Last update:
01/11/2010

General Information

What:

Bar Harbor Brass Week is an intensive educational and performance experience for select college and high school brass musicians, sponsored by the Mark Woolman Horner Music Education Fund.

A small group of high school, college, and pre-professional participants are selected to form brass choirs and chamber ensembles to prepare for performances in Bar Harbor.  Daily activities include rehearsals, coachings, masterclasses, and private lessons--all led by a prestigious faculty of many of the finest brass musicians and educators in the country.

All of this takes place on the campus of the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine.  Bar Harbor is one of the East Coast's most popular summer tourist destinations and lies adjacent to Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island.

When:

The 10th Annual Bar Harbor Brass Week will take place June 20-26.  The week will start with Sunday evening registration (June 20) from 5-7pm; placement auditions from 7-9pm, and end Saturday night, with an overnight stay through Sunday morning, June 27 at 9:00AM.

Application:

All applicants must submit an application form and audition/placement recording.  The application deadline is FEBRUARY 1, 2010 for College students and MARCH 1, 2010 for High School students.

Cost, Housing and Travel:

College Students:  Those selected to be College Participants will receive free tuition, room, and board.  Students will be housed in dormitories at the College of the Atlantic and will receive meals Monday through Friday at the dining hall.

Travel to Bar Harbor will be the responsibility of the participant.  Participants can drive or fly into Hancock County Airport (12 miles from Bar Harbor) or Bangor International Airport (50 miles.)  Some past participants have also flown into New York and Boston and taken the bus or carpooled to Bar Harbor.  The program may be able to assist with transportation from the Bangor or Hancock County airports.

High School Students:  The fee for High School Participants is $345.  The fee covers tuition and lunch at the College of the Atlantic Monday through Friday.  The fee for High School Participants staying at the dorm (limited availability--see details below) is $650.

High School Participants coming from out of town who need housing will be matched with a host family of a local high school participant, or they may choose to stay at the dorm if space is available.  There will be adult chaperons for high school students staying at the dorm.  Since one of our founding missions of the camp is to inspire the students in the Bar Harbor area and Maine, we give preference to students from Maine.  Out-of-state students apply to the camp every year and most have been invited; but due to the limited amount of housing, and to maintain a reasonable balance of instrumentation, we turn away out of state applicants first.  If you plan to travel and stay with parents, or have housing available with local relatives, please indicate this in your application.

Upon acceptance into the program, High School Participants must pay a deposit to secure their spot in the program, with the balance due at the beginning of Brass Week.  The exact due date and amount will be indicated in the acceptance letter.

If you wish to audit the week (observe but not participate), please contact us.

Questions?

If you have questions, you may contact the program administrator, Heather Vaughn, via email, mail, or our contact form.

Heather Vaughn, Director
Bar Harbor Brass Week
9 Evergreen Lane
Haddonfield, NJ  08033
info@BarHarborBrass.org