Meadowmount School of Music
building in the United States of America
The Meadowmount School of Music is a classical music summer program held each year in Westport, New York.
The program is known for its notable faculty, intensive practice schedule, chamber music involvement, and performance opportunities. Founded in 1944, the seven-week summer session includes more than 50 events, including student concerts, faculty performances, master classes, lectures, and guest artist appearances.
As a training ground for both young and established classical musicians, the Meadowmount School of Music brings more than 180 students, ages 10 to 30, from across the globe to live and study on the 240-acre campus. While amongst the Adirondack Mountains, students participate in focused solo practice, lessons, chamber music rehearsals, master classes, and public performances, both on the Meadowmount campus and throughout local venues.
The organization is currently led by Executive Director Genevieve Twomey and Artistic Director Janet Sung.
History
The Meadowmount School of Music was founded in 1944 by renowned pedagogue and violinist Ivan Galamian. Born in Iran in 1903 to Armenian parents, Galamian was taken shortly thereafter to Moscow, Russia. Then in 1922, due to the rise of the Communist regime, Galamian emigrated to Paris where he began taking lessons with Lucien Capet and gaining a reputation as both performer and master teacher. However, over time the political situation in Europe had worsened to the degree that Galamian decided to emigrate to the United States in 1937 and settled in Manhattan, where he would establish his violin studio.
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