June 22nd-27th, 2009 Adriana Linares, Artistic Director

June 22nd-27th, 2009

Adriana Linares, Artistic Director

Members of the Dali String Quartet/Ensemble and Elite Strings Program Faculty will lead a week long program dedicated to the art of chamber music. Guest performers/faculty will include Curtis Institute President Roberto Díaz and Assistant Principal Second violin of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dara Morales. A typical day at the Dali Quartet camp will include chamber coaching, ensemble rehearsals, chamber orchestra, lunch, a variety of workshops and a fun time.

Schedule of events:

Monday-Friday Day Camp

9:00 AM to 12:30 PM

Chamber Orchestra, ensemble coaching, rehearsals.

12:30 PM

LUNCH (half day dismissal)

1:00 to 2:30 PM

Daily Workshops (Jazz Improv, Latin Music, Arabic Music, Composition/Theory, Drama and Expression)

2:30 PM

FUN TIME

3:00 PM

Dismissal

* On Friday 6/26 the camp will run until 4pm

About the Faculty
Adriana Linares, Viola and Camp Director:
Pedagogue and active chamber musician. String Department Faculty at Kutztown University, Head of Strings and Chamber Music Director at the Community Conservatory of Music. Elite Strings Program Director. Guest Principal Viola of the Philadelphia Virtuosi, Philadelphia Classical Symphony and Harrisburg Symphony. Member of the Satori Chamber Players, Dali String Quartet, and Linaria Ensemble. Served as guest artist and faculty at the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival, the University of Louisville Chamber Music Program, and the Festival Nuevo Mundo in Venezuela. Recording under NAXOS label as soloist, world premiere of American composer Hower Hanson, “Summer Sea Side #2. B.M Indiana University, M.M Temple University. Studies with Atar Arad, Roberto Diaz and Roger Tapping
Carlos Rubio, Violin:
Violinist Carlos Rubio began his musical career as a member of Venezuela's famous Youth Orchestra System (“El Sistema”). Mr. Rubio has taught master classes and workshops at the University of North Texas, Denison University, University of Nebraska, University of Louisville, Festival de Música Latinoamericana in Colombia, the Simon Bolivar Conservatory of Music in Venezuela, and the SoundFest Chamber Music Festival. Carlos is a founding member of the Dalí String Quartet and performs with the Poor Richard’s String Quartet, the Philadelphia Virtuosi, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, the Harrisburg Symphony, the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, and is a member of the children's music troupe Auricolae.

Jesus Morales, Cello:
Mr. Morales holds a bachelors degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music and has done postgraduate work at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He has appeared as soloist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico, the Camerata Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Starling Chamber Orchestra, and the Festival de Orquestas Sinfonica Juvenil de las Americas. He currently serves as Principal Cello with the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and Adjunct Faculty at Temple University.

Luigi Mazzocchi, Violin/Viola
Soloist, chamber musician, and Orchestra performer. Mr. Mazzocchi began his musical studies at the famous Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System “EL SISTEMA”, and the V. E. Sojo Conservatory in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He has studied violin with J. F. del Castillo, L. Ciulei, and H. Kwalwasser. He has also participated in violin courses with T. Tanaka, M. Pardee, Z. Bron, O. Charlier, B. Del Pasquale, L. Biava, D. Arben, among others. Mr. Mazzocchi has a B.M. from Rowan University and an M.M. from Temple University. He is the associate concertmaster of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Opera Company of Philadelphia.

Ralph T. Jackson, Conductor Elite Strings Jr. Orchestra Conducts the Bridle Path/Montgomery Elementary Orchestra and the Bridle Path/ Montgomery Select String Ensemble, which, under his direction, has earned numerous awards. Member of the MENC, Pennsylvania Music Educator’s Association (PMEA), American String Teacher’s Association, The Suzuki Association of the Americas, and serves as an adjudicator of instrumental ensembles with the National Judge’s Association.

Rómulo Benavides, Violin:
Soloist recitalist. Winner of the Jaun Bautista Plaza Violin Competition. B.M. The Juilliard School, M.M. Brooklyn College. Studies with Emil Friedman, Naoko Tanaka, Dorothy Delay and Itzhak Perlman. Regular soloist with Virtuosi de Caracas, Simon Bolivar Orchestra, Venezuela Symphony Orchestra and Carabobo Chamber Orchestra in Venezuela. His performances have been broadcast on Venezuelan National Television. Mr Benavides performs regularly with the Harrisburg symphony.
Miguel Rojas, Cello:
B.M from “Conservatorio Simon Bolivar of Venezuela,” M.M. from Duquesne Univ. of Pittsburgh, and DMA from Michigan State University. Performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Opera, recital lectures in Concert Series in Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, Carnegie Mellon University (PA), Rutgers University (Camden, NJ), A & M Corpus Christi University (TX), and University of Texas-Pan American. He is the principal cello of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico and faculty at the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico.
Hanna Khoury, Violin (Arabic Music Workshop)
Violin virtuoso Khoury is trained in both Western and Arab styles. As the principal violinist of the West East Divan Orchestra Workshop under the direction of Daniel Barnboim. Khoury has performed numerous tours with world- class artists and musicians, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He has also collaborated with members of the Staatskapelle Berlin for concerts in Malta and Israel. Khoury has recently toured with Lebanese superstar Fairuz and played lead violin with Simon Shaheen and Iraqui singer Kazen El-Saher at the Cairo Opera House. He has studied with Mark Kaplan and Arthur Zisserman and has done master classes with Shlomo Mintz and Hagai Shahamis. Khoury is the recipient of the America Israel Scholarship and Qattan Foundation Award

KEY INFO

CONTACT
COMMUNITY CONSERVATORY
Phone:
P 215.340.7979  F 215.340.6931
CAMP DIRECTOR 215.919.3204
Email:
adriana@adrianalinaresmusic.com
info@communityconservatory.org

ADDRESS:
4459 W. Swamp Road Doylestown, PA 18901

Composers Workshop

Monday June 22nd

1:00 to 2:30 PM

Learn to transfer music from what you hear on to paper!

Be a composer and arranger following Dr. Contreras’ easy steps to create your own piece of music.

GUEST: Temple University Faculty, Dr.Manena Contreras.

www.manena.com

Intercultural Journeys: Workshop on Arabic & Jewish Music

Tuesday June 23rd

1:00 to 2:30 PM

Bring your instruments, and get ready to learn some of the sounds and rhythms of Arabic & Jewish music.

GUESTS: Members of Intercultural Journeys, violinist Hanna Khoury, ESP Faculty, and cellist Udi Bar-David from the Philadelphia Orchestra

www.interculturaljourneys.org

www.arabesquemusicensemble.com/musicians_khoury.html

Latin Music Workshop

Wednesday June 24th

1:00 to 2:30 PM

From Venezuela to Argentina, Camp Director Adriana Linares will take you on a journey of different rhythms from Latin America, including Argentinian Tangos, Cuban Boleros, Venezuelan Joropos, and rhythmic patterns, dancing steps, and beautiful melodies. Bring your instruments along!!!

www.adrianalinaresmusic.com

String Rock Band Improv Workshop

Thursday June 25th

1:00 to 2:30 PM

From Rock to Jazz, Rómulo Benavides, and Eddie Venegas, Venezuelan violinists of the Sweet Plantain String Quartet, will teach you some basic rhythmic patterns to apply to your string instrument, combined with basic steps to learning improv techniques!!!

www.sweetplantain.com/sweetplantain.html

Dara Morales Chamber Music Master Class

Friday June 26th

1:00 to 2:30 PM

Assistant Principal Second of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Mrs. Morales will lead a chamber music master class for all camp participants!

http://www.sonolumina.com/daramorales.html

Dali Quartet and Senior Ensemble Concert

with guest violinist Dara Morales from the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Friday June 26th, 7:30 PM

LOCATION:

Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts

Campers Recital

Saturday June 27th, 5 PM

LOCATION:

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

301 North Main Street

Doylestown, PA 18901

About the Guest Artists
Roberto Díaz, Viola:

A violist of international reputation, Curtis President Roberto Díaz follows in the footsteps of renowned artist/directors Gary Graffman, Efrem Zimbalist, Rudolf Serkin, and Josef Hofmann. As a viola teacher at Curtis and as principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1996 to 2006, Mr. Díaz has already had a significant impact on American musical life and continues to do so in his dual roles as performer and educator. An active chamber musician, Mr. Díaz has performed with artists such as the Emerson String Quartet, Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Christoph Eschenbach, Yo-Yo Ma, Mr. Sawallisch, and Isaac Stern. His festival appearances include Marlboro, Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, Spoleto, Kuhmo, and Verbier, among many others. Mr. Díaz was principal viola of the National Symphony under Mstislav Rostropovich, a member of the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa, and a member of the Minnesota Orchestra under Neville Marriner. While in the Philadelphia Orchestra, he served as a board member for three years, including two years on the executive committee.
He has received numerous awards, including prizes at the Naumburg and Munich international viola competitions, as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2006 C. Hartman Kuhn Award, given annually to “the member of the Philadelphia Orchestra who has shown ability and enterprise of such character as to enhance the standards and the reputation of the Philadelphia Orchestra.”
Mr. Díaz joined the faculty of The Curtis Institute of Music in 2000 and holds the James and Betty Matarese Chair in Viola Studies. He has served on the faculty at the Peabody Institute and Rice University and has taught master classes at conservatories around the United States and abroad.

Dara Morales, Violin/chamber music:
Violinist Dara Morales is the newly appointed Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Philadelphia Orchestra, following serving as Principal Second Violin of the Utah Symphony. A native of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, she previously served as Principal Second Violin and Interim Associate Concertmaster of the Puerto Rico Symphony and Concertmaster of the Northern Kentucky Symphony. Ms. Morales earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she was graduate teaching assistant and taught in the prestigious Starling Prep Program. As soloist, she has performed with the Utah, Cincinnati, Puerto Rico, Bangor and Lancaster Symphony Orchestras, among others, and has been a regular participant in the Grand Tetons, Park City International and Autumn Classics Music Festivals as well as the Intermezzo Chamber Series. Her principal teachers include Kurt Sassmannshaus, Helen Kwalwasser, and Dorothy DeLay, and chamber music coaches Peter Oundjian, Henry Meyer, and the Tokyo Quartet. She is married to cellist Jesús Morales. Their daughter Isabel Alexandra was born in April of 2007

Master Classes/ Workshops/Concerts Schedule:

Monday June 22nd

4:00-7:00PM

Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts

Roberto Díaz Viola Master Class

4 PM (open to the public, performers previously selected)

$60 admission fee for non-campers

Curtis Institute President joins us for another viola master class. All string instrument students and teachers are welcome to audit! Performers have been previously selected.