There are several major cello events coming soon that every
cellist will want to know of, and attend if possible. I list them here,
so you won't miss them. If you know of another, please let me know,
so I can advertise it here.
Musicora, April 24-28,
Cite de la Musique, Conservatoire de Paris, Parc de la Villette. Phone (33)
01 49 53 27 20 for information.
Isaac
Stern Chamber Music Workshop, May 20--June 6, 1997, for established
string quartets, and other chamber groups, including cello/piano duos. Faculty
includes cellists Sharon Robinson and David Finckel. Sponsored
by "Carnegie Hall Presents." Applications must be received
by February 5. For information call 212-903-9670.
New
Directions Cello Festival (our 3rd annual), will be held at the
University of Connecticut June 6 - 8. Featured guest cellists include David
Darling, Matt Turner, Stephanie Winters, Peter Lewy, Jeffrey Krieger and
more!
The New Directions Cello Association (NDCA) is a private organization which
began in 1992 and has created a network for the growing field of alternative
and nonclassical cello. The goals of the NDCA are to encourage interaction
among nonclassical cellists, and to promote awareness among all cellists
and the musically oriented public about the contributions that cellists
are making in many styles of contemporary music.This encompasses those musical
styles which are not commonly taught to cellists at music schools (jazz,
blues, rock, folk, experimental, ethnic, etc.) especially those involving
some amount of improvisation.
The NDCA publishes a newsletter called Cello City Ink twice a year
which contains interviews, reviews, articles, and other information related
to nonclassical cello. One of the NDCA's main projects is the New Directions
Cello Festival, an annual symposium on the state of nonclassical or alternative
cello. For more information on the NDCA and the NDCFest'97 please contact:
New Directions Cello Assoc.(NDCA)
501 Linn St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607)277-5372
ndca@clarityconnect.com
Eighth Annual Margaret Rowell String
Seminar, June 16-20, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Featuring cellist Irene Sharp. Write for a brochure to the SFCM, 1201 Ortega
Street, San Francisco, CA 94122-4498; or phone Irene Sharp at 415-759-3462.
Ravinia Festival 1997,
June 16--July 19, Highland Park, Illinois. Featuring a program for strings
and piano. For information phone 847-266-5106.
Eleventh Annual California ASTA
Summer Institute of Chamber Music,June 22-28. Santa Barbara,
California. Student, amateur and professional string players and pianists
are invited to apply. Email Victor
Sazer, Artistic Director for more information.
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, June
21--August 2, at Bowdoin College, 12 Cleveland Street, Brunswick, ME 04011.
Featuring cellists Colin Carr, Steven Doane, Rosemary Elliott, Andre Emelianoff
and John Whitfield. Send email to bsmf@bowdoin.edu
for information.
Sewanee Summer Music Center & Festival,June
28--August 3, at the University of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383. Phone 615-598-1225.
Killington Music Festival,
Rutland, VT 05703, June 22--August 2. Featuring cellists Ardyth Alton and
Robert Marsh. Email kmfest@sover.net
for information, or call 802-773-1168.
2nd
Australasian International Cello Festival, and Adam Cello Competition,
June 22-29, 1997.
Meadowmount School of Music,
June 21--August 9, 1997. Cello faculty include Tanya Carey, Owen Carman,
and Hans Jensen. Steven Doane will teach Cello Master Class. For information
send email to carman@pilot.msu.edu.
1997
World Cello Congress! (The Second) July 1-8, 1997 in St. Petersburg,
Russia. Rostropovich is serving as President of the Congress. Send
email to Dr. Helene Breazeale or Sergei
Zverev for more information.
Dr. Zverev recently wrote to the ICS:
" Dr. Helene Breazeale (Executive Director of the Project, e7a7bre@toe.towson.edu)
and Mstislav Rostropovich (President) are producing World Cello Congress
II to be held 1- 8 of July, 1996 in St.Petersburg, Russia. The year 1997
also happens to be the 70th birthday of Mstislav Rostropovich, and the Congress
will be a jubilee celebration of the event. We have been fund raising for
World Cello Congress II for one and one-half years. Although we still need
almost $100,000, we are going ahead with all plans for the Congress, and
will continue fund raising as we go. All of our arrangements with St. Petersburg
Philharmonic are complete in that all of the events will take place in the
big and small halls. We are finalizing arrangements with the guest artists
from all over the world who will perform with the orchestra in 4 of the
major concerts. The final concert with over 200 cellists has been arranged."
Icicle
Creek Chamber Music Festival, August 2 - 31.
Maine Coast Cello Vacation (for
adults). August 18-31. Call 201-451-2338 for a brochure.
Copyright©Marshall
C. St. John, 1996