The New York Summer Music Festival (NYSMF) was a summer program for young musicians held at SUNY Oneonta that operated from 2006 to 2015. The camp offered workshops with accomplished musicians and attendees performed in dozens of free public concerts during each of the program's two-week sessions. At the end of its 2015 season, the program's Executive Director, Jungeun Kim, announced the NYSMF board's decision not to reopen the camp in 2016.The Daily Star, June 14, 2016 - Music festival's end saddens many by Jessica Reynolds
Background The festival has provided venues for young musicians in both classical and jazz genres, which has helped to advance studies.Recordnet.com, Aug 14, 2009 - Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony artists, colonists By The Brubeck InstituteMain Line Times, Apr 18, 2012 - 14-year-old Ardmore girl is accepted at Juilliard By Lois Puglionesi Described by the Warwick Advertiser as one of the world's most prestigious youth music programs, it was attended by Caroline Moore, a trained vocalist in the classical and jazz genres.The Warwick Advertiser, Jun 5, 2012 - The sky is the limit By Roger Gavan Among the people involved with the festival was well-known Penn State opera singer Blythe Walker. She was the director of vocal studies for the festival.Onward State, January 21, 2016 - Meet Blythe Walker, Penn State’s Most Successful Opera Singer By Claire Going Dr. Nathan Warner who as of August 2014 is a professor of music at Lee University had spent eight years as a constructor of classical trumpet and jazz studies at the festival.The Chattanoogan, Friday, August 29, 2014 - Lee University Welcomes New Faculty Former Nashville Symphony chorus director was serving on the festivals conducting faculty in 2013.The City Paper, 28 May 2013 - On the Move Other people who have served on the festivals faculty include New York City-based Saxophonist Roxy Coss, who by 2015 was considered a rising star, the front-woman of the Roxy Coss Quintet.The Register Citizen, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - Waterbury: Theater club to host concert by Roxy Coss Quintet
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