Chamber Music Seminar 2021

Monday, July 26th - Friday, July 30th

10am - 1pm, in person | 2pm - 4pm, online clinic

Join us for a week of fantastic opportunities!

• Expand your horizons through jazz, entrepreneurship & more
• Grow as a well-rounded musician
• Immerse yourself into every aspect of performance
• Meet with distinguished faculty & guests
• Open to strings, woodwinds, French horn & piano students ages 11 to 18

Click here to fill out and submit an application. 

Click here to make a payment.

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Chamber Music Seminar Details

​Dates: Monday, July 26 through Friday, July 30, 2021

Times:

• 10 am - 1 pm in person, Monday through Thursday, at PYCO School of Music
• 2 pm - 4 pm online, Monday through Thursday, with students participating from home
• Friday performance schedule T.B.D.

Performance on Friday, July 30, 2021

• All pieces will be performed in person at PYCO School of Music and live streamed online. Specific details will be determined closer to the performance date.

​​Tuition:

• $375 per student
• Tuition due by July 12, 2021.
• ​Click here to make a tuition payment.

​Due to the highly individualized nature of this program, no refunds will be given after July 12, 2021. No refunds will be made for failure to attend or incomplete attendance for any reason.

Auditions: The Chamber Music Seminar is open to students ages 11 to 18 who play string instruments, woodwind instruments, French horn, or piano. For chamber music group placement purposes, an audition is required. Video auditions may be sent to info@pycosom.com. ​The audition deadline is Monday, July 12, 2021.

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​Meet the Faculty

Students are instructed by prominent artists and teachers of national and international renown with extensive experience and expertise as educators, chamber musicians, and members of major musical groups.

Seminar faculty and guest artists include musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet, Kassia Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon University, and Duquesne University.

Chamber Music Academy Faculty:​

• Katya Janpoladyan, cello – Artistic Director
• ​Alison Fujito, violin
• Joyce Wohlgemuth, violin & viola
• Olga Taimanov, viola​
• Marina Lupinacci, piano

Chamber Music Seminar Masterclass & Workshop Guests*:

• Violin & Viola Masterclasses
  • Allison Fujito (Pittsburgh Symphony)
  • Anna Reider (Cincinnati Symphony)
  • Rachel Stegeman (Duquesne University)
  • Charles Stegeman (Duquesne University)
• ​Cello Masterclass
  • Dr. Carmine Miranda (Belmont University, RLU Records)
  • Dr. Kivie Cahn-Lipman (Youngstown State University, Acronym Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble)​
• ​Chamber Music Masterclass
  
  • Mikhail Istomin (Pittsburgh Symphony)
• ​Jazz Workshop
  
  • ​Dr. Stanley Chepaitis (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
    
• ​Entrepreneurship Workshop
  • ​Lance LaDuke (Carnegie Mellon University)
    

*Guest artists are subject to change.