JÄRVI ACADEMY 2025

MASTERCLASSES FOR WINDS, PERCUSSION AND STRINGS

Järvi Academy 2024 for winds, percussion and strings will take place between 12.-23. July 2025 in Tallinn and Pärnu, Estonia.
Applications for Järvi Academy 2025 will open on January 15th 2025! 

The course consists of 3 individual masterclasses (45 minutes each) and for selected participants the Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra (JASO). In addition, we offer a lecture and individual lessons in music physiology

TEACHERS 2025

Järvi Academy 2025 teachers will be announced on January 15th 2025.

Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Saxophone
Bassoon
Trumpet
French horn
Trombone
Percussion

Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass

Teacher: Lisanne Altrov

What is music physiology?

Musicphysiology or musician´s mental and physical preparation for the stage entails the following topics:

  • Tension-free playing
  • Physical prowess and endurance
  • Ability to cope with unexpected situations
  • Communication with the audience, stage partners, collegues and oneself
  • Body language
  • Concentration and focus
  • Motivation
  • Confidence/self-assuredness
  • Coping with mental and physical stress
  • Self-regulation (ability to adjust one´s thoughts, feelings and behaviour)
  • Setting and achieving goals
  • Timing on stage
  • Envisioning one´s sound
  • Time management and planning
  • Effective (mental)practicing
  • Self-analysis
  • Burnout prevention

One of the many skills a musician carries is coping with stage fright. This includes finding solutions to thrive and propell oneself forward in performance situations. The goal of the individual and group lessons in music physiology at Pärnu Music Festival is to map the mechanisms of dealing with stage fright that have proven to be useful, aswell as the ones that still need mending. Simply putting in the practice hours is not enough. During the lessons I will explain the principles of music physiology: how and why stage fright appears, how do body and mind react to stress and how to manage them. The goal is to offer artists mental and physical excercises and tools, to ease the stage fright, prevent injuries and increase the joy of performing on stage and making music.

JASO

Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra consists of two projects. 

Playing in the orchestra is a part of the course and is compulsory for the students, who have been selected to play in the orchestra. 

This year, no saxophones are needed in the orchestra. 

Programme:
Arvo Pärt (1935) — Cantus in the Memory of Benjamin Britten (1977/1980)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 — 1791) — Symphony No 29 in A major, KV 201/186a (1774)
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 — 1921) — Symphony No 3 in c minor “Organ Symphony” (1886)

REGISTRATION

To apply to the course, a video recording is necessary. 

Requirements for the video: 

FLUTE:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

OBOE:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

CLARINET:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

BASSOON:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

SAXOPHONE:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.

FRENCH HORN:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

TRUMPET:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

TROMBONE:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

PERCUSSION:

  • Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

VIOLIN:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

 VIOLA:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

CELLO:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

DOUBLE BASS:

  • A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
  • 2 Orchestral Excerpts (specific exerpts will be published in January)

The orchestral excerpts have to be in one unedited video. Excerpts and the piece can be in separate videos. Any kind of editing of the recordings is not permitted. Please upload the recording(s) to Youtube (can be unlisted).

The recordings are evaluated by the artistic direction of the Järvi Academy. Based on the recordings, participants of the masterclass and the Järvi Acacemy Symphony Orchestra are selected. 

Available places in the course are limited.

COURSE COSTS

PARTICIPATION FEE

(3 individual lessons, free entrance to Pärnu Music Festival concerts and a festival T-shirt)

300€

ACCOMMODATION

Niidupargi dormitory – Niidupargi 14
(double/triple rooms, breakfast included)

25€/day (*)

CATERING

(2 meals per day, lunch and dinner)

15€/day (*)

(*) – Accommodation and catering is FREE OF CHARGE for Estonian citizens, international students studying in Estonia and all participants chosen to play in the FIRST JASO project. 

Järvi Academy does not cover travel costs to and from the festival. 
Participants are allowed to choose their own accommodation and catering, mark accordingly in the application. 

APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN ON 15/01/2025!

Additional information: 

Liina Žigurs (strings)
+372 551 6609
liina.zigurs@parnumusicfestival.ee

Eliise Kannukene (winds and percussion)
+372 5373 9031
eliise@parnumusicfestival.ee