Flute

Claire Chase invites flutists to apply to the 2025 Darmstadt Summer Course who seek to expand and deepen their practice of contemporary solo and chamber music in a collaborative learning environment. Our studio will be grounded in a lively exchange of ideas, new repertoire, new performance practices and we will engage in an ongoing discussion about curation, collaboration and cultural advocacy as part of our work together.

In addition to group studio classes – in which participants are encouraged to bring their own contemporary repertoire projects for feedback from Claire and from fellow participants – the Flute Studio will offer two new opportunities this summer for further engagement with the Darmstadt community:

• Flute/Percussion Creative Workshop (up to 6 participants from the Flute Studio will be selected in a separate application process), 20 July – 1 August 2025
• Workshop & World Premiere Performance of Chaya Czeronwin’s The Divine Thawing of the Core, with Claire Chase, solo contrabass flute, and Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor (up to 6 participants from the Flute Studio will be selected), 25 – 30 July 2025

Application

Applicants are requested to merge all links and documents into ONE SINGLE PDF file (LASTNAME_Firstname_Flute2025.pdf) and send it by ⏰ 10 February 2025 to:

flute@darmstaedter-ferienkurse.de

Required documents:

• A biography or CV (one page)
• A statement about your creative practice (300 words)
• A list of any repertoire or collaborative projects you would like to work on at Darmstadt*
• Why do you want to study at Darmstadt this summer? What do you hope to take away from this course? What do you aim to contribute to it? (300 words)

*If you are looking for new repertoire ideas, check out this list of solo flute works by IMD 2025 Composition Tutors and/or the repertoire in Claire’s 24-year commissioning project Density 2036. 

Please note that we cannot consider any remarks, links, or information outside the PDF!
If you have sound or video files, please upload them on a cloud and provide the link in the PDF, thank you very much!

Applicants will be notified in March 2025. Online booking for the flute studio will be opened afterwards to the chosen participants.

Important: Please take note of our data protection policy and the conditions for participation for the Darmstadt Summer Course before submitting your application.