July 9-14, August 6-11, August 13-18 2024


Katie Lansdale,  violinist and director

And

Gary Capozziello, teacher of violin, Alexander Technique and meditation

Selah Kwak, assistant director


--SOLO BACH

--TELEMANN FANTASIAS

--20-21st CENTURY MUSIC

--WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Participants should plan to work on any or all of this music. Pick your path! All you need is your music, instrument, and a computer or other device that allows you to participate in an online lesson prior to the start of the workshop.

Open to professional players and teachers, pre-college students, college/grad students, and amateurs. Though there will in-depth exploration of the solo violin works, we also welcome violists, cellists, and bassists.


WHAT WE WILL DO:
We will combine lessons, masterclasses, practice pods, and discussion sessions. The workshop will finish with a concert. In order to participate on the final concert, we ask that any Bach, Telemann, or standard showpiece is memorized by the first day of the workshop.

--- Participants will observe and perform in masterclasses, and have lessons with Katie Lansdale and Gary Capozziello. They also play every day for a small group of other participants at the workshop (“practice pods”).

--- Dr. Capozziello will also incorporate Meditation, Alexander Technique, and audition preparation in his group sessions.

--- During free time, participants are welcome to hike the surrounding area and explore the renowned, on-site historic garden. Meals are communal and the program will offer optional evening group activities.

SCHEDULE
Each workshop lasts Tuesday through Sunday, ending by 6:30 (EST) Sunday. The daily schedule begins at 9 (EST) and ends most days by 5. (**Please note that there are alternate schedules available for those who need a shorter day. Let us know if you are interested.)


TUITION

6 days--- $640 per participant, $175 per auditor.
 
It is recommended that participants attend for 6 days. However, to accommodate those with limited availability, two other options are possible:

4 days----$430 per participant, $120 per auditor.
2 days---$220 per participant, $80 per auditor


Sign up soon if interested---we will limit the size of the group. Spaces will be held on a first-come first-serve basis.


Questions?
Contact assistant director Selah Kwak at s.kwak13@gmail.com or (860) 416-1949 (text).




BIOGRAPHIES

A highly accomplished soloist, chamber musician and teacher, Katie Lansdale has garnered particular acclaim for over a decade for her performances of solo Bach. Invited to present Bach at the Juilliard-Delay Symposium in NYC in 2013, she has frequently done so at summer festivals and teachers’ organizations, including the National Suzuki Conference in Minnesota. She has written about Bach for American String Teachers and Strings magazines. Dr. Lansdale has performed the complete solo Bach cycle over a dozen times in N. and S. America. She teaches at Boston Conservatory, and at the Hartt School (University of Hartford), where she is also member of the resident chamber ensemble, the Lions Gate Trio (www.lionsgatetrio.com).

“This is one of the best recordings out there of this music.”          

                                                                  -- American Record Guide, reviewing Lansdale’s Bach CD
                                                                 (available at Amazon.com)


“In Lansdale’s  hands, the music came alive again and plumbed the soul. A remarkable, magical  evening--one in which the music seemed as it must have when played the very first time, perhaps from  still-damp manuscript paper. It was that revealing.”