WMF has been host to performers from around the world, including violinists Rachel Barton Pine, Robert McDuffie and James Buswell, William Preucil, David Kim, and Roger Frisch; cellists Janos Starker, Julie Albers, Wendy Warner, and Zuill Bailey; pianist Norman Kreiger, Orion Weiss, Christopher O'Riley, Inna Faliks, Sean Chen; double bassist Joseph Conyers; conductors Peter Oundjian, Mei-Ann Chen, Carl St. Clair, Victor Yampolsky, Josep Caballé Domenech, Andrew Litton, Sameer Patel, Nicholas Hersh, Andrew Grams, Michelle Merrill, John Morris Russell, Mark Russell Smith, Stephen Mulligan, Daniel Hege, Ankush Kumar Bahl;soprano Arianna Zukerman; mezzo-soprano Heather Johnson; composers Daron Hagen, Gilda Lyons,Eric Ewazen, Lawrence Dillon, Michael White, Ricardo Lorenz, and Ken Steen.
LEAD offers a cross-disciplinary curriculum based on the needs of today’s pre-professional students combined with relevant industry topics and pedagogical practices.
LEAD addresses needs not currently met in educational institutions, offers limited space to maximize time for study and public performance alongside faculty and includes the creation of a professional portfolio.
In this leadership training program, chamber music selection routinely features historically-excluded composers, standard repertoire, and new requests.
Wintergreen Music partners with Nelson County Public Schools to administer VCA grant funds with additional contracting and logistical coordination to supplement arts programs.