16th Annual Youth Chamber Music Camp Five days of inspired chamber music rehearsals and classes for music students AUGUST 11 – 15, 2015 www.musicnorthwest.org A note from Jane GENERAL INFORMATION Welcome to the 2015 Music Northwest Chamber Music Camp! Those of you who have attended in past years know how much fun we have at our Camp and the high level of music making that develops over just a few days of rehearsals and coaching. If you are new to our Camp, we’d love to have you join us. Come with a group, or on your own and we will match you up! Music Northwest invites music students to spend five days in intensive chamber music rehearsals and classes with outstanding Northwest coaches. This camp is suitable for ages 7–21. No previous chamber music experience necessary. A minimum of 3 years experience on an instrument is required for our Regular level; 2 years for our Prep level. (strings, woodwinds, french horn, piano) PROGRAM FEATURES • Coached rehearsals with professional coaches who specialize in chamber music • Master classes in performance techniques and musical styles • Dalcroze eurhythmics classes • Students will be placed in groups appropriate to their level • Already formed groups welcome • Pizza party! SCHEDULE Regular Level, 10 am – 3:45 pm Prep Level, 9 am – 2:30 pm First Lutheran Church of West Seattle 4105 California Ave SW Recitals are Saturday, August 15 at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm Tonkonogui Awards Recital – Sunday, August 16 TUITION Early Bird: $240 (if application is received by April 1) Regular: $270 (10% discount for 2nd sibling) INCLUDES Application Fee: $25 (non-refundable) FREE TICKET to EUROPA ENSEMBLE. Please reserve in advance. Tuition includes a ticket to the EUROPA Ensemble with Leonid Keylin, Mara Finkelstein, Jane Harty, and guests on Sunday, August 9, at 3 pm at First Lutheran Church of West Seattle. Additional tickets and program information at www.musicnorthwest.org. REGISTRATION EMILY COLE has been a member of the Oregon Symphony since 2011. She has performed with the Dallas and Seattle Symphonies and the Grant Park Festival Orchestra. Emily received her B.M. at the University of Texas at Austin and her M.M. at the University of North Texas. She is on the faculty of Lewis & Clark College. She is a graduate of the Garfield High School Orchestra and the Seattle Youth Symphony. LEONID KEYLIN is a member of the Seattle Symphony. He studied at the Special Music School for Gifted Children of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia. After immigrating to the United States in 1979, Mr. Keylin graduated from the Juilliard School, where he was a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay. As a member of numerous New York-based ensembles—acting often as the concert master—he has toured throughout Europe, South America, Israel, and the Far East. MOLLY PORTERFIELD has been studying Eurhythmics since the late 80’s when she was introduced to the Dalcroze world at Longy School of Music. Having already completed a BA in Music Theory and Composition (Lewis & Clark College), a Diploma in Jazz Piano Performance (Berklee College), she continued Dalcroze studies at the Lucy Moses School and Juilliard Evening Division, as well as at numerous summer sessions and national conferences. Molly holds a MAT in early childhood education and presently teaches music in the Portland Public Schools as well as theory classes for Portland Youth Philharmonic and Metropolitan Youth Symphony. # of years MERRIE SIEGEL has been a member of the faculties of the University of Idaho, Houston Community College, and several universities in México. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, and her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Her diverse summer festival experience includes Tanglewood, Eastern Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and the Cactus Pear Music Festival. A new resident of Seattle, Merrie plays Principal Flute with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. Zip MARCUS TSUTAKAWA, conductor, has been an instrumental music teacher in the Seattle Public Schools since 1979 and the director of the prizewinning Garfield Orchestra since 1985. He and the orchestra have performed regularly at Meany Hall. He is also the conductor of the Seattle Youth Symphony’s Junior Symphony Orchestra, a select group of 100 young musicians. Since 2000, he has led the Garfield Orchestra on four tours of Japan. Name Age Music Teacher Parents Address City JANE HARTY, pianist, is the Artistic Director of Music Northwest. As Director of the highly acclaimed Music Northwest Concert Series, her work has received numerous grants and awards for innovative programming. She holds a D.M.A. degree from the University of Southern California. MARA FINKELSTEIN studied cello at the Gnessin College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Russia. She moved to the United States in 1989. An active freelance musician, she has performed with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Cornish Chamber Series, Northwest Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra, Federal Way Philharmonic Orchestra, Fear No Music 20th Century Ensemble and Seattle International Music Festival. She is very dedicated to a large class of private students. Tuesday – Saturday, August 11–15, 2015 Instrument BIOS Phone Email address Check one: I’d like to be placed in a group I’d like to attend with SAVE THE DATE – Sunday August 16, 2015 Tonkonogui Awards Recital for Excellence in Chamber Music Registration deadline is May 1, 2015. After that date please call for openings. Please mail your application early! I’d like a free ticket to the EUROPA Ensemble (must be reserved in advance). A short live audition for placement only is requested for new campers unless you are coming with a group. To register by mail, please return the registration form with a nonrefundable $25 application fee to: Music Northwest, 4110 44th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116 To register and pay online, visit us at www.musicnorthwest.org Financial aid forms are available for low-income participants. Check if applicable: Saturday, May 2, 2015 (you will be assigned a time) Submit Form For more information please contact Jane Harty, Director, at jane.harty@musicnorthwest.org
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