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INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTORS GUILD

UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC

BEETHOVEN Conducting Workshop

June 15-20, 2026

Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Faculty:

Neal Stulberg, Director, Orchestra Studies, UCLA
William Kinderman, Krown Klein Chair, Music Performance Studies, UCLA
John Farrer, Founder, London Conducting Workshops
 
This unique workshop addresses the challenges of conducting Beethoven’s orchestral music. Each day begins with presentations from William Kinderman. Participants will read his recent study Beethoven: A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times prior to the workshop.

Selected conductors will receive generous podium time in rehearsal and performance of selected movements and works, including:

REPERTOIRE - TBA

The workshop faculty guidance will lead to a public performance where participants will demonstrate their insight in realizing the compositions. In this workshop, practical mastery is blended with awareness of the cultural values of Beethoven’s legacy. Inclusion of the Fifth Symphony and the Leonore Overture No. 3 provides a context for engagement with the dramatic and political implications of this music.

Conductors will not find a more thorough Beethoven experience.

CONDUCTORS -
Ten (10) participating conductors will be selected from the completed and submitted applications.
Ten (10) or more auditor conductors will participate in this workshop and will receive limited podium time.
All participating conductors are expected to attend all sessions.

APPLICATION FEE -  
$40.00 USD

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

TUITION - 
Selected participating conductors - 
Selected auditing conductors -
All tuition payments must be completed prior to the workshop. Payment information will be shared with the participating conductors.

Please use this link to make your tuition payment:  

 

ORCHESTRA -
UCLA Philharmonia is the flagship orchestra of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and is recognized as one of the finest training orchestras in Southern CA. The orchestra will include current UCLA students and alumni.

PARTICIPANT TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING -
Transportation and housing will be the responsibility of the selected conductors.
There may be the possibility of on-campus housing - Details TBA

LOCATION -
Rehearsals, lectures, and other sessions and the performance will take place
at UCLA's Schoenberg Music Building -

UCLA - Herb Alpert School of Music
Schoenberg Music Building
445 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095

SCHEDULE - 
**The International Conductors and UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music reserve the right to make modifications to the schedule as needed.

MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2026 - SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026

APPLICANT NOTIFICATION - 
Successful applicants will be notified by TBA
Deadline for accepted participants to reserve a spot at the workshop is TBA


Questions? - 
Jan Wilson, Executive Director
International Conductors Guild
[email protected]
(202) 643-4791