June 13 - 27, 2010
Lanesboro, Minnesota

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Stringwood Summer Chamber Music is an exceptional summer program founded by the Artaria String Quartet for rising chamber musicians ages 12 - 19. In step with the rich musical traditions of America’s finest chamber music centers, Stringwood provides an opportunity for intensive study and mentoring in the quiet woodlands of southeast Minnesota.

Recognizing the importance of year-round study for the serious young artist, the Artaria String Quartet has established a program where every player is given opportunities to grow musically and socially among peers.
Stringwood is dedicated to fostering a life-long participation in chamber music through the advancement of chamber music study and performance in a pristine natural environment. The nationally recognized Artaria String Quartet brings to Stringwood their expertize in teaching at the nation’s leading summer programs. They strive not only to enrich the artistic skills of their students but the cultural life of the surrounding community as well.


Activities

A typical day at Stringwood begins with three hours of chamber music practice, rehearsal, and coaching by the Artaria String Quartet. After lunch, participants receive a private lesson, practice, or attend special masterclasses with the ASQ and their renowned Guest Artists. Alternating mid-afternoons and evenings, students are led on organized outdoor activities with highly skilled Naturalists from the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. Other evenings are set aside for group rehearsals, extra practice time, visiting lecturers, and special performances at area B & B's. Weekends are filled with special events including concerts by the faculty, Stringwood Young Artists at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival, radio performances on "Over the Back Fence" at the Commonweal Theater, and the annual bike trail ride to the Whalen Pie Shoppe.

Alumni Notes

These are some of our conservatory and professional music school-bound alumni:

Raphael Nuguid - Raffy attends USC Thornton Music School in Los Angeles. His teacher Andre Granat is a premeier concertmaster in Hollywood.

Angela Lamb - Studies violin at Lawrence Conservatory.

Evan Vicic - Spent his summer at the Chattaqua Festival and is in the Vamos' studio at Northwestern University.

Nathanial Swanson - is at Cal Perf Arts School in Los Angeles.

Joshua Sieh - composition and violin major at Indiana University in Fall 2008. He premiered his outstanding 1st string quartet in May.

Carly Blazing - a 5 year participant at Stringwood, Carly studies viola and art at Luther College (Spencer Martin).

Erin Gallagher - Spent her summer at Madeleine Island and attends Northwestern University (Roland Vamos).

Meredith Vaughan - studies violin at Vanderbilt University.

Elizabeth Whipple -sophomore at the Cleveland Institute (David Updegraff). She spent her summer at the Prague Festival and Stringwood.

Emily Vold - Schwob Music School (Sergiu Schwartz)

Anna Bakk - studies violin at St. Olaf College (Ray Shows). She was a Stringwood counselor in 2008.

Katie Lamb - spent her summer in Houston at the Texas Music festival and in Washington as part of the NRO. She studies at the San Francisco Conservatory (Ian Swenson).

Sara Flink - is in renowned violinist Sergiu Schwartz studio at the Schwob School of Music in Georgia.

Rachel Ryan - one of our first graduates, she studies cello at the Eastman School of Music (David Ying)

Erik Rohde - also from our first Stringwood program has finished his violin studies at the University of Minnesota (Mark Bjork) and is now training to be a conductor.

Scott Ness -is a sophomore at Oberlin in the cello studio of Darrett Adkins.

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