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Kutztown University Summer Chamber Music Festival Slated for June 30 - July 7

Kutztown, PA (06/18/2018) — The Kutztown University Summer Chamber Music Festival will be held Saturday, June 30 - Saturday, July 7. Participants and faculty will perform concerts each evening July 1 - 6 and a closing concert on July 7 at 2 p.m. All concerts and workshops listed below are free and open to the public.

The festival will offer one week of intensive study to ambitious high school and college age musicians, including daily private lessons and chamber music coaching. It is open to piano, strings, winds and percussion with faculty from Kutztown University, the Manhattan School of Music, the New York City Ballet Orchestra and other prestigious institutions.

Founded in 2010 by Dr. Maria Asteriadou, the KU Summer Chamber Music Festival features an intensive and comprehensive approach to learning the core chamber music repertoire for strings, piano, percussion and winds. Talented students from around the world join forces for one week for a fully immersive musical experience, working with the festival's renowned roster of devoted musicians and pedagogues.

For more information visit www.kusummermusicfestival.com

2018 CONCERT AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
All concerts and workshops listed below are free and open to the public.

Sunday, July 1, 2018
7:30 p.m., Schaeffer Auditorium
Opening Night
A Tale of Two Worlds
Works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Performed by festival faculty

Monday, July 2, 2018
3 p.m., Georgian Room, Old Main
Workshop: Kinesiology for Performers
Body alignment for health and function with Amanda Treiber, principal dancer with the New York Theater Ballet.

Monday, July 2, 2018
7:30 p.m. Georgian Room, Old Main
The Big Heat
Works by 20th Century Masters Schulhoff, Villa Lobos, Shostakovich

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
9:00 a.m., WEEU
Live Broadcast Celebrating Independence Week Events
Festival students will perform Patriotic Songs

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
3 p.m., Schaeffer Room 14G
Workshop: Tone and Tuning
A workshop with Daniel Sponenburg, intonation expert, on understanding the harmonic series and principles of tuning.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
7:30 p.m., Georgian Room, Old Main
Sugar and Spice
A potpourri of classical and popular favorites
Works by Doppler, Dvorak, Proto, Williams, Sibelius

Wednesday, July 4, 2018
3 p.m., Georgian Room, Old Main
Tickle the Ivories
A performance with the festival's piano students

Wednesday, July 4, 2018
7:30 p.m., Schaeffer Auditorium
Back to the Roots
A celebration of American, and American-inspired composers
Works by Bolling, Burton & Ozone, Dvorak, Faure, Gershwin, Prokofiev, Raimi, Shostakovich, Still, Williams

Thursday, July 5
3 p.m., Georgian Room, Old Main
Workshop: Intonation & Rhythm
Strategies and practive techniques offered by festival string faculty

Thursday, July 5, 2018
7:00 p.m., Kutztown Park Bandshell 440 East Main Street
Summertime Spectacular
Works by Holmes, Sibelius, Vivaldi Movie scores: Coco, La La Land, James Bond

Friday, July 6, 2018
2 p.m., Schaeffer Auditorium
Concerto Competition

Friday, July 6, 2018
7:30 p.m., Schaeffer Auditorium
Friday Night Live
Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Fesca, Gilson, Haydn, Klughardt, Kuhlau Mendelssohn, Schumann, Shostakovich

Saturday, July 7, 2018
2 p.m., Schaeffer Auditorium
Musical Extravaganza
Works by Beethoven, Dvorak, Enescu, Mozart
The festival's orchestra featuring the young category's concerto competition winner And The Carnival of the Animals
Conductor: Julien Benichou, principal conductor of the Washington Opera Society and music director of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra

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