Meadowmount School of Music

The Meadowmount School of Music, founded in 1944 by Ivan Galamian, is a 7-week summer school in the town of Lewis (mailing address Westport) in Upstate New York for young violinists, cellists, violists, and pianists training for professional music careers.^[1] The students receive instruction in chamber music and solo performance techniques, practice four to five hours per day, and attend masterclasses, studio classes, guest artist workshops, Alexander Technique, and yoga. The campus contains a dining hall, student lounge, infirmary, practice cabins, faculty studios, a concert hall, performance space, recreation areas (tennis, basketball, soccer, table tennis), and student dormitories. Field trips, hiking, and off-campus events are also offered. Concerts are held three times a week and feature students, faculty, and/or guest artists. Master classes are held daily.

The campus in Lewis was originally the home of suffragist Inez Milholland, who spent summers there on her family's property.

The school's distinguished alumni include:

Joshua Bell
Yo-Yo Ma
Itzhak Perlman
Stephanie Chase
Kyung-wha Chung
James Ehnes
Lynn Harrell
Jaime Laredo
Chin Kim
Michael Rabin
Pinchas Zukerman
Alexander Rybak
Elaine Richey
John Reed^[2]

Notable members of the school's faculty have included:

Charles Avsharian
Amy Barlowe
Alan Bodman
David Cerone
Linda Cerone
Dorothy DeLay
Josef Gingold
Clive Greensmith
Matt Haimovitz
Kikuei Ikeda
Hans Jørgen Jensen
Jonathan Koh
Melissa Kraut
Fredell Lack
Eric Larsen, Director
Julia Lichten
Paul Makanowitzky
Kevork Mardirossian
Patricia McCarty
Elmar Oliveira
Margaret Pardee
Gregor Piatigorsky
Gerardo Ribeiro
Channing Robbins
Steven Rochen
Leonard Rose
Ann Setzer
Jan Mark Sloman
Sally Thomas
Almita Vamos
Roland Vamos
William van der Sloot
Kathleen Winkler
Ivan Ženatý

References

^ "Meadowmount". www.meadowmount.com. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
^ "Alumni". Meadowmount. Retrieved 2023-12-28.

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