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Announcing the 2025 IMA Chamber Music Workshop!
Join us for a weekend of fun, delving into the art of chamber music with the State’s best teachers. Daily coachings, performance opportunities, solo masterclasses and faculty concerts round out our days filled with Mozart, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
For: string players age 10-24
Level: suzuki book 2 to Paganini
Dates: July 7-11
Location: Downtown Corvallis
Cost: $550
Commuter and residential options available
The Inside Music Academy Camp
The Inside Music Academy Camp is held at the historic Majestic Theatre in the charming town of Corvallis, Oregon. Our popular camp will be held from June 16-20, 2025. Orchestra, concerto competition, recitals, lessons, classes in instrument repair, plug it in, and more make every day a great adventure. No auditions. We have space for all levels.
When: June 16-20
Where: Majestic Theatre, Corvallis
Open to: string players age 8-22, all levels
https://www.insidemusicacademy.com/inperson-camp
Delgani’s String Quartet Academy
Delgani’s String Quartet Academy is an all-inclusive, weeklong immersive chamber music experience. Participants rehearse and perform quartets and play in the camp-wide string orchestra. Students also have daily masterclasses and extracurricular courses in theory and history all while working closely with Delgani musicians.
Additional electives include Musical Jeopardy!, Making Money with Your Instrument, Practice Techniques, and Friendship Bracelets Unleashed, to name a few.
Evening activities include additional chamber music reading, board games, and sports like volleyball, badminton, and basketball.
Our 2025 Academy will be hosted by the University of Portland. Students can elect to stay in the dormitories on campus or commute. Commuters may leave at 4 p.m. after classes and rehearsals have finished for the day or they may stay for evening activities and be picked up as late as 9 p.m.
WHO: Intermediate to advanced violinists, violists, and cellists in middle school, high school, or university
WHEN: Monday July 21 to Saturday July 26
WHERE: University of Portland, 5000 N Willamette Blvd, Portland OR 97203
https://www.insidemusicacademy.com/chambermusicworkshop
Wyatt True
Executive Director
Delgani String Quartet
(541) 579-5882
Greater Portland Flute Society
Greater Portland Flute Society
GPFS website – www.gpfs.org
Event webpage – www.gpfs.org/Fall-Guest-Artist
Instagram – @gpflutesociety
Facebook – @flutesocietyoregon
All-State Audition Excerpts Learning Resources by Dr. Tomas Cotik
Salem Youth Symphony violinists can find Dr. Cotik’s own video recordings of all of the excerpts required for the All-State violin auditions. To facilitate the preparation of the excerpts, he has also included the scores with his fingerings and bowings as well as the full orchestral score, a brief introduction about each piece, and advice on solving the typical problems that he has seen students confront in terms of rhythm, bow stroke, articulation, dynamics, vibrato, intonation and phrasing.
These articles cannot replace the necessity of slow, mindful practice or the weekly guidance of a teacher. They are meant as a resource to complement and help students and teachers as they prepare the All-State audition excerpts.
Link to All-State video recording resources
Elysian Educational Consulting
Hello! I’m Elise Yun, founder of Elysian Educational Consulting. As an independent educational consultant, I offer personalized services to assist families in navigating the college and performing arts admissions process. My goal as your expert guide is to alleviate the stress by working together to find the best fit school – academically or musically, socially, and financially — a place where you can grow, thrive, and live your dream!
WHAT I OFFER
- Academic advising
- College/Conservatory list development
- Application process and management
- Essay/Personal Statement support
- Interview preparation
- Resumé review
- Campus tours preparation
- Financial aid information
- Making the decision
- Additional career advising, pre-screening review, audition planning for Performing Arts students
https://www.elysianeducationalconsulting.com
The Anatomy of a Violin – A website that gives a closer look at the elements that go into making the violin as we know it today, and the history that surrounds its creation, propagation, and advances in technique, in order to get to know this fascinating instrument even better.
This website was suggested by music students at Centerline Arts!