I have auditioned only for free summer festivals since then. Students at PIMF receive a number of private lessons with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, so that Philadelphia Orchestra connection with the festival was the primary reason I first attended in 2014.Įvery summer since 2018, I have been working at PIMF. I had also heard great things about Jeff as a teacher, and after having worked with him in a sectional with my youth orchestra, I knew I wanted to study with him at Temple. I’m from Philadelphia, attended Philadelphia Orchestra concerts as a kid, and knew I wanted to go to Temple from a young age since my entire family studied music there (my two older sisters and both of my parents). I received my Bachelor’s degree in Horn Performance at Temple University where I had also studied with Jeff Lang. I’m currently completing my Master’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music where I study with Jennifer Montone and Jeffrey Lang of the Philadelphia Orchestra. I enjoyed it then, and had some friends who had worked there, so I decided to reach out. “Normal kids” seemed to always have summer jobs could there also be a summer music job option? I had been thinking about my time at PIMF as a student. In my third year as an undergraduate student, I decided I didn’t want to pay to attend a summer festival but wanted to see if I could actually make money while not in school. Since Csehy, I have attended several other festivals, varying in size and type, including the Philadelphia International Music Festival (PIMF), Curtis Summerfest, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Horn Workshop, the All-City Philadelphia Orchestra’s Italy tour, Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, and the Atlantic Brass Quintet Seminar. Csehy was the first place I ever played a horn: my mom told the horn teacher that I was interested, so she let me blow a few notes on her horn, and I was hooked. While our parents were teaching, I would hang out with the other faculty members’ children, but when I was old enough, I started attending as a camper for another 4 or 5 years. My mom was on the faculty of the Csehy Summer School of Music, and I started going with her to camp around the age of five. I have been involved in music festivals every summer for as long as I can remember. Working seriously on both, I could see more clearly that both were part of my deepest essence. That's when I thought, "What if I combined the two abilities?" So I did. After a few years, I started to study singing with the same determination with which I studied horn, and I felt a noticeable difference when playing the horn. Singing helped me better understand the challenges of being a horn player. And earlier this year, I learned that I had been accepted into the master’s program at the Eastman School of Music where I will begin study this fall.īut what about singing? Where does it come from? I started singing in church in Sarzedo with my brother and sister after I had already begun playing the horn. In 2020, I was selected to participate in a chamber music festival in Portillo, Chile. In 2019, I was selected to be part of The Orchestra of the Americas Mexico tour. In 2015, I attended a Baroque Music Seminar in Rostock, Germany. I have also been able to learn about other cultures outside of Brazil, and these opportunities provided me with a great deal of musical and professional maturity. Among other educational experiences are several masterclasses with national and international teachers as well as some competitions in which I was a prize winner. After this, I was invited to be a guest musician with the Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestra where I continue to play. A few years later, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in horn from the State University of Minas Gerais. Music started to be part of my life when I was 11 years old through the Musical Project in Sarzedo where I was introduced to the horn. My name is Weverton Santos, and I am a Brazilian from Sarzedo city in the state of Minas Gerais. Meet Hornist and Countertenor Weverton Santos
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