Welcome to Kammermusik Workshops 2008

Kammermusik Workshops, Inc., is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to providing musical growth for adult musicians through provision of chamber music workshops.

The workshops typically take 20 - 40 players from all over the USA and abroad for a three to seven days of chamber music playing and instruction under the guidance of professional coaches. The players are enthusiasts, but have other lives, too ... nurses, physicians, physicists, computer specialists, lawyers, accountants, engineers, teachers, retired. The standards range from good amateur to professionals who want to broaden their chamber music experience.

In 2008 we are again organizing winter and summer workshops at the beautiful Sunrise Springs Inn and Retreat and we have a new venture - the Fall workshop in Oxford UK.

The Winter Weekend Workshop was held from Sat Feb 16 - Mon Feb 18 2008, ending with a concert on the Monday evening. Two workshops ran in parallel. One was 'Operatic HarmonieMusik' for wind (oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons and contrabasson/double bass), coached by the outstanding bassoonist Dennis Godburn and the wonderful oboist Claudia Giese. The other was the Baroque Workshop, in which the emphasis was on using modern flutes, with cellos and keyboard continuo players. This was coached by baroque flute specialist Carol Redman of Santa Fe Pro Musica and harpsichord specialist Susan Patrick. In addition, Dennis Godburn conducted a Bassoon Masterclass and Claudia Giese conducted an Oboe Masterclass on Friday Feb 15. This workshop is over.

The Summer Workshop will be held from Sun July 13 - Sat July 19 2008, ending with a concert on the Saturday evening. This is an intensive coaching/playing week for flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons and horns, based upon wind quintets, with professional coaches in each instrument. Piano accompanists are also welcome. Registration for the Summer workshop is now open.

The new UK Fall Workshop will be held in Oxford, England from Sun Sept. 28 - Thursday October 2 2008, ending with a concert on the Thursday evening, in the historic college St. Edmund Hall of Oxford University, with coaches from the UK. The music will consist of large ensembles such as the Mozart Gran Partitta and the Strauss large wind works, piano sextets and trios and quartets. Flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons are welcome; piano accompanists will be provided. Registration for the Fall Workshop is now open.

Please help us by shopping for sheet music and accessories from Hickeys Music- an excellent online store, who are a valued sponsor of Kammermusik Workshops.

We also thank ACMP (Associated Chamber Music Players) for valuable sponsorship.

Keith Bowen
President of Kammermusik Workshops, Inc.

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This page updated February 26 2008