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Bill Purvis will be perfroming with the Boston Chamber Music Society this Sunday, May 18th, at Sander’s Theater in Cambridge, MA. He’ll be joining the BCMS in a performance of Das Lied von Erde arr. by Schoenberg!
Visit the link above for concert times and prices.
Charlie Schleuter, former principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will be giving a recital on May 11th. Visit http://www.springstep.org for more information.
IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP FOR HORN PLAYERS
Friday July 11th to Sunday July 13th, 2008
Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts
with
John Clark and Jeffrey Agrell
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The Second Annual Improvisation Workshop for Horn Players will be held
July 2008 in the rural and scenic town of Heath, located in northwestern Massachusetts. The event will be directed by John Clark and Jeff Agrell.
The cost of the workshop is $200 and enrollment will be limited to 25 participants. (The fee includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday.)
The workshop will provide an introduction to improvisation, both jazz (Clark) and non-jazz (Agrell), for traditionally trained horn players. It is open to all horn players and no improvisation experience is necessary. Planned for each day are workshop sessions plus informal “concerts.” A preliminary outline of the schedule is HERE (available April 11th) so check back often to see what has been added. We would also like you to enjoy the beauty of the area, and we are planning some (optional) “fun” events as well.
John Clark is Horn professor at SUNY Purchase and author of “Exercises for Jazz French Horn.” He will lead the jazz sessions. These will alternate with the non-jazz sessions led by Jeff Agrell and Evan Mazunik. Jeff is Horn professor at the University of Iowa and author of “Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians.” Evan is a well-known improvising pianist and Soundpainting conductor.
We’re looking forward to having the workshop in Heath. Summer is the perfect time to visit this small Massachusetts “hilltown” just south of Vermont.
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For more details, please email
John Clark (john@hmmusic.com) or
Jeff Agrell (jeffrey-agrell@uiowa.edu).
More detailed information will be posted here soon.
Check back often for updates!
The Eli Epstein Horn Intensive is an experiential workshop for advanced French Horn students, ages 16 and up. This six-day intensive, runs from June 9 through June 14.
More information is at this link: Eli Epstein’s Horn Intensive!
GO TO THE Southeast Horn Workshop February 15-17!! I’ll be there with plenty of music, horns, and cd’s. This is the largest workshop outside of the International one.
The Northeast Workshop is March 14-16 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. This is a fabulous city (I spend much of my summer there with the Lake George Opera Festival) I will be giving a workshop on how to go about ‘buying a horn’!
The 40th International Horn Symposium is in Denver from July 22nd-27th at the Lamont School of Music. This will be THE event to go to, as it has not been in the U.S. for the last few years. I will be hosting a workshop called ‘What’s in a Name’ - and trust me,,, it’ll open your eyes to your own preconceptions!
The 6th Lugano Horn Workshop, featuring guest artists Frank Lloyd and Kazimierz Machala, will be held at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland, July 6-12, 2008. Participants will cover solo and orchestral repertoire and horn ensemble playing in master classes, group lessons, and horn ensembles. The workshop is open to all hornists, and ensembles will be formed based on experience and individual abilities. Instructors include David Johnson, Professor of Horn at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana and founding member of the American Horn Quartet; Frank Lloyd, horn soloist and Professor of Horn at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen, Germany; Kazimierz Machala, composer and Professor of Horn at the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL; Sandro Ceccarelli, assistant horn instructor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana and principal hornist of the Verdi Orchestra di Milano, and Andreas Kamber, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana and Bern Chamber Orchestra. Visit the American Horn Quartet website, http://www.hornquartet.com, or email Heather Pettit-Johnson at hephorn@yahoo.com for further information.
The 2nd Annual American Horn Quartet Summer Workshop will be held in Daytona Beach FL July 28-August 3, 2008. Join the AHQ for a week of intensive horn study and fun in the sun. Participants will attend master classes, group lessons, participate in ensembles and perform in concerts with the AHQ at Daytona Beach College and around the town. The workshop is open to all hornists. Ensembles will be formed based on experience and individual abilities. Instructors are David Johnson, Charles Putnam, Kerry Turner and Geoffrey Winter; other instructors may be added. See http://www.hornquartet.com or email Heather Pettit-Johnson at hephorn@yahoo.com for more information.