Summer String Fest

Watch the 2019 Summer String Fest performance in Merkin Hall.

Register before March 1 and save $100 on tuition!

Auditions: April 26 & May 3, 2020

2020 Repertoire
BACH – Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in GM BWV 1048
BARBER – Adagio for Strings
BARTÓK – Romanian Folk Dances
LEROY ANDERSON –  Fiddle-Faddle

Kaufman Music Center's Summer String Fest brings together talented young violinists, violists and cellists each August for an intensive week of music-making, fun and friendship.  All-day sessions feature chamber orchestra or ensemble and sectional group instruction as well as masterclasses, workshops or performances by faculty and guest artists. The week concludes with a final performance featuring all String Fest participants in Merkin Concert Hall. Students will take a field trip to the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center or one of New York's other major cultural institutions.

String Fest is open to intermediate and advanced string players ages 10-18 as well as college-age musicians 18-23. Students are placed in orchestra or ensemble assignments according to age and playing level.

Igal Kesselman, Festival Director
Lynelle Smith, Artistic Coordinator
Evelyne Aiello, Conductor

Harlem Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence

Faculty
Viktor Basis, violin
Yurie Mitsuhashi, violin
Viola Faculty TBA
Yari Bond, cello

Chamber Music Track
For musicians age 16-23 and exceptionally advanced younger performers, we are offering an exciting week of chamber music and chamber orchestra.

Optional: A 50% discount is available for up to 5 individual lessons with Kaufman Music Center's faculty prior to the Festival for all String Fest registered students.  Tuition for the 5-day program includes all coaching, classes, activities and a field trip.  Students are required to bring their own brown bag lunches.

Required Audition Repertoire Junior Advanced

• Bach Concerto in A minor level or above - violin/viola
• Sammartini/Berteau Sonata in G major -cello
• 3 octave scales
• Excerpts from concert repertoire

Required Audition Repertoire Advanced

• 2 contrasting pieces or movements of an advanced concerto
• 3 octave scales and arpeggios
• Excerpts from concert repertoire

Required Audition Repertoire Chamber Music Track (with Advanced Performing Experience)

• Movement of advanced concerto or concert piece
• Movement of unaccompanied Bach
• 3 octave scales
• Excerpts from concert repertoire