Past Seminars
2011 Seminar Series
2010 Seminar Series
2009 Seminar Series
2008 Seminar Series
2007 Seminar Series
2006 Seminar Series
2005 Seminar Series
2004 Seminar Series
2011 Seminar Series
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
A Closer Look at Bartók's Second String Quartet
Lecture-Performance led by Joel Berman
Joel Berman, violin
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Alice Berman, viola
Steve Reid, cello
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THURSDAY,
JULY 28
Building an Opera From the Ground Up
A look into the process of transforming an idea into a 21st-century
multidisciplinary chamber opera
Donald Crockett, CMC Senior Composer-in-Residence
Kate Vincent, Firebird Ensemble (Producer)
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
Vocal Chamber Music
An overview from Schubert to Shostakovich
Dr. Lynn Kompass, University of South Carolina
This lecture is made possible by the generous support
of Jerry and Barbara Hulka.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
Cueing and Body Language in Chamber Music
A Workshop for All Instruments
Jacqueline Leclair and Daniel Grabois (with assisting CMC faculty)
2010 Seminar Series
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28
A Closer Look at Bartók's Third String Quartet
Lecture-Performance led by Joel Berman
Joel Berman, violin
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Alice Berman, viola
Steve Reid, cello
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THURSDAY,
JULY 29
Schumann the Critic: The Music That Mattered
Phillip Bush, Music Director, Chamber Music Conference
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5
Inside "The Letter": The New Opera by Paul Moravec
Paul Moravec, Composer-in-Residence
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
"Much Madness Is ..." (Re-imaging Schumann)
Frank Daykin, pianist/musicologist
2009 Seminar Series
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
"Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert: Where Influence Meets Inspiration"
Lecture-Performance led by Joel Berman
Joel Berman, violin
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Alice Berman, viola
Steve Reid, cello
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THURSDAY, July 30
"Changing Clothes: How Composers Dress Their Music"
Styra Avins, musicologist/cellist
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
"Good Music for a Free People: Concert Life in 19th–-Century America"
Dr. Nancy Newman, Assistant Professor, University at Albany (SUNY)
This lecturer is made possible by the generous support
of the Hulka family.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
"Do You Hear what I Hear?: Psychoacoustic Auditory Demonstrations"
Fan Tao, Director of Research and Development, D'Addario Co., Inc.
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2008 Seminar Series
THURSDAY, JULY 31
Beethoven's Quartet Op. 59, No. 2
A Lecture/Performance led by Joel Berman
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
Playing (less) Hurt - An Injury Prevention Guide for
Musicians
Janet Horvath, Associate Principal Cellist, Minnesota
Orchestra
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14
Quartet for All Time: Messiaen at 100
Frank Daykin, musicologist
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2007 Seminar Series
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
Bartók’s Sixth String Quartet:
A Lecture/Performance led by Joel Berman
Joel Berman, violin
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Alice Berman, viola
Steve Reid, cello
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2
Johannes Kreisler:
How a Fictional Character Influenced
Brahms, Schumann, and Other Composers
Styra Avins, musicologist/cellist
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9
Música Mestiza: One Composer’s Perspective
Gabriela Lena Frank, composer/pianist
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
Elgar: Beyond the Enigma
Exploration of Elgar's Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata, and String Quartet
Frank Daykin, musicologist
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16
The Omnivorous Musician: An Hour with Robert Dick
Robert Dick, composer/flutist
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2006 Seminar Series
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1
Why Beethoven Wrote the Great Fugue:
The Mystery Unraveled
Joel Berman
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3
The Sound of Paintings in 20th Century Art
Lutz Rath
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10
Cultivating Artistry
John Steinmetz
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
Frank Talk About Shostakovich:
The Secret Signs and The Impenetrable Wall
(Did Shostakovich write secret messages in his music?)
Musicologist Frank Daykin, Resident Composer Gabriela Lena Frank,
and the
Festival Faculty
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2005 Seminar Series
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
And you thought Brahms was old-fashioned:
Schoenberg’s view of Brahms
Musicologist/Cellist Styra Avins and the
Conference Faculty
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
Eye-openers for the ear:
Schubert on paper vs. Schubert in sound
Musicologist David Montgomery
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
And you thought you knew
Beethoven
Musicologist/Pianist Frank Daykin
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2004 Seminar Series
THURSDAY, JULY 29
Music is Alive, Well & All Over the Map!
John Steinmetz, Donald Crockett, and the Festival Faculty
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5
Inspiration, Text and Music — Part I
Stephen Hartke, Carol Meyer, and the Festival Faculty
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
Inspiration, Text and Music — Part II
Shem Guibbory, Cynthia Adler, Susanna Eyton-Jones, and the Festival Faculty
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19
The 4-Handed Musician
Abba Bogin and David Oei
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