Violin /
Viola...
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2010 Workshops at SummerKeys
July 12-16
July 26-30
August 2-6
August 9-14
August 16-20
August 23-27
August 30-September 3
Instructors:
Trond Saeverud
Margret Hjaltested
Jill Schultz
Tuition: $550
Chamber Music Option: $100 per week.
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The Violin/Viola Workshops began during the 1997 season under the same basic precept as the original piano and cello programs: an intensive practice/study vacation for busy adult amateurs (who rarely have this kind of time to devote to their instrument during the rest of the year) in a breathtakingly beautiful setting on the Maine coast, with half of each day free for sightseeing, etc. We're adding more weeks to our string programs, with the goal of offering expanded opportunities for ensemble to all those participants who want this.
Adult violinists/violists at any level are welcome. An absolute beginner with no previous instruction would be encouraged to attend more than one week.
Each day begins with
an hour-long group class for all violin/viola students at 9 AM; those
assigned the morning 'shift' that day then continue with two hours of
practice, Afternoon students are free
until 2:30.
Coached ensembles are encouraged, not just among the violinists and violists, but also with the overlapping programs (piano and/or flute, clarinet, guitar, and cello). Faculty sets up coaching sessions for ensembles according to student schedules. Late afternoons are given over to group rehearsals.
Evening activities involve a social (Mondays), a faculty concert
(Wednesdays) and performance classes (Thursdays and Fridays) for those
who wish to participate.
There is no audition and no minimum skill level. The premise is:
Come as you are to enjoy the study, the work and the beauty of our
historic fishing village.
An instructor coaching an ensemble.
A piano trio concludes happily.
Performance class.
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Trond Saeverud, Violinist
Trond Saeverud has been a frequent soloist with orchestras in Norway and
Denmark, has produced CD’s with orchestras in both countries and regularly
premieres new works dedicated to him. Concert tours in Japan, U.S.A. and
Europe have been combined with work as concertmaster of several Scandinavian
orchestras. Trond Saeverud had a very successful London debut in 1992 with
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His New York debut was as soloist with the
Orchestra of St. Luke’s at the Lincoln Center. The New York Times described
his playing as a “.....warm-toned affectionate account.” Saeverud’s latest
CD “HIKA” was chosen as “Strad Selection” in the May 2002 issue of The Strad
: “.....(a) gem of a disc.....outmost fragility.....shimmeringly
beautiful.....makes every phrase speak.”
Currently, Trond lives in Robbinston, Maine, where he is the artistic
director of the Harald Saeverud Chamber Music Program - an international
camp and festival for advanced music students. This summer, students came
from Japan, Ireland, Norway, Canada and the USA.
Instruction Dates:
July 12-16
Violist/Violinst Margret Hjaltested is an active performer and teacher in the New York area. She has played with orchestras such as Westchester Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony and Key West Symphony. On baroque viola she has performed with the American Classical Orchestra and Clarion Music Society. Margrét has toured internationally both with chamber groups and orchestras, including the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, the New York Symphonic Ensemble on its annual tour of the Far East, Luciano Pavarotti´s International Farewell Tour and with the Icelandic award-winning pop artist Björk. She is a member of the chamber ensemble, Resonant Spectra. Margrét is a recipient of theAmerican Scandinavian Society's Cultural Award for her musical contributions to Scandinavian communities in New York and New Jersey. Margrét is currently on the faculty of the Queens College preparatory division and Summerkeys in Lubec, Maine. She is a graduate of the Reykjavík College of Music, the Juilliard School and the Mannes College of Music. Her teachers include Karen Tuttle, Karen Ritscher, Richard Simon and Joey Corpus.
Instruction Dates:
July 26-30
August 9-13
August 16-20
August 23-27
August 30-September 3
Carol Rundberg, Accompanist Carol has worked at SummerKeys in various capacities since she was a student here 11 years ago. These days she particularly enjoys playing with SummerKeys students as they explore their instruments and the music for them. Off-season she accompanies dancers at the Amherst Ballet School in Massachusetts. She has also served as rehearsal pianist for a light opera company, choral groups and vocal soloists, and she occasionally plays for church services.
Jill Schultz is a stalwart in the Scarsdale NY School District, a member of the Ariel Quartet and has been on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music pre-college, the Mannes College and at Summertrios, where she developed a course for novice players on sight reading chamber music. She holds a BA from CCNY, a Masters in Music from SUNY and a Ed. D. from Columbia University; her own studies include work with Isidore Cohen and David Nadien.
Instruction Dates:
August 2-6
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