Dolomites Chamber Music Holiday « Orfeo Music Festival

Week July 4-11 (Vipiteno, Italy)
Week July 11-18 (Vipiteno, Italy – St. Johann, Austria)

General Information
Dolomites Chamber Music Holiday is a chance for amateur adult musicians to unravel their passion for music by making it with new friends and being surrounded by the enchanting Dolomites landscape in the Italian and Austrian Alps. Our program will include adult students of string, piano and woodwind instruments. The event takes place concurrently with the Orfeo Music Festival, allowing participants to interact with distinguished artists and the talented international music students attending and attend their daily concerts. This year pre-formed or newly formed chamber groups will practice compositions by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, or Schubert among others. The coaching will be offered by the distinguished faculty artists of the Orfeo Music Festival. Dolomites Chamber Music Holiday participants will enjoy busy daily concert schedule and traditional Tyrolean hospitality. At the end of the week participants will reward our audiences with invigorating and inspired music making at the final afternoon concert.

*Yoga classes with Gabriella Strümpel are offered and open to everyone regardless of age, gender, fitness, flexibility or strength. They offer a combination of physical, breathing, and mental exercises such as visualization and directed awareness. Participants can expect an increased flexibility, strength, concentration, and awareness, thereby improving general health. Gabriella Studied yoga with Urvasi and Ananda Leone, attended their 3-year teacher’s training and has been teaching since 1997. She specializes in yoga for musicians, taking into account their disposition to specific physical ailments, as well as preparing them mentally and emotionally for performances.

Access
Vipiteno/Sterzing is a small alpine village in the Dolomites, Northern Italy, located about 20 minutes away from Bressanone city. Please visit Location and Travel page found on the Orfeo Music Festival home page for more travel information.

Age Limit
There is no minimum or maximum age limit for the Dolomites Chamber Music Holiday program.

Languages
People in Vipiteno speak both German and Italian and in St. Johann, Austria – German, many festival participants speak English, master classes usually conducted in English, but the main language during the time of festival is music.

Repertoire
We always encourage repertoire suggestions from musicians attending the holiday program which typically fall within classical to early twentieth-century standard repertory works. Every participant will work on two compositions concurrently under supervision and guidance of distinguished Orfeo Festival faculty and will be given about six week notice of the assigned repertoire. At the same time it is recommended that every participant brings additional repertoire for reading sessions with your fellow music friends.

Room and Board
Dolomites Chamber Music Holiday participants are invited to book their rooms by April 1 in the following hotels for their stay:

Vipiteno, Italy

All hotels are centrally located

Hotel Lamm***

http://www.hotellamm.it/

Hotel Goldenes Kreuz***

http://www.goldenes-kreuz.it/it/albergo.asp

Hotel Post*** (no elevator)

http://www.gasthof-post.it/nfitaliano.htm

Wipptalerhof**

http://www.wipptalerhof.it/

(very nice, no elevator)

Garni Faerbe**

http://www.garni-faerbe.com/it/contatto.htm

(just a couple minutes away from center, yard)

Sankt Johann in Tirol, Austria

Pension Meixner + Obermoser

http://www.tiscover.at/at/guide/62724at,de,SCH1/objectId,ACC386949at/home.html

(simple but very nice, very close to school and town center, most students will stay here too)

Hotel Panorama***

http://www.activehotels.com/1/1/1129844-panoramahotel-st-johann-tirol.html

(central location, nice, owner Sonia speaks Russian)

Landhaus Schwarzinger

(central location, very nice, family run)

http://www.landhaus-schwarzinger.at/

Crystal****

(some walking but not far, very nice, big hotel)

http://www.hotel-crystal.at/

Hotel Tyrol***

(some walking, brand new rooms, great cuisine, small hotel, great mama hostess)

Please contact hotels directly for reservations. They are holding rooms for the Orfeo Music Festival.

Fees
Fees of $980 per week for the Music Program and $120 per week for Yoga classes (5 lessons, 75 min. each) are due March 1 (10% discount applies to payments made by March 1 and to pre-formed groups) and covers coaching, use of music facilities, lunch (weekdays), concerts and master classes given at the Orfeo Music Festival. No refunds are issued after March 15th. Lodging should be arranged independently, please see “Room and Board” section for more information.

Mail all materials to:
Orfeo Music Festival (c/o Schlern International Music Festival)
P. O. Box 667398
Houston, TX 77266, U. S. A.

Activities
Visit the two Orfeo Music Festival concerts that take place every weekday and one or two each weekend

Arena di Verona
One of the most famous open air operatic stages. Easy access by train in under 2 hours. Opera fans “Pilgrimages” are possible for participants or companions. (visit www.arena.it for schedule of events)

Daily Schedule
8:00 – breakfast
10:00-12:00 – practice/coaching sessions
12:30-2:00 – lunch
2:00-5:00 – practice/coaching sessions/ observe master classes at the Orfeo Music Festival
5:00-6:00 – afternoon concert in the Festival Academy Hall
Dinner
8:30-10:00 – evening concert

Activities
Visit the two Schlern International Music Festival concerts that take place every weekday and one or two each weekend

Cooking Course
will be offered for a fee at the exquisite Romantik Hotel Turm by the renowned chef Stefan Pramstrahler (link: http://www.hotelturm.it/en/ristorante.php)

Daily Schedule
8:00 – breakfast
10:00-12:00 – practice/coaching sessions
12:30-2:00 – lunch
2:00-4:00 – practice/coaching sessions/ observe master classes at the Schlern Music Festival
5:00-6:00 – concert in the Festival Academy Hall
Dinner
9:00-10:30 – concert on location