Orchestral Course

Directed by Guy Woolfenden OBE
and Dr Laszlo Marosi

Monday 6th - Saturday 11th August 2012.

Following on from the fantastic success of the first orchestral course in 2011 we are pleased to announce a further course for summer 2012. Music for You will introduce an exciting repertoire list that will challenge course participants.

The course will be directed by Guy Woolfenden OBE and Dr Laszlo Marosi, Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Central Florida.  

This course will focus on repertoire from the Romantic and 20th Century composers including works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Puccini and Elgar. Course participants will benefit from the excellent direction of both Guy Woolfenden and Laszlo Marosi who have many years experience in this genre. The course is ideal for both woodwind and string players who are seeking to study and advance their instrumental skills, whilst enjoying the experience of playing in a symphony orchestra. Our courses take place in a relaxed and friendly environment. Musicians will undoubtedly meet many new friends and faces and experience a great musical and social event.

The course concludes with  a classical concert that will  be held in the local  area. Friends and family are all invited to attend and enjoy the high standard of music that will have been achieved.

A welcome meeting will begin at 10.00am on Monday 6th August and rehearsals will commence at 11.00am. A detailed schedule will be given on arrival at the course.

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Guy Woolfenden OBE - Course Director

Guy Woolfenden has conducted concerts with many of the major British symphony and chamber orchestras, and his imaginative programmes are highly regarded. He enjoys a close association with many composers and has conducted an impressive number of first performances.

His theatrical flair finds its natural outlet in opera, and his credits include three productions with Scottish Opera and, in London, the first British productions of Nielsen's Saul and David, Tchaikovsky's Maid of Orleans and Liszt's Don Sanche.

In collaboration with choreographer André Prokovsky, he has arranged the music for four full-length ballets, which he has subsequently conducted in productions with Australian Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Hong Kong Ballet Comapny, Scottish Ballet and Asami Maki Ballet, Tokyo. He conducted the acclaimed Russian premiere of Anna Karenina with The Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in 1993.

With around 150 scores for the Royal Shakespeare Company and an impressive list of credits with major European theatre companies, including the Comédie-Française, Paris, the Burgtheater, Vienna, the Teatro Stabile, Genoa and the Norwegian National Theatre, Oslo, Guy Woolfenden's theatre music is highly regarded throughout the world. He has collaborated with some of the world's finest directors, designers and choreographers in many award-winning productions.

Guy Woolfenden was awarded an OBE for services to music by HM The Queen in the New Years Honours 2007.