7/4/2008

Chamber Music Workshop

The 10th Anniversary Season of our Chamber Music Workshop with the Amelia Piano Trio is now updated for 2008!  If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive a brochure,  please click here .  You may also download a brochure.

featuring the Amelia Piano Trio

The Amelia Piano Trio

Workshop participants at the Boston Farm The Amelia Trio with Students

Widen Your Horizons! Chamber Music Workshop - July 5  through July 18, 2008.
The Amelia Piano Trio, one of America's top young ensembles, has created a student experience that is truly one of a kind. Their world-class musicianship and dynamic and fun loving personalities are combined with true caring for each student.  Talented high school and college aged violin, viola, cello, bass and piano players are invited to apply.  (Call the Festival at 1-800-662-7097 for information).  Students may apply individually or as pre-formed chamber groups. The camp is based at Ripon College and students are housed in college dorms.

Faculty:

The Amelia Piano Trio, Artistic Directors
    Anthea Kreston, violin
    Jason Duckles, cello
    Rieko Aizawa, piano
Samantha George, Associate Concertmaster, Milwaukee Symphony
Catherine Kautsky, Professor of Piano, University of Wisconsin
David Cunliffe, cello, Music Institute of Chicago

Guest Artists:

The Ritz Chamber Players, Jacksonville , FL

Chu-Fang Huang, winner, Cleveland International Piano Competition

Joseph Johnson, Principal Cellist, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Mathias Tacke, violin, Vermeer Quartet

Special Features:

• Tickets to five professional concerts: The Amelia Piano Trio, cellist Joseph Johnson, pianist Chu-Fang Huang, the Ritz Chamber Players, and Faculty Stars concert.
• "The Business of Music" workshop by the Amelia Trio.  
  

Curriculum

• Each student will participate in at least two different ensembles
  
• Daily one-on-one coachings with the faculty
  
• Multiple master classes and community performance opportunities
  
• Chamber orchestra with the faculty
  
• Sight-reading sessions with the faculty
  

Two public student performances as part of the Green Lake Festival series:

• "A Circle of Sound" student/faculty in the round orchestra concert in a historic barn
  
• Final Chamber Celebration concert in the historic Thrasher Opera House          
  

Click here to download 2008 brochure (approx. 3 MB).

Fees
Chamber Music workshop:
Application fee (non-refundable): $40

Tuition and facility fee: $575

Room and board (optional): $675

                              Total     $1,290  

Transportation to or from the Appleton, WI airport will be available for $25 each trip per student or group travelling together.

To hold your reservation, a non-refundable deposit of $250 ($125 for commuters) is due within 30 days of your acceptance. The balance is due by June 5, 2008.      

Early bird special: 10% discount on total fees  ($1,160-save $130!) if application received by March 1, 2008 and all fees paid in full within 30 days of acceptance. Applications received after March 1, 2008 will be reviewed in the order received until all places are filled.

Refund Policy
All requests to cancel enrollment must be made in writing. If cancellation is received at least 30 days prior to the session, all money except the audition fee and the non-refundable deposit will be refunded. Any cancellation made less than 30 days prior to the session will result in a forfeiture of all money paid. If a student leaves during the workshop because of illness or documented family emergency, a prorated refund will be paid.

Application Procedure 

1. Please print out and complete the chamber music application form and have your teacher fill out the recommendation form (not required for returning students). On a separate sheet of paper, please describe your solo, chamber ensemble, and/or orchestra experience, including representative works studied and performed. Please include any awards or honors received.  
2. Prepare an audition recording (audio or videotape, or CD), which should include two contrasting pieces or movements, each about two to four minutes in duration. Please include the $40 application fee, payable to the Green Lake Festival of Music.  Live auditions will be scheduled. Call the Festival office for information.
3. Scholarships-If you are interested in applying for financial aid, print out and complete the Financial Aid Application Form .  If a scholarship is awarded, the amount will be deducted from your final payment. Full scholarships are rare.
4. Mail the above to: The Green Lake Festival Chamber Music Workshop, PO Box 569, Green Lake, WI. 54941
   

The Green Lake Festival Chamber Music Workshop is funded by the Performing Arts Fund of Arts Midwest with major support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the state of Wisconsin.