GREEN LAKE Chamber Music Presented by Green Lake Festival of Music Camp July 1-14, 2018 • Ripon College, Ripon, WI Andrew Armstrong, Artistic Director For college, graduate, and pre-college (grades 7-12) string and piano students – individually or in pre-formed groups. Camp applications and detailed camp information available at: www.GreenLakeFestival.org – Enrollment is limited. Early application is encouraged. 2018 Faculty Andrew Armstrong, Piano / Ani Aznavoorian, Cello / Salley Koo, Violin Ayane Kozasa, Violin / Matthew Michelic, Viola / Karen Ouzounian, Cello Raman Ramakrishnan, Cello / Melissa Reardon, Viola Livia Sohn, Violin / Karl Stobbe, Violin Visit www.GreenLakeFestival.org for the on-line application form. The Green Lake Festival Chamber Music Camp in Central Wisconsin is chamber music concerts and the “Circle of Sound” string chamber an extraordinary opportunity for students to make music together with orchestra made up of students and faculty. greater expression, sensitivity, openness, intent, command, humility, CONCERTS: Participants receive free tickets to all Green Lake and more; they will learn by instruction, by example, by matching. Festival of Music (GLFM) concerts by faculty and guest artists. They Director and Concert Pianist Andy Armstrong has been part of the are featured performers in the Student Chamber Music Celebration Chamber Music Camp for over a decade and has gathered a faculty Concerts at the end of each week and in the Circle of Sound String of international-performing chamber musician friends who continue Chamber Orchestra with the faculty. Venues include Green Lake’s the world-class musicianship, dynamic personalities, and true caring historic Thrasher Opera House, Demmer Recital Hall at Ripon College, for each student of this outstanding program. and the Green Lake Conference Center. The chamber music program accepts pre-college and college- RECREATION & FUN: The new Willmore Center at Ripon College aged violin, viola, cello, and piano students. The faculty and staff features a pool, three fitness studios, a weight room and a cardio emphasize a supportive, nurturing environment in which to learn balcony. Ripon, WI is a friendly community energized by community chamber music skills that are also life skills: communication, celebrations, eclectic shops, tasty cuisine, historic character and listening, giving, flexibility, and taking musical risks. natural beauty. Each student lives in a single dorm room and has chamber coachings, HOUSING & MEALS: All students stay in shared rooms with hall private lessons, and performance opportunities, including The Circle bathrooms. All meals are provided. of Sound in a historic barn. Enhancing the instrumental experience, FEES, APPLICATION FORMS, & SCHOLARSHIP INFO: students will also have the opportunity to sing in a choir, learn about opera, study techniques for practicing and avoiding injury, enjoy the Application Fee: $75 ($100 after April 16) beautiful Ripon/Green Lake area, and have fun! Tuition: $1,100 | Room & Board: $1,100 ELIGIBILITY: The camp is open to college, graduate, and pre-college Tuition scholarships are available for qualified students based on (grades 7-12) string and piano students – individually or in pre- artistic ability and financial need. For the on-line camp application formed groups. Enrollment is limited, and early application & scholarship information, visit www.GreenLakeFestival.org. is strongly encouraged. DISCOUNTS & DEADLINES: Earlybird Special: $225 discount if CURRICULUM: Students receive daily chamber music coaching and application is received by April 16 and fees paid in full within 30 days a minimum of three private lessons with world-renowned faculty. of acceptance. 10% discount for qualified pre-formed ensembles. Numerous solo and chamber music masterclasses are offered by Applications received after April 16 will be reviewed in the order faculty and guest artists. Student performances include solo and received until all positions are filled. 2018 FACULTY PIANO CELLO Andrew Armstrong Ani Aznavoorian Chamber Music Camp Director The Strad magazine describes cellist Ani Aznavoorian as having “Scorchingly committed performances that wring every Praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling last drop of emotion out of the music. Her technique is well- technique, pianist Andrew Armstrong has delighted audiences nigh immaculate, she has a natural sense of theater, and her across Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the United tone is astonishingly responsive.” States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Ms. Aznavoorian has appeared as soloist with many of the Conservatory, and Warsaw’s National Philharmonic. world’s leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Helsinki Philharmonic, Andrew’s orchestral engagements across the globe have seen the Boston Pops, the International Sejong Soloists, and the him perform a sprawling repertoire of more than 50 concertos Juilliard Orchestra. She has also appeared as recitalist and with orchestra. He has performed with such conductors as Peter chamber musician in over 20 countries spanning 5 continents. Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, Günther Herbig, Stefan Sanderling, Jean¬Marie Zeitouni, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and has Ms. Aznavoorian is an avid chamber musician and teacher. She appeared in solo recitals in chamber music concerts with the is the principal cellist of Camerata Pacifica, one of the premier Elias, Alexander, American, and Manhattan String Quartets, and chamber music organizations in Southern California and she also as a member of the Caramoor Virtuosi, Boston Chamber appears regularly at chamber music festivals around the globe. Music Society, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and the Jupiter She has also served on the distinguished music faculty at the Symphony Chamber Players. University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, and has spent summers as faculty of the Great Mountains Music Festival and He has released several award-winning recordings with his School in South Korea. longtime recital partner James Ehnes, including 3 volumes of the music of Béla Bartók, Prokofiev’s Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 Her numerous accolades include being the recipient of the and Five Melodies, Tartini’s Devil’s Trill and Leclair’s Tambourin prestigious Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award for her outstanding Sonata, a recital disc of works by Franck and Strauss, as well cello playing and artistry, being named a Presidential Scholar in as an upcoming release featuring pieces by Debussy, Elgar, the Arts, and being a top prize winner of the International Paulo and Respighi (Onyx Classics). Cello Competition. She is a proponent of new music and she has premiered concertos by Lera Auerbach and Ezra Laderman Andrew is devoted to outreach programs and playing for and continues to expand the chamber music repertoire with children. In addition to his many concerts, his performances commissions from David Bruce, Bright Sheng, and John are heard regularly on National Public Radio and WQXR, New Harbison. This season highlights include debut appearances York City’s premier classical music station. at music festivals in Canada, Northern Ireland, and England, and a special benefit concert in Armenia, the country of her Mr. Armstrong lives happily in Massachusetts, with his wife ancestors. Ms. Aznavoorian records for Cedille Records and Esty, their two children, two dogs, two guinea pigs, and two she proudly performs on a cello made by her father Peter fish. Aznavoorian in Chicago. 2018 FACULTY VIOLA CELLO Ayane Kozasa Karen Ouzounian Hailed for her “magnetic, wide-ranging tone” and her “rock solid Described as “radiant” and “expressive” (The New York Times) technique” (Philadelphia Inquirer), violist Ayane Kozasa enjoys and “nothing less than gorgeous” (Memphis Commercial Appeal), a career that spans a broad spectrum of musical personas. A cellist Karen Ouzounian approaches music-making with a deeply violinist turned violist, she was inspired to dedicate herself to communicative and passionate spirit. Winner of the S&R Foundation’s the alto clef when she discovered the beauty of playing the 2016 Washington Award and at home in diverse musical settings, she viola part in string quartets during her undergraduate studies has become increasingly drawn towards unusual collaborations and at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her commitment to pursue a eclectic contemporary repertoire. life in viola led to a graduate degree from the Curtis Institute of Karen is a founding member of the Aizuri Quartet, which was Music as well as a Further Masters Degree from the esteemed awarded First Prize at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Kronberg Academy Masters School in Germany. Competition in Japan and is the String Quartet-in-Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its 2017-18 season. The Quartet was Ayane’s solo career took off when she won the 2011 Primrose a prizewinner in the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet International Viola Competition, where she also captured Competition in London and has held residencies at the Caramoor awards for best chamber music and commissioned work Center for Music and the Arts, Curtis Institute of Music, and the Barnes performances. Following the competition, she joined the Astral Foundation in Philadelphia. The Quartet has commissioned works by Artists roster, and became a grant recipient from the S&R such composers as Caroline Shaw,