***A FULL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM*** The founding program of the Manchester Music Festival, brought to life by Carroll Glenn and Eugene List, the Young Artists Program is a full-scholarship, chamber music study program for gifted young musicians. Download application brochure. Each summer, up to 24 college-age students, intent on making music their profession, come to Manchester from around the world to study and perform for six weeks. While in residence, the students, who are funded entirely by generous sponsors, give free community concerts at diverse business and civic venues, perform weekly in their own concert series, and teach area children during Music Education Week. In intensive study with MMF faculty and visiting artists in Master Classes, the Young Artists live and breathe the vast riches of chamber music, liberated from financial burdens and other practical concerns. Each Young Artist is, where possible, personally introduced to her or his sponsor. This introduction often results in long-standing support and concern for the artist's future well-being in music. Entrance into the Young Artists program for students age 19 and up is by audition, either recorded, or in-person with an MMF faculty member. The roster of participants will include: 7 violinists, 5 violists, 5 cellists, 2 pianists, and one each flute, French Horn, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Existing ensembles are encouraged to apply. Download application brochure. Finally, download the Adobe's free Acrobat Reader, if you don't already have it. THE MMF FACULTY PIANO Davide Cabassi 2005 Finalist Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; graduate Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, Milan Italy Ron Levy Faculty, Kean University & Ridgewood Conservatory; member, Palisades Virtuosi, North Jersey Philharmonic; graduate Oberlin Conservatory Shoshana Rudiakov Faculty, Stuttgart Music Academy; graduate Moscow Conservatory VIOLIN Joana Genova Faculty, Williams College; Concert violinist; graduate Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam, The Netherlands Danwen Jiang Assistant Professor of violin, Arizona State University; concert violinist VIOLA Ah Ling Neu Faculty, Columbia University; member Brandenberg Ensemble; Assistant Principal Brooklyn Philharmonic; former member Ridge Quartet Ariel Rudiakov MMF Artistic Director; member NY Piano Quartet; Music Director Danbury Symphony Orchestra; former faculty Bennington & Middlebury colleges; graduate University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana CELLO David Calhoun Resident artist Metropolitan Museum of Art, Orion Piano Quintet; member Kinor Quartet, American Ballet Theatre Orchestra; graduate Northwestern University David Heiss Member NY Piano Quartet; concert cellist; member Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; graduate Juilliard School of Music Douglas Moore Professor of music Williams College; former member Williams Trio; graduate Indiana University & Catholic University of America Nathaniel Rosen Concert cellist; Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medalist; faculty Manhattan School of Music, USC Thornton School of Music FLUTE Jayn Rosenfeld Faculty Juilliard Advancement Program & Princeton University; executive director New York New Music Ensemble CLARINET Morrie Sherry Faculty, Lucy Moses School of Music & Dance & Special Music School of America; member Metropolitan Soloists, St. Cecilia Chamber Ensemble; graduate Juilliard School BASSOON Dimitri Rudiakov Faculty Hochschule for Music, Stuttgart Germany; director Woodwind Serenata Ensemble; graduate Moscow Conservatory HORN E. Scott Brubaker Former faculty Brooklyn Conservatory & Princeton University; member Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; graduate Oberlin Conservatory I am Here ©  2008 Manchester Music Festival. All rights reserved.