WALLFISCH BAND, and Elizabeth Wallfisch presents:

Monte Castello International Masterclass for Strings, 2012

'Music for Italian Lovers'

Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli

MONTE CASTELLO DI VIBIO, UMBRIA, ITALY

17-23 July, 2012 .

Course Leader for Strings:  Elizabeth Wallfisch, baroque violin
Correpetitor: 
Albert-Jan Roelofs harpsichords/organ


The Monte Castello International Masterclass for Strings is a NEW and VERY exciting initiative of the Wallfisch Band.

The masterclasses are set in the most beautiful part of Umbria, South of Perugia, near Todi.

The atmosphere is redolent of the tastes of summer in Italy:

Good wines, music, food, laughter, open-air concerts, golf, swimming, intense masterclasses on great Italian music, companionship and most important of all,

LEARNING.

Students of violin, viola, cello, viola da gamba, double bass/violone, and harpsichord are invited to apply.

Applicants:

Please apply if you have-

Some experience, and a desire to learn, with special attention to the styles of the 18^th Century in Music.

·      Nowadays this is central to any study of an instrument, for a young player to have this knowledge to take into their professional lives.

Our Masterclass aims:

-to stimulate and encourage curiosity  and passion in the discovery of the arts of historically informed performance,

-to foster the international exchange between established artists, fine students and young professionals.

Vivaldi, Corelli

This year, the masterclasses are dedicated to:

Concerti for strings, op 3, op 8, and Sonatas op 2, and Trio Sonatas, by Vivaldi.

Concerti Grossi op 6, Trio Sonatas, op 1,2,3,4, and the Sonatas op 5 by Corelli.

and if there is time, a look at their contemporaries in Venice, and Rome.

Participants will be presenting the result of their work together in a public concert on 22^nd July in Monte Castello di Vibio.

During the week, all participants and staff will give informal open-air presentations of some of the chamber music and solo works studied in the class, in the exquisite piazzas in the village, to the accompaniment of vino, and pizzas!

A kind of jam, er pizza session after work!

Application:See following page

The application deadline is: 31st May 2012

Cost is €400 per student.

·      All Accommodation, Food, etc is provided.

(and we will do our best to arrange one or two scholarships if needed)

Contact:

Please do not hesitate to contact us:
 tel: +44 791 2624 101
Email:  montecastellodivibio@gmail.com

Schedule:

Tuesday July 17th

Students arrive, during the day

19.30 Evening Concert in Teatro by Elizabeth Wallfisch and Albert-Jan Roelofs

21.30 Welcome dinner in local restaurant

Wednesday July 18th

Classes begin, time to be announced:

Free Open-air concert 6.30; vino and pizzas in the piazzas. Art exhibition.

Thursday July 19th

Masterclass 09.30 - 12.30

Masterclass 15.00 - 17.30

Free Open-air concert 6.30; vino and pizzas in the piazzas. Art exhibition.

Friday July 20th

Masterclass 09.30 - 12.30

Masterclass 15.00 - 17.30

Free Open-air concert 6.30; vino and pizzas in the piazzas. Art exhibition.

Saturday July 21st

Masterclass 09.30 - 12.30

Masterclass 15.00 - 17.30

Free Open-air concert 6.30; vino and pizzas in the piazzas. Art exhibition.

Sunday July 22nd

Morning free for sight-seeing

Afternoon rehearsal in the teatro

Orchestral Concert in Teatro at 7.30

·      The public is invited to all classes and rehearsals!

Public rehearsal times can be subject to change!

Please keep checking this website or ask in the festival office closer to the course start. 

Artistic Director:
Elizabeth Wallfisch

Patronage:

Supported by members of the 

Festival Manager:
Dr David Anderson

TRAVEL information:

By Air:

There are four times weekly Ryanair flights from London Stansted to Perugia, which is 30 minute drive away. Cars can be rented there.

But we will arrange to pick musicians up on the flight arriving on Tuesday July 17th morning. Remember to book early  and book in your instrument.

Flights to Rome Fiumicino and Rome Ciampino airports are numerous and a good alternative. 

There is an express train from Fiumicino to Rome Termini, from whence take a train to Terni.There is a service from there on a local line (tickets for sale on train) to Perugia, which stops at Fratta Todina/Monte Castello di Vibio, and we will arrange pick-up. Or if connections don't work, we can pick up from Terni.

NB Remember to stamp your ticket on the platform (yellow stamping machines) or you risk a fine.

If you plan to rent a car, then Pisa and Ancona are alternatives.

By Train:

There are good train services in Italy. From Firenze (and elsewhere) travel to Perugia Ponte San Giovanni, whence there is a local train service towards Terni, which stops at Fratta Todina/Monte Castello di Vibio.

NB Remember to stamp your ticket on the platform (yellow stamping machines) or you risk a fine.

By Car:

From North: come off A1 at the exit for Perugia. After driving past Perugia, head South on the E45 (Rome direction). Come off E45 at the exit before Todi, marked 'Fratta Todina and Monte Castello di V', and head towards Marsciano. (NB dangerous junction for baroque musicians as you come off E45). Turn left immediately after the bridge across the Tiber (Tevere). We will give local instructions from there, depending on who is your host.

From South: A1 North from Rome, come off at Orte exit, and head towardsTerni; exit 3 km before Terni on E45 North towards Perugia. Take the first exit after Todi, marked 'Fratta Todina and Monte Castello di V'. Directions thereafter as above.