The University of Delaware Master Players Concert Series will present the Master Players Festival at UD’s Roselle Center for Performing Arts from Tuesday, July 25, through Sunday, Aug. 6.

The Master Players Festival (MPF) is an intensive 12-day international festival offering world-class concerts, exhibitions and exceptional interdisciplinary training for instrumental musicians and visual artists ages 14 and up. Students younger than 14 participate through the Little Masters Camp.

Participants learn from world-renowned faculty through lessons, master classes, theory and composition workshops, chamber music coaching, orchestral studies, solo and chamber music competitions, and jazz workshops.

Headlining the MPF faculty this year are Jonathan Carney, celebrated concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Xiang Gao, Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music and Master Players director; Colin Carr, renowned cellist and member of the faculty at Stony Brook University; Haixin Wu, associate concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony; Charles Abramovic, concert pianist and Temple University music faculty member; and many principal woodwind players from the Baltimore and National symphonies.

Participants will hear leading musicians in concerts, share the stage with them in performances, and network with the musicians and leading professors from major music institutions.

Students may also opt to participate in MPF’s “American Musical Journey,” guided excursions to historical and cultural landmarks in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

“This is the festival that puts UD on the map and raises the profile of our University,” says Gao. “The three main goals of this festival include making the University of Delaware and the city of Newark a cultural destination in the summer months, introducing our beautiful University to quality future Blue Hens from around the world, and increasing the visibility of the concert series while we’re expanding to attract more audience members and supporters of this flagship presenter of the region.”

Master Players Festival concert schedule

The Master Players Festival concert schedule is as follows:

• Faculty Concert I, festival opening gala, 7 p.m., Thursday, July 27, Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.

• Faculty Concert II, 7 p.m., Friday, July 28, Gore Recital Hall.

• Master Players Festival Solo Competition Winners Concert, 7 p.m., Saturday, July 29, Gore Recital Hall.

• Faculty Concert III, 1 p.m., Sunday, July 30, Gore Recital Hall.

• Master Players Festival Chamber Competition Winners Concert I, 3 p.m., Wednesday, Aug.2, Gore Recital Hall.

• Master Players Festival Chamber Competition Winners Concert II, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 2, Gore Recital Hall.

• Faculty Concert IV, 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 3, Gore Recital Hall.

• Little Masters Concert, 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 4, Gore Recital Hall.

• Farewell Concert, with MPF concerto competition winners and the MPF Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 5, Puglisi Orchestra Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.

Tickets

Festival passes will be available for purchase at the door by cash or check only during the July 27 concert at the price of $45 for adults and $22 for students, 10 percent off the box office price.

Festival pass holders have access to all festival concerts as well as exclusive reserved guaranteed seating until five minutes prior to curtain. Passes reserved using this form will be available for purchase at the ticket table in the lobby until five minutes prior to curtain at the July 27 concert.

Tickets for individual concerts will be available at the door only, cash or check only.

Faculty concerts and the farewell concert cost $5 for tudents and $10 for adults. All other concerts are offered free of charge.

MPF sponsors

Sponsors of Master Players Festival include The Boorse Collection of Fine Violins, UD Community Music School, Marriott’s Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware, China Music Foundation, Blue Resources USA and David Bromberg Fine Violins LLC.

About the Department of Music

For more than 60 years, the University of Delaware Department of Music has been dedicated to the musical growth of its students and the cultural enrichment of the community, offering a range of music majors and minors and presenting a variety of public performances.

In addition to programs for music majors and minors, the department offers classes and activities for the general student population. Approximately 1,000 students enroll each year in music appreciation courses, and more than 500 students earn academic credit by participating in the department's music ensembles and performance programs.

The Department of Music and the Master Players Concert Series, in combination with the Resident Ensemble Players, offers a large variety of public performances throughout the year in numerous UD venues and in the region.