About The Concerto Camp
The Concerto Camp (TCC) is a classical music educational program initiated and managed by Scala Arts. TCC aims to provide immersive and inspiring learning opportunities for avid and advanced young soloists eager to build up concerto repertoire and orchestral performance experience. Every year, TCC assigns a set of concertos as the repertoire of study and develops a series of courses that help participants methodically and practically master these works and beyond.
EVERY enrolled student will
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have a dedicated intensive rehearsal session with TCC's professional partner orchestra.
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perform one movement from the repertoire of study with the orchestra in a concert at an esteemed concert hall.
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have the final concerto performance professionally recorded with multi-cameras and audio engineering.
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have one-on-one private lessons with renowned concert artists and educators.
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have group lessons and seminars covering different aspects of concerto performance taught by renowned performing artists and educators.
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have opportunities to be selected to be presented at the camp's master classes.
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have opportunities to sign up for group solo recitals at an esteemed concert venue.
The Concerto Camp 2025 is for PIANO concertos only. More instruments' concertos will be added to future camps.
The Concerto Camp 2025
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Repertoire of Study
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Haydn Piano Concerto in G, No.4, mvt.1
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Haydn Piano Concerto in D, No.11, mvt.1
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Mozart Piano Concerto No.8, K.246, mvt.1
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Mozart Piano Concerto No.8, K.246, mvt.3
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Mozart Piano Concerto No.9, K.271, mvt.1
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Mozart Piano Concerto No.9, K.271, mvt.3
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Mozart Piano Concerto No.14, K.449, mvt.1
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Mozart Piano Concerto No.14, K.449, mvt.3
An enrolled student can choose only ONE movement to play with the orchestra. He/She can express preferrence, but has to accept TCC's assignment for programming purpose.
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Courses of Study
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Full Score Reading
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Conducting
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Piano Literature
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Double-Piano Concerto Coaching
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Private Piano Lessons
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Master Classes
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Orchestral Rehearsal
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Capstone Formal Performance
Master classes are selective. Among the enrolled students, only 6 of high caliber can be presented at the master classes. The rest students are required to audit the master classes.
All other courses are mandatory. TCC reserves rights to deny issuing the Certificate of Completion to students with absence, lateness, or early leave.
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Application Guideline
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Required Prescreening Videos:
*2025 application has closed. The guidline is only for future reference.*
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one fast movement of a piano sonata from the Classical period
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a piano solo work written IN or AFTER the 19th century
Please record the two prescreening pieces in two separate videos and upload them to major video hosting platforms, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Bilibili, Youku, etc. Please mark the piano work's name, composer, and applicant's name in the video title. Applicants need to provide the videos' URLs in the application form.
Videos do not have to be professional or studio recordings, but the sound and visual quality should be of high quality and should accurately reflect your musicianship. Applicant’s face (in profile) should be visible throughout the performance. The whole of the keyboards should be visible, and the pedals should also be in view. The performance must be from memory. Videos have to be shot uninterrupted in one camera angle without editing. Videos have to be shot within 6 months before submission.
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Optional Supplementary Videos:
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a piano concerto movement with an orchestra or with another piano's accompaniment
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a collaborative/chamber music works with other instrument(s), including a piano
Supplementary videos are preferred, NOT required. They are used to assess applicant's pre-existing collaborative ability. The videos can be applicant's past performance recordings, old or new. Edited multi-camera recordings are acceptable. Applicant’s face (in profile) should be visible in the video.
Applicant can choose to upload either one or both supplementary videos to major video hosting platforms, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Bilibili, Youku, etc. Please mark the piano work's name, composer, and applicant's name in the video title.Applicants need to provide the videos' URLs in the application form.
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Application fees can only be paid online at the time of application submission. Payment can be made using all major credit cards and PayPal. An application will be submitted automatically only when the payment transaction has been processed. Application fees are NOT refundable.