Summer Chamber Music Festival at UVA

The Application Deadline has been extended until April 10, 2008

Join the UVA faculty this summer in an intensive five-day chamber music workshop. The focus will be on developing musicianship skills which go "beyond the notes" — the listening, rhythmic, analytical, and diplomatic skills that go into the making of quality chamber music. Students will study appropriately assigned repertoire in detail with faculty members in small ensembles, culminating with performances in Old Cabell Hall.

The program will meet on the grounds of the University of Virginia from 9:00am-5:00pm Tuesday, June 17^th through Friday, June 20^th; and on Saturday, June 21^st from 11:00am through 1:00pm. Students will also perform in two concerts the afternoon and evening of June 21^st. Each day will be divided into chamber ensemble coachings and rehearsals, masterclasses, and full chamber orchestra rehearsals. A few advanced pianists will be selected to participate in chamber ensembles. There is a non-refundable application fee of $30, and the program fee is $470 (late program fee is $520).

The workshop is open to college and high school students, advanced middle school students, and adult amateurs. String, woodwind, brass, percussion, and piano students will be accepted. A minimum of three years of individual instrumental study and at least one year of ensemble experience is expected of all applicants. Teacher recommendation is required, and an audition tape may be requested for placement purposes. The program fee includes coaching/instruction from faculty members, lunch and snacks each day, locker rental for the week, and a CD recording of the performance. Parking is available for an additional fee.

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Application and Fee due: April 10, 2008
Tuition due: May 10, 2008 (non-refundable after June 1, 2008)
Late Tuition due: no later than June 17, 2008

Acceptance letters will be mailed around April 10, 2008

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Ibby Roberts, Bassoon and Artistic Director

Ibby Roberts, Bassoon and Artistic Director of the festival, is the principal bassoonist and outreach coordinator of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra. She joined the music performance faculty at the University of Virginia in 2001, where she is the bassoonist with the Albemarle Ensemble, UVA's faculty woodwind quintet. She enjoys teaching private lessons in bassoon, oboe, reedmaking and chamber music, and she freelances regularly with orchestras around the state of Virginia and beyond, including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, and the Asheville Symphony. She was recently appointed principal basson of the Roanoke Symphony. In the summer, she performs and serves on the faculty at several music camps, including Music Mind and Reading (Winston-Salem, NC), the Wintergreen Performing Arts Festival, and the Cascade Festival of Music.

Kate Tamarkin, Conductor

Kate Tamarkin is the music director of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Charlottesville, and a professor at the University of Virginia. Besides the orchestra, she teaches instrumental conducting and courses about orchestral repertoire, and is in charge of the University's New Music Ensemble. She has been the music director of the Monterey (CA), Vermont, East Texas, and Fox Valley Symphony Orchestras, and was Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony. She was previously on the faculty of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and has been a guest clinician for several All-State High School Orchestras.

David Sariti, Violin

UVA faculty violinist David Sariti is active as a recitalist, chamber collaborator, and pedagogue with an unusually comprehensive range of interests. At UVA he performs in the Rivanna Quartet, as concertmaster and coach of the Baroque Orchestra, and as Principal Second Violin of the Charlottesville and University Symphony, and he has recently appeared in recital across the state of Virginia. Accomplished also on the Baroque violin, he is currently engaged by Monticello to perform and record works from the collection of Thomas Jefferson. His articles on string pedagogy have been featured in American String Teacher and California Music Teacher, with an article forthcoming in American Music Teacher.

Johanna Beaver, Viola

Johanna Beaver is currently instructor of viola at the University of Mary Washington. She is a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Charlottesville. Before moving to Charlottesville, Ms. Beaver enjoyed an active career as both a chamber and orchestral musician in NYC. She has served as principal violist of New York City's One World Symphony, and in the Ash Lawn Opera Festival Orchestra. Ms. Beaver holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. During her studies, Ms. Beaver was a member of the Graduate String Quartet at Stony Brook. She has worked with several of today's acclaimed composers, including Elliot Carter, David Lang, Tristan Murait, Sheila Silver, and Richard Wernick. She held a teaching internship with the Opus 118, Harlem Center for Strings, and assistantships at SUNY Stony Brook, University of Arizona, and the North Carolina School of the Arts. She has served as viola faculty at the University of Virginia, University of Mary Washington, Suffolk Community College, Stony Brook Pre-College, the Interlochen Arts Camp, and Ann Arbor Summer Arts Institute.

Lisa Wright, Cello

Originally from Harrisonburg, VA, Lisa Wright is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and spent many years performing and teaching in New York City. Ms. Wright served as Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions at the Mannes College of Music in New York City before becoming a full time cellist. Ms Wright has served on the faculties of The Mannes College of Music, School for Strings, the Calhoun School and the Bloomingdale School of Music. She has performed with many groups in and around the New York City area including the Stamford Symphony and the Grammy-nominated EOS Ensemble. Ms Wright presently serves on the faculty at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg and has a large private studio in Charlottesville. Since returning to Virginia, she regularly performs with the Roanoke Symphony, Opera Roanoke, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and the newly formed Chamber Orchestra of Charlottesville.

Scott Perry, Oboe

California-born Scott Perry holds degrees from Indiana University and the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music and is currently a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. An active freelance musician, he has performed with orchestras throughout the West and the Midwest, including the Seattle Symphony, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Scott has performed on three continents for audiences which have included heads of state, royalty, and even the Pope. Scott is currently the Principal Oboe of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra, the oboist of the Albemarle Ensemble, and is a member of the music faculty at the University of Virginia.

Paul Neebe, Trumpet

American trumpet virtuoso Paul Neebe has performed widely throughout the U.S. and Europe as both an acclaimed soloist and respected orchestral musician. Recognized for his beautiful solo sound and artistic flair, Dr. Neebe has also been praised for his commitment to commissioning and recording contemporary American works for the trumpet Paul Neebe currently serves as principal trumpet of the Roanoke Symphony, the Charlottesville Symphony, and the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra in Virginia. Dr. Neebe is on the faculty of the University of Virginia, James Madison Unviersity and Elon College. In recent seasons, Neebe has performed as a featured soloist with the Roanoke, Charlottesville and Durham Symphonies, the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, and the Elon University Wind Ensemble. In 1995 he received honors at the First International Trumpet Festival Competition in Moscow. In addition to numerous concerts throughout the U.S., he has performed several times for the Goethe Institute Cultural Program in Rothenburg, Germany and has toured with orchestras in Italy, Austria, Australia and New Zealand.

Dr. Neebe received both the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, he was a member of the National Orchestra of New York, performing at Carnegie Hall. In May 1999, Neebe completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Catholic University of America. His teachers have included Bernard Adelstein, Arnold Jacobs, Steve Hendrickson, Douglas Myers, Vincent Penzarella, and William Vacchiano.

I-Jen Fang, Timpani & Percussion

I-Jen Fang joined the faculty of the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia in 2005 and serves as Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared in the Staunton Music Festival, Heritage Repertory Theater, and gave the world premiere of Judith Shatin's Time to Burn for multi-percussion duo with oboe at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). She was also the featured marimba soloist with the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra during the 2006-2007 season.

Fang was born in Taipei, Taiwan and began her musical education at age six taking piano. Taking up percussion at the age of nine, she came to the United States at age fifteen to pursue her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Percussion Performance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Later, she received her Master of Music degree from Northwestern University and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas where she served as a teaching fellow.

As a percussionist, Fang has performed or recorded with artists such as Keiko Abe, William Cahn, Mark Ford, Mike Mainieri, Michael Spiro, Nanik Wenton, and Nyoman Wenton. She was a guest marimba soloist with the Taiwan Youth Orchestra in Austria, France, Hungary, Romania, and South Africa. Also, she has performed as a soloist with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a pianist, she was a winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artist Competition. In 2003, she was a featured performer with the Bain Percussion Group at PASIC. In that same year, she was selected as a marimba soloist to perform in the Marimba Mania Concert at the 6 èmes Journées de la Percussion in Paris, France. In 2004 she performed at PASIC as one of the finalists in the Solo Vibraphone Competition. Last year, she was invited to perform on the Gamelan Gender Wayang at PASIC 2005.

Fang has performed with many orchestras and percussion ensembles around the world, and she has been involved in the recording of eleven CDs and a DVD with the North Texas Wind Symphony on the Klavier and GIA labels. I-Jen Fang is an Innovative Percussion Artist.

Mimi Tung, piano

Mimi Tung, pianist, graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, has performed as soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra and others. She has taught at the Cleveland Intitute of Music, the St. Louis Music Conservatory, University of California, and is now on faculty at the UVA McIntire Department of Music.

For more information contact
Ibby Roberts, Artistic Director
UVA Summer Chamber Music Festival
McIntire Department of Music P.O. Box 400176
Charlottesville, VA 22903
ear4x@virginia.edu