Music
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Summer music intensives feature a rigorous, collegiate-level experience led by Mason Gross School of the Arts faculty and renowned musicians. A residential option for the performing arts programs allows high school students an early taste of on-campus college life. Participants make use of the world-class facilities of the Mason Gross Music Department for classes and performances.
Financial aid opportunities are available! If you would like more information on financial aid, please contact our office, or read more HERE.
Music Theory and Ear Training Intensive
Rutgers music theory faculty prepare students for collegiate placement examinations and for college-level theory and aural skills courses. This intensive covers the foundational concepts of written music theory and ear training that are included in key signatures, time signatures, scales, intervals, harmony, solfege, sight-singing, and dictation.
- August 1-12, 2022 (weekdays only)
- Open to students ages 14-18
- Commuter only
- $650 – music theory AND ear training
- $350 – music theory (9:30-11:30 a.m.) ONLY or ear training (12-2 p.m.) ONLY
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Timothy Urban – Director
Dr. Timothy Urban holds graduate degrees in voice and recorder performance (SUNY Binghamton), early music performance practice (Sarah Lawrence College), and music theory and history (Rutgers University) and a doctorate in musicology from Rutgers University. He received a Fulbright scholarship for study at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary and a D.A.A.D. Fellowship for study at Leipzig University. His research interests include music of the Italian seicento, Hungarian folk music, and aural skills pedagogy. He has been a guest lecturer at Baptist University, Hong Kong, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, and the University of San Diego, California. He was guest conductor of Conjunto de Musica Antiga, Universidad de Niteroi, Brazil and has performed in both chamber and solo recitals in Hungary, Brazil, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Dr. Urban also teaches classes in advanced sight-singing.
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- Registration Deadline: 1 week prior to the start of the program.
- Tuition must be paid in full 1 week prior to the start of the program.
- Please read our Policies & Procedures Document for additional information on payment, cancellation, participant conduct, and media waivers. Your completion of registration indicates your acknowledgment and agreement to abide by these policies.
- Covid Precautions:
- Students enrolled in this Intensive must adhere to all RCA and Rutgers University COVID-19 safety protocols, which are subject to change at any time during the semester. Failure to adhere to safety protocols may result in cancellation of registration, at the discretion of the RCA Director.
- All students, parents, guests, and staff must wear a face mask over their nose and mouth while on campus and in the classroom.
- All students, parents, guests, and staff must maintain at least 6 feet of social distancing.
- Parents and guests are asked to avoid common areas and hallways of the Rutgers facilities while students are in classes & lessons. Parents and guests will not be permitted in classrooms.
- Students who are exhibiting signs of sickness or fever are asked to not attend.
- At this time, guests to the RCA office are seen by appointment only. To make an appointment you must contact our office at least 24 hours in advance to be added to the university visitor log.
- For additional information, please refer to these documents provided by Rutgers University: