The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
SUMMER MUSIC
 SCHOOL OPENS
Six-Weeks' Session Plan- ned; Symphonic Festi-
 val Cancelled

The Berkshire Muslc Center, the summer school ct Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts, will carry on it's activities during the 1922 season under the sponsorship of the Kous- sevitzlky Music Foudatlon, Inc, of which pr. Serge KroussevitzlSy is the president. The six weeks ses- sion will open July 5, with the dis- tinguished faculty already an- nounced, including the principal players of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Definite cancellation, however, of the Symphonic Festl- val concerts was announced this week.
 The program of the school will fol- low the general pattern of previous seasons. Student concerts and per- formances will be given each week. These events always attarct overflow audiences because of their high standards. During the last three weeks of the session (the first three weeks in Augusta the school work will eliminate in the concerts to be given by the student orchestra and chorus on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons, with programs selected from the great repertoire, including the Bach Magnificent in D and the Beethoven Ninth Sym phony, and conducted by Dr. Kous- sevitzky. The proceeds of these con certs will be devoted to the main- tenance of the school and the Koussevitzky Music Foundation.
 Applications already received in- dicate a full attendance. Glasses for some of the departments are filled but applications are still be- ing accepted for the fifth depart ment which includes the chorus, its own orchestra, chamber music and special lectures. Arrangements are being made for dormitory &C., commodations and blus transporta- tion.
 The Center offers o variety of courses: Orchestral Conducting un- der Dr. Koussevitzky and Stanley Chapple; Choral Conducting under Hugh Ross and Igor Jones; the Advanced Orchestra under Dr. Koussevitzky, Richard Burfin and Stanley Chapple; Chamber Music under Gregor Piatigorsky; Compost tion under Aaron Copeland and Igor Stravinsly: Opera under Dr Herbert Graf, Boris Goldovsky and Richard Rychtarik.
 The Department of Music and Culture is the largest of the Gen. ter. It has no formal entrance re- Quirements and is designed for music students, college students, teachers and amateurs-for all who wish summer of living and work ing in music. This department in- cludes chorus which, trained by Hugh Ross and flor Jones will pre- pare the works to be sung under Dr. Koussevitzky and will also sing madrigals, motetS, and later and contemporary works. New courses have been added, including Greg brian Chant and Polyphonic Mu- sic (600-l600) under Stanley Chap pie and Leonard Bernstein. This department also has its own sym phony orchestra, less advanced than the other, which will have rehear- sals and performances under Rich- ard Burgin, Stanley Chapple and Leonard Bernstein, and will he coached by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. There will also be chamber music groups Every Saturday afternoon informal lecture-concert will review the choral and instrumental works studied. Olin Downes' lectures, re- lating the music studied to the hiS- torical and cultural background will be illustrated with student per- formanceS.
 All members of the Center are entitled to attend special lectures by Archibald T. Davison. Howard Hanson, Lucien Price, Deems Tay. Tor and others, as well as all Cen. ter concerts and performances.
 The Opera Department has added a new course in Opera Production for stage directors, conductors, de. signers, composers and librettists The course for singers will include the performance of Nicolai's Merry Wives of Windsor" and Stravinsky's "Histoire dun Soldat," as well as performances of scenes from other operas.
 Continuing policy inaugurated last year. the Center will again have five scholarship students from Latin American Republics. This year the scholarships have been awarded to three composers, 8 violinist and a soprano.