New Program in 2024: MNScholar
*NEW in 2024* The MNScholar Program is a competitive residency during which participants will share current creative research pertaining to song, collaborative performance, and composition with the vibrant community attending Source Song Festival. This is an opportunity to experience Source as an advocate for scholarship and education.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Source Song Festival invites proposals from art song advocates in academia and postgraduate study to present 50 min lectures (no lecture recitals, please) on topics related to art song and collaboration.
Proposals related to the following topics will be highly encouraged:
Spanish song repertoire
Collaborative literature and pedagogy
American song research topics
Non-profit arts advocacy and engagement
Historical keyboard and performance practice
Entrepreneurial leadership and individual agency
Please submit a narrative or abstract of your presentation, no more than 250-350 words
Submit headshot and no more than 300 word biography.
WHEN
August 4-9, 2024
ELIGIBILITY
There is no upper age restriction. All applications must be at least 18 years old as of May 1, 2024.
APPLICATION FEE
There is NO application fee. Proposals are due March 9, 2024.
PROGRAM FEE
There will be a $250 program fee for those selected as MNScholars.
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Workshop includes:
50 minute presentation to a community and audience of approximately 40 music professionals and educators
Archival recording of your presentation, and access to recordings of the other MNScholar presentations
Feedback from Arlene Shrut on stage presence and presentation techniques
Access to in-person festival masterclasses, performances, and lectures throughout the week with a Festival Pass
Instant network of fellow art song advocates to pursue further research and collaboration
Questions? clara@sourcesongfestival.org
2024 Festival Faculty
Photo by Steven Garcia, August 2022 in Westminster Hall
““I couldn’t have been happier with my experience with MNSong. The workshops and presentations were consistently helpful, and the opportunity to work with Libby Larsen was a highlight of my career to date... I left feeling inspired to create more songs!”
What scholars in the MNScholar Program Receive:
50 minute presentation to a community and audience of approximately 40 music professionals and educators
Archival recording of your presentation, and access to recordings of the other MNScholar presentations
One-on-one Feedback from Arlene Shrut on stage presence and presentation techniques
One-on-one with Stephen Swanson on your research topics and further questions
Access to in-person festival masterclasses, performances, and lectures throughout the week with a Festival Pass
Instant network of fellow art song advocates to pursue further research and collaboration
“The passion that each member of this festival (the coordinators, guest artists, duos, composers, and audience!) brings to their art is so raw, so vital, so unconditional, and so...human. The effect of creativity, at such a high concentration, in one short week, makes me want to...go out and create something from nothing.”