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  SummerKeys 2009

... A Vacation With A Difference

Cello...

2009 Workshops at SummerKeys


June 22-26 June 29-July 3;
July 6-10; July 27-31;
Aug 3-Aug 7; Aug 3-Aug 7;
Aug 10-14; Aug 17-21;
Aug 24-28; Aug 31-Sept 4

Tuition: $550 per week
Ensemble Option: $100 per week.



Daily group classes; use of private practice studio two hours daily; Five private lessons, ensemble work, 2 "master class" style instruction classes, end of week performance classes. An accompanist is available.

The Cello Workshop at SummerKeys opened its doors in 1995, utilizing the same basic precept as the original piano program: an intensive practice/study vacation for busy adults (who rarely have this kind of time to devote to their instrument during the rest of the year) in a breathtakingly beautiful setting.

Each day begins with an hour-long group class for all participants at 9 AM; The formation of ensembles is encouraged not just among the cellists but also with the overlapping instrumental and piano programs. For those selecting the ensemble option, faculty set up coaching sessions for these according to student schedules. Late afternoons are given over to group rehearsals.

Evening Activities involve a Social (Monday), a Faculty Concert (Wednesday) and performance classes (Thursday and Friday for those who wish to participate).    
There is no audition and no minimum skill level. Like the entire program -- the premise is: "Come as you are to enjoy the study, the work and the beauty of our historic fishing village". Absolute beginners with no previous instruction are welcome.

Please bring the following items to the summerkeys cello workshop if possible.
  • Some pieces that you might like to work on. Please be sure to bring the accompaniment as well.
  • A few of your technical exercise books like Popper or Shroeder.
  • A portable music stand.
  • A metronome.
  • A manuscript book (a spiral or similarly bound book with blank music paper pages. It can be used with just a few blank pages.)
  • An endpin anchor is essential!
*Master class instruction dates are:
June 22-26;
June 29-July 3;
August 24-28;
August 31-September 4
 







      "Well I'm still on 'cellistic could 9' after the wonderful time I had in Lubec.  I'm counting the weeks (49) 'til next year."

  - Janet Scott, Haverhill, MA

  

 





"It has been a week since my lessons at SummerKeys and
I have had time to reflect on the experience.  I found you,
Peter Lewy and John Whitfield to be excellent instructors and
very supportive and pleasant people. You have designed an extraordinary program and the friendliness of the group of piano
and cello students reflected that
."

- Nelson Holmguist, Folsom, LA


Inexpensive cello rental with shipping to and
from Lubec is available.
Contact: Johnson Strings
11 John Street. Newton, MA 02459
Toll Free 800-359-9351
Great customer service, very helpful addressing individual needs.



       
 

Peter Lewy:  Mr. Lewy has served as principle cellist and concerto soloist with several New York City metropolitan orchestras including the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, the Regina Opera Orchestra, the Bronx Symphony and the Greenwich Village Orchestra.  He has also made numerous recital and chamber music appearances.  In addition, Mr. Lewy has worked on stage and in the recording studio with hundreds of recording artists.  His innovative uses of the cello in popular music recordings and performances have earned him critical acclaim in the New York Times and Variety Magazine.  Mr. Lewy's solo debut CD, Now and Then (Classical Jazz Records) features seven of his own works for solo cello as well as the full Bach Suite #1 in G Major for unaccompanied cello.  His music has been heard on radio stations throughout the U.S., Europe and the far east.  A caring and enthusiastic teacher, Mr. Lewy teaches cello at the United Nations International School and the Green Meadow Waldorf School and maintains an independent studio for students of all ages and levels.  He was head of the string department at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine for nine years, and has been coordinator of the Cello Workshop at SummerKeys since its inception. 

Instruction Dates:

June 22-26, June 29-July 3,
Aug 24-28, Aug 31-Sept 4


Johann Perrone

Instruction Dates:

July 6-10




Kathleen Collisson has just completed her 30th season as a cellist with the Milwaukee Symphony. She's also performed with Chicago Lyric Opera, the Grant Park Symphony, Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, and many other groups. She's been an enthusiastic teacher since the age of sixteen, and especially enjoys coaching adult students through the roadblocks unique to being an older musician. She has studied and performed on Baroque cello, and has also taught classes and workshops exploring links between music and creative writing.

Instruction Dates:

TBE


Joachim Woitun is a native of Friesing, Germany and studied cello at The Rochard Strauss Conservatory and The State University of Music in Munich. In 1987 he moved to the US to continue his studies, earning music degrees from Eastern Washington University and Queens College, C. U. N. Y. Sine moving to New York in 1990, he has given numerous sonata and chamber music performances in the tri-state area and beyond. Mr. Woitun co-directs the String Department at the Packer Collegiate Institite, and he teaches at the Third Street Music School Settlement in Manhattan.

Instruction Dates:

July 27-31
Aug 3-7, Aug 10-14,


Cellist David Bakamjian performs regularly as a recitalist, chamber player, recording artist and as a member of several New York area ensembles. He has performed at New York's premiere concert halls, appeared several times on National Public Radio and WQXR (NY), and was a winner or finalist in four international chamber music competitions. While a member of the Casa Verde Trio, Dr. Bakamjian completed six critically acclaimed national tours as well as a month-long tour of China. He has appeared as soloist with the Allentown Symphony, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the Beijing Symphony, the Bachanalia Festival Orchestra, and the Lehigh University Symphony Orchestra. He performs with the American Symphony Orchestra and is principal cellist of the New York Grand Opera and the High Mountain Symphony in New Jersey. In addition, he was principal cellist for the Miss Saigon theater orchestra and has served as principal cellist for the Berkshire Opera, Queens Symphony, Colonial Symphony, Bachanalia and many others. Dr. Bakamjian is a founding member of Brooklyn Baroque (flute, cello and harpsichord) whose first CD “Northern Lights” was released to critical acclaim in April, 2005. He also performs on baroque cello with Concert Royal, the American Classical Orchestra, Gotham Chamber Opera and the Long Island Baroque Ensemble. He is on the faculty at Lehigh University and is in great demand as a chamber music coach, serving as faculty at Summerkeys and as faculty and director at both Princeton Play Week and the Summer String-In in New Jersey. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University where he studied with Aldo Parisot, he went on to attain his Master of Music and Doctoral of Musical Arts degrees at the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he studied cello with Timothy Eddy and chamber music with Bernard Greenhouse.

Instruction Dates:

TBE


Matthew Goeke, cellist, peforms as soloist, chamber musician and orchestra player in a broad range of musical styles. He is a member of the Stamford Symphony, Musica Sacra, Eos Orchestra, the Cross Town Ensemble, SEM Ensemble, North/South Consonance, and the Kitchen House Blend. Solo performances include the Dvorak and Brahms "Double" concertos with the Centre Symphony, and the Shostakovitch Concerto No. 1 with the New York Repertory Orchestra. He also performs and records with the bands Church of Betty (Tripping with Wanda, Fruit on the Vine), GIANTfingers (GIANTfingers) and Voltaire (The Devil's Bris, Almost Human, Boo-Hoo). Classical recordings include North/South Recordings (Howard Rovics: Retrospective, and Elan) and 4Tay, Inc. (Elodie Lauten: The Deus Ex Machina Cycle) He has also recorded for Opus One Records, Polygram, Elektra, Tzadik and Koch International Classics.

Instruction Dates:

TBE


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