Adult string players of ALL ages, levels and experience are welcome. Existing groups are welcome to attend and may participate as a group of separately. Our music staff will form groups according to the players' instruments and abilities. Each player is accepted on a first come, first served basis; however we reserve the right to limit the number of each kind of instrument and ability level of players to achieve a good working balance.
Our goals are a well organized, well run, joyous musical vacation; a chance to learn and grow musically; a chance for everyone to perform; and an outstanding musical experience for all.
From Monday through Saturday there will be two scheduled ensembles per day. Ensembles will be formed in two ways: (1) The morning groups will be formed prior to the workshop and remain together for the entire program. Music for this group is assigned several weeks in advance of the conference. (2) The afternoon group will be reformed more frequently.
The morning session gives players an opportunity to focus on one piece of music for an extended period; the afternoon will offer the excitement of making new music with different players more often. Both groups will be coached at least fifty percent of the time. Play Week offers something for everyone, from professionals to those players who are new to chamber music. With twelve coached sessions and at least three assigned works, each player has the opportunity to hone their ensemble skills.
There will be ample time for informal groups, as well as participant concerts, staff concerts, and sight seeing among other things.
We strongly suggest that you bring any music you particularly want to play.
The playing together and the coaching cover a wide range of chamber music literature from the Classical through the Romantic and Contemporary. Effort will be made to suit the preferences of the players, and to encourage the playing of unfamiliar music. A vacation with music means the enjoyment of the familiar, the excitement of the new and the honing of musical skills.
PHILLIP COONCE, violinist, received a Bachelor of Music from the University of New Mexico, and a Master of Music from the State University of New York in Stony Brook. He received his doctorate at the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Raphael Bronstein. He has been on the staff of Play Week and Play Week West since their inceptions. Mr. Coonce was for ten years, and active free lance and chamber musician in the New York area. Currently he lives in Toluca, Mexico where he is Associate Concert Master of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México. He has been concert master of the Spoleto Festival, the Hoboken Chamber Orchestra and the Long Island Opera Society. He has participated in Master Classes with Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein and Josef Gingold, among others.
LEONARD FELBERG, violin, received his Bachelor and Master of Music from Yale University. His teachers have included Hugo Kortschak, Joseph Fuchs, and Daniel Guilet. He studied chamber music with Luigi Silva and Janos Starker. As a member of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, he played under such outstanding conductors as George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, Artur Rodzinski and Erich Leinsdorf. He was a member of the University of Georgia Trio, which presented a series of chamber music programs for National Educational television, and of the Toledo String Quartet, which won the Medal with Distinction at the Geneva Competition in 1966. He is presently a member of the music faculty of the University of New Mexico and has appeared in the June Music Festival in Albuquerque, the Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Taos Music Festival, and with the Berkshire Quartet in Connecticut.
ADAM GONZALES, 'cellist, began his studies at the age of 8. He received his Bachelor's degree from Wheaton College, and a Master's from Boston University, where he studied 'cello with Mischa Nieland and chamber music with Eugene Lehner, Raphael Druian and Raphael Hillyer. He has performed in master classes with Claude Frank, Leslie Parnas, Colin Carr, Michael Rudiakov, Gary Hoffman and the Muir and Cleveland String Quartets. He played in the Mexico City Philharmonic for two years and while in Mexico, played in many chamber groups. He moved to Albuquerque in 1986 to form the Helios String Quartet. At present he is Coordinator of the String Department at the Hosford School of Music in Maryland..
VIRGINIA (GINGER) LAWRENCE, violist, began learning to play the violin at age 7 in the Midland, Michigan public school program, In high school she took up the viola, seduced by its wonderfully warm tone and the richness it adds to chamber and orchestra repertoire. She studied with Dr. Harry Nordstrom at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and with Dr. Kurt Frederick at the University of New Mexico, where she received her bachelor's degree. Ms. Lawrence is principal viola with the Sante Fe Symphony and a member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, at the Albuquerque Baroque Players, the Arioso Chamber Players and the Sunriver Music Festival orchestra in Sunriver, Oregon. She has played with the grand Teton Music Festival, the Oregon Coast Music Festival, the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque, and was a founding member of the Helios Quartet. She was recently a featured soloist with the Santa Fe Symphony. Ms. Lawrence teaches viola, violin and piano in her private studio.
WILLY SUCRE, violist - received his musical education at the Peabody Conservatory and at the Mannes School of Music. He studied chamber music with the Hungarian String Quartet at the Colby College Chamber Music Insititue. He is a diplomate of the Conservatorio Nacional de Bolivia. His teachers include Walter Trampler, Karen Tuttle and Lotte Bamberger. He has been conductor and music director of the Albuqerque Philharmonia, assistant conductor of the Canada Symphony Orchestra and gest conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of La Paz, Bolivia. He has given many concerts and television performances. He has toured the Western Hemisphere giving chamber music concerts.
Play Week West is held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Founded in 1706, Albuquerque is one of the nations' oldest inland communities and is situated between the banks of the Rio Grande River and the foothills of the Sandia Mountains one mile above sea level. It is easily accessible by car. As one of the major cultural centers of the Southwest, Albuquerque offers many museums, art galleries, and shops. Historic old missions, Native American pueblos, ghost towns, and ruin are part of the charm for visitors in the Albuquerque area.
The campus is located in the heart of Albuquerque. Albuquerque has a major airport and is serviced by a number of airlines. It is a short taxi ride from the airport to the university.
The accomodations are in three-bed-room apartments. Each bedroom is a single. The apartment haas a spacious living/ding room, a full kitchen and two bathrooms. University food service is not always available, but there are numerosuy good restaurants in the vicinity of the University featuring various cuisines and in all price ranges.
Any person needing special accommodations should let us know when completing the registration form. The facilities are wheelchair accessible. Emergency medical service is provided 24 hours by the University of New Mexico Hospital.
Rental 'cellos are available from the Robertson Violin Shop.
TUITION: $430 -- double occupancy; $415 -- single occupancy; includes room, two daily coached sessions, and the use of all facilities.
COMMUTERS: $315; includes all sessions and facilities, but without sleeping rooms.
AUDITORS: $250 double occupancy, $235 single occupancy; included room, use of all the facilities and informal playing (no coaching)
GUESTS: $135 (double occupancy); for non-playing participants.
REGISTRATION & DEPOSIT; A $100 deposit must accompany all applications for registration. Deposits not refundable after June 1.
DISCOUNT: $25 reduction for playing participants who make full payment before June 1.
PAYMENT IN FULL: May be made at time of registration, but must be made by June 15 to receive your musical assignments.
QUESTIONS: answered free of charge.
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Play Week
924 Riverside Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08618
888 255-6322
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