What a summer! BUTI from Anywhere was a great success, with more than 200 students from 28 states, 7 countries, and 3 continents.Learn more from Executive Director, Hilary Respass, about the incredibly inspiring work this summer from students, faculty, staff, and guest artists.
Joseph Conyers (BUTI'98) returned to BUTI this summer as Artistic Advisor and Artist-in-Residence for the Young Artists Instrumental Program. Listen to him reflect and talk about the summer that changed his life while he was a student and his role at BUTI moving forward.
Berkshire County students Joe Weinberg (BUTI'21) and Krishan Rai (BUTI'21) were among 226 musicians who attended BUTI from Anywhere this summer. Hear about their experiences in the Young Artists Instrumental and Composition programs.
Valerie Coleman's Ashé (BUTI'89, CFA'95) was commissioned in 2021 by Boston University Tanglewood Institute and made possible with generous support from Martin Messinger. The piece captures the acclaimed composer’s reflections on the transformative impact her summer at Tanglewood has had on her and countless other young artists - past, present, and future.
Ashé will be virtually premiered by members of the 2021 Young Artists Instrumental Program this September, with the live premiere scheduled for Summer 2022 in Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood. We can't wait for audiences to hear this meaningful new work!
Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) is recognized internationally as a premier summer training program for aspiring young musicians, ages 10 to 20, and is the only program of its kind associated with one of the world’s great orchestras. Founded in 1966, BUTI is a result of the vision of Erich Leinsdorf, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) at the time, who invited BU to create a summer program for high school musicians as a counterpart to the BSO’s Tanglewood Music Center (TMC). BUTI is a magical blend of the formal and informal, of joy and hard work. No one who spends a summer at BUTI is left untouched by the experience. For more information, visit bu.edu/tanglewood.
