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Music in the Valley
The 13th International Summer Institute for Strings
Israel - Kibbutz Mizra
Artistic Director-Zvi Plesser
August 10-21, 2009
Violin Viola Cello Double-Bass Guitar Harp Chamber Music
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When Music meets Nature
Music In the Valley is unique among summer music programs worldwide in its commitment to the highest levels of music making in an inspiring and informal environment.
Participants of the institute are advanced string players, aged 16-30.
With past participants having come from: England , USA , France , Germany , Poland , Japan , Canada , South-Korea , Hungary , Romania , Czech Republic and Israel , the institute is a cultural Meeting place.
The dedicated instruction of the faculty is characteristic of the Institute. Limited to 70-80 Participants, the Institute ensures the concentrated nature of its musical instruction and the personal attention given to each student.
Music in the Valley offers an unforgettable summer and a challenging music experience.
The Program
The program of the summer Institute for strings is based upon intensive instrumental training. Individual lessons will be given every other day (sometimes even more).
Master classes will be held regularly over the duration of the institute and participants are encouraged to attend the lessons and master classes of their peers. In addition, we encourage students to take lessons with more then one teacher of their instrument.
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The program also consists of technique classes, workshops, discussions, chamber music and both students and faculty concerts. Each participant in the Institute will be afforded an unusual amount of freedom in planning their schedule.
Chamber Music
This year we will hold a workshop for Chamber Music with piano under the tutelage of Mr. Shai Wosner and Ms. Rachel Shapiro The workshop is intended for the chamber groups of the highest level and presents an opportunity for intensive coaching on a wide array of repertoire. Students who choose chamber music as a major subject should apply and enroll in the program as a group. Those students interested in focusing on their instrument may participate in a chamber group as a secondary subject and will be assisted in forming ensembles with other participants.
Concerts
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Piano Accompaniment
A team of professional and collaborative pianists will be in residence for work with the individual instrumental studios, as well as for master classes and concerts. Participants are requested to provide a list of the repertoire on which they expect to work during the institute by June 15th.
Center of the arts
Classes, concerts and master classes are based around the jezreel Valley ’s newly constructed Center of the arts, at the entrance of the Kibbutz. Practice rooms are located in the center of the arts and at numerous sites throughout the Kibbutz. Most of the practice facilities are available at all times of day and night.
Language
The Primary languages of instruction in Music in the Valley are English and Hebrew.
Lodging- Life on a Kibbutz
Kibbutz Mizra is a collective agricultural community of 200 families located in the tranquil Jezreel Valley. Students will be accommodated three to each room in comfortable new air-conditioned apartments, located in a short walking distance from the center of the arts.
All meals are served in the Kibbutz dinning hall (including kosher food), where participants of the institute dine both with the faculty and the members of the Kibbutz. All amenities on the Kibbutz are within a short walking distance from each other, and include grocery store, bakery, coffee shop and pub.
Leisure Activities
Recreational facilities available for Music in the Valley participants include an outdoor swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts. The Kibbutz also features a network of beautiful walking paths. Other recreational activities include movie screening, Kabalat Shabbat night swimming and more.
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