Program The Northern Lights Music Festival will take you before large and enthusiastic audiences in four northern Minnesota cities this summer. You are the stars, performing numerous times in chamber music, solo and ensemble repertoire. Evening and matinee concerts are scheduled on a daily basis, with extra performances in regional libraries for children. If you want to be on stage, if you have programs to try out, if you want to experience the life of a performing artist, Northern Lights is the place for you! The newly renovated Mesabi East High School in Aurora will be our home; the school, with its historic auditorium, opens its doors to us for rehearsal, teaching and practice. Steinway and Boston grand and upright pianos are available without limit. Students will enjoy some of the 10,000 Minnesota lakes and northern nature in between practice sessions and lessons. An internationally renowned faculty joins you to teach and coach chamber music in this intensive program, culminating in master class and live performances for the Northern Lights Music Festival audiences. Participants are placed with those of similar age and ability to form piano trios, quartets and quintets. Repertoire assignments will be made in advance to enable the ensembles to make best use of their rehearsal time. Students receive two private lessons a week, and multiple chamber music coachings in addition to daily theory and sightsinging classes for pre-college students. Experienced and exceptional staff accompanists are provided. Concerts featuring participants are held in Aurora at Mesabi East School and Holy Rosary Church; at the University of Minnesota/Duluth, as part of the Sieur duLuth Festival; at the Lyric Theatre in Virginia, and the resort city of Ely. Concerto opportunities will include a concerto competition for participants, and a collaborative competition with the Piano Camp at UMD, culminating in a performance of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra. Concerto Opportunities A public concerto competition for Northern Lights participants of all levels. Choose one or more movements of one of the following concerti: Mozart Piano Concerto in Bb, K. 238 Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414 Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K 488 Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in g minor Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mozart Violin Concerti--Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Several winners will be chosen to perform with the Northern Lights Chamber Orchestra. A collaborative competition with the Piano Camp at UMD requires the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2; prepare either the first, or the 2nd and third movements. The winner performs with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra.