ABOUT APPLY The Catskill Mountain Foundation presents The Academy of Fortepiano Performance provides IMPORTANT DATES Academy of an inspiring and practical immersion into the world Festival Dates: of historical pianos. This workshop is a perfect Arrival Saturday, June 10, 2017 introduction for pianists who have an interest in playing Departure Sunday, June 18, 2017 Fortepiano early pianos, as well as an intensive study opportunity Deadline for Deposit of $150 for experienced students of the fortepiano. Led by May 1, 2017 renowned performers and specialists, students will Performance participate in lessons, master classes, and workshops Balance Due supported by plentiful access to pianos from the 18th Upon Arrival Experience the “lost sound” and 19th century or their modern replicas. Instruction Late applications will be considered of early pianos and their repertoire will address fortepiano technique, stylistically providing space is available informed interpretation of classical and early- Romantic repertoire, and instrument construction Fill out the online form at www.catskillmtn.org and maintenance. In addition, several workshops will and pay deposit online or send check and highlight a variety of performance practice topics. copy of application to Catskill Mountain Foundation P.O. Box 924, Hunter, NY 12442 Fortepianists Audrey Axinn, Maria Rose, and Yi-heng Yang, who each bring a vast experience as performers, teachers, and music scholars, will direct the Academy FEES Attendance Costs Resident Students: through master classes, private lessons, workshops, $1,250 (includes tuition, room and board and all events) and performances. Guest performers and lecturers in 2017 include eminent fortepiano performer and Attendance Costs Day Students: pedagogue, Malcolm Bilson; keyboard-instruments $800 scholar, John Koster; and fortepiano builder Richard Auditor’s Fee: Hester. $40/day Hosted by the Catskill Mountain Foundation Piano Performance Museum in Hunter, NY, this unique academy benefits from a gorgeous natural setting, CONTACT convenient and comfortable lodging and meals, and a Saturday, June 10, 2017 beautiful and intimate concert hall, which will be the Pam Weisberg through setting for faculty and student performances. Director of Performing Arts 518/263-2066 Sunday, June 18, 2017 The Academy is open to college and conservatory [email protected] students, professionals, and adult amateurs. Advanced Assistant to the Director of Performing Arts Catskill Mountain Foundation high school students are welcome with a parent or 518/263-2030 7971 Rte. 23A, Main St. chaperone. Auditors are also welcome for all events. Hunter, NY 12442 www.catskillmtn.org SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FACULTY SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS The week is structured to provide a balanced program consisting of: lessons, master classes, workshops, a MALCOLM BILSON student recital, and lectures by experts in the field. AUDREY AXINN Lecture: “Urtexts vs. Highlights of the Academy include a concert and Audrey Axinn is a faculty member at The Historic Recordings” lecture by fortepianist Malcolm Bilson, a lecture by Juilliard School and The Mannes School A pioneer in the period-instrument John Koster, a faculty concert, and a tour of the Piano of Music and a frequent guest instructor movement, Malcolm Bilson is a Performance Museum with curator/ collector Steven at schools such as Oberlin Conservatory member of the Cornell University Music Department E. Greenstein. of Music, Beijing Central Conservatory, where he is the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of The Curtis Institute of Music and The New England Music. He has proven to be a key contributor to the CMF PIANO PERFORMANCE MUSEUM Conservatory to name a few. A sensitive and vibrant restoration of the fortepiano to the concert stage and performer, she has played solo and collaborative to fresh recordings of the “mainstream” repertory. He The Steven E. Greenstein collection includes early recitals at many venues throughout North America was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bard College, and modern keyboard instruments including European and Europe. Ms. Axinn holds a doctorate from The is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and historic pianos, as well as American pianos built in the Juilliard School, as well as degrees from The Curtis Sciences, and recently received the James Smithson 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Institute of Music and Manhattan School of Music. Bicentennial Medal at the Smithsonian Institution Steven E. Greenstein will conduct a tour of the piano in Washington, DC, for his “extraordinary lifetime museum. Steven attended Cornell & City University MARIA van EPENHUYSEN ROSE achievements” as “a pioneer in the performance of NY graduating with a BA degree in 1974. He has been Maria van Epenhuysen Rose, a native period instruments and chamber music in general.” a member of the Piano Technicians Guild for over 25 of the Netherlands, is an active years and has served as President & Program Director performer on historical pianos. In RICHARD HESTER of the NY Hudson-Adirondack Chapter; specializing addition to performance degrees from Lecture: “The Care & Maintenance in Antique Piano Restoration and teaching Piano the Netherlands and England she has a of Historical Keyboards: Tuning, Technology on a Chapter, Regional, and National level PhD in Musicology from New York University (2006) Repair, & Conservation Questions for the Piano technicians Guild. He is the Founder, and has written many articles on piano performance - A Variety of Answers.” Curator, & Consulting Director of the CMF Piano practice. Ms. Rose has recorded piano works by Richard Hester has been working in the technical Performance Museum. Hummel, Clementi, John Field, Haydn, Mozart and and musical field of keyboard instrument design, Beethoven on period instruments. She presently construction, technical advisement, academic and INSTRUMENTS FOR STUDENT USE works as editor at the International Center of RILM historical research of instruments, documentation, (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) at conservation, restoration, and appraisal services since A variety of instruments will be available for practicing, the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City and 1968. He is owner and founder of Richard Hester teaching, and performing, including the following: lives in Stone Ridge, New York. Fortepianos, which makes Viennese fortepianos of the From the Steven E. Greenstein Collection: Mozart and Beethoven period. 1783 J.A. Stein Viennese-action piano YI-HENG YANG [replica by Philip Belt] Yi-heng Yang is a dynamic and versatile JOHN KOSTER 1842-1846 John Broadwood 7’ collaborator and soloist on modern Lecture: “Pianos from Bach to Patent-Repetition Grand Piano and historical keyboards. Recent Beethoven: Diversities of Tone & Touch” 1873 Erard firm Paris 7’ Grand Piano appearances have been at The Boston A graduate of Harvard College, John Early Music Festival, The Frederick Koster is the author of the prize-winning Faculty instruments: Collection, La Grua Series, the Metropolitan Museum book Keyboard Musical Instruments in 1788 Anton Walter Viennese-action piano of Art, Serenata of Santa Fe, Albuquerque Chatter, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1994). He has held [replica 1986 by John Lyon] and The Friends of Mozart. Ms. Yang holds a doctorate the Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellowship at The 1840 Pleyel pianino in piano performance from The Juilliard School, where Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and was 1785-90 Jean-Louis Dulcken Viennese-action piano she is on the faculty of the Evening Division. She also also Professor of Music, Conservator, and Curator of [replica 1987 by Paul and Jeanine Poletti] holds a Masters of Fortepiano, summa cum laude, from Keyboard Instruments at the National Music Museum, 1795 Anton Walter Viennese-action piano the Amsterdam Conservatory, where she studied with the University of South Dakota. In 2016 he was the [replica 2012 by Chris Maene] Stanley Hoogland. recipient of the Curt Sachs Award from the American Musical Instrument Society..