BUTI celebrates 48th season with notable guests artists and
concerts at Tanglewood Music Center’s Ozawa Hall
Boston, MA – The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) launches its 48th season with a summer full of talented students, exciting concerts, and renowned guest artists. A program of the School of Music at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, BUTI accepts a select group of gifted high school musicians each summer, inviting them to the Tanglewood grounds for training programs in orchestra, voice, wind ensemble, piano, composition, and harp, as well as workshops for individual instruments and chamber ensembles.
Led by Director Phyllis Hoffman, BUTI is considered one of the most prestigious summer music programs for high school students in the United States. This year’s student body was selected through a rigorous application and audition process, and consists of American and international musicians, including students from as far away as Europe, South America, and Australia. Since BUTI’s founding, scores of its alumni have gone on to illustrious careers in classical music, including dozens that perform in the top orchestras in the country.
The BUTI Young Artists Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Chorus will perform a series of concerts in Ozawa Hall on the Tanglewood estate running from July 13 – August 10. A notable roster of guest artist conductors will work with these three large ensembles, including: Paul Haas, David J. Martins, Ken-David Masur, Tito Muñoz, and H. Robert Reynolds, as well as Vento Chiaro, woodwind quintet, and Axiom Brass, brass quintet. This year’s concert series features masterworks of the past and present:
Young Artists Orchestra
Saturday, July 13, 2:30pm
Tito Muñoz, Conductor
Henry Cowell, Ancient Desert Drone
Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid (Suite)
Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Ozawa Hall
Saturday, July 27, 2:30pm
Ken-David Masur, Conductor
Alfred Schnittke, (K)ein Sommernachtstraum
Benjamin Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem
Wolfgang Mozart, Requiem
with BUTI Young Artists Vocal Chorus
Tanglewood Theatre
Saturday, August 10, 2:30pm
Paul Haas, Conductor
Ottorino Respighi, Fountains of Rome
Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
Ozawa Hall
Young Artists Wind Ensemble
Sunday, July 14, 2:30pm
David J. Martins, Conductor
Leonard Bernstein, Slava!
David Gillingham, A Light Unto the Darkness
Paul Hart, Cartoon
Percy Grainger/Rogers, “The Gum-Suckers” March
Dan Welcher, Zion
Philip Sparke, The Year of the Dragon
Oscar Navarro, Downey Overture
Ozawa Hall
Sunday, July 28, 8pm
H. Robert Reynolds, Conductor
Eric Whitacre, Lux Aurumque
Michael Gandolfi, Vientos y Tangos
Frank Ticheli/Green, Profanation from Symphony No. 1
Joseph Turrin, Concertino for 11 instruments and wind ensemble
featuring BUTI faculty
Johann Sebastian Bach/Reed, Komm Susser Tod
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cailliet, Fugue in G minor (Little)
Donald Grantham, J’ai ete au bal
Tanglewood Theatre
Sunday, July 28, 8pm
Featuring Student Solo and Ensemble performances.
Ozawa Hall
BUTI is a program of the School of Music of the College of Fine Arts at Boston University. For more information, visit bu.edu/cfa/tanglewood.
Venue and Ticket Information
Seiji Ozawa Hall and Tanglewood Theatre
Tanglewood Music Center
297 West Street
Lenox, MA 01240
Tickets: $11 Young Artists Orchestra, available at the door. Free admission for Young Artists Wind Ensemble and Honors Concert.
Contact Information
617-353-3386 (through June 6, 2013)
413-637-1431 (after June 6, 2013)
All artists and programs are subject to change. Please visit bu.edu/cfa for updated schedule.