2023 Techne Music Festival
Celebrating our 10th Year Anniversary!
June 7th - 11th
June 7th - 11th
2023 Festival Final Concert: Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Peter Hall at Moravian College
342 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
2023 Special Guest Artists
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Faculty: Stony Brook University
Carol Rodland, viola
Faculty: Juilliard School of Music
2023 Faculty
Bayla Keyes, violin
Faculty, Boston University
Sheila Browne, viola
Interim Artistic Director: Techne Music
Faculty: Lynn Conservatory
Lawrence Stomberg, cello
Faculty, University of Delaware
Wednesday, June 7th 10:00 11:00 Dorm check-in (Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA) 11:15 Welcome! (Peter Hall) 11:45 1:00 Groups A, B and C rehearse on their own. Group D: Keyes 1:00 Lunch 2:30 3:45 Chamber Music Coaching Group A: Browne/Group B: Keyes/Group C: Stomberg/Group D: Rehearse on your own 4:00 5:00 Lecture/Discussion: Dr. Lawrence Stomberg - Strategies for Preparing Chamber Music Parts (Bring iPad if you have one) 5:30 6:30 Chamber Music Coaching Group A: Rehearse on your own/Group B: Browne/Group C: Keyes/Group D: Stomberg Thursday, June 8th 9:00 9:50 Technique Class 10:00 11:15 Groups A, C and D rehearse on their own/Group B: Stomberg 11:30 12:30 Chamber Music Coaching Group A: Keyes/Group B: Rehearse on your own/Group C: Stomberg/Group D: Browne 12:30 Lunch 1:45 3:00 Solo Masterclasses (Held in separate rooms for each instrument; students may choose to play solo repertoire) 3:15 4:15 Lecture/Discussion: Sheila Browne - Finding Ease and Comfort with Your Instrument 4:30 5:30 Chamber Music Coaching Group A: Stomberg/Group B: Keyes/Group C: Browne/ Group D: Rehearse on your own 5:30 - 6:30 Mendelssohn Octet Rehearsal Friday, June 9th 9:00 9:50 Technique Class 10:00 11:15 Groups A, B and C rehearse on your own/Group D: Browne 11:30 12:30 Chamber Music Coaching (Group A: Keyes /Group B:reh on your own /Group C: Browne/ Group D: Stomberg 12:30 Lunch 1:45 3:00 Solo Masterclasses All Faculty, All Students (Held in separate rooms for each instrument; students may choose to play solo repertoire) 3:15 4:15 Lecture/Discussion: Bayla Keyes - Creating Musical Shapes 4:30 - 6:30 Mendelssohn Octet Rehearsal Saturday, June 10th 9:00 9:50 Lecture/Discussion: Julia Glenn - Chinese Music and Language Influence 10:00 11:15 Chamber groups rehearse on their own 11:30 1:00 Run-through of the concert 1:00 Lunch 3:00 5:00 Chamber Music Masterclass with Jennifer Frautschi (Groups A/B/C/D) 5:30 8:30 Mendelssohn Octet Rehearsal (Faculty and Group A; other students may observe) Sunday, June 11th 10:00 12:00 Chamber Music Coaching (Coaches TBA) 12:00 Lunch 2:00 5:00 Mendelssohn Octet Rehearsal (Faculty and Group A; other students may observe) 7:00pm Final Concert (90 minute duration, includes 15 min. Intermission) (All student groups perform, followed by Mendelssohn Octet) Monday, June 12th 9:00am Check out of dorms for students staying Sunday night ENSEMBLES Group A Sibelius: Voces Intimae Op.56 (Mvts. 1 & 2) and Mendelssohn: Octet (Complete) (MW - Vln. 3; SOA - Vln. 4; AR - Vla. 2; JS - Cello 2) Violin I: Michael Wu Violin II: Stefania Osorio Amσrtegui Viola: Angela Rubin Cello: Julian Shively Group B Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B-flat Major (Mvts. 1 & 2) Violin I: Alex Covelli. Violin II: Emily Mullen Viola I: Adrian Jackson Group C Kodaly: Serenade (Mvt 3) Violin I: Malachi Provenzano Violin II: Nathalie Hernandez Viola: Yeuk Sen (Renee) Chan Group D Ginastera: Quartet No. 1 (Mvt. 1) Violin I: Arik Anderson Violin II: Juan Felipe Villanueva Viola: Ivory Stephenson Cello: Christian Hartman Viola II: Rosa Ortega Iannelli Cello: Ian Wasserman
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