Rigorous performance training for the elite classical musicians of tomorrow. The Conservatory provides full financial scholarships, including tuition, room and board for all students.
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Programs include the Bachelor of Music degree, Performance Diploma, Professional Studies Certificate, Artist Diploma, and the Master of Music degree. Admission to the Conservatory is highly selective and requires a formal application and audition. The school presents its Conservatory students in more than 150 recitals and performances each year, many of which are free and open to the public.
Operating as usual
Woot! A special shout-out to Conservatory student Cristina Mateo Sáez and collaborative pianist extraordinaire, Vivian Fan, for their recently-released CD! Click below to support & purchase. :)
Fine classical, instrumental, and specialty recordings
Kudos to Connor Rowe, winner of the 2018 Lätszch Trombone Festival Competition!
Livin’ it up on Rodeo Drive...!!
A felicitous future for Felicity James! Congrats a million - the Minnesota Orchestra is lucky to you have you as their next Associate Concertmaster! See here for full press release: https://bit.ly/2ORMpIE.
It's alums like you that keep the Colburn pulse beating, DuoSkope! Congrats on your new venture, Evin Blomberg ('13 & '15) & Natalie Helm ('14)... and ping us when your worldly excursions bring you back into town!
IT’S HERE! We are proud to present our first video, ‘Bordel 1900’ from Histoire du Tango, by #AstorPiazzolla (arrangement by Ericsson Hatfield). Visit the link below to view the whole video on #YouTube!
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We want to give a little shout-out to all the friends who helped make this possible. When we met five years ago at the @colburnschool in #losangeles, we couldn’t have imagined all the #fun and #exciting projects we are doing now, and it’s all thanks to your support! Also, a huge thank you to @hoxahq and @blank100london for helping us bring our audio and visual components to life!
https://youtu.be/IR1yNUnvuqs
Posting this with pride, Jordan Brokken! Has it really been 6 years here?! Still going strong... and looking forward to the day when you're sitting ON that audition panel, rooting on those whose toil, tears, and sweat (& maybe blood at times...) may feel quite unappreciated at times!
Three recent conservatory graduates share their stories about first orchestra jobs, the audition circuit, gigging, and student debt.
Starting off the year on the right note! Once a star, always a star..... congrats on your continued success, 2014 Colburn Conservatory of Music alum Sang Yoon Kim!
Welcome Sang Yoon Kim, our new Principal Clarinet!
Unanimously chosen by the musician-comprised audition committee, he joins us at the beginning of the 2018-19 season. He performed with the SPCO as a guest musician for seven weeks in the 2017-18 season and will be featured as soloist on Weber’s Rondo for Clarinet and Strings September 20-30 and in many chamber music works throughout the coming season.
A native of South Korea, Sang Yoon Kim is the first prize winner of several international competitions, including the 67th Prague Spring International Music Competition in 2015 and the UNISA International Flute and Clarinet Competition in 2014. Kim says, “The SPCO feels like a perfect match for me in terms of my passion for solo, chamber music and orchestral playing, and the ability to satisfy all of those impulses with one amazing ensemble. I am extremely honored and excited to make music with such great musicians and share it with the Twin Cities community.”
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Our celebratory 20th anniversary season kicks off next month. Join us and enjoy music and dance performed by the most accomplished student musicians in Los Angeles, our exceptional faculty, and top guest artists from the world over.
Hugs & high-fives to our Conservatory students as they take off for the first Colburn Orchestra tour in just a few weeks!
1) First stop, Edinburgh (Scotland), August 20 ---> https://bit.ly/2AxupBv
2) Second stop, Dublin (Ireland), August 22 ---> see link below!
Don’t miss the orchestra of Colburn Conservatory of Music, described by the Los Angeles Times as an “excellent young orchestra”, with esteemed conductor Stéphane Denève and vibrant violinist Simone Porter in their first international tour.
Works by Barber, Rachmaninoff, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Book here for their concert on 22nd August: https://goo.gl/ss2BMG
Vote by JULY 31 for the Gramophone Orchestra of the Year 2018! (And a special shoutout to Colburn Conservatory of Music alums Brittany Boulding Breeden, Eric Han & Emil Khudyev at the Seattle Symphony!) =)
We are excited to introduce a brand new Gramophone Award this year, one which will be voted for by our readers: Orchestra of the Year.
That's right. We know this gal. And we're proud to flaunt it here & now, Emerson.
The Naples Philharmonic, in Florida, U.S., has announced the appointment of violinist Emerson Millar as its new co-concertmaster - the orchestra's first.
Absolutely fantastic to see you "in-person," 2011 Conservatory alum, Louise McKay (albeit via video)! Please come see us at Colburn soon!!
Meet the cellist who makes her instrument sound like an entire orchestra
Meet Stephen Tavani, 2014 Colburn Conservatory of Music alum and new Assistant Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra!
Stephen Tavani will join as Assistant Concertmaster and Zhan Shu as a member of the First Violin section of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Congrats to the Viano String Quartet on their prizewinning finish at the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition! Lucy Wang Hao Zhou Aiden Kane Tate Zawadiuk
[MEET THE FINALISTS 3/3] The Viano String Quartet
Based in: USA🇺🇸
Ensemble founded: 2015 / Current formation: 2017
Average age: 21
Lucy Wang (🇨🇦) violin
Hao Zhou (🇺🇸) violin
Aiden Kane (🇺🇸) viola
Tate Zawadiuk (🇨🇦) cello
The Viano String Quartet was a top prize-winner at the 9th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa, held in the summer of 2017. Formed in 2015 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, the quartet was recently featured on NPR host Rob Kapilow’s What Makes it Great concert series at Cerritos Center. The quartet has appeared in the South Bay Chamber Music Society and Santa Monica Conservatory’s Expo Line Concert Series with Martin Beaver and Paul Coletti, as well as the Colburn Chamber Music Society and Gibson Dunn Rush Hour Concert Series.
As firm believers in community engagement, the quartet participated in the Bellingham Festival of Music’s Play It Forward Residency in March 2017, and took part in its outreach initiative to reach schoolchildren in the northern Washington State area. The quartet works primarily with Martin Beaver, as well as other members of the Colburn School faculty, including Clive Greensmith, Paul Coletti, and Fabio Bidini. They have received coaching from artists such as David Finckel, Gary Hoffman, Arnold Steinhardt, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, members of the Emerson String Quartet, and the Calidore String Quartet.
Can't wait to see and celebrate you tomorrow evening, Mr. Ronald Leonard!
Before celebrating Mr. Leonard's retirement with us tomorrow, read three of his former students' reflections on how his teaching has had an impact on their lives.
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Congrats to Colburn Conservatory of Music student, Emma Wernig, on her 1st prize win at the 2017 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition!!!
Wow, what a week. Well done to everyone involved with the competition and festival. We are looking forward to the next one already!
Prize winners:
1st Prize: Emma Wernig
2nd Prize: Lara Albesano
3rd Prize: Sáo Soulez Larivière
After a substantial break from the violin, Colburn Conservatory of Music Class of 2011 alum Nigel Armstrong is back in full force! Congrats on your 3rd prize and Special Prize win at the 2017 IsangYun International Violin Competition, Nigel!! Rah rah.
27 year old American violinist Nigel Armstrong's 3rd prize winning performing of the Brhams Violin Concerto - in the Final of the 2017 IsangYun International...
Congratulations to Colburn Conservatory of Music student Dominic Cheli and alumnus (class of '07) Jo Whang!
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Competition:
Argus Quartet
Joint first prize winner
Dominic Cheli, piano
Joint first prize winner
Yoojin Jang, violin
Winner
Congrats to 2 of our 2008 Conservatory alums, Alicia Lee (clarinet) and Timothy Hagen (flute)! Both new fancy faculty hires at the University of Wisconsin - Mead School of Music!
The Mead Witter School of Music is pleased to announce the hiring of new faculty. These include one new assistant professor and four new adjunct professors in addition to two instructors. Five of these new faculty replace retired professors John Aley, trumpet; James Smith, orchestra; Linda Bartley,…
Congrats, Calder Quartet!!
Looking forward to recording on the Pentatone label!
Raduuuuuu, looking more dashing than ever! Missing you here at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, but how elated we are to hear that you've reached another level of success! :)
So proud... so proud, Anthony Trionfo!
Happy Friday! Today we're thrilled to introduce you to the last artist making his debut in our 2017-18 season: flutist Anthony Trionfo.
In 2016, Anthony won both the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Concerto Competition of the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra. Anthony is a graduate of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and currently studies at the Colburn Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of James Walker.
Anthony is also a dedicated teacher in Los Angeles' Jumpstart Program, and has appeared as soloist with many orchestras, including the Las Vegas Philharmonic and "The President's Own" United States Marine Band!
Anthony's March 28, 2018 debut at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center -- featuring Fauré, Clarke, Jolivet, Lowell Liebermann, and an original composition by YCA's Composer-in-Residence Katie Balch -- is not one to be missed! Want to join us? Grab your tickets at yca.org/tickets!
Photo Credit: Matt Dine
Bravo, Rodolfo Leone!! Winner of the 2017 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna!
The winner of the 15th International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna 2017: Rodolfo LEONE!
#TheBeethovenVienna
Hats off to Nick Tisherman who recently won the 2nd/Assistant Principal Oboe position with the Colorado Symphony!! =D Woot woot!
Can hardly believe that the day has come - welcome to (and good luck with) adulthood, Julian! Class of 2015 & 2017 and forever a Colburn fixture, Julian Zheng... the new Principal Horn of the Shanghai Philharmonic.
Oh. my. goodness. Congratulations, class of 2015, Kevin Lin!!!
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the appointment of 24 year old American violinist Kevin Lin as their new Co-Leader.
Kudos to the dashing Joe Brown on his recent appointment as 2nd Trumpet of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra! What a blessing it'll be to have you back in California, closer to all of us... and the great Jim Wilt. Keep the good ones comin', Professor Wilt!
Quite possibly having been the most loving, compassionate, and angelic student to date, we extend our warmest congratulations to Natalie Hoe, the new Principal Clarinetist of The Florida Orchestra!
Congratulations to the beautiful Stephanie Ng, the 2nd Prize Winner of the 2017 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition (concerto division)! Dazzling as always, Steph!
A belated congrats to Colburn Conservatory of Music student (and alum!) Steve Metcalf, the new Principal Bassist of the Colorado Symphony! Hope to see you sometime in sunny LA...!
Steve Metcalf grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and began his studies under the tutelage of North Carolina Symphony member Craig Brown at age 13. Steve went on to attend Indiana University under the instruction of Professor Emeritus Lawrence Hurst and received his Bachelor's of Music. Upon graduat...
Congrats, Conservatory alum Radu Paponiu (class of '12 & '15)! You're so greatly missed, but Mr. Lipsett and all of us here at the Colburn School are so proud of you.
NRO Welcomes Radu Paponiu, 2017 Assistant Conductor!
An "official" congrats to Patrick Hodge, the new Assistant Principal Horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra!! We'll surely miss you on campus... but are absolutely ecstatic for you. Congrats a million, Patrick!
What an honor it was to have the distinguished & preeminent Calder Quartet back on campus at the Colburn School! As our first class of Colburn Conservatory of Music grads, you make us proud - Benjamin, Andrew, Jonathan, and Eric. :) :D (Sorry to have missed you in the photo, Andrew! Blame it on Christine's last-minute decision-making!)
Our Colburn Conservatory of Music alums continue to take the world by storm - CONGRATS to Peter Myers, the new Assistant Principal Cellist of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra! Wishing you the very best in NorCal!
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