The Jakarta Musical School (SMJ) opened the Jakarta International Summer Music Festival (JISMF) at its campus in Bumi Serpong Damai satellite city, Tangerang, on Saturday.
The two-week event, which is being held from June 21 to July 5, is expected to become an assembly of talented young musicians, music teachers and visiting international artists, the organizer said.
"JISMF will give talented young musicians an opportunity to learn from music teachers who have had experience in musical creativity," said pianist Kuei Pin Yoe, the school director, at the opening event.
She said the second annual festival this year would be more international with noted musicians and music teachers from several other countries, she said.
The school has invited Andrew Massey and Lisa Laskowich from the U.S.; Pamela Wedgwood from the U.K.; Arten Konstantinov and Gleb Dontzov from Russia; Ichiro Kato from Japan; Leanne Nicholls from Australia; Olivia Skwara from Poland; and Indonesian director of strings Jap Tji Kien.
"They will guide the participants in intensive but pleasant JISMF musical activities comprising individual lessons, master classes, workshops, chamber music, musical theater workshops, improvisations, choir, music appreciation, concerts and orchestral activities," she said.
Kuei Pin Yoe, who is also the artistic and musical director for the festival, encouraged the public to go to the concerts, on every evening of the festival from 7 p.m.
JISMF program coordinator Ranti said there was another thing making this year's event different from the first one last year.
"The event will introduce improvisation workshops and musical theater to the participants. Sixty participants will be taught how to design and create their own works through this workshop," she said.
They will also learn from videos featuring musical theater shows from Broadway, such as The Producers, Chicago, Rent, Wicked and The Lion King. The participants will learn how to play roles for musical theater.
The musical productions put together from the training will be staged in the JISMF Gala Concert for the closing of the festival.
"We try to do our best to facilitate students and fill their vacations with useful skills," Ranti said.
SMJ is managed by the Jakarta Music Foundation, which was established by Kuei Pin Yoe in 1983.
Yoe said the establishment of SMJ was aimed at creating talented musicians who were able to perform music incorporating the highest artistic values.
The educational programs SMJ offers are for classical instruments, such as cello, violin, flute, piano, harp and guitar.
Its building is four stories high on Jl. Letnan Sutopo in BSD housing complex. It has 27 rooms for classical lectures, 50 practice rooms, an auditorium, a library, a recording studio, a workshop studio and a student dormitory.
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