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Stringwood Summer Chamber Music is an exceptional summer chamber music program that provides an unparalleled opportunity for intensive study and performance in the unique ecosystem of southeast Minnesota where hardwood forests coexist with productive farmland. The karst geology of the region features clear-running trout streams, soaring limestone bluffs, underground caves and rivers, and an abundance of flora and fauna. Recognizing the importance of year-round study for the serious young artist, the Artaria String Quartet has established a program where rising string players ages 12 - 19 are given opportunities to grow musically and socially among peers. To that end, Stringwood is in step with the rich musical traditions of America’s finest chamber music centers. A typical day at Stringwood begins with an hour of personal practice, another hour of quartet rehearsal, and an hour long coaching with a member of the Artaria String Quartet. Lunch is followed by a private lesson, personal practice, or quartet rehearsal. Quartet masterclasses with the ASQ or their invited guest artists take place every other day. Alternating mid-afternoons and evenings, students can choose to participate in canoeing, tree tops high ropes courses or one of many other group activities on 80 acres of sustainable forest led by highly skilled naturalists from the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. After dinner, individuals practice, quartets rehearse, and violin or bow makers stop by for an hour or two to talk about their craft before students relax with popcorn and a movie on a 20 foot screen. Stringwood Young Artists take to the new $3.5 million Commonweal Theater stage in downtown historic Lanesboro on its popular "Over the Back Fence" evening radio show, and, not only experience great theater in a welcoming, intimate 200-seat house but also exciting performances by the ASQ and guest artists. Weekend special events include Stringwood performances on a regional tour and the annual scenic bike trail ride to the area's famous Whalen Pie Shoppe.
Katherine Williamson -is a violin performance major at Indiana University. Raphael Nuguid - Raffy attends USC Thornton Music School in Los Angeles. Angela Lamb - Studies violin at Lawrence Conservatory. Evan Vicic - is a viola performance major in the Vamos' studio at Northwestern University. Nathanial Swanson - is at Cal Perf Arts School in Los Angeles. Joshua Sieh - is a composition and violin major at Indiana University. Carly Blazing - a 5 year participant at Stringwood, Carly studies viola with Spencer Martin and art at Luther College. Erin Gallagher - Attends Northwestern University and is a viola student of Roland Vamos. Meredith Vaughan - is a violin performance major at Vanderbilt University. Elizabeth Whipple -At the Cleveland Institute in the violin studio of David Updegraff. In the advanced Quartet studies program at CIM. Emily Vold - violinist at Schwob Music School in the studio of Sergiu Schwartz. Anna Bakk - studies violin at St. Olaf College with Ray Shows. She was a Stringwood counselor in 2008 and 09. Katie Lamb - studies violin at the San Francisco Conservatory with Ian Swenson. Sara Flink -has graduated from the violin studio of Sergiu Schwartz at the Schwob School of Music in Georgia. Rachel Ryan - one of our first graduates studies cello at the Eastman School of Music with David Ying. Erik Rohde - also from our first Stringwood program has finished his violin studies at the University of Minnesota with Mark Bjork and is now training to be a conductor. Scott Ness -is in the cello studio of Darrett Adkins at Oberlin Conservatory. Deanna Anderson - is a viola performance major at the Cleveland Institute of Music. NB: If you wish to add or change any of this information, please email us. |
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Founded in 2000
980 Bellows Street, St. Paul, MN 55118 • (651) 238-4945