Chamber Music Summer Camp
July 25- July 29th 2016
This five day chamber music activity camp is an intensive learning experience, designed to enhance the chamber music students.
Students are instructed by world class musicians, including member of the Pittsburgh Symphony,
Lydia Music Center faculty.
Daily activities will include:
* The chamber ensemble private coaching,
* Master classes presented by LMC faculties and member of the Pittsburgh Symphony ,
* Chamber orchestra,
* Interaction with International Summer Camp Students,
* Lunch included,
and more...
Time: All Day Camp (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)
Place: 9000 Perry Hwy, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Price: $400
Application Fee : $25 (non-refundable)/ per application
Due to the highly individualized nature of this program, no refunds will be given after June 1, 2016. No refunds will be made for failure to attend or incomplete attendance for any reason.
July 25- July 29th 2016
This five day chamber music activity camp is an intensive learning experience, designed to enhance the chamber music students.
Students are instructed by world class musicians, including member of the Pittsburgh Symphony,
Lydia Music Center faculty.
Daily activities will include:
* The chamber ensemble private coaching,
* Master classes presented by LMC faculties and member of the Pittsburgh Symphony ,
* Chamber orchestra,
* Interaction with International Summer Camp Students,
* Lunch included,
and more...
Time: All Day Camp (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)
Place: 9000 Perry Hwy, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Price: $400
Application Fee : $25 (non-refundable)/ per application
Due to the highly individualized nature of this program, no refunds will be given after June 1, 2016. No refunds will be made for failure to attend or incomplete attendance for any reason.
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Chamber Music Seminar Faculty Members and Guest Artists
Katya Janpoladyan, Artistic Director
Katya Janpoladyan, cellist, a founder of Kassia Ensemble is a native of Armenia, where she completed a Bachelor of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the Yerevan State Conservatory under the direction of Zareh Sargissyan and Medea Abramian. Ms. Janpoladyan continued her studies at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she received her Master of Music degree. As a student of Yehuda Hanani she has received her ABD from the University of Cincinnati.
An active performer, Ms. Janpoladyan is a former member of the State Piano Trio “Shell” of Armenia and a former member of the Baur Quartet with whom she was the 2001 winner of the Pierre Lantiere International Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Janpoladyan has collaborated with artists such as Cyrus Forough, James Dunham, Yehuda Hanani, Ross Harbaugh, Awadagin Pratt, Piotr Milewsky and the Montclair Quartet. She has been featured as a soloist performing with the Yerevan Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata San Marco (NY), and the Mary Miller Dance Company. Ms. Janpoladyan is a principal cellist with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, and a cellist with the Resonance Works/Pittsburgh. As a member of the Freya String Quartet she was a cellist in residence with the Charlotte New Music Festival Ms. Janpoladyan has also collaborated with numerous living composers and is an avid proponent of new music. Ms. Janpoladyan often appears with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Ohio Valley Symphony Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic and many other groups in the region.
With a dual passion for performing and educating, Ms. Janpoladyan has served on the faculties and directed some of the summer programs for the University of Cincinnati, Wyoming Fine Arts Center, the Cincinnati Starling Project, the Great Wall Music Festival, and the Bacchannalia Festival. She has taught masterclasses throughout the US, China, and Chile. Ms. Janpoladyan currently resides in Pittsburgh where she maintains a private cello studio and performs regularly.
An active performer, Ms. Janpoladyan is a former member of the State Piano Trio “Shell” of Armenia and a former member of the Baur Quartet with whom she was the 2001 winner of the Pierre Lantiere International Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Janpoladyan has collaborated with artists such as Cyrus Forough, James Dunham, Yehuda Hanani, Ross Harbaugh, Awadagin Pratt, Piotr Milewsky and the Montclair Quartet. She has been featured as a soloist performing with the Yerevan Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata San Marco (NY), and the Mary Miller Dance Company. Ms. Janpoladyan is a principal cellist with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, and a cellist with the Resonance Works/Pittsburgh. As a member of the Freya String Quartet she was a cellist in residence with the Charlotte New Music Festival Ms. Janpoladyan has also collaborated with numerous living composers and is an avid proponent of new music. Ms. Janpoladyan often appears with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Ohio Valley Symphony Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic and many other groups in the region.
With a dual passion for performing and educating, Ms. Janpoladyan has served on the faculties and directed some of the summer programs for the University of Cincinnati, Wyoming Fine Arts Center, the Cincinnati Starling Project, the Great Wall Music Festival, and the Bacchannalia Festival. She has taught masterclasses throughout the US, China, and Chile. Ms. Janpoladyan currently resides in Pittsburgh where she maintains a private cello studio and performs regularly.
Alison Peters Fujito, Guest Artist, Violinist Alison Peters Fujito, originally from Glencoe, Ill., is proud to be a product of music in the public schools. She credits her high school orchestra director, Stanley Ackerman, with her love of violin and classical music. She began violin lessons in elementary school at her mother's suggestion, but thoroughly disliked practicing — until she played in string quartets and the four orchestras of New Trier East High School, directed by Ackerman.
She attended University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music as recipient of the Dorothy Richard Starling Fellowship, studying with Dorothy DeLay and Kurt Sassmanshaus and graduating summa cum laude. She received her Master of Music degree from The Julliard School, where she studied with DeLay and Hyo Kang. Other teachers included Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Jaquces Israelievitch, Blair Milton, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Linda Cerone and David Taylor.
After graduating from Julliard, Fujito was hired by Gerard Schwarz for the first violin section of the Seattle Symphony, and in 1987, she was appointed to the first violin section of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra by Lorin Maazel.
Fujito has appeared as soloist with several orchestra, including the Pittsburgh Symphony on several occasions. She was a founding member of Roy Sonne's Ionian Chamber Players, has performed in several summer music festivals and, with some of her Pittsburgh Symphony colleagues, delights in performing string quartets at local schools.
Fujito is an advocate of the Suzuki method of teaching violin to all ages and is registered with the Suzuki Association of the Americas, having completed teacher training for books 1-4 with notable instructors such as Michele George and Ed Kreitman. She is a firm believer in the importance of instrumental music instruction in the public schools and has spoken at many school board meetings. She was formerly an adjunct violin instructor at Duquesne University, and currently enjoys providing assistance to the many fine public school string instructors in the Pittsburgh area.
Fujito is married to Dr. Don Fujito, chemistry professor at LaRoche College. They are the proud and sleepless parents of three children, as well as three cats and a Border Collie/Newfoundland mix who likes to sleep on the feet of violin students.
She attended University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music as recipient of the Dorothy Richard Starling Fellowship, studying with Dorothy DeLay and Kurt Sassmanshaus and graduating summa cum laude. She received her Master of Music degree from The Julliard School, where she studied with DeLay and Hyo Kang. Other teachers included Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Jaquces Israelievitch, Blair Milton, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Linda Cerone and David Taylor.
After graduating from Julliard, Fujito was hired by Gerard Schwarz for the first violin section of the Seattle Symphony, and in 1987, she was appointed to the first violin section of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra by Lorin Maazel.
Fujito has appeared as soloist with several orchestra, including the Pittsburgh Symphony on several occasions. She was a founding member of Roy Sonne's Ionian Chamber Players, has performed in several summer music festivals and, with some of her Pittsburgh Symphony colleagues, delights in performing string quartets at local schools.
Fujito is an advocate of the Suzuki method of teaching violin to all ages and is registered with the Suzuki Association of the Americas, having completed teacher training for books 1-4 with notable instructors such as Michele George and Ed Kreitman. She is a firm believer in the importance of instrumental music instruction in the public schools and has spoken at many school board meetings. She was formerly an adjunct violin instructor at Duquesne University, and currently enjoys providing assistance to the many fine public school string instructors in the Pittsburgh area.
Fujito is married to Dr. Don Fujito, chemistry professor at LaRoche College. They are the proud and sleepless parents of three children, as well as three cats and a Border Collie/Newfoundland mix who likes to sleep on the feet of violin students.
Roy Sonne, Guest Artist: Violinist, Conductor, Educator. After 28 years in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and 12 years as Music Director of the Edgewood Symphony Orchestra, Roy Sonne took early retirement in order to devote himself to an ever-increasing number of musical projects and interests.
“SCHOOL OF VIOLIN ARTISTRY” — Instructional videos for violin students: Continuing a project he started several years ago, Roy’s new venture can be found online at http://SchoolofViolinArtistry.com . The focus is “Finding the Pathway between technique and musical expression.”
Organizing an El Sistema type program in Pittsburgh: Roy is the President and Project Director of “Orchestra on the Hill,” an after school music program in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, based on the spectacularly successful El Sistemaprogram in Venezuela, which has transformed the lives of over 800,000 Venezuelan children from impoverished circumstances.
Private violin teaching: He is currently on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University Preparatory Dept . and The Music Room, Irwin, PA. He also maintains a large private teaching studio in his home in Mt. Lebanon, PA.
Concert appearances: Recitals, chamber music, concertos, and conducting appearances in the Pittsburgh area.
String teaching project in Bolivia: From 2009-2011 Roy designed, organized and led an Educational Festival/Seminar for strings in La Paz, Bolivia, working with string players from the Bolivian National Symphony and the National Conservatory of Music.
Clinics and workshops for student orchestras: Roy continues the work he started as a Pittsburgh Symphony Ambassador, making frequent visits to high schools in the Pittsburgh area, to do workshops and coaching sessions. His innovative string workshops for community and student orchestras combine group technical instruction, masterclasses and string orchestra.
Jazz Violin Excursion and “STRINGS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES” Roy started playing jazz violin at age 60, after a 40 year career as a symphony musician. studied jazz improvisation with Christian Howes and James Johnson. Currently he is the violinist with the “Hot Club of Pittsburgh” which specializes in Gypsy Jazz.
Through playing jazz, Roy’s musical universe became so much richer that he became determined to share this experience with other classically trained string players. Working with some exciting and phenomenally talented folks, he founded the Pittsburgh Jazz and Fiddling Camp at Duquesne University, now renamed Strings Without Boundaries.
In May, 2014 Roy will appear as soloist with Sheldon Bair and the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, performing the Concerto for Jazz Violin by Scott Routenberg.
This is Mr. Sonne’s first event with the Horman Violin Studio.
“SCHOOL OF VIOLIN ARTISTRY” — Instructional videos for violin students: Continuing a project he started several years ago, Roy’s new venture can be found online at http://SchoolofViolinArtistry.com . The focus is “Finding the Pathway between technique and musical expression.”
Organizing an El Sistema type program in Pittsburgh: Roy is the President and Project Director of “Orchestra on the Hill,” an after school music program in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, based on the spectacularly successful El Sistemaprogram in Venezuela, which has transformed the lives of over 800,000 Venezuelan children from impoverished circumstances.
Private violin teaching: He is currently on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University Preparatory Dept . and The Music Room, Irwin, PA. He also maintains a large private teaching studio in his home in Mt. Lebanon, PA.
Concert appearances: Recitals, chamber music, concertos, and conducting appearances in the Pittsburgh area.
String teaching project in Bolivia: From 2009-2011 Roy designed, organized and led an Educational Festival/Seminar for strings in La Paz, Bolivia, working with string players from the Bolivian National Symphony and the National Conservatory of Music.
Clinics and workshops for student orchestras: Roy continues the work he started as a Pittsburgh Symphony Ambassador, making frequent visits to high schools in the Pittsburgh area, to do workshops and coaching sessions. His innovative string workshops for community and student orchestras combine group technical instruction, masterclasses and string orchestra.
Jazz Violin Excursion and “STRINGS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES” Roy started playing jazz violin at age 60, after a 40 year career as a symphony musician. studied jazz improvisation with Christian Howes and James Johnson. Currently he is the violinist with the “Hot Club of Pittsburgh” which specializes in Gypsy Jazz.
Through playing jazz, Roy’s musical universe became so much richer that he became determined to share this experience with other classically trained string players. Working with some exciting and phenomenally talented folks, he founded the Pittsburgh Jazz and Fiddling Camp at Duquesne University, now renamed Strings Without Boundaries.
In May, 2014 Roy will appear as soloist with Sheldon Bair and the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, performing the Concerto for Jazz Violin by Scott Routenberg.
This is Mr. Sonne’s first event with the Horman Violin Studio.
Jami Bale (Suzuki): Taking a "road less traveled," violinist/flutist Jami Bale has spent a lifetime pursuing achievements on two diverse orchestral instruments. She is an active free lance musician on both instruments in Pittsburgh, PA and the surrounding tri-state region of Ohio and West Virginia. She currently serves as a tenured member of the violin section in the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, and performs frequently with the Pittsburgh Ballet Orchestra and the Wheeling, WV Symphony.
Versatile in many musical styles, Jami is in high demand as a classical chamber musician and recitalist, plays for Broadway shows with Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera, and has also performed in concert with such artists as Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart and the Moody Blues in addition to engagements with Finesse, a popular Pittsburgh band. Other career highlights include performing in concert with Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and appearing in several installments of the acclaimed PBS Doo Wop television series.
While enjoying an active performing career, Jami also serves on the faculty of Lydia Music Center, and has previously held the positions of violin and flute instructor at Musik Innovations, Adjunct Instructor at Duquesne University and with the City Music Center. Jami holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music, Master of Music (violin) and Master of Music (flute) from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the Artist Diploma from Duquesne University.
Versatile in many musical styles, Jami is in high demand as a classical chamber musician and recitalist, plays for Broadway shows with Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera, and has also performed in concert with such artists as Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart and the Moody Blues in addition to engagements with Finesse, a popular Pittsburgh band. Other career highlights include performing in concert with Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and appearing in several installments of the acclaimed PBS Doo Wop television series.
While enjoying an active performing career, Jami also serves on the faculty of Lydia Music Center, and has previously held the positions of violin and flute instructor at Musik Innovations, Adjunct Instructor at Duquesne University and with the City Music Center. Jami holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music, Master of Music (violin) and Master of Music (flute) from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the Artist Diploma from Duquesne University.
Sandro Leal, Sandro Leal Santiesteban began his musical journey in Havana, Cuba. While living in Cuba, he performed with many orchestras in the Americas including the Oakland Youth Symphony Orchestra, the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Youth Symphony Orchestra, and throughout Europe with the Cuban Dance Company of Lizt Alfonso and the Sinfónica de Matanzas. At age sixteen, Sandro was selected to perform Sarasate’s “Zigeunerweisen” for Claudio Abbado and was featured with the Sinfónica de Matanzas, performing Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto under the baton of his mother, Lourdes Santiesteban.\
After immigrating to the U.S. in 2001, Sandro studied for a year at the preparatory school of New England Conservatory with former Boston Symphony principal second violin Marylou Churchill. Sandro continued his studies at the Eastman School of Music with Mikhail Kopelman, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in violin performance and then subsequently studying with Cyrus Forough at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music where he obtained both his Master’s degree in Violin Performance and a certificate from the Performance Residency Program.
Sandro has received fellowships to notable festivals such as Musicorda String Summer Camp; the Manchester Music Festival; Round Top Festival Institute; the Spoleto Festival as assistant concertmaster; and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, where he toured throughout Europe and South America. Mr. Leal has studied with the Shanghai String Quartet, the Ying Quartet, the Brentano Quartet, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the Miami String Quartet, and with violinists Elmira Darvarova, Ilya Kaler, Jorja Fleezanis, and Ian Swensen.
Memorable performances for Sandro include the Mendelssohn String Octet alongside former concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Andrés Cárdenes, Behzad Ranjbaran’s Violin Concerto with the Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic as first prize winner of the Carnegie Mellon University concerto competition, and an American tour with the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra following a semi-finalist award for the 2006 Sphinx Competition. Other notable concerts include playing under the direction of Plácido Domingo, Kent Nagano, and Carlos Miguel Prieto.
Sandro is currently a member of the first violin section of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the Erie Philharmonic, the Erie Chamber Orchestra, and is concertmaster of Resonance Works. Additionally, Sandro has a private violin studio in the Pittsburgh area. Sandro is currently a member of the Beo String Quartet taking him as far as Charlotte New Music Festival, NC, and a tour in North Dakota this year. Sandro has been winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society for the last two years. The first time as a soloist and the second time as a member of the quartet.
After immigrating to the U.S. in 2001, Sandro studied for a year at the preparatory school of New England Conservatory with former Boston Symphony principal second violin Marylou Churchill. Sandro continued his studies at the Eastman School of Music with Mikhail Kopelman, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in violin performance and then subsequently studying with Cyrus Forough at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music where he obtained both his Master’s degree in Violin Performance and a certificate from the Performance Residency Program.
Sandro has received fellowships to notable festivals such as Musicorda String Summer Camp; the Manchester Music Festival; Round Top Festival Institute; the Spoleto Festival as assistant concertmaster; and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, where he toured throughout Europe and South America. Mr. Leal has studied with the Shanghai String Quartet, the Ying Quartet, the Brentano Quartet, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the Miami String Quartet, and with violinists Elmira Darvarova, Ilya Kaler, Jorja Fleezanis, and Ian Swensen.
Memorable performances for Sandro include the Mendelssohn String Octet alongside former concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Andrés Cárdenes, Behzad Ranjbaran’s Violin Concerto with the Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic as first prize winner of the Carnegie Mellon University concerto competition, and an American tour with the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra following a semi-finalist award for the 2006 Sphinx Competition. Other notable concerts include playing under the direction of Plácido Domingo, Kent Nagano, and Carlos Miguel Prieto.
Sandro is currently a member of the first violin section of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the Erie Philharmonic, the Erie Chamber Orchestra, and is concertmaster of Resonance Works. Additionally, Sandro has a private violin studio in the Pittsburgh area. Sandro is currently a member of the Beo String Quartet taking him as far as Charlotte New Music Festival, NC, and a tour in North Dakota this year. Sandro has been winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society for the last two years. The first time as a soloist and the second time as a member of the quartet.
Alexander Hettinga, viola: Trained in the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing by Cyrus Forough, and in the Emanuel Vardi school of viola playing by David Harding, Alexander Hettinga represents grand traditions of playing and teaching and holds two degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. Alex enjoys wide opportunities as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician, from baroque to contemporary music.
Alex is passionate about orchestral leadership, and has been performing as concertmaster and principal violist in orchestras since he was twelve years old. His recent positions have included concertmaster of the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, concertmaster and principal violist in both orchestras at the MasterWorks Festival, and principal second violin in the Orchestre de la Francophonie in Montreal, QC. He currently performs with the West Virginia Symphony in Charleston, and the River Cities Symphony. In 2015, he studied and performed at the David Kim Orchestral Institute in Philadelphia.
Alex was the 1st place winner of the 1st annual WMC Mary Lane Violin Competition in 2012, and won the 2012 and 2011 Carnegie Mellon Baroque Concerto Competitions. He was the 1st place winner of the 2009 MasterWorks Festival Concerto Competition, performing the Stravinsky violin concerto with the Festival Orchestra under the direction of Darryl One, and was a finalist in the 2009 Pittsburgh Symphony Concerto Competition, soloing with the Duquesne Symphony under the direction of Jeffrey Turner. He has also soloed with a number of orchestras in his childhood home of Columbus, Ohio, and received 1st place in several Columbus competitions.
As violist in the Hugo Trio, Alex has been a winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Auditions and the CMU Silberman Chamber Competition. The Hugo trio has been featured in the Johnstown Chamber Music Series and worked with contemporary composer David Stock. Other chamber music experience includes radio broadcast quartet performances on Pittsburgh Classical WQED and Carnegie Mellon WRCT. He currently performs with Alia Music, a Pittsburgh-based contemporary chamber ensemble.
Alex teaches beginning through advanced violin and viola lessons, and organizes and coaches chamber music groups. He is a faculty member at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, teaching 3rd through 8th grade group classes in violin and viola.
Alex is passionate about orchestral leadership, and has been performing as concertmaster and principal violist in orchestras since he was twelve years old. His recent positions have included concertmaster of the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, concertmaster and principal violist in both orchestras at the MasterWorks Festival, and principal second violin in the Orchestre de la Francophonie in Montreal, QC. He currently performs with the West Virginia Symphony in Charleston, and the River Cities Symphony. In 2015, he studied and performed at the David Kim Orchestral Institute in Philadelphia.
Alex was the 1st place winner of the 1st annual WMC Mary Lane Violin Competition in 2012, and won the 2012 and 2011 Carnegie Mellon Baroque Concerto Competitions. He was the 1st place winner of the 2009 MasterWorks Festival Concerto Competition, performing the Stravinsky violin concerto with the Festival Orchestra under the direction of Darryl One, and was a finalist in the 2009 Pittsburgh Symphony Concerto Competition, soloing with the Duquesne Symphony under the direction of Jeffrey Turner. He has also soloed with a number of orchestras in his childhood home of Columbus, Ohio, and received 1st place in several Columbus competitions.
As violist in the Hugo Trio, Alex has been a winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Auditions and the CMU Silberman Chamber Competition. The Hugo trio has been featured in the Johnstown Chamber Music Series and worked with contemporary composer David Stock. Other chamber music experience includes radio broadcast quartet performances on Pittsburgh Classical WQED and Carnegie Mellon WRCT. He currently performs with Alia Music, a Pittsburgh-based contemporary chamber ensemble.
Alex teaches beginning through advanced violin and viola lessons, and organizes and coaches chamber music groups. He is a faculty member at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, teaching 3rd through 8th grade group classes in violin and viola.