Summer Music Program

 

  • Illinois Chamber Music Festival and Camp

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As part of its 2012 Summer Music Programs, Illinois Wesleyan University offers a Cello Camp (June 17-30) and Chamber Music Festival and Camp (July 8-28) to young musicians of college, high school, and junior high ages, who wish to participate in intensive musical training on the historic campus of Illinois Wesleyan University.   All performances are free and open to the public and take place in Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall, 1210 Park St., Bloomington, Ill.

Cello Camp

Cello Camp 12
June 17-30

3 cellists

Illinois Wesleyan University Cello Camp

The twelfth season of Cello Camp will be held June 17-30.  The camp enrolls 30 participants from more than ten states.

The cello studies include daily private cello lessons and cello ensembles, master classes, rehearsals, and performances.The Cello Camp’s elective activities are singing, tennis, international dance, painting and drawing, and conversational foreign language.  Past languages have included Chinese, Hindi, Swahili, ancient Egyptian, and Bulgarian. 

The Cello Camp will conclude with the 18th annual Midwest Cello Celebration, a combined performance of the camp’s students, faculty and guests.

Faculty

  • Nina Gordon – Professor of Cello and Chamber Music, Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Dana Woolard Hughlett – Principal, St. Joseph Symphony, Missouri
  • Ian Maksin – Principal, Illinois Symphony Orchestra
  • Serafim Smigelskiy -- Principal Cellist, Julliard Symphony Orchestra: Internationally Acclaimed Soloist

Tuition

Tuition is $850. Room and board is an additional $620.

Need-based scholarships are available

                                                       Tanya helping a cellist

Deadline

The deadline for Cello Camp is April 27, 2012.  Campus housing is limited; please apply early.  Upon acceptance, you will receive a letter with arrival time, rules and regulations, a list of items to bring to camp, maps of Bloomington and the IWU campus, and a personal waiver to be signed by parents or guardians.

Summer Performance Schedule

  • Sunday, June 17, 7:30pm -- Faculty Concert
  • Wednesday, June 20, 7:30pm -- Student Concert
  • Sunday, June 24, 3:00pm -- Student Concert
  • Wednesday, June 27, 7:30pm -- Student Concert
  • Friday, June 29, 7:30pm -- Student Concert
  • Saturday, June 30, 1:00pm -- Final Concert

Information for Friends and Family

Friends and family are invited to attend camp performances and recitals.

For additional information contact Nina Gordon at 309-556-3828.

 

Application

Cello Camp 2012 Application

Illinois Chamber Music Festival and Camp at IWU

 

 

The Illinois Chamber Music Festival and Camp at IWU for strings, piano, winds, and harp will be held July 8-28.  This program is designed for young musicians who wish to participate in intensive chamber music training.  The schedule consists of daily coaching, rehearsals, master classes, and performances by students and faculty.  Other studies and activities include singing, international dance, tennis, and swimming.

Pre-formed groups with prepared repertoire will be able to perform in opening master classes.

For more information, please visit www.ilchambermusicfestival.com.

Illinois Chamber Music Festival and Camp at IWU
July 8-28

Piano Quartet
Founder and Music Director: Nina Gordon
Executive Director: Lisa Nelson

 
 
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