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2013 Summer Conferences Summer 2013 Conferences Michigan String Workshop Email: [email protected] Phone: 203-304-1238 June 20 – 22 Twenty-four classes a day including daily jam sessions, American University of Michigan School of Music and world styles, creative musicianship, optional graduate credit, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2085 and optional Eclectic Styles teacher training. Contact: Sarah Rau Faculty: Darol Anger, Julie Lyonn Lieberman, Randy Sabien, Matt Turner, Email: [email protected] Christian Howes, Lisa Liu, Mike Block, Jesus Florido, Geoffrey Website: www.music.umich.edu/adultprograms Castle, Charles Yang, Liz Maxfield, Katie Henderson Phone: 734-647-7492 Fax: 734-647-0140 See ad on page 57. Faculty: Michael Hopkins, University of Michigan University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Stephen Benham, Duquesne University, ASTA president-elect Middle School String Orchestra Camp Diana Gannett, Michigan State University June 23 – 28 Valerie Palmieri, Adrian College High School String Orchestra Camp Green Mountain Chamber Music June 23 – 28 Festival Continuing Education Services 800 West Main Avenue June 23 – July 20 Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190 University of Vermont Contact: Frank Barnes Burlington, Vermont Phone: 608/201-7081 Contact: Kevin Lawrence Fax: 262/472-5241 Phone: 336-784-5128 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Fax: 336-770-3367 Website: www.camps.uww.edu<http://www.camps.uww.edu> Email: [email protected] Faculty: Website: www.gmcmf.org Benjamin Whitcomb, camp director, cello Faculty: Susan Chandler, conductor Violin: Sophie Arbuckle, Lina Bahn, Arik Braude, Lynn Chang, Emanuele Andrizzi, director of orchestra Jubal Fulks, John Gilbert, Chin Kim, Kevin Lawrence, Kathryn Leanne League, violin/viola Lucktenberg, John McGrosso, Julia Sakharova, Ann Setzer, George Lindquist, guitar Carolyn Stuart, Janet Sung, Won-Bin Yim Bradley Townsend, bass Viola: Sheila Browne, Matthew Daline, Susan Dubois, Joanna See ad on page 58. Mendoza, Roger Myers, Karen Ritscher, Lembi Veskimets Cello: Kurt Baldwin, Alexander Ezerman, Robert Jesselson, Music at Port Milford Steven Pologe, Rhonda Rider, Alison Wells, Brooks Whitehouse Master Classes: Violaine Melancon, Peabody Trio; Lawrence Full Session: July 13 – August 10 Dutton, Emerson Quartet Session I: July 13 – 27 See ad on page 60. Session II: July 28 – August 10 Strings Without Boundaries: Prince Edward County Summer Program for Traditional Ontario, Canada Website: www.mpmcamp.org and Contemporary Strings Contact: Meg Hill June 23 – June 28 Email: [email protected] Phone: 914-439-5039 Lawrence University Faculty: 711 E. Boldt Way Linden String Quartet Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 Tokai String Quartet Cello: Paul Widner July 21 – July 26 Violin: Marie Berard Central Washington University See ad on page 58. 400 E. University Way Ellensburg, Washington 98926 Website: www.stringswithoutboundaries.com 54 | American String Teacher | February 2013 Conservatory Music in the String Instrument Repair Clinics Mountains July 27 – 30 July 7 – July 28 University of Wisconsin Fort Lewis College Madison, Wisconsin Durango, Colorado Website: www.continuingstudies.wisc.edu/lsa/music/nsw.htm Chelcy Bowles, Program Director Contact: Oneida M. Cramer Contact: New Conservatory of Dallas Phone: 608-265-5629 P.O. Box 743876 Fax: 608-262-1694 Dallas, Texas 75374-3876 Email: [email protected] Phone: 972-503-8486 Faculty: Christopher Germain, intermediate/advance string repair Fax: 972-239-3606 Christopher Moore, basic/beginning string instrument repair Email: [email protected] David Orlin, bow repair Website: www.newconservatory.org/cmitm Jennifer Ruggieri, harp maintenance Faculty: Violin: Arkady Fomin, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Clavier Trio, See ad on page 60. Hasse Borup, University of Utah, Heidi Itashiki, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Paul Kantor, Shepherd School of Music, Rice Camp Encore/Coda University, Alexander Kerr, Indiana University, Dallas Symphony First session: June 26 – July 21 Orchestra Concertmaster, Nathan Lambert, Fort Lewis College, Second session: July 21 – August 11 Rachel Barton Pine, Concert Artist, Margaret Pressley, Seattle Conservatory of Music Full season: June 26 – Sunday, August 11 Kasia Sokol-Borup, University of Utah Sweden, Maine 04040 Viola: Valeri Avramenko, Kymi Sinfonietta, Finland, Misha Phone: 207-647-3947 Galaganov, Texas Christian University Fax: 207-647-3259 Cello: Jesus Castro-Balbi, Texas Christian University Email: [email protected] Desmond Hoebig, Shepherd School of Music, Katherine Jetter, Website: www.encore-coda.com Fort Lewis College, Thomas Loewenheim, California State The Saltman family has been welcoming bright, young musicians University Fresno into our unique musical community for memorable summers of Double Bass: Roger Fratena, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, joyful music making mixed together with traditional camp activities, Dwight Shambley, Dallas Symphony Orchestra all in a beautiful woodland setting. Piano: David Korevaar, University of Colorado-Boulder Gloria Lin, Texas Christian University, Gabriel Sanchez, Dallas Orchestra Project Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Arese-Elias, Collaborative Pianist, Jonathan Tsay, Collaborative Pianist June 23 – 28 Conductors: Guillermo Figueroa, Conducting Class, ARKADY Virginia Commonwealth University FOMIN, chamber orchestra, Thomas Loewenheim, Conducting Richmond, Virginia Class, Gary Needham, concert orchestra Website: orchestraprojectrva.com Ensemble: Clavier Trio, Fomin, Castro-Balbi, Korevaar Contact: Susanna Klein, co-director See ad on page 57. Department of Music 922 Park Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23284 Phone: 804-828-1798 OSU String Teacher Workshop Email: [email protected] July 7 – 13 Faculty: Violin: Susanna Klein, Assistant Professor of Violin; Susy Yim, The Ohio State University Steven Hazel, Ross Winter, School of Music Viola: Molly Sharp, Stephen Schmidt, Columbus, Ohio Cello: Dana McComb, Jason McComb, 1866 College Road Bass: Kelly Ali Columbus, Ohio 43210 Conductors: Erin Freeman Rebecca Jilcott, Christy-Jo Adams Contact: Robert Gillespie See ad on page 58 Phone: 614-292-2336 Fax: 614-292-2336 Mark O’Connor Berklee Summer Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: http://www.music.osu.edu String Program Faculty: June 24 - 25 Robert Gillespie, workshop director, director of string education/ Ohio State University Berklee College of Music David Becker, conductor and professor/Lawrence University 1140 Boylston St. Brian Balmages, international active composer, conductor, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Melissa Howe producer, performer Contact: Phone: 617-747-2572 Stephen Benham, professor of music education/Duquesne Fax: 617-262-5419 University Email: [email protected] Brian Cole, orchestra teacher/Moorhead, Minnesota Public Faculty: Schools Bruce Molsky, violin Shirl Jae Atwell, active composer, arranger, conductor, and Tracy Silverman, electric rock violin presider Yale Strom, violin Mark Wood, recording artist, performer, producer, inventor and Bobby Hicks, violin Emmy-award winning composer and music education advocate. Eugene Friesen, cello See ad on page 59. See ad on page 56. www.astaweb.com | 55 .
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