Timpani

Timpani

This intensive one-week program is geared towards advanced level or young professional percussionists (minimum age of 18) who aspire to perfect their technique through the vast symphonic repertoire.

Supervised by Hugues Tremblay, associate timpanist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM), this program identifies your specific technical needs and challenges through workshops, individual lessons and group classes. It also proposes an introduction to the unique school of timpani developed and taught for many years by Louis Charbonneau, solo timpani with the OSM for nearly 50 years.

GUEST ARTISTS

• Private lessons, group classes and workshops
  Hughes Tremblay, timpani - associate for OSM

APPLYING FOR ADMISSION

Complete all steps of the online application form, pay the registration fee (CAD $95), and provide the audition materiel by February 1, 2027.

All applications are automatically eligible for the scholarship program. For all details concerning scholarships and financial aid: click here.

AUDITION MATERIAL (one video for all excerpts)

• MOZART: Symphony n^o 39, 1^st mvt
     - From beginning to Allegro (3^rd line)
  
  
• BEETHOVEN: Symphony n^o 9, 1^st mvt
     - Bars 16 to 35
     - From 4 bars before "K" until "L"
     - Bars 513 to the end
  
  
• BRAHMS: Symphony n^o 1, 1^st mvt
     - From beginning until 9 bars after "A"
  
  
• TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony n^o 5, 4^th mvt
     - From "G" until 9 bars after "N"
     - From 9 bars after "Z" until Presto (15 bars total)
  
  
• STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring
     - Bars 181 to the end

•  BARTOK: Concerto for orchestra, 4^th mvt
     - Bars 42 to 51
  
  
• ELLIOTT CARTER: March
     - 1^st page only
  
  
• Current biography, résumé (CV) and profile picture

*For all excerpts, please provide one (1) video link, public or unlisted, YouTube, Vimeo or DropBox links or any other link directly accessible without a password and clearly labeled.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you would like more information about the academy or the registration process, please consult the FAQ page or the student services manager: Félix Gauthier.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

• Arrival: Sunday, August 15, 2027, between 2 p.m and 6 p.m (classes begin on Monday, August 16, 2027)
  
  
• Departure: Sunday, August 22, 2027, 9 a.m

All transportation is the student’s responsibility.

For more the details, visit the regularly updated Transport page.

RATES (INCLUDING ROOM, BOARD AND TUITION)

SESSION FROM August 15 TO 22, 2027

CAD $1,509

PAYMENT INFORMATION

1st instalment (50% of session fees) : To confirm and reserve your place in the program, a first non-refundable instalment covering half of your tuition fees is required within seven (7) days following the reception of your invoice. 

Second instalment (remaining balance): Due no later than May 1st, 2027.

CANCELLATION / REFUND

Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix reserves the right to cancel any program if circumstances demand it. All fees already paid will then be reimbursed. Registration fees are non-refundable.

Cancellation / refund policy:

1st instalment (50% of session fees): payable within seven (7) days following the reception of your invoice.

N.B.: This first payment is used to confirm and reserve your place in the program and is non-refundable.

2nd instalment (remaining balance):  refund of the full 2^nd instalment if your participation is cancelled at least six (6) weeks before the beginning of the session.

If you cancel your participation for any reason other than medical (doctor’s note required) within six (6) weeks or less before the beginning of the session: no refund issued.

THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES

• Participation in Academy student concerts or "Domaine on the Road" series in chamber music or as a soloist
  
  
• Video Recording of the student concerts in the concert hall
  
  
• Free access to Domaine Forget International Festival concerts during the program. (Restrictions may apply for certain concerts).
  
  
• Official attestation of participation to the program
  
  
• Access to all Academy classes and activities during the program
  
  
• Student activities such as bonfire, sports activities, tourist outings, movies, yoga etc.
  
  
• Individual practice huts and spaces situated on the enchanting site in the middle of nature
  
  
• Three meals a day in the Joseph-Rouleau pavilion
  
  
• Double or quadruple occupancy lodging