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2000
Summer Study Guide
South Using the Listings The name of the program is followed by location and dates for 2000; where this year’s information is unavailable, we included the latest data we have. Abbreviations include AF for application fee (sometimes a deposit against tuition fees), R & B for room and board, and TBA for to be announced. "Audition or tape" means that a tape can be substituted for a personal audition, but one or the other is required. A number in parentheses indicates the approximate enrollment. To search for a specific program, teacher, or location, use the Find function of your Internet browser. Armadillo Suzuki Institute Georgetown, TX, May 31–June 7. Fee $125. R&B $20 per night. Scholarship. (75) Must be studying with an SAA-registered Suzuki teacher. Parent must attend. Master classes daily, group lessons, orchestra, chamber music. Suzuki Teacher Training is also available. Faculty: Alejandro Mendoza, Marilyn O’Boyle, Judith Palac, Laurie Scott, Nancy Steffa, violin; William Dick, violin/viola; Elizabeth Brady, cello; Kiyoshi Tamagawa, chamber music. Contact: Dr. Laurie Scott, Southwestern University, Dept. of Music, Georgetown, TX 78626. (512) 863-1224.
Augusta Heritage Arts Workshops Elkins, WV, July 11–August 15. Fee TBA. R&B $220 per week. Scholarship. (approx. 12 per class) Total immersion in traditional music, for all levels. From Appalachian, Irish, and Creole to bluegrass, blues, and swing, with the finest master artists. Workshops for fiddle, banjo, etc., plus string band and ensemble playing, instrument construction, fiddle and bow repair, more. Also, wide range of dance, crafts, and folklore workshops. Classes all day, M–F, plus concerts, dances, guest artist jam sessions, more. Classes for kids, Elderhostel program. Free catalog. Faculty: Previous instructors include Laurie Lewis, Tracy Schwarz, Gerry Milnes, Howard Armstrong, James Kelly, Brendan Mulvihill, Paul Anastasio, Dirk Powell, Kevin Wimmer. Contact: Augusta Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV 26241. (304) 637-1209. Fax: (304) 637-1317. E-mail: augusta@augustaheritage.com. Web: www.augustaheritage.com.
Brevard Music Center Festival Brevard, NC, June 21–August 6. AF $50. Fee $3,225. R&B incl. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (350) Full range of ensembles from opera and chorus to band and chamber music. Two basic divisions of precollege and college/graduate studies; students participate in at least one of five orchestras, with numerous student performances plus festival. In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Full fellowships for Repertory Training Program and Advanced Chamber Music groups. Faculty: BMC Festival Orchestra Principals Thomas Joiner, J. Patrick Rafferty, concertmasters; Misha Rosenker, 2nd violin; Manuel Diaz, viola; Carlton McCreery, cello; Dan Swaim, bass. Contact: Brevard Music Center, PO Box 312, Brevard, NC 28712-0312. (828) 884-2975. Fax: (828) 884-2036. E-mail: brevardmusic@citcom.net. Web: www.brevardmusic.org.
Chamber Music Workshop at Converse College Spartanburg, SC, June 4–9. AF $25 deposit. Fee, R&B TBA. (approximately 55) Apply by March 25. For players age 18 or older with at least one year of experience playing chamber music. Varied daily coached rehearsal and seminar performances. Faculty: Leonard Felberg, violin; Victor Stern, viola; Joanna de Keyser, cello. Contact: Kenneth Law, School of Music, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC 29302-0006. (864) 596-9003. Fax: (864) 596-9167. E-mail: kenneth.law@converse.edu.
Chamber Music Workshop at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC, May 30–June 5. Fee $385. (60) Coaching sessions in the chamber-music literature for piano, strings, and woodwind. Join various trios, quartets, quintets, and chamber groups; preformed groups welcome. Reading sessions for larger ensembles; two master classes per week. Evening activities include open readings and public concert at UNC. Access to vast music library. Faculty: Donald L. Oehler, director; Kati Sebestyen, violin; Ervin Schiffer, viola; Brent Wissick, cello; Freddy Arteel, Sarah Johnson, Benjamin Rawitz, Doris Powers, Michael Rowlett, Linda Pereskstra, Tony Kalam, Barbra Rowan, Francis Whang; others TBA. Contact: Donald Oehler, Director, University of North Carolina Music, CB 3320, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. (919) 962-1042 or (919) 563-5264. Fax: (919) 962-2061 or (919) 563-5092.
Chimneys Violin Makers Workshop Tucson, AZ, May 1–5, May 8–12, May 15–19, May 22–26. Fee $600 per week. R&B incl. (some). (20) Weeks 1–2, new making; weeks 3–4, new making and repair and restoration. Faculty: Ed Campbell, Jon Peterson. Contact: Ed Campbell, 614 Lerew Rd., Boiling Springs, PA 17007. (717) 258-3202. Fax: (717) 258-3201. E-mail: edwardcampbell@sprintmail.com.
Dakota Chamber Music Adult Program Minot, ND, second week of June. Fee, R&B TBA. Scholarship. (40) Designed to gather string teachers, university students, and amateur adult players together to perform in small chamber groups and receive intensive coaching. College credits available. Previously formed groups welcome. Faculty: Jon Rumney, violin; Ying Quartet. Contact: Lynne Rumney, c/o Division of Music, Minot State Univ., 500 University Ave. W., Minot, ND 58707. (701) 858-3185. Fax: (701) 858-3823. E-mail: rumneyl@warp6.cs.misu.nodak.edu. Web: warp6.cs.misu.nodak.edu/music/.
Dakota Chamber Music High-School Program Minot, ND, Second week of June. Fee TBA. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (25) Week-long program providing intensive quartet and piano/string chamber-music training for high-school students. Faculty: Jon Rumney, violin; Ying Quartet (Timothy, Janet, Phillip, and David Ying). Contact: Lynne Rumney, c/o Division of Music, Minot State Univ., 500 University Ave. W., Minot, ND 58707. (701) 858-3185. Fax: (701) 858-3823. E-mail: rumneyl@warp6.cs.misu.nodak.edu. Web: warp6.cs.misu.nodak.edu/music/.
Eastern Music Festival Greensboro, NC, June 23–August 5. AF $40. Fee $2,220. R&B $1,565. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (200) Ages 14–20. Founded in 1962. An intensive instrumental program in a noncompetitive atmosphere at Guildford College. Two student orchestras perform equally challenging repertoire; all students rotate between orchestras. Also chamber music, master classes, concerto competition, theory, piano department. Faculty members teach and perform orchestral and chamber music throughout the summer. Auditions throughout the U.S. January–March. Tape deadline March 1, 2000. Faculty: Jeffrey Multer, concertmaster; Randall Weiss, principal second; Barbara Hamilton, principal viola; Neal Cary, principal cello; Leonid Finkelshteyn, principal bass; faculty orchestra. Contact: Melissa M. Edwards, Assistant Director of Admissions, PO Box 22026, Greensboro, NC 27420. (336) 333-7450. Fax: (336) 333-7454. E-mail: emf@nr.infi.net. Web: www.easternmusicfestival.com.
Garth Newel Music Center Warm Springs, VA, mid-July to mid-August. AF $100 upon acceptance. Fee, R&B: none. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (4-8) Apply by March 1. Chamber-music program for strings. Students ages 16–26. Home-style living; public faculty and student concerts; daily coaching and recreation. Faculty: Susan Waterbury, Teresa Ling, violin; Evelyn Grau, viola; Tobias Werner, cello; Steven Spooner, piano; others TBA. Contact: Evelyn Grau, PO Box 240, Warm Springs, VA 24484. (540) 839-5018. Fax: (540) 839-3154. E-mail: office@garthnewel.org. Web: www.garthnewel.org.
International Festival–Institute at Round Top Round Top, TX, May 30–July 11. AF $35. Fee $2,700. R&B $90 per week. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. Recommendation. (24 violins, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 6 basses) Private lessons, master classes, chamber and orchestral studies, lectures, and workshops in a verdant rural setting between Austin and Houston. Faculty: Paul Kantor, Jorja Fleezanis, Laura Park, violin; Thomas Turner, viola; Norman Fischer, Andre Emelianoff, cello; Kenneth Harper, David Melone, bass; Michael Steinberg, musicology; Robert Spano, JoAnn Falletta, Pascal Verrot, Stefan Sanderling, Christian Arming, Edwin Outwater, conductors. Contact: Alan G. Declert, PO Drawer 89, Round Top, TX 78954-0089. (409) 249-3086 or (409) 249-3129. Fax: (409) 249-3100. E-mail: festinst@fais.net. Web: festival.org.
International Music Camp Dunseith, ND, July 25–31. AF $75. Fee $195. R&B incl. (225) Minimum two years’ instrumental experience. Students ages 12–19 have two full orchestra rehearsals daily, plus sectionals, fundamentals, clinics, chamber music, optional private lessons. Recreational activities. Held in picturesque International Peace Garden. Faculty: Britt Swenson, Dorothy Blankenship-Baldwin, Philip Baldwin, Lynne Rumney, James Bartsch, violin; Judy MacGibbon, viola; Jason McComb, Louis Moreno, cello; James Bates, bass. Contact: Joseph T. Alme, International Music Camp, 1725 11th St. SW, Minot, ND 58701. Phone and fax: (701) 838-8472. E-mail: imc@minot.com. Web: musiccamp.minot.com.
Jink & Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling Valle Crucis, NC, July 1–7. AF $250 deposit. Fee $325. R&B $150. Scholarship. (20–25) Held in an intimate, peaceful mountain setting. Five full days of classes, with three group classes and an individual lesson from John Turner (ten-time U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Champion) every day for each participant. Evening classes include playing for Scottish country dancing, participation in a ceilidh, and performing at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. Faculty: John Turner (director), fiddle. Contact: Moira Turner, Fiddletree Music, 11302 Avocet Dr., Chesterfield, VA 23838-8945. (804) 778-4708. Fax: (804) 778-7540. E-mail: jinkdiddle@aol.com.
Mount Vernon Music Festival Mount Vernon, VA, June 21–July 16. AF $20 per family. Fee $300 per week. R&B TBA. Scholarship. Tape. (40 per week) Program includes individual lessons, theory and composition, chamber groups, master classes, orchestra, and special presentations. Concerto competition: winner performs with Mount Vernon Orchestra during regular season concert. Runner-up performs with Mount Vernon Youth Orchestra. Held in safe, lovely school near Potomac River and Mt. Vernon Estate. Faculty: Elisabeth Adkins, Jody Gatwood, Peter Haase, others TBA. Contact: Ulysses James, PO Box 120, Mt. Vernon, VA 22121. (703) 799-8229. Fax: (703) 360 7391. E-mail: mvorch@aol.com. Web: members.aol.com/mvorch.
Mountain Collegium for Early Music Young Harris, GA, July 2–8. Fee: $493/$545 (double/single room). R&B incl. An early-music and folk-music workshop held by the Kelischek Workshop for Historical Instruments at Young Harris College, with air-conditioned dorms, cafeteria, classrooms, and rehearsal and performance halls. Instrument classes, ensemble playing, group coaching, lecture-demonstrations, faculty concert, student recital, and English country dancing offered daily. Faculty: Martha Bishop, viola da gamba; Lisle Kulbach, viola da gamba, vielle, rebec; Margaret Pash, viola da gamba, lute; Atossa Kramer, recorder, continuo. Contact: G. Kelischek, Kelischek Workshop for Historic Instruments, 199 Waldroup Rd., Brasstown, NC 28902. (828) 837-5833. Fax: (828) 837-8755. E-mail: susato@susato.com. Web: www.susato.com.
The National Orchestral Institute College Park, MD, June 9–July 1. AF $25. Fee covered by full scholarship. Audition. Recommendation. (90) Ages 18–28. An advanced orchestra training program at the University of Maryland. Intensive rehearsals and sectionals in preparation for three public concerts; master classes and mock auditions to prepare for professional orchestral auditions. Faculty: Principal chairs from major American orchestras, such as Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, National, and Pittsburgh. Conductors TBA. Contact: Donald Reinhold, Director, NOI/School of Music, 2114 Tawes, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. (301) 405-2317. Fax: (301) 314-9504. E-mail: noi@accmail.umd.edu.
Mark O’Connor Fiddle Camp Montgomery Bell State Park, TN, June 25–July 1, July 29–August 5. AF $300 deposit. Fee $600. R&B incl. (120) Five days of fiddle instruction, seminars, concerts, and dances, with an in-depth look at Texas old-time, bluegrass, country, swing/jazz, Celtic/Irish, and classical styles. Daily instruction; camping, outdoor recreation, and motel accommodations available. Near Nashville. Faculty: Mark O’Connor; Matt Glaser, Natalie MacMaster, Buddy Spicher, Randy Elmore, Claude Williams, Crystal Plohman, guest instructors (subject to change). Contact: PO Box 110573, Nashville, TN 37222. (615) 377-6064. E-mail: fiddlecamp@pegasusnet.com. Web: www.markoconnor.com.
Sarasota Music Festival Sarasota, FL, May 28–June 18. AF $35. Fee covered by full scholarship. R&B $365 (breakfast and lunch). Scholarship. Tape. (approx 100) Most participants are pursuing careers as performing musicians and are studying in leading conservatories and graduate schools. Emphasis on instrumental technique and musical approaches to chamber music. Weekly coached ensemble assignments. Apply by February 1. Faculty: James Buswell, Martin Chalifour, Andrzej Grabieo, Ani Kavafian, Joseph Silverstein, violin; Patricia McCarty, Robert Vernon, Barbara Westphal, viola; Timothy Eddy, Christoph Henkel, Ronald Leonard, cello; Fred Bretschger, Timothy Cobb, Paul Ellison, bass. Contact: Trevor Cramer, 709 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236. (941) 952-9634 and (800) 287-9634. Fax: (941) 953-3059. E-mail: smf@fwcs.org. Web: www.fwcs.org/sarasota.
Sewanee Summer Music Center University of the South, Sewanee, TN, June 26–August 1. AF $250. Fee $2,200. R&B incl. Scholarship. Tape. (250) Open to students ages 12 through college, and adults. Instrumental training in chamber and symphonic music is offered, along with classes in theory and musicianship, composition, conducting; private lessons, master classes, recitals, and concerts. International enrollment and faculty. Guest artists. Contact: Leo Saguiguit, Sewanee Summer Music Center, 735 University Ave., Sewanee, TN 37383-1000. (931) 598-1225. Fax: (615) 598-1706. E-mail: ssmc@sewanee.edu. Web: www.sewanee.edu/ssmc.
Strings in the Mountains Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC, July 18–24. Fee $330. R&B incl. Audition. Tape. Auditions (tape or live) by March 13. Advanced string students experience a "total immersion" of learning and playing chamber music during day and evening sessions under currently performing string professionals. Faculty: Romasa Trio (Mary Daniels, violin; Sal Venitelli, viola; Ron Clearfield, cello). Contact: Lillian Hall, PO Box 1811, Hendersonville, NC 28793. (828) 692-0955 or 697-5884. Fax: (828) 697-5765. E-mail: jvlso@juno.com.
Suzuki Association of the Americas Throughout the U.S. and Canada, June–August, one- and two-week sessions. Fee varies. Summer-study opportunities for teachers and students at Suzuki institutes across the U.S. and Canada. Teachers can participate in short-term training with registered Suzuki teacher trainers in violin, viola, cello, bass, early-childhood education, and more. Students have private and group lessons, plus supplementary enrichment classes such as chamber music, orchestra, theory, Orff, Dalcroze, improvisation, fiddling. Contact: PO Box 17310, Boulder, CO 80308. (303) 444-0948. Fax: (303) 444-0984. E-mail: suzuki@rmi.net. Web: suzukiassociation.org.
The Swannanoa Gathering Swannanoa, NC, July 4–10 (Celtic), July 11–17 (dance), July 18–24 (old-time), July 25–31 (contemporary folk). AF $50 deposit. Fee $290. R&B $200. (200 per week maximum) At Warren Wilson College just east of Asheville, North Carolina. The heart of the program consists of week-long workshops devoted to the detailed exploration of selected areas of our folk tradition. For sincerely interested students of all ages. Faculty: Seamus Connolly, Brian Conway, Patrick Mangan, Bonnie Rideout, Elko Baker, Andy McGann, Ralph Blizard, Steve Hickman, Brad Leftwich, Tom Sauber; others TBA. Contact: Warren Wilson College, PO Box 9000, Asheville, NC 28815. (704) 298-3325, ext. 426. Fax: (704) 299-3326. E-mail: gathering@warren-wilson.edu. Web: www.hidwater.com/gathering/.
Texas Fiddle Music Workshop Texarkana, TX, July 7–11. AF $100 deposit. Fee $300. R&B hotels $30 and up in area. (30–50) All ages and levels of talent. Tape not required but appreciated. Must love the sound of the fiddle. Held in air-conditioned facilities at Texarkana College. Emphasis on correct technique and learning hows and whys. Texas-style music featured. Friendly, noncompetitive atmosphere encourages jamming and student participation. Faculty: Dale Morris, Ed Marsh, Gerald Jor, Orville Burns, fiddle. Contact: Glenna Kiker, 301 Clear Springs Rd., Texarkana, TX 77501. (903) 838-8042, (800) 999-6710 (beeper).
Texas Music Festival Houston, TX, June 4–July 1. AF $30. Fee: none. R&B $700. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (100) Orchestra and chamber-music programs, advanced-college and young-professional level of performance. Daily private lessons, orchestral rehearsal, sectionals, practice, distinguished-artist performances. Reside in campus dormitories. Faculty: Fredell Lack, Andrzej Grabiec, Lucie Robert, violin; Lawrence Wheeler, Karen Ritscher, Rita Porfiris, viola; Laszlo Varga, David Tomatz, cello; Franz Anton Krager, Leon Spierer, Sidney Harth, Klauspeter Seibel, conductors; Houston Symphony members. Contact: Alan Austin, Texas Music Festival, Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4201. (713) 743-3167. Fax: (713) 743-3391. E-mail: tmf@bayou.uh.edu.
Texas Tech Band and Orchestra Camp Lubbock, TX, July 8–15. Fee $160. R&B $225. Audition. (1,600) Integrated camp with two full orchestras and two string orchestras. Courses include chamber music, private lessons, music theory and literature, jazz, fiddle, piano, and leadership. Faculty: Gary Lewis, director of orchestral studies; TTU string faculty; private instructors. Contact: Anna Whitlock-Henry, School of Music, TTU, Box 42033, Lubbock, TX 79409-2033. (806) 742-2225. Fax: (806) 742-2294. E-mail: d2amw@ttacs.ttu.edu.
White River Artisans School Cotter, AR, June 14–19 (frog making), June 21–26 (stick making), October 11–16 (bow repair/restoration), October 11–16 (violin repair/restoration). AF $300. Fee $750. (7 per class) Violin Bow I: Frogs will be handmade in ebony and silver. Basic silversmithing and simple lathe techniques. Violin Bow II: Students will make templates corresponding to the period and style of a chosen bow. Bending the stick, head carving, planing, hairing, finishing techniques. Faculty: Reid Hudson. Contact: Don Cleveland, 2519 Denton Ferry Rd., Cotter, AZ 72626. (870) 430-5437. Fax: (870) 430-5912. E-mail: artisans94@centurytel.net. Web: www.mtncom.com/artisans.
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