GREETINGS
We are proud to announce the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival will be held in Hamamatsu City this summer.The 18 faculty members are internationally renown professors from Europe and America, as well as Japan.
Participating students will attend classes under the instruction of these faculty members for a period of five days. Each class of the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival is open to seven participants ranging anywhere from students to professional musicians.The lessons are mainly given on a one-to-one basis. In addition, Festival Concerts will be held during the period of the Academy featuring performances by the international guest faculty in programs specifically for wind instruments.The number of applicants to the Academy is increasing annually the Academy has gained an impressive reputation worldwide, and Foreign students are welcome. Applicants who have accomplished an excellent progress will be given an opportunity to perform at the Debut Concert which will be held on the 4th day of the Academy.

GUIDE TO THE ACADEMY

INSTRUMENTS Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone,Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Tuba, Euphonium,Marimba,Percussion QUALIFICATIONS Student/any musician who is 15 years or older Auditor/open to any person who is over 12 years old SCHEDULE August 2, 11:00a.m.-August 6, 3:00p.m. TUITION FEES Student/55,000 yen DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION(for Students) Saturday May 31,2003. APPLICATION The application form should arrive at the following address with all necessary information (name, age, address, telephone number, school or occupation, music career and a cassette tape of the audition repertoire). Please be aware that the submitted tape will not be returned. LESSONS The lessons will be conducted in two ways. One-to-one lessons and group lessons. The individual lessons will be for a duration of 50 minutes each, 4 times per student. All lessons (except Marimba and Percussion) will be with piano accompaniment. Six pieces from the next page, will be with piano accompaniment. Students will be allowed to audit the lessons of other students. In addition, practice rooms will also be provided. PREMIUM CONCERT This will be performed by selected students. One student from each class will be selected for this, and will be held on Monday, the 5th of August, from 18:00 at the Concert Hall of the ACT City building, Hamamatsu.

FACULTY
[FLUTE]
Shigenori Kudoh(professor at the Paris Ecole Normal)
Andrea Lieberknecht(professor at the Hanover Academy of Music)
Philippe Pierlot(the principal Flutist at the France National Symphony Orchestra)
[CLARINET]
Claude Faucompez(New France Radio Philharmonic Orchestra)
Tatsuzo Akasaka(Soloist)
Wenzel Fuchs (the principal at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
[OBOE]
Guenther Passin (professor at the Munich Music Academy and the Mozarteum in Salzburg)
[BASSOON]
Dag Jensen(professor at Hanover Academy of Music)
[SAXOPHONE]
Jean-Yves Fourmeau(professor at C.N.R. de Cergy-Pontoise)
Nobuya Sugawa(Faclulty at Tokyo University of Fine Art)
[TRUMPET]
Robert Sullivan(Associate Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic)
John Wallace(Former Principal Trumpet of the Philharmonia)
[HORN]
Hiroshi Matsuzaki(guest professor at the Senzoku Gakuen College)
[TROMBONE]
Rudolf Josel(professor at the University of Music in Vienna)
[EUPHONIUM]
Shoichiro Hokazono (solo Euphoniumist of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force)
[TUBA]
Gene Pokorny(the principal at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
[MARIMBA]
Keiko Abe(professor at the Toho Gakuen)
[PERCUSSION]
Isao Nakamura(the professor at the Karlsruhe Music Academy)


THE OFFICE FOR REFERENCE AND APPLICATION
Pro Arte Musicae Co., Ltd.
1-20-14-5F, Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0013, Japan
Tel.81-3-3943-6677
Fax.81-3-3943-6659
E-mail: pam@proarte.co.jp
URL:http://www.proarte.co.jp

Please see the Academy HP;
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/event/academy/english/index.html