FIVE DAYS TO NYSMF 2007!
Greetings from Oneonta, and the New York Summer Music Festival! (yes, that is a tribute to Dr. Frederic Fay Swift's original tune, "Greetings from Oneonta and the New York State Music Camp", and I am darn proud to be able to do it.)
Keisuke Hoashi here, NYSMF's resident actor and instructor for acting, filmmaking, and original musical theatre, and I'm happy to say that our 2007 season is looking huge, healthy, and diverse to the point of ecstasy. We have students coming from all over the country, including over 20 states:
Dr. Swift, whom I had the great fortune of knowing back in my own music camp days, created his music camp back in 1947 because he wanted to give talented young musicians a place where they could not just play during the summer, but to learn, grow, and florish under the tutelage of equally dedicated professional musicians and educators.
How tragic is it, for example, when a fantastic young flute player ends her sophomore year of high school, but suddenly has no orchestra to play in for three long months? Or a cellist going into his senior year being forced to spend his summer working stock in the back room of a local pizzaria, instead of being able to continue cultivating his unique talent of making music?
Okay, the world won't end under these scenarios. But like Dr. Swift, everyone here at NYSMF believes that these great young musicians really need a place where they can keep up their skills. NYSMF gives them such a place, where these kids can be surrounded by like-minded, similarly-talented youngsters, and truly come together to form a wonderful, supportive community of musicians, voluntarily bound by their love of music.
Even I feel like my personal "Corny" meter often overflows, but in this case, I am proud to let it spill over like an avalance. I am vastly grateful for this opportunity to bring NYSMF to all of you, and I will never stop thanking you for it.
Five more days to NYSMF. I can't wait.
Keisuke Hoashi
NYSMF Director of Communications
Keisuke Hoashi here, NYSMF's resident actor and instructor for acting, filmmaking, and original musical theatre, and I'm happy to say that our 2007 season is looking huge, healthy, and diverse to the point of ecstasy. We have students coming from all over the country, including over 20 states:
- New York
- New Jersey
- Massachusetts
- California
- Georgia
- Pennsylvania
- Connecticut
- Washington, DC
- Virginia
- Indiana
- Colorado
- Missouri
- Maryland
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- North Carolina
- Washington
- Kansas
- Texas
- Maine
- Russia
- Taiwan
- Mexico
- France
- Norway
- Puerto Rico
- Korea
- Newfoundland
- Japan
- Canada
- Spain
- Belize
Dr. Swift, whom I had the great fortune of knowing back in my own music camp days, created his music camp back in 1947 because he wanted to give talented young musicians a place where they could not just play during the summer, but to learn, grow, and florish under the tutelage of equally dedicated professional musicians and educators.
How tragic is it, for example, when a fantastic young flute player ends her sophomore year of high school, but suddenly has no orchestra to play in for three long months? Or a cellist going into his senior year being forced to spend his summer working stock in the back room of a local pizzaria, instead of being able to continue cultivating his unique talent of making music?
Okay, the world won't end under these scenarios. But like Dr. Swift, everyone here at NYSMF believes that these great young musicians really need a place where they can keep up their skills. NYSMF gives them such a place, where these kids can be surrounded by like-minded, similarly-talented youngsters, and truly come together to form a wonderful, supportive community of musicians, voluntarily bound by their love of music.
Even I feel like my personal "Corny" meter often overflows, but in this case, I am proud to let it spill over like an avalance. I am vastly grateful for this opportunity to bring NYSMF to all of you, and I will never stop thanking you for it.
Five more days to NYSMF. I can't wait.
Keisuke Hoashi
NYSMF Director of Communications
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