Summer Session: June 11-17, 2023
Prepare for recitals and auditions; reinvigorate your technique; challenge your assumptions; receive feedback from world-class artists
Special Topics: Power and Range, Flexibility, Audition Preparation, Excerpt Development, Constructing a Routine
Artists: Phil Smith, Mary Elizabeth Bowden, Melvin Jones, Amy McCabe, Nathan Warner, David Dash
Private Lessons: Three lessons (one with each core artist)
Guaranteed participation in at least one masterclass, trumpet ensemble, and a chance to perform as a soloist in our final recital.
Core Artists
Staff
Apex is North America’s premiere online trumpet symposium.
TRANSFORM your mindset
INVIGORATE your practice
EXPERIENCE world class artists
CONNECT to a community of enthusiastic participants
A P E X is North America’s premiere in-person summer trumpet symposium. On the pristine shores of Lake Lanier, a stone's throw from Atlanta, Georgia, participants hone their creative voices in a stunning lakeside mansion. For full mansion participants, private lessons, topic lectures, masterclasses from world-class artists, time for individual practice, and trumpet ensembles all take place in a positive, supportive, and collegial environment.
See photos of the mansion here!
The program was founded in the Summer of 2020 by Mary Elizabeth Bowden, David Dash, and Nathan Warner, three of America’s most in-demand trumpet performers and educators. Initially conceived as an online platform, A P E X is now an in-person destination experience for trumpeters, bringing participants into the sphere some of the world’s most successful and innovative artists from around the world. A P E X serves as a challenging program for emerging professionals, college music majors, developing amateur players, budding young artists and comeback players alike.
Full Mansion Participants receive:
- Masterclasses with world-renowned guest artists
- Three private lessons with core artists
- Fundamentals classes, focusing on upper register, endurance, efficiency, articulation, flexibility, and jazz vocabulary
- Recital and audition preparation
- Orchestral Excerpt coaching
- Solo literature coaching
- Student-led 15-minute warmups
- Access to exclusive Facebook Group upon signing up for community and support from
- other participants and core artists
- Homemade, allergen-conscious meals
- Lodging with options for private/shared rooms
Auditors observe:
- Masterclasses with world-renowned guest artists (observe only)
- Fundamentals classes, focusing on upper register, endurance, efficiency, articulation, flexibility, and jazz vocabulary
- Recital and audition preparation
- Orchestral Excerpt coaching
- Solo literature coaching
- Student-led 15-minute warmups
Plus: - Access to exclusive Facebook Group upon signing up for community and support from other participants and core artists
- Homemade meals that are allergen-conscious