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2000
Summer Study Guide
West 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. Annual Chamber Music Festival Bozeman, MT, TBA. Fee $250. R&B TBA. Scholarship. (150) For students, teachers, amateurs of all ages (many retirees), professionals who enjoy exploring the literature, and coaches who may play in the groups. Ten partially coached assignments vary in size, instrumentation, and stylistic period. Daily performance in a forum. Optional staff concerts, orchestras, seminars, and social activities. Participants must have intermediate or advanced ability. Held at Montana State University. Contact: Margi Russell, Montana State University, Music Dept., Bozeman, MT 59717-0008. E-mail: music@montana.edu.
Max Aronoff Viola Institute Bothell, WA. AF $15. Fee $550. R&B incl. Scholarship. (50) Week-long residential camp for violists (age 14 to adult) and violinists and cellists (age 18 to adult) held at Bastyr University. Chamber music, technical seminars, audition studies, master classes, performance opportunities. Tape required for Professional Audition Studies course only. Faculty: Marcia Ott, Laurel Wells, violin; Joyce Ramee, Betty Agent, Scott Ligocki, viola; Richard Treat, Heather Blackburn, cello; Charles Noble, John Scanlon, audition studies; others TBA. Contact: Joyce Ramée, 6302 54th Ave., Court West, Tacoma, WA 94867. (253) 474-6922. E-mail: mavijramee@aol.com. Web: www.viola.com/aronoff.
Arrowbear Music Camp Arrowbear Lake, CA, TBA. Fee $300 per week. R&B incl. (100 per session) Band, orchestra, and chamber-music program, choir, music-appreciation classes. Committed to giving campers a fine musical and group experience in a mountain setting. Two elementary sessions (one week long), three intermediate sessions (two weeks long), and symphonic session (two weeks long). Grades entering fourth through college. One- and two-week programs. Faculty: Alan and Stephanie Carter, William Kennedy, cello; Michelle Chace, bass. Contact: Dennis or Carole Dockstader, PO Box 4008, Arrowbear Lake, CA 92382. (800) 759-9056. Fax: (909) 867-2794. E-mail: dockstader@csnsys.com. Web: www.netcom.com/nrkdurand.
Aspen Music School Aspen, CO, June 15–August 16. AF $55–$100. Fee $1,425/$2,150 (4½/9 weeks). R&B $1,600/$2,500 (4½/9 weeks). Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (900) Apply by February 18. Financial aid based on need and ability. Concentrated study and performance program with outstanding faculty for highly motivated, competitive young players. Weekly lessons, orchestral assignments, chamber music, additional courses. To schedule an audition, call (970) 925-7354 after November 1. Faculty: Renata Arado, Earl Carlyss, Laurie Carney, Min Soo Chang, Caroie Cowan, Wilfredo Deglans, Dorothy DeLay, Eugene Drucker, Herbert Greenberg, Koichiro Harada, Jennifer John, Hyo Kang, Paul Kantor, Alexander Kerr, Cho-Liang Lin, Samuel Magad, Robert McDuffie, Piotr Milewski, David Perry, Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Sylvia Rosenberg, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Eva-Christina Schonweiss, Phillip Setzer, Naoko Tanaka, Donald Weilerstein, Peter Winograd, Won-Bin Yim, Ayako Tonetani, violin; Daniel Avshalomov, Catherine Carroll, Heidi Castleman, Victoria Chiang, James Dunham, Lawrence Dutton, Kathleen Mattis, Ellen Rose, Steven Tenenbom, Sabina Thatcher, Michael Tree, viola; Timothy Eddy, Anthony Elliot, Rafael Figueroa, David Finckel, David Geber, William Grubb, Yehuda Hanani, Lynn Harrell, Alan Harris, Eric Kim, Michael Mermagen, Mark Schroeder, Wayne Foster Smith, cello; Bruce Bransby, Paul Ellison, Albert Lazlo, Eugene Levinson, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Sankey, bass. Contact: Aspen Music School, 2 Music School Rd., Aspen, CO 81611. (970) 925-3254. Fax: (970) 925-5708. E-mail: school@aspenmusic.org. Web: www.aspenmusicfestival.com.
Birch Bay String Teachers Workshop Ferndale, WA, August 2–6, 1999. Fee $100. (50+) The oldest, most comprehensive string workshop in the west, for school and studio teachers. Playing, learning, camaraderie, access to festival concerts. Local hotel reservations recommended. Faculty: Tracy Silverman, violin/jazz; Joanne Donnellan, chamber music; Ian Edlund, orchestra/pedagogy; others TBA. Contact: Ian Edlund/Joanne Donnellan, 5922 Malloy Ave., Ferndale, WA 98248. (360) 491-3932 or (360) 384-1394. Fax: (360) 384-1394.
Britt Chamber Music Academy and Academy Orchestra Medford, OR. Fee $185. R&B $175. Audition. Tape. Intermediate to advanced, students most in high school or college. Attend master classes and receive coaching from performers at the Peter Britt Festival. (Preformed quartets are given special consideration for Chamber Music Academy.) Faculty: Richard Long, Cavani String Quartet. Contact: Angela Warren, c/o Britt Festivals, PO Box 1124, Medford, OR 97501. (541) 779-0847. Fax: (541) 776-3712.
California Summer Music Pebble Beach, CA, July 8–31. AF $50. Fee $1,175. R&B $1,200. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (70) Intensive chamber-music and private-lesson program for serious string and piano students. Weekly private lessons, regular coachings, daily rehearsal, guest-artist master classes, musicianship study, student performance, concurrent professional performances. Composition Program (ages 14–23) including private lessons, theory, contemporary music seminars, and rehearsal and performance of student works. Faculty: Zaven Melikian, Wendy Sharp, Jan Repko, violin; Susan Bates, Basil Vendryes, viola; Andrew Luchansky, Irene Sharp, cello; Peter Lewis, composition. Contact: Irene Sharp, Artistic Director, PMB 104, 236 West Portal Ave., San Francisco, CA 94127-1458. (415) 753-8920. Fax: (415) 753-8934. E-mail: csm@dnai.com. Web: www.csmusic.org.
California Summer String Institute Thousand Oaks, CA, July 17–August 18. Fee $475 per week. (12 per class) Open to all levels and backgrounds, from university professors to 20-year-old novices. Structure is very flexible to accommodate different levels of achievement; 8 a.m.–5 p.m., five days a week, with opportunity to work evenings and weekends. Beautiful, peaceful campus with friendly staff and students. Sightseeing opportunities. Discounts available at local hotels. Faculty: Boyd Poulsen, violin building, repair, maintenance; Lynn Hannings, bow making. Contact: California Lutheran University, Office of Continuing and Professional Education, 60 W. Olsen Rd. #2220, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. (805) 493-3130. Fax: (805) 493-3132. E-mail: cpe@clunet.edu. Web: clunet.edu/CPE.
Chamber Music Institute Quilcene, WA, July 4–25. AF $40. Fee $1,500. R&B incl. Scholarship. Audition. Recommendation. (20) Ages 14–18. Detailed summary of musical experience, including study and repertoire, required. Exclusive focus on chamber music and its pastoral setting. Provides an unparalleled opportunity for growth through a rich variety of chamber-music experiences, including several performances. Attend festival concerts and interact with performers. Located on a turn-of-the-century dairy farm with comfortable cabins. Family-style meals by professional chef. Recreational activities include swimming, hiking, ping-pong, excursions. Faculty: Irwin Eisenberg (director), violin; Alan Iglitzin, viola; Carter Enyeart, Diane Farrell (associate director), cello; past and current members of the Philadelphia String Quartet; other artists. Contact: Alan Iglitzin, Executive Director, Philadelphia String Quartet, PO Box 45776, Seattle, WA 98145-0776. (206) 527-8839. Fax: (206) 526-8621. E-mail: olymusic@brigadoon.com. Web: www.musicfest.net.
Chamber Music Workshop at Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR, July 12–17, 19–24. Fee $225. R&B TBA. Scholarship. (80 per week) Apply by March 1. Good amateur players, college age and older, are grouped in 18–22 ensembles each day, for coached study and rehearsal of standard chamber-music literature, culminating in daily performances. Lots of freelancing, mountain setting, acclaimed Shakespeare Festival. Outstanding library and special sessions by staff. Faculty: Tom Stauffer, Cynthia Darby, Joe Axup, Nancie Shaw, Armand Ambrosini, Emma Rubinstein, and others. Contact: Phoebe Ann Kimball, Music Dept., Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR 97520. (541) 482-2204. Fax: (541) 552-6549. E-mail: pkimball@jeffnet.org. Web: www.efn.org/~ashcmw/.
Chico Chamber Music Workshop California State University, Chico, CA. Contact: Al Loeffler, CSU/Chico Music Dept., Chico, CA 95929-0805. (530) 345-3772. Fax: (530) 898-5152. E-mail: loeffler@ecst.csuchico.edu. Web: www.csuchico.edu/.
Colorado College Summer Music Festival Colorado Springs, CO, June 21–July 11. AF $50. Fee $575. R&B $575. Scholarship. Tape. (38) For serious, preprofessional music students ages 17–25. Chamber orchestra presents two concerts; chamber-music ensembles present lunch-time concerts the third week as well as other community concerts. Chamber-music concerts by faculty. Faculty: Frank Almond, Jose Luis Garcia, Martin Chalifour, Stephanie Chase, violin; Geraldine Walther, Virginia Barron, viola; Kim Scholes, Desmond Hoebig, cello. Contact: Susan Grace, Music Director, The Colorado College Summer Session Office, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. (719) 389-6653. Fax: (719) 389-6955. E-mail: festival@coloradocollege.edu. Web: www.festival@coloradocollege.edu.
CSU Summer Arts Fresno, CA, July 9–20. Tape. Scholarship. Composer/Performer Collaborative Project Workshop provides instrumentalists and composers the chance to work on their own topics with chamber coaches and master composers. Student instrumentalists perform student works. Faculty: Alexander String Quartet, Orpheus Ensemble. Contact: CSU Fresno, 2380 E. Keats Ave., MS MB129, Fresno, CA 93740-8024. (559) 278-7091. Fax: (559) 278-4194. E-mail: summerarts@calstate.edu. Web: www.calstate.edu/summerarts.
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Fairbanks, AK, July 21–August 6. AF $325. Fee $180 (optional). R&B $450. (640) A multidisciplinary study-performance festival held at the University of Alaska; 70–75 guest artists offer workshops and master classes in music, dance, theater, opera theater, figure skating, and the visual arts. Performance opportunities in orchestra, jazz band, choral groups, opera, cabaret, and jazz singing. Catalog available mid-March. Faculty: TBA. Contact: Jo Ryman Scott, PO Box 80845, Fairbanks, AK 99708-0845. (907) 474-8869. Fax: (907) 479-4329. Web: www.fsaf.org.
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes Workshop Port Townsend, WA, July 2–9. Fee $360. R&B $225–$275. (300) Founded in 1977 for students of all ages. An intimate week with masters of the folk violin. This 24th year of the festival will feature a diverse gathering of folk violinists. Held at Fort Worden State Park on the Quimper Peninsula. Contact: Centrum, Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368. (800) 733-3608. Fax: (360) 385-2470. E-mail: warren@centrum.org. Web: www.centrum.org.
The Festival at Sandpoint Training Programs–The Schweitzer Institute of Music Sandpoint, ID, Aug. 5–15. AF approx. $25. Fee $1,300. R&B incl. The festival maintains four training programs: Conducting, Jazz, Composition, Chamber Music. Faculty: Gunther Schuller, artistic director. Contact: PO Box 695, Sandpoint, ID 83864. (208) 265-4554.
Fiddlekids El Cerrito, CA, June 19–23. AF $125. Fee $350. (limited) Fills early. One-week day camp specializing in traditional fiddle styles with accompanying dance and thematic art. Children ages 7–13 will be in small groups, enjoying three fiddle classes daily with each instructor, plus an art and dance class each day. Performance at week’s end. Faculty: Bobbi Nikles, Betsy Branch, John Blasquez, Laura Risk, fiddle. Contact: Bobbi Shearn Nikles, 2517 Mira Vista Dr., El Cerrito, CA 94530. (510) 235-0370. E-mail: bobbinik@aol.com. Web: fiddlekids.com.
Kató Havas String Workshop Angwin, CA, August 13–18. Fee $202.50 ($115 per week/$40 per day for observers). (45 participants; unlimited observers) Lecture demonstrations on the release of physical tensions. Special emphasis is placed on repetitive-strain injury, tendinitis, and other problems. Training on overcoming mental anxieties, and the causes and cures of stage fright. Covers all aspects of playing, including the juddering bow arm, intonation, shifts, double-stops, and vibrato. Faculty: Kató Havas, Don Peterson. Contact: Ivylyn Traver, Music Dept., Pacific Union College, 1 Angwin Ave., Angwin, CA 94508. (707) 965-6201. Fax: (707) 965-6738. E-mail: lfield@puc.edu.
Humboldt Chamber Music Workshop Humboldt, CA, July 11–16; 18–23; 25–30. Fee $210 per week. R&B $220 per week. Scholarship. (80 per week) Different coached chamber-music group assignments daily; performances of movement of chosen work for colleagues and peers in evenings; freelance time available each day for personal playing. $50 deposit due on acceptance. Faculty: David Dally, Terrie Baune, Jack Ullom, violin; Rosemarie Krouoza, viola. Contact: Gerre Phillips, Manager, D. Valgene Phillips, Director, or Kenneth Ayoob, Assoc. Director, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521. (707) 826-3188. Fax: (707) 826-3528.
Icicle Creek Summer Chamber Music Institute Leavenworth, WA, July 2–16. AF $60. Fee $1,350. R&B incl. Scholarship. Tape. (24) Advanced high-school, college, and conservatory students work closely with professional chamber musicians. Faculty are the performing artists of the concurrent Icicle Creek Festival. Students work and receive coaching in chamber ensembles, master classes, and private lessons. Held in the Cascade Mountains. Minimum age 15. Preformed ensembles welcome. Faculty: Camilla Wicks, Kairos Quartet (Carrie Rehkopf, Marcia Kaufmann, Scott Hosfeld, John Michel), others TBA. Contact: Carrie Rehkopf, PO Box 2071, Leavenworth, WA 98826. (509) 548-6347. Fax: (419) 730-3569. E-mail: icicle@icicle.org. Web: www.icicle.org.
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program Idyllwild, CA, July 5–August 16. AF $25. Fee $595 per week. R&B incl. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. Auditions for some programs. Founded in 1950. Age eight through college; 40–60 people enrolled in chamber music, 60–100 each in two orchestras. One-week and weekend courses for adults, and two-, three-, and four-week courses for children and teenagers, in music, dance, theater, visual arts, and writing. Campus set in 205-acre alpine forest. Full rehearsals, sectionals, chamber music, and private instruction. Faculty: Endre Balogh, Igor Gruppman, Vesna Gruppman, Abram Shtern, violin; Doris Lederer, Pamela Ryan, viola; Clyde Shaw, John Walz, cello. Contact: Diane Dennis, PO Box 38, Idyllwild, CA 92549. (909) 659-2171, ext. 365. Fax: (909) 659-5463. E-mail: iasumcat@aol.com. Web: idyllwildarts.org.
Jazz Camp West YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda, CA, June 24–July 1. Fee $605–755 (depending on accommodation). R&B incl. Scholarship. An eight-day jazz-education and performance program for adults and teens of all musical levels. Perform and jam in the redwoods. More than 70 classes offered each day in music instruction, vocals, drums, percussion, and dance, including steel drums, Afro-Cuban percussion, salsa, blues, funk, and more. Brochure available in April. Faculty: past instructors include Bobby McFerrin, Tuck & Patti; 2000 TBA. Contact: Stacey Hoffman, Rhythmic Concepts, Inc., 765 61st St., Oakland, CA 94609. (510) 287-8880. Fax: (510) 841-2601. E-mail: stacey@jazzcampwest.com. Web: www.jazzcampwest.com.
Juneau Jazz & Classics Juneau, AK, February 5–6. Fee $20 per workshop (college credit additional). Workshops are held in conjunction with this annual springtime jazz and classical-music festival. Most workshops held at University of Alaska Southeast campus. All ages. Faculty: Kathleen Butler Hopkins, violin. Contact: Greg Cohen, Festival Administrator, Juneau Jazz & Classics, PO Box 35043, Juneau, AK 99803. Phone and fax: (907) 463-3378. E-mail: music@juneau.com. Web: www.juneau.com/music/.
KentMusic, A String Quartet Conference Kent, CT, June 11–17. AF $150 deposit. Fee $575. R&B: Meals incl. (72) Ages 18–75. Applications due April 20. Experienced amateur, semiprofessional, and professional musicians willing to play challenging work welcome. Held at the Marvelwood campus. Coached quartets, free ensemble playing, master classes, lecture-demos, and concerts by the Manhattan String Quartet. Faculty: Manhattan String Quartet (Eric Lewis, Cal Wiersma, violin; John Dexter, viola; Chris Finckel, cello); David Clampitt, violin. Contact: Rae Eastman, 24 Cleaveland St., Lakeville, CT 06039. (860) 435-1338. Fax: (860) 435-4629.
Louisiana and the Caribbean Festival Workshop Eugene, OR, June 18–19. (25–30) Workshop in conjunction with Lousiana and the Caribbean weekend festival. Faculty: Michael Doucet, fiddle; others TBA. Contact: James Ralph, PO Box 11254, Eugene, OR 97440. (541) 687-6526. Fax: (541) 687-1589. E-mail: jqr@ofam.org. Web: www.ofam.org.
Henry Mancini Institute Los Angeles, CA, July 22–August 20. AF $40. Fee, R&B covered by full fellowship. Audition. (80) For accomplished musicians training in jazz, film, and symphonic and popular music. Intensive four-week program. Private lessons, ensemble coaching, master classes, performance, clinics, concerto opportunities. Held at UCLA. Faculty: Jeremy Cohen, Richard Greene, Aimeé Kreston, Irving Geller, Lesa Terra, violin; Carole Mukogawa, viola; Anthony Cooke, Roger Lebow, cello; Bert Turetzky, bass. Contact: Kelly Connaughton, PO Box 34575, Los Angeles, CA 90034-0575. (310) 845-1903. Fax: (310) 845-1909. E-mail: hmi@amjazzphil.org-ucla. Web: www.amjazzphil.org.
Midsummer Musical Retreat Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, July 27–31. AF None. Fee $300. R&B $200. Scholarship. (80 instruments, 40 vocal) The workshop, now in its 17th year, is an intensive yet lighthearted immersion in music for the enthusiastic amateur. Includes orchestra, chamber music, and electives. Faculty: Dorothea Cooke, Aaron Redner, violin; Eileen Swanson, viola; Meg Brennard, cello; Karen Janes, bass. Contact: Tricia Gabrielson, 12345 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98125. (503) 245-4587. Fax: (206) 324-6689. E-mail: mmretreat@juno.com. Web: musicalretreat.org.
Music Academy of the West Santa Barbara, CA, June 24–August 19. AF $50, registration $100. Fee covered by full scholarship. Audition. Tape. (130) Founded in 1947. For professionally oriented students, primarily of college- and graduate-school age. Orchestra, private instruction, chamber ensembles, and master classes. Dormitory housing; instruction at academy on ten-acre estate. Faculty: Peter Salaff, Kathleen Winkler, Zvi Zeitlin, violin; Donald McInnes, viola; Denis Brott, cello; Nico Abondolo, bass. Contact: Carleen Landes, 1070 Fairway Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108. (805) 969-4726. Fax: (805) 969-0686. E-mail: catalog@musicacademy.org. Web: www.musicacademy.org.
Pacific Music Festival of California Stanford University, Stanford, CA, July 6–19. AF $40. Fee, R&B TBA. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (75) An intensive program for violin, viola, cello, and piano, open to serious students of all ages. Instruction includes private and ensemble coaching (twice weekly each) with an outstanding faculty, supplemented by master classes, faculty and student concerts, and seminars. Faculty: James Stern, violin; Patricia Whaley, viola; Peter Gelfand, Eileen Moon, cello. Contact: June Choi, Director, PO Box 3728, Stanford, CA 94309. (415) 497-0343. Fax: (415) 497-0353.
Play Week West University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, July 23–30. Fee $365/$295 (resident/commuter). R&B incl. (50) Workshops for nonprofessional adult string players of varying abilities and experience; individuals and existing ensembles welcome. Individual string players assigned via self-evaluation forms. Instruments and ability levels closely monitored to provide balanced groups. Emphasis on superb chamber-music coaching. Faculty concert, master classes, multiple quartets, informal ensembles, demonstrations, private lessons as desired. Faculty: Philip Coonce (musical director), Leonard Felberg, violin; Willy Sucre, Ginger Lawrence, viola; Adam Gonzalez, cello. Contact: Jerry M. Bank, 924 Riverside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618. (609) 599-2569. Fax: (603) 994-3586. E-mail: playweek@juno.com.
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp Deckers, CO, August 13–20. AF $75. Fee $400–$600. R&B incl. Scholarship. (80–160) Held at a YMCA camp in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Day classes in Celtic and traditional folk for violin, cello, and harp. Evening dances, concerts, and organized jams. All ages and all levels welcome. Faculty: Loretta Thompson, fiddle; others TBA. Contact: Mark Luther, 1211 S. Quebec Way, Ste. 12-303, Denver, CO 80231-2645. (303) 389-1801. E-mail: MFLuther@aol.com. Web: www.RMFiddle.com.
Rocky Ridge Music Center Estes Park, CO, June 13–July 17 (Young Artist Seminar); July 19–30, August 2–13 (Junior Student Seminars). AF $100. Fee $2,200/$900 (YAS/JSS). R&B incl. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (75) The five-week Young Artist Seminar, open for students ages 15–22, includes a daily schedule of practice, lessons, theory, chamber ensembles, and orchestra. Twice-weekly playing classes provide public performing experience, and weekly faculty concerts model musical development and performance. The Junior Student Seminar, for students ages 10–14, is a less-intense version that balances musical study, performance, and extracurricular activities. Scholarships available for YAS only. Students may attend one or both JSSs. Faculty: Roy Malan, violin; Scott Woolweaver, viola; Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Paul Erhard, bass. JSS Faculty: David Neely, violin; Scott Woolweaver, viola; James McWhorter, cello. Contact: 4600 Valley Rd., Suite 305, Lincoln, NE 68510-4844. Phone and fax: (402) 486-4363. E-mail: RRMCOffice@aol.com. Web: www.rockyridge.org.
The Margaret Rowell String Seminar San Francisco, CA, June 16–20. Fee $425. (40) Apply by May 5. Cosponsored by ASTA. Seminar faculty helps participants explore the basic principles of string performance and teaching during daily two-hour master classes and two-hour technique-development classes, which help participants develop their fullest expressive capabilities. Faculty: Zaven Melikian, violin. Contact: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1201 Ortega St., San Francisco, CA 94122-4498. (415) 759-3462. Fax: (415) 759-3499.
San Diego Chamber Music Workshop at Scripps College Claremont, CA, July 30–August 5. Fee $200. R&B $285/$265 (single/double). Scholarship. (120) Apply before April 1. Open to professional, college-age, and serious amateur string players willing to accept critical comments of group and personal skills, plus piano and woodwinds. Groups change daily for assigned coached chamber work, followed by small master classes. Preformed groups may stay together and create their own format. An intensive schedule of other optional musical activities. Dormitory suites, good meals, air conditioned. Faculty: Gene Purdue, Emma Rubinstein, violin; Susan Bates, David Dalton, viola; Carter Enyeart, Marlin Owen, Andreas Sami, Thomas Stauffer, cello; Anacapa String Quartet, Tapei Fine Arts Trio, Cynthia Darby, and others. Contact: Ronald Goldman, M.D., 3405 Kenyon, Suite 108, San Diego, CA 92110. (619) 479-7995. Fax: (619) 427-0955. E-mail: violinron@aol.com.
San Francisco Early Music Society Summer Workshops San Rafael, CA, June 25–July 8 (Baroque); July 9–15 (Medieval and Renaissance). Fee $320. R&B $380 per week, double occupancy. Scholarship. (60) Ages 14–80. For intermediate amateurs seeking to strengthen their skills to professionals interested in learning early-music performance practice. Master classes, coached ensembles, chamber orchestra, lectures, and final student performances. Held at Dominican College, with a wooded campus 25 miles from San Francisco. Contact: Alisa Gould Sugden, Coordinator, PO Box 9313, Berkeley, CA 94709. (510) 549-9799. E-mail: agsugden@aol.com. Web: www.sfems.org.
Seattle Chamber Music Workshop Issaquah, WA, July 12–17. Fee $225. R&B $235–300. (approx. 50) Sponsored by the Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle’s community music school. Open to strings, woodwinds, and pianists. Program includes assignments, daily coaching, musicales, and freelance opportunities. Faculty: Martin Freidmann, violin; Clark Potter, viola; Janice Gockel, Richard Eckert, cello; others TBA. Contact: Janice Gockel, PO Box 30757, Seattle, WA 98103-0757. (206) 526-8443. Fax: (206) 526-8568. E-mail: scw@mcnw.org.
Stanford Jazz Workshop’s Jazz for Strings Program Stanford, CA, July 16–22, 23–29 (camp); July 30–August 5 (residency). AF $50/$100, applied to tuition. Fee $490/$575. R&B $150/$250. Scholarship. (200–250 per week) Jazz Camp is for ages 12–17, no prerequisites except basic knowledge of your instrument. Jazz Residency is for adults/advanced students; prerequisite is a practical knowledge of the 12 major scales played over two octaves. Individual and preexisting quartets study technique, theory, and ensemble playing. Instruction is scheduled alongside general jazz workshop activities so string players can join other players in lectures, clinics, and jam sessions. Nightly concerts featuring faculty and guest artists. Access to Stanford’s fine libraries, galleries, cultural activities, recreational facilities. Faculty: Past faculty has included Regina Carter, David Balakrishnan; 2000 faculty TBA. Contact: Stanford Jazz Workshop, PO Box 6536, Stanford, CA 94309. (650) 856-4155. Fax: (650) 856-4968. E-mail: info@stanfordjazz.org. Web: www.stanfordjazz.org.
Southern Oregon University Summer Workshops Ashland, OR, June 17–25. Fee $300/$150 (participants/auditors). R&B $250–350. Scholarship. Tape. (15 violinists and 15 pianists plus juniors) Workshop title: "Music Institute for the Development of Personal Style: In Memory of Jascha Heifetz." World-renowned performers and teachers, all long-time associates of Jascha Heifetz, present a week of intense study, imaginative and inspiring coaching, and public performances. Academic credit available. Faculty: Sherry Kloss (artistic director), violin; others (one violin, two piano) TBA. Contact: Brooke Friendly, Extended Campus Programs, Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR 97520. (541) 552-6901. Fax: (541) 552-6047. E-mail: friendly@sou.edu.
String Quartet Seminar with the Takács Quartet University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, June 5–15. AF, fee: none. R&B incl. (room only). Audition. Tape. (4–6 groups) An intensive course for preformed string quartets. Receive private coachings and take part in public master classes. The course culminates in two formal student performances. Acceptance priority given to preformed groups. Faculty: Jennifer John, violin; Erika Eckert, viola; Judith Glyde, cello; Takács String Quartet. Contact: Judith Glyde, University of Colorado, Campus Box 301, Boulder, CO 80309. (303) 492-5921. Fax: (303) 492-5619. E-mail: judith.glyde@colorado.edu.
Summer Music West Workshop Programs San Francisco, CA, June 14–July 30 in four sessions. AF $50. Fee $420–$560 per program. Scholarship. Audition. Tape. (30–50 per session) Videotape required. Chamber music for string players, pianists, and woodwinds ages 8–20; concentrated study of the literature through daily coachings, rehearsals, master classes. Daily classes in Opera and Musical Theater Workshop (ages 12 and up) and Composition Intensive. Faculty: SFCM faculty members, including Doris Fukawa, ensembles coordinator. Contact: Chinhee Kim, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1201 Ortega St., San Francisco, CA 94122. (415) 759-3454. Fax: (415) 759-3499. Web: www.sfcm.edu.
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.
Taos School of Music Summer Chamber Music Program Taos, NM, June 11–August 6. AF $50. Fee covered by full scholarship. R&B $600. Audition. Tape. (19) Apply by Feb. 17. Our 38th summer of intensive chamber-music training for students (age 18 or over) of violin, viola, cello, and piano; advanced, professionally oriented. Public faculty and student concerts are part of the school’s Summer Chamber Music Festival. Hotel living, nearby recreation. Faculty: Chicago String Quartet (Joseph Genualdi, Stefan Hersh, violin; Rami Solomonow, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello); Takács String Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Karoly Schranz, violin; Roger Tapping, viola; Andras Fejer, cello). Guest artists Curtis Macomber, violin, and Michael Tree, viola. Contact: Chilton Anderson, Taos School of Music, Box 1879, Taos, NM 87571. (505) 776-2388.
Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School Boulder Creek, CA, August 22–30. Fee approx. $420/$365 (adult/child ages 3–11). R&B incl. Scholarship. (200) For musicians and dancers of all ages and levels of skill. Intensive study of Scottish fiddle music and dance in beautiful redwood setting near Santa Cruz. Classes from top fiddlers from Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and Shetland Islands. Evening dances, jams, swimming, hiking. Public concert by camp participants. Faculty: Alasdair Fraser, others TBA. Contact: Terry Bulwa, 8361 Valley View Court, Sebastopol, CA 95472. (707) 823-3953.
Young Artists Academy Eugene, OR, August 1–14. AF none. Fee $235. R&B: possible home stays. Scholarship. (25–30) An intensive two-week performance-based experience in conjunction with the Oregon Festival of American Music, focusing on a different theme each year. Ages 14–21. Vocal, jazz, and strings ensembles also work with guest artists. Faculty: Local instructor TBA. Contact: James Ralph, PO Box 11254, Eugene, OR 97440. (541) 687-6526. Fax: (541) 687-1589. E-mail: jqr@ofam.org. Web: www.ofam.org.
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