Baroque Flute & Continuo
Player Boot Camp typical FORMAT:
The format for playing:
- Sunday evening: group playing session
- two playing sessions on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (morning and afternoon)
- one session on Wednesday morning with the afternoon off
- Tuesday evening: "Flute & Continuo Circle Jams"
- Wednesday evening is Boot Camp Orchestra
- Thursday evening: Faculty Recital
- Friday evening: Ensemble Masterclass/Performance
- Saturday morning: Final Morning Class followed by the Class Recital
Schedule:
0900-0945: Warm up; Note of the day; tuning exercises; group playing
0945-1000: Break
1000-1200: Masterclass* / Private mini-Lessons**
1200-1330: Lunch!
1330-1410: Special Topic / Alexander Technique
1410-1420: Break
1420-1500: Special Topic / Alexander Technique
1500-1515: Break
1515-1715: Masterclass* / Special Topic
Janet will conduct small group sessions of Alexander Technique as it applies to playing your respective instruments. Kim will give small group sessions on creating 18th-century ornamentation.
Gus, David, or Ronnee will offer continuo-only sessions on recognizing bass line formulas, what to look for when accompanying, string band, and strings-only masterclasses.
The boot camp culminates in a class recital
Saturday after a morning warm-up. The recital starts at 11:00 AM and
is open to the public. Before a friendly and
supportive audience you will perform music you have worked
on during the week. The recital starts at 11:00 AM so those of you who
need to travel to another time zone will have ample time to get home on
Saturday.
* Masterclass in 20-25 minute increments, each participant
will work with all the faculty during the week.
Expect completely different issues and interpretations
from each teacher. Don't cling to one because it feels
more comfortable. Take them both and make your own
interpretation.
**Ingrid's private mini-lessons will go on concurrently with the
masterclass.
