Vermont Music and Arts Center is a workshop for serious amateur musicians who would like to play chamber music in an informal and congenial atmosphere - to "take a vacation with music." The program includes optional chamber music classes, coaching, concerts, and recreational playing. Participants design their own programs, attend scheduled events if and as they choose, form groups to play together informally, and obtain staff assistance as desired. A unique feature of the workshop is that staff members often play in participant ensembles, giving our VMACers the pleasure and experience of playing with fine professional musicians. The staff will help you to form playing groups, but does not impose arbitrary assignments.

To derive maximum benefit from the program, participants should come prepared to play at least a few works form the standard chamber literature. The staff will gladly provide coaching on prepared works. Elementary instruction is not offered, but experienced musicians who are new to playing chamber music are very welcome.

The Center maintains a library of over 600 performing editions of chamber music, from baroque to contemporary, for strings, winds, keyboard, and voice.

If you have questions about the program, please contact Joan Miller at PO Box 240, Berkeley Heights NJ 07922, or call (908)464-6933

Week of July 12 Haydn String Quartet, Op. 20 #3 in g minor Dvorak Piano Quintet, Op. 81, in A Major Week of July 19 Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 59 #2 in e minor Faure Piano Quartet, Op. 15 in c minor Week of July 26 Mozart Viola Quintet, K. 614 in E flat Mendelssohn Piano Trio, Op. 66, in c minor

Wind Chamber Music Workshop: Depending on wind registration, daily chamber ensembles will study repertoire from the woodwind chamber music literature.

Piano Duet Workshop: Music for piano four hands and for two pianos will be coached.

Early Music Workshop: Daily ensemble playing, under the tutelage of a staff member, of music for recorders, viols, etc., with and without voices.

Madrigal Workshop: Daily study of vocal music from the 16th and 17th centuries, with excursions into later works when the voices are available.

Large Ensemble: String orchestra music, concerti grossi, solo concerti with chamber orchestra, etc., depending on the instrumentation available.

Concerts: Performances by participant volunteers and staff members five both players and listeners the opportunity to enjoy works studied during the week.

Arts Workshop: Depending on participant interest, classes in such varied techniques as basic drawing, calligraphy, Japanese bookbinding, and decorative paper techniques will be available.

Minimum registration is for one week. Participants are asked to arrive on a Sunday between 3 and 5 PM, and to check out on a Sunday before 11 AM. You may be able to extend your stay beyond your initial registration, depending on the availability of space.

The weekly fee structure, which covers room and board, tuition, and use of all facilities, is as follows:

Single room	$595
Double room shared with another participant	$565 each
Double Room shared with a non-participating guest	$565/participant $480/guest

In the case of shared rooms, VMAC will not assign roommates. If you wish to share a room, please make your own arrangements before registering.

Note: If deposit is received before May 1, the above rates will be discounted by $50 per person

Participants who register for all three weeks and make payment in full by May 1st will receive a $100 discount. Special rates are available for those who prefer to live off campus.

Your deposit of $50 per person per week will be credited to your account and subtracted from your total charge. Deposits cannot be refunded for cancellations received after May 1.

Registration will be acknowledged as soon as they are received. To achieve a reasonably well-balanced instrumentation, it may be necessary for us to place later registrants on a waiting list, or suggest the choice of a different week.

Gael Abbasi, cello. Studied at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Teachers include Orlando Cole and Janos Starker. Studied chamber music with the Borodin Trio. Founding member of Strings for Schools, Inc., String Variations, and the Independence Duo. Performs in chamber groups throughout the Philadelphia area.

Virginia Benz, horn, librarian, Graduate of Bard College, attended Manhattan School of Music and studied horn with Richard Moore. Studied chamber music with Stephen Maxym, Doriot Dwyer and Josef Marx. A professional freelance hornist in New York City, she regularly plays the American Ballet Theater Orchestra and the Queens Symphony.

Agnes Chawluk, viola. Began studies in France. Studied in US with Karen Tuttle, Kim Kashkashian, Emanuel Vardi, and Geoffrey Michaels. Member of Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Reading Symphony, and Gabriel Chamber Ensemble. Principal violist with the Schuylkill and York Symphonies. Toured recently with the New York City National Opera Company., Teaches in the Pennsylvania school system.

June Gunter Clark, woodwinds and early music. Graduate of Oberlin. Studied at the Baroque Performance Institute. Formerly flutist with the New Jersey State Opera Orchestra. Performs on recorder and baroque flute with the Sandhills Consort. Teaches at the O'Neal School and St. Andrews College in North Carolina.

Anita Gordon, piano Graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. Debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1968. Piano soloist with YMHA, Livingston Symphony, Somerset Hills Symphony, New Philharmonic, New Jersey Concert Artist's Series. Toured with Paul Doktor, Ingrid Dingfelder, Recorded for CRI and Musical Heritage. Faculty member, Suburban Community Music Center.

Gerall Hieser, cello. Graduate of Temple University and the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Member of chamber ensembles in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

Virginia Howe, viola and violin. Graduate of Eastman School of Music. Studied with Jacques Gordon and Oscar Shumsky. Member of the Stretto Chamber Players, the Heritage Piano Quartet, and the Beacon Hill String Quartet. Actively free-lances in the New York metropolitan area, and maintains a full-time teaching studio.

Anne Lieberson, violin and viola. Graduate of Yale School of Music. Studied with Hugo Kortschak and Oscar Shumsky. Member of the Colonial Symphony, the Westfield Symphony, the New Philharmonic Symphony, the Stretto Chamber Players, and the Beacon Hill String Quartet. Chamber music coach with the New Jersey Youth Orchestra.

Simon Maurer, violin. Completed studies at the Conservatory in Biel, Switzerland. Recent teachers include Joyce Robbins and Geoffrey Michaels. Concertmaster of the Schuylkill Symphony, first violinist in the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Symphonia. Founding member and artistic director of Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, member of the Lyra Trio at Lafayette College, the Drew University Chamber Players and the Commonwealth String Quartet. Concertizes widely in Europe and in the northeaster United States. Teaches at Lafayette University.

Susan McAdoo, mezzo-soprano, holds a Bachelor's degree from Westminster Choir College, MA degree from Rutgers University, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance from Rutgers University. She had been a fellowship recipient at the Bach Aria Festival and the Aspen Music Festival, and was a prize winner in New York's Musica Sacra Bach Vocal Competition, she has performed extensively in the US and abroad. Dr. McAdoo teaches voice and music theory at Rutgers-Newark.

Emily Whittle, art instruction. BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University. A full-time studio artist and writer for twenty-four years, has extensive training in calligraphy, decorative paper techniques, and Eastern and Western bookbinding traditions. Makes her living through exhibitions, teaching, and publishing children's books with Simon and Shuster.

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The Place

Participants and staff are housed in private rooms in modern dormitories which contain lounges suitable for ensemble playing. Several of the lounges are equipped with pianos. Meals are served cafeteria style in the college's modern dining hall.

The college library and athletic facilities are open to all participants. Tennis courts and an all-weather swimming pool are available on campus. The wooded area surrounding the campus offers trails for leisurely hikes. Public beaches, riding academies, and a golf course are within easy driving distance.

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* Art registrants will be assessed an additional fee for materials.

If you are attending for the first time, a little information about
your playing experience and/or musical interests would be welcome

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