COVID-19 Impact: For the Fall 2020 semester,
conducting seminars will be held via Zoom, like the Summer Sessions.
There will be no Choir Track for the Fall semester.
Tuition, Deposit, and Financial Aid
Once you are accepted into the program, you must secure your spot with a $200 deposit. This deposit will be returned to you at the end of the school year. Students who leave the program before the end of the school year will not have their deposit returned.
Tuition is $700 per semester, divided into two $350 payments each semester. The first payment is due at the first seminar of each semester. The second payment is due at the sixth seminar. A $50/semester tuition discount will be given to applicants who submit their application by May 22, 2020.
For singers with financial need, scholarships are available. Please contact us at info@dcalfine.com to obtain information about receiving a reduced tuition rate.
Tuition is $700 per semester, divided into two $350 payments each semester. The first payment is due at the first seminar of each semester. The second payment is due at the sixth seminar. A $50/semester tuition discount will be given to applicants who submit their application by May 22, 2020.
For singers with financial need, scholarships are available. Please contact us at info@dcalfine.com to obtain information about receiving a reduced tuition rate.
Included in the program
- Semester 1 will run from the week beginning 9/14 through the week beginning 12/14
- Semester 2 will run from the week beginning 1/25 through the week beginning 5/10
- Weekly group instruction and individual feedback on conducting technique (via zoom)
- 2 private conducting lessons (via Zoom)
- 1-2 Master classes per semester with conducting professionals and choral professors from universities such as GMU, CNU, JMU, Radford, Shenandoah, VCU, VWU, and more (via Zoom)
- 13-14 seminars per semester, minimum, covering topics such as:
- Score study/How to mark your score, Leading productive (and fun!) rehearsals, Vocal health, Teaching history – the why and the how, Analyzing texts, Identifying and correcting common mistakes and problems, Selecting great repertoire, and much more.
Attendance Policy
The busy life of a high school or college musician all but guarantees that at some point you will need to miss at least one of our seminars. You are encouraged to fully participate in your school’s choral program, and if a concert conflicts with our seminar, you should participate in your school’s concert.
In the event you must miss one of our seminars for any reason, it is your responsibility to provide advance notice of your planned absence. If you must miss the night of one of your assigned conducting slots, it is your responsibility to arrange a swap with another participant.
Tuition remains the same, regardless of how many seminars you are able to attend.
In a typical year, if Fairfax County Public Schools declares a snow day, our seminar will be cancelled and no make-up date will be scheduled. The second semester has 16 Thursday Seminars scheduled to make-up for the likelihood of cancelled Seminars. In a distance-learning year, snow days won't cancel a Seminar. :)
In the event you must miss one of our seminars for any reason, it is your responsibility to provide advance notice of your planned absence. If you must miss the night of one of your assigned conducting slots, it is your responsibility to arrange a swap with another participant.
Tuition remains the same, regardless of how many seminars you are able to attend.
In a typical year, if Fairfax County Public Schools declares a snow day, our seminar will be cancelled and no make-up date will be scheduled. The second semester has 16 Thursday Seminars scheduled to make-up for the likelihood of cancelled Seminars. In a distance-learning year, snow days won't cancel a Seminar. :)
Included in the program in a typical year
- 1-2 concerts per semester in which each participant will both sing and conduct
- Master classes with choral professors from universities such as GMU, CNU, JMU, Radford, Shenandoah, VCU, VWU, and more.
- Potential opportunities to lead a choral rehearsal
- Frequent opportunities to conduct in rehearsals
- Weekly instruction on conducting technique
- 12-13 seminars per semester, minimum, covering topics such as:
Leading productive (and fun!) rehearsals, Score study/How to mark your score, Teaching history – the why and the how, Analyzing texts, Identifying and correcting common mistakes and problems, Selecting great repertoire, and much more.
2019-2020 Seminar and Concert Schedule
Seminars are Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 8:00 pm
All Seminar participants then stay for choir rehearsals from 8:00 – 9:15 pm
Our meeting location is The First Presbyterian Church of Annandale
7610 Newcastle Dr., Annandale, VA 22003
First semester
Second semester
All Seminar participants then stay for choir rehearsals from 8:00 – 9:15 pm
Our meeting location is The First Presbyterian Church of Annandale
7610 Newcastle Dr., Annandale, VA 22003
First semester
- Thursday seminars begin 9/26, end 1/16
- Seminars will go from 7-8:30 pm on 9/26, 10/3
- Kick-off rehearsal with choir on Saturday, 10/5 from 9:30-11:30 am
- No seminars will be held on 11/28, 12/26, 1/2
- Concert on Saturday, 1/18
Second semester
- Seminars begin 1/30, end 5/21 (Some of these dates will be cancelled due to snow days, etc.)
- No seminar will be held on 4/9
- Concert on Saturday, 5/16
