music Competition
Flutist Hye Yeon Chang ’10 has won second place in the Eastern Division level of the Music Teachers National Association competition.
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Hotchkiss Curriculum Enhanced by Many Summer Travel Program Opportunities
Molly K. McDowell
Hotchkiss students currently hail from 37 states and 34 foreign countries, creating a global community in the northwest corner of Connecticut. While this community possesses inherent educational value, it also exists at a secondary school that presents students with the opportunity to turn the world into their classroom through a series of individual and group international travel programs.
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Hotchkiss Flutist to perform at Tanglewood
Flute teacher Beth Chinery reports that Hye-Yeon Chang '10 will be participating in the Tanglewood Institute in Lenox, Massachusetts in July and performing twice with the Wind Ensemble.
The music curriculum is designed to expose students to the evolution of music as a cultural and expressive legacy. Both the study of music (courses in music history, theory, performance, and composition) and the practice of music (applied music) are integral parts of the curriculum. All of our private teachers are professional musicians with active and extensive performing experience.
Students come to Hotchkiss with a wide range of musical interests, ability, and experience. The music program is designed to meet the needs of this diverse student body. Those students who are serious musicians aspiring to a performance career, or those who are simply curious to know more about music or to take up an instrument, can find the courses, faculty, private instruction, and performance opportunities to meet their goals.
Private music instruction is offered for academic credit to students at no additional cost. Students may receive non-academic private lessons for a fee. Full academic credit is available to students in vocal or instrumental ensembles such as the Hotchkiss Chorus. A chamber orchestra and other instrumental ensembles are organized when enough students can be found to form a balanced ensemble. The music department offers an active series of student chamber music concerts. Guest artists frequently visit the school, offering workshops, master classes, and concerts.
Music courses fulfill the arts requirement.