Schedules and Programs

highSCORE 2018 Schedule

WEEK 1 Day 1 Arrival Day

Monday, 6th

When What Where Info
08:00 – 20:00 Check in / Registration Pavia Train/Bus Station On arrival day, we will have a car service taking you from the Pavia train station to the dorm. In case you do not spot one of our production assistants in front of the station please call / text / whatsapp us at the following mobile numbers: +39 329 2964521 (Valerio) +39 333 6056643 (Matteo).
20:00 – 22:00 Dinner Campus Aquae Restaurant A welcome party by the swimming pool.
WEEK 1 Day 2 First lessons and a beautiful tour

Tuesday, 7th

When What Where Info
09:00 – 09:30 Info Session Campus (Glass room) We will provide you all the info you need to enjoy your stay in Pavia.
9:30 – 12:30 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
09:30 – 10:00 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Luis Fernando Amaya
10:00 – 10:30 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Nathan Bales
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Blair Elizabeth Boyd
11:15 – 11:45 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Rohan Ravi Chander
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 12:30 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Allan Chen
13:30 – 15:30 Individual lessons Campus (Glass room) Dmitri Tymoczko:
13:30 – 14:00 Francisco del Pino
14:00 – 14:30 Oliver Dubon
14:30 – 15:00 Marianna Filippi
15:00 – 15:30 David Fisher
16:00 – 18:00 Tour of Pavia Rendezvous at Campus A guided walking tour in the historical Pavia.
WEEK 1 Day 3 The hard work starts

Wednesday, 8th

When What Where Info
08:00 – 09:00 highSCORE Choir Campus (Courtyard) Wake up and sing in the highSCORE choir conducted by Riccardo Lorenzetti!
09:00 – 09:30 Italian for Composers Campus (Glass room) Daily lessons led by Giovanni Cestino.
9:30 – 11:45 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
09:30 – 10:00 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Francisco del Pino
10:00 – 10:30 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Oliver Dubon
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Marianna Filippi
11:15 – 11:45 (Amy Beth Kirsten) David Fisher
12:00 – 13:00 Lecture Campus (Glass room) Amy Beth Kirsten: “My concert music”.
13:30 – 15:30 Individual lessons Campus (Glass room) Dmitri Tymoczko:
13:30 – 14:00 Victor Zheng
14:00 – 14:30 Nathan Bales
14:30 – 15:00 Blair Elizabeth Boyd
15:00 – 15:30 Rohan Ravi Chander
15:30 – 17:00 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
15:30 – 16:00 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Sam Nathan Friedman
16:00 – 16:30 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Jack Hamill
16:30 – 17:00 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Wan Heo
22:00 – 23:00 Workshop Campus (Glass room) Amy Beth Kirsten: “Howling in the Sandbox: Experiments in Composed Theatre”.
WEEK 1 Day 4 Lessons, workshops, lectures (and pizza)

Thursday, 9th

When What Where Info
08:00 – 09:00 highSCORE Choir Campus (Courtyard) Wake up and sing in the highSCORE choir conducted by Riccardo Lorenzetti!
09:00 – 09:30 Italian for Composers Campus (Glass room) Daily lessons led by Giovanni Cestino.
9:30 – 11:45 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
09:30 – 10:00 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Daniel Karcher
10:00 – 10:30 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Sunbin Kim
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 (Amy Beth Kirsten) Marnen Laibow-Koser
11:15 – 11:45 (Dmitri Tymoczko) John Paul Lempke
12:00 – 13:00 Lecture Campus (Glass room) Dmitri Tymoczko: “My concert music”.
13:30 – 15:30 Individual lessons Campus (Glass room) Dmitri Tymoczko:
13:30 – 14:00 Allan Chen
14:00 – 14:30 Daniel Karcher
14:30 – 15:00 Gerta Raidma
15:00 – 15:30 Marnen Laibow-Koser
15:30 – 17:00 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
15:30 – 16:00 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Pak-Hei Leung Ling
16:00 – 16:30 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Longfei Li
16:30 – 17:00 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Kwan Leung Ling
17:30 – 18:30 Workshop Campus (Glass room) Dmitri Tymoczko: “Theory for composers”.
19:30 – 21:30 Pizza Party Campus (Courtyard) Hve you ever seen tons of Italian pizza? A tasteful crazy dinner.
WEEK 1 Day 5 Strings in the glass room (part one)

Friday, 10th

When What Where Info
08:00 – 09:00 highSCORE Choir Campus (Courtyard) Wake up and sing in the highSCORE choir conducted by Riccardo Lorenzetti!
09:00 – 09:30 Italian for Composers Campus (Glass room) Daily lessons led by Giovanni Cestino.
9:30 – 11:45 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
09:30 – 10:00 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Jessica Lynn MacIsaac
10:00 – 10:30 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) James Parker
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Gerta Raidma
11:15 – 11:45 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) David John Roche
12:00 – 13:00 Lecture Campus (Glass room) Sarah Kirkland Snider: “An Introduction to My Music”.
13:00 – 14:00 Individual lessons Campus (Glass room) Dmitri Tymoczko:
13:00 – 13:30 Cameron Wentz
13:30 – 14:00 Isabela Tanashian
14:00 – 15:30 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
14:00 – 14:30 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Pablo Rubino Lindner
14:30 – 15:00 (Dmitri Tymoczko) Yu Shi
15:00 – 15:30 (Dmitri Tymoczko) James Tabata
16:00 – 21:30 Rehearsals Campus (Glass room) Quartetto Indaco:
16:00 – 16:30 Allan Chen
16:30 – 17:00 Blair Elizabeth Boyd
17:00 – 17:30 David Roche
17:30 – 17:40 Break
17:40 – 18:10 Jessica Lynn MacIsaac
18:10 – 18:40 Luis Fernando Amaya
18:40 – 19:10 Marianna Filippi
19:10 – 19:20 Break
19:20 – 19:50 Nathan Bales
19:50 – 20:20 Oliver Dubon
20:20 – 20:30 Break
20:30 – 21:00 Pablo Rubino
21:00 – 21:30 Kim Sunbin
WEEK 1 Day 5 Strings in the glass room (part two)

Saturday, 11th

When What Where Info
08:00 – 09:00 highSCORE Choir Campus (Courtyard) Wake up and sing in the highSCORE choir conducted by Riccardo Lorenzetti!
09:00 – 09:30 Italian for Composers Campus (Glass room) Daily lessons led by Giovanni Cestino.
9:30 – 11:45 Composition Colloquium Campus (Glass room) Daily public masterclass:
09:30 – 10:00 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Isabela Tanashian
10:00 – 10:30 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Cameron Wentz
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Yimin Wu
11:15 – 11:45 (Sarah Kirkland Snider) Victor Zheng
12:00 – 13:00 Workshop Campus (Glass room) Sarah Kirkland Snider: “Recording and Releasing Your Music”.
When What / Where Info
14:00 – 19:30 Rehearsals /
Individual lessons

Vittadini & Campus
Rehearsals (Quartetto Indaco),
Campus (Glass room):
14:00 – 14:30 Kim Sunbin
14:30 – 15:00 Pablo Rubino
15:00 – 15:30 Oliver Dubon
15:30 – 15:40 Break
15:40 – 16:10 Nathan Bales
16:10 – 16:40 Marianna Filippi
16:40 – 17:10 Luis Fernando Amaya
17:10 – 17:20 Break
17:20 – 17:50 Jessica Lynn MacIsaac
17:50 – 18:20 David John Roche
18:20 – 18:30 Break
18:30 – 19:00 Blair Elizabeth Boyd
19:00 – 19:30 Allan Chen
Rehearsals (Trio Mythos),
Vittadini (Auditorium):
14:00 – 14:30 Cameron Wentz
14:30 – 15:00 David Fisher
15:00 – 15:30 Gerta Raidma
15:30 – 15:40 Break
15:40 – 16:10 Isabela Tanashian
16:10 – 16:40 Kwan Leung Ling
16:40 – 17:10 Longfei Li
17:10 – 17:20 Break
17:20 – 17:50 Pak Hei Leung
17:50 – 18:20 Rohan Ravi Chander
18:20 – 18:30 Break
18:30 – 19:00 Victor Zheng
19:00 – 19:30 Wan Heo
Indiv. Lessons (Dmitri Tymoczko),
Campus (highSCORE Office):
14:30 – 15:00 Adam Zuckerman
15:00 – 15:30 Jessica Lynn MacIsaac
15:30 – 16:00 James Parker
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 16:45 Kim Sunbin
16:45 – 17:15 David John Roche
17:15 – 17:45 Yimin Wu
17:45 – 18:00 Break
18:00 – 18:30 Luis Fernando Amaya
18:30 – 19:00 Ruihan Yang
19:00 – 19:30 Polina Korobkova
WEEK 1 Day 6 History, nature, food and (a lot of) wine

Sunday, 12th

When What Where Info
08:00 – 09:00 highSCORE Choir Campus (Courtyard) Wake up and sing in the highSCORE choir conducted by Riccardo Lorenzetti!
09:30 – 17:30 Excursion Day
(extra fee)
Rendezvous at Campus A day trip to the marvelous Certosa di Pavia and to the hills in the Oltrepò Pavese to enjoy a three hours Sunday’s pranzo (lunch) in an outstanding agriturismo, a feast of local products and wines. The 60€ extra fee can be paid cash during the festival by the end of Wednesday, 8.
WEEK 2 Day 7 Guest of honor: Toivo Tulev – First concert

Monday, 13th

When What Where Info
09:30 – 11:15 Lecture Vittadini (Auditorium) Guest of honor: Toivo Tulev.
11:30 – 13:00 Masterclass Vittadini (Auditorium) Guest of honor: Toivo Tulev.
When What / Where Info
14:30 – 20:00 Rehearsals /
Individual lessons

Vittadini
Rehearsals (Trio Mythos),
Vittadini (Auditorium):
14:30 – 15:00 Longfei Li
15:00 – 15:30 Wan Heo
15:30 – 16:00 Rohan Ravi Chander
16:00 – 16:10 Break
16:10 – 16:40 Pak Hei Leung
16:40 – 17:10 Victor Zheng
17:10 – 17:40 Kwan Leung Ling
17:40 – 17:50 Break
17:50 – 18:20 Isabela Tanashian
18:20 – 18:50 Gerta Raidma
18:50 – 19:00 Break
19:00 – 19:30 David Fisher
19:30 – 20:00 Cameron Wentz
Indiv. Lessons (Amy Beth Kirsten),
Vittadini (room 109):
14:30 – 15:00 Polina Korobkova
15:00 – 15:30 Francisco del Pino
15:30 – 16:00 Oliver Dubon
16:00 – 16:30 Sam Nathan Friedman
16:30 – 17:00 Jack Hamill
17:00 – 17:15 Break
17:15 – 17:45 Wan Heo
17:45 – 18:15 John Paul Lempke
18:15 – 18:45 Pak-Hei Leung Ling
18:45 – 19:15 Longfei Li
Indiv. Lessons (Sarah Kirkland Snider),
Vittadini (room 106):
14:30 – 15:00 Ruihan Yang
15:00 – 15:30 John Paul Lempke
15:30 – 16:00 Longfei Li
16:00 – 16:30 Wan Heo
16:30 – 17:00 Marnen Laibow-Koser
17:00 – 17:15 Break
17:15 – 17:45 Yu Shi
17:45 – 18:15 Pablo Rubino Lindner
18:15 – 18:45 Kwan Leung Ling
18:45 – 19:15 James Tabata
When What Where Info
21:30 – 23:30 Concert Church of Santa Maria di Canepanova Concert #1, string quartets (Quartetto Indaco).
WEEK 2 Day 8 Guest of honor: Helmut Lachenmann – Second concert

Tuesday, 14th

When What Where Info
09:30 – 10:45 Intensive seminar Vittadini (Auditorium) Valerio Febbroni: “The Recorder(s) for contemporary composers”.
11:00 – 12:30 Lecture Vittadini (Auditorium) Guest of honor: Helmut Lachenmann.
12:45 – 14:45 Rehearsals Vittadini
(Auditorium)
unassisted fold:
12:45 – 13:15 Daniel Karcher
13:15 – 13:45 Jack Hamill
13:45 – 14:15 James Tabata
14:15 – 14:45 John Paul Lempke
15:00 – 16:15 Masterclass Vittadini (Auditorium) Guest of honor: Helmut Lachenmann.
When What / Where Info
16:30 – 20:00 Rehearsals /
Individual lessons

Vittadini
Rehearsals (unassisted fold),
Vittadini (room 101):
16:30 – 17:00 Francisco del Pino
17:00 – 17:30 James Parker
17:30 – 17:40 Break
17:40 – 18:10 Marnen Laibow-Koser
18:10 – 18:40 Sam Nathan Friedman
18:40 – 18:50 Break
18:50 – 19:20 Yimin Wu
19:20 – 19:50 Yu Shi
Indiv. Lessons (Amy Beth Kirsten),
Vittadini (room 109):
16:30 – 17:00 Kwan Leung Ling
17:00 – 17:30 Jessica Lynn MacIsaac
17:30 – 18:00 Adam Zuckerman
18:00 – 18:30 James Parker
18:30 – 19:00 Gerta Raidma
19:00 – 19:30 Ruihan Yang
Indiv. Lessons (Sarah Kirkland Snider),
Vittadini (room 106):
16:30 – 17:00 Jack Hamill
17:00 – 17:30 Pak Hei Leung
17:30 – 18:00 Daniel Karcher
18:00 – 18:30 Sunbin Kim
18:30 – 19:00 Polina Korobkova
19:00 – 19:30 Adam Zuckerman
When What Where Info
21:30 – 23:30 Concert Vittadini (Auditorium) Concert #2, piano trios (Trio Mythos).
WEEK 2 Day 9 A night masterclass: Chris Theofanidis

Wednesday, 15th

When What Where Info
11:00 – 13:00 Workshop Vittadini (Auditorium) Alberto Barberis: “Live electronics in the improvisation context: a practical session” (1/2).
When What / Where Info
14:30 – 20:00 Rehearsals /
Individual lessons

Vittadini
Rehearsals (unassisted fold),
Vittadini (Auditorium):
14:30 – 15:00 John Paul Lempke
15:00 – 15:30 James Tabata
15:30 – 16:00 Jack Hamill
16:00 – 16:30 Daniel Karcher
16:30 – 16:40 Break
16:40 – 17:10 Yu Shi
17:10 – 17:40 Yimin Wu
17:40 – 17:50 Break
17:50 – 18:20 Sam Nathan Friedman
18:20 – 18:50 Marnen Laibow-Koser
18:50 – 19:00 Break
19:00 – 19:30 James Parker
19:30 – 20:00 Francisco Del Pino
Indiv. Lessons (Amy Beth Kirsten),
Vittadini (room 109):
15:00 – 15:30 David John Roche
15:30 – 16:00 Yu Shi
16:00 – 16:30 Pablo Rubino Lindner
16:30 – 17:00 James Tabata
17:00 – 17:15 Break
17:15 – 17:45 Isabela Tanashian
17:45 – 18:15 Cameron Wentz
18:15 – 18:45 Yimin Wu
18:45 – 19:15 Victor Zheng
Indiv. Lessons (Sarah Kirkland Snider),
Vittadini (room 106):
15:00 – 15:30 Sam Nathan Friedman
15:30 – 16:00 David Fisher
16:00 – 16:30 Marianna Filippi
16:30 – 17:00 Allan Chen
17:00 – 17:15 Break
17:15 – 17:45 Rohan Ravi Chander
17:45 – 18:15 Blair Elizabeth Boyd
18:15 – 18:45 Nathan Bales
18:45 – 19:15 Luis Fernando Amaya
When What Where Info
20:30 – 21:30 Masterclass Campus (Glass room) Lecture by Christopher Theofanidis.
WEEK 2 Day 10 Live electronics and improvisation – Final concert

Thursday, 16th

When What Where Info
09:30 – 10:30 Lecture Vittadini (Auditorium) Giovanni Albini: “Define it, if you can. Beauty, music and choice”.
10:30 – 11:30 Workshop Vittadini (Auditorium) Alberto Barberis: “Live electronics in the improvisation context: a practical session” (2/2).
11:45 – 13:00 highSCORE Choir Vittadini (Auditorium) highSCORE choir conducted by Riccardo Lorenzetti, last session.
18:00 – 20:00 Concert Vittadini (Auditorium) Concert #3, flute and guitar duos (unassisted fold) and the highSCORE choir.
WEEK 2 Day 11 Time for your Diploma!

Friday, 17th

When What Where Info
10:30 – 12:00 Intensive seminar Campus (Glass room) Giovanni Cestino: “Text, Textility and Textuality: Composers in the mirror”.
12:00 – 12:30 Info Session Campus (Glass room) We will provide you all the info you need to get your diploma of participation, the A/V recordings of the concerts and to check out.
19:00 – 20:00 Masterclass Campus (Glass room) Public masterclass led by Christopher Theofanidis.
20:30 – 22:30 Goodbye Party Campus (Courtyard) We are going to miss you!
WEEK 2 Day 12 Goodbye!

Saturday, 18th

When What Where Info
00:00 – 16:00 Check out Campus (Glass room) On departure day, we will have a car service taking you from the dorm to the Pavia train station.