Dartington International Summer School is a summer school and festival of music held on the medieval estate of Dartington Hall, Devon, England. It is a department of the Dartington Trust.[1]
Operation
First established at Bryanston School in 1948 (largely through the work of William Glock), the summer school moved to Dartington in 1953. It is pitched at people who want to enjoy music, both professional (such as conservatoire students) and amateur. Internationally renowned musicians are invited to teach and direct the courses and to perform concerts in the evenings, with some courses working towards student performances at the end of a week.
The school typically runs multiple weeks catering to different musical genres or periods, earlier weeks catering to older music; students sign up for one or more weeks. Although the school is predominantly about classical music (from early through to contemporary), other genres such as digital, world, jazz and folk are also covered.[2] Artists and most participants stay in accommodation on the Dartington Estate, with concerts taking place mainly in the old medieval banqueting hall now known as the Great Hall, and classes being taught around the medieval courtyard and in the studio buildings that used to be part of Dartington College of Arts.[3]
Hiatus
As of November 2023, the festival's website says plans for the 2024 festival are currently on hold following the stepping down of all directors, and more information will be forthcoming in due course.
External links
References
- ↑ "About the Dartington International Summer School of Music". Dartington Hall. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012.
- ↑ "Dartington International Summer School". britishcouncil.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012.
- ↑ See 2022 programme: https://www.dartington.org/whats-on/programme/summer-school/ retrieved Jan 2022