Summer Workshop

The London Conducting Workshop is back for another exciting Summer masterclass! Join us on our brilliant summer course, suitable for conductors wishing to gain experience working with orchestra, and to develop their individual conducting technique.

 

Delivery

This Workshop consists of a collection of practical sessions with professional musicians.

There will be five days of intensive Workshops, followed by a public concert.

 

Main Workshop

July 26: Participants will look at how technique can impact and affect musical interpretation

July 27 - 28: All repertoire covered with string quartet and piano

July 29 - 30: All repertoire covered with the LCW Festival Orchestra

July 31: Full programme in a guided rehearsal with the LCW Festival Orchestra

August 01: Participants will lead a rehearsal and conduct a public performance

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Repertoire

MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture

MOZART Symphony No. 39

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5

BERLIOZ Menuet des Follets from The Damnation of Faust*

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite*​

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* We will be using a reduced orchestration for these pieces

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Workshop Location

Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London, NW1 5HT

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Concert Location​

St. James's Church Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London, W2 3UD

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Application Fee

£53.00

Applicants who have attended any LCW since 2022 are not required to pay the application fee

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Workshop Fee

£2,465.00

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Observer: £50/day OR £275 for the full Workshop

There is no application fee for observers.

Observers attending the full Workshop will be given the opportunity to conduct on 28th July, and will be able to observe all other sessions. Observers may also be asked to assist with minor aspects of concert management.

If you wish to observe, please complete the application form.

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The Workshop fee covers the following: 

• all administration charges

• tuition

 

The fee does not cover travel to London, transport within London, accommodation or food and drink during the course. Participants must provide their own scores and batons. 

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A normal day starts at 10.00am and will include at least 5 hours of tuition, followed by a brief feedback session.

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The tutors for this course will be Dr John Farrer and Professor Howard Williams.​​​​​​

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