Maud Powell Festival - Powell Festival Institute of Music

The Powell Festival Institute (PFI) is now in its eighth summer of instructing aspiring musicians to reach their goal of becoming more well-rounded artists. PFI is a week long music school in which students participate in several areas of study: voice, conducting, composing, instrumental performance, and choral singing. To meet our goal of creating more "complete" musicians, each student participates in all subject areas, regardless of major instrument. All students are encouraged to try new things during their week of study, such as writing a song, conducting, and singing in a choir. Many students will also have the opportunity to perform in the PFI faculty/student orchestra. All these experiences have proved valuable to PFI alumni and returning students. These students hail from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Georgia, New York and Tokyo, Japan, etc. They have had the opportunity to improve on their principal instrument and work with experts in each field of study.

Powell Festival Institute Students - Working on Composition Projects

Classes and 2007 Faculty

PFI students will participate in all of the classes each day. In order to reach its goal of more well-rounded musicians, PFI instructs all students in every class, regardless of major. The classes and their corresponding instructors are as follows:

Conducting:	Dr. Kevin McMahon professional conductor and artistic director of the Maud Powell Music Festival, La Salle IL David E. Becker David Leibowitz
Choral Singing and Voice:	Dr. Chris Sheppard Montana State University, Billings, MT
Strings:	Robert McNally professional violinist and private instructor, Jackson, MS Chia-Chien Goh concertmaster, Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra, Madison WI Bennett Rendman professional cellist principal, Mississippi Symphony, Jackson, MS David Fryxell professional bassist principal, Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra Marie Pauls viola
Brass/Winds/Percussion:	TBD
Keyboard:	Mary Schallhorn piano teacher and professional accompanist, LaMoille IL

Group of Powell Festival Institute Students

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Powell Festival Institute 2007 will be held from Monday, June 11 thru Friday, June 15, with performances through Saturday, June 16. Each day class will begin at 9:00 am (conductors begin at 8:00 am) and end at 5:00 pm, with lunch provided. Students must have completed grade 7 to attend and there is no upper age limit - any interested musician is welcome. The cost to attend the Powell Festival Institute is $175. This fee will allow you to work with all faculty members, eat a great lunch, and attend all Maud Powell Music Festival evening and weekend events. Housing is available with host families to out-of-town students at no extra cost. All applications are due on or before April 1, 2007. Download a copy of the application form. Please send completed application forms and a $75 non-refundable deposit to: