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Summer Academy, August 1 - August 22, 2010
General Information

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concerts during the Summer Academy
audition and application
  

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Lessons and Concerts

Since 1988 master classes in combination with stage experience form the core of The International Holland Music Sessions (TIHMS).
During the Summer Academy a new generation of soloists is intensively supervised and coached by internationally renowned musicians and pedagogues. Together with the public concerts that take place during the Summer Academy, these activities mark the first step toward a possible invitation to perform in prestigious concert halls around the world.

For more information about concert opportunities, see <Concert Management>.

• Tuition fee includes housing and meals
• New venues for master classes and concerts

 MASTER CLASSES

Solo program for:

 Violin
 Cello
Piano

Internationally renowned musicians and pedagogues will give individual lessons and public master classes (free choice of repertoire).
Each solo class will consist of a maximum of 15 active participants.
Participants may use studios and pianos free of charge.

FACULTY SCHEDULE 2010

Week 1: Sunday August 1 - Saturday August 7
Week 2: Sunday August 8 - Saturday August 14
Week 3: Sunday August 15 - Saturday August 21

Violin:
Week 1 Josef Rissin
Week 2 Krzysztof Wegrzyn
Week 3 David Takeno

Cello:
Week 1 Maria Kliegel
Week 2 Reinhard Latzko
Week 3 Lluis Claret

Piano:
Week 1 Jacques Rouvier
Week 2 Matti Raekallio and Mikhail Voskresensky
Week 3 Klaus Hellwig

ACCOMPANISTS for violin and cello

Mirsa Adami, Jelger Blanken, Gerard Boeters, Inga Dzekster, Yuki Negishi and Sander Sittig.

LESSON/CLASS SCHEDULE

• Individual lessons and public master classes
Monday - Saturday, 10.00-13.00, 14.00-17.00

NEW LOCATIONS SUMMER ACADEMY 2010

The International Holland Music Sessions (founded in 1988) has concentrated most of the venues for the lessons, master classes and concerts right in the centre of the beautiful historic village of Bergen NH, situated only a short distance from the North Sea beaches.

Lessons and master classes will be given at the Berger Scholengemeenschap, a comfortable and modern High School on the edge of the woods of Bergen NH. This will also be the location were lunches will be provided for all participants.

Dinner will be provided in the Parkhotel in Bergen NH.

Parkhotel Bergen NH

Parkhotel Bergen NH. Click image for website.

Concerts will take place at the Ruïnekerk, but also at the Museum Kranenburgh, while public master classes will now be given at the Remonstrantse Kerk, Alkmaar.

As the organisation provides all participants with bed and breakfast at the host family without extra charge, the Summer Academy 2010 offers therefore a complete package of lessons, master classes, housing and meals included in the total fee.

Host families are friends of THIMS who voluntarily offer their hospitality to the participants. Lunch and dinner is provided from Monday till Saturday and on Sunday it can be used with the host family.

BERGEN NH AND ALKMAAR

The Summer Academy takes place in Bergen NH and Alkmaar, in the region Noord-Holland in the Netherlands.

• Ruïnekerk Bergen NH
• Kunstenaarscentrum Bergen NH
• Berger Scholengemeenschap
• Museum Kranenburgh Bergen NH
• Remonstrantse Kerk Alkmaar (nearby city)

(For details, please click on the map)

CONCERTS DURING THE SUMMER ACADEMY

Each active participant during the Summer Academy will perform at one of the following locations:

Alkmaar: Remonstrantse Kerk
Bergen NH: Ruïnekerk
Bergen NH: Museum Kranenburgh

Full recital programs will be shared with a maximum of two performers; concert performances are a factor in the selection procedure for the upcoming International Concert Season (New Masters on Tour).
Concerts take place almost every day and evening between August 1 and August 22, 2010.

AUDITION AND APPLICATION

(for full details see the page <Application and fees>)

Active participation at the Summer Academy:

Applicants for active participation must be between 16 and 27 years of age in the period August 1 - August 22, 2010.

Active participation is available for those musicians who are selected in one of the following two categories:

  1. Those who receive a personal invitation from The International Holland Music Sessions artistic staff.
  2. Those who audition by submitting a recent video tape or DVD.

Applicants who are accepted in the program have the opportunity to participate for the full period of three weeks.

The application form as well as all necessary documents must be received by TIHMS by April 1, 2010.

For those who plan a video audition, video tapes or DVD's must be received by TIHMS by April 1, 2010

Important: All detailed information about application, fees, audition requirements, deadlines etc. can be found on the page <Application and Fees> in this Summer Academy Section of the website.

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