Musicians converge on Gilbertsville for annual summer-end concert
MORRIS – Magic Mountain Music Farm will be presenting its 19th Festival of Classical Music, Summermusic 2011, featuring The Millenium Strings at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 2-3 at the First Presbyterian Church in Gilbertsville. The concerts will be free to the public.
The concert will feature works by a variety of classical composers played by the students of Magic Mountain Music Farm. Each student will perform one piece with accompaniment by acclaimed pianist Cullan Bryant. According to Director Burton Kaplan, the chance to work with Bryant is extraordinary as he has performed all over the world.
Magic Mountain Music Farm is a practice marathon retreat designed to give students a chance to learn and practice with virtually no distractions, said Kaplan.
“If people can remove distractions, it makes them regular in their work,” said Kaplan. “They can support each other and it makes them more confidant.”
The program has been meeting every year for two weeks culminating with the performance in Gilbertsville. According to Kaplan, the purpose of the seminar is wedding the technique of playing to the ability to express oneself through their music.
“The problem of music is we have to think so much to make the technical connection from the body to the instrument,” said Kaplan. “But we also have to learn expression to make it wonderful.”
Kaplan said that initially the program was designed only for the study of string instruments, but as time has gone on he has opened it up to winds, brass and even percussion. The seminar accepts 12 students at a time and offers three hourly coachings a week with Kaplan, the sole instructor. Kaplan said the most important opportunity for the students is being able to work with and critique each other to improve their skills and expression.
Although the participants are considered students, each of them comes from an already extended history in music. For example, Lynn Kuo is the assistant concertmaster at the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Beatrice Stanley is concertmaster at the Houston Grand Opera. Kaplan said that one of the participants this year has even performed and participated in the seminar 14 times since its inception.
According to Kaplan, the performance has always drawn an excellent crowd and many audience members have mentioned that they come from out of state and wait each year to hear the students play.
“Music says something and the audience understands when something wonderful is happening,” he said.
Kaplan teaches at both the Manhattan School of Music and the Aaron Copeland School of Music in New York City.
For more information about Magic Mountain Music Farm or the concerts in September, contact Kaplan at 263-2304.
The concert will feature works by a variety of classical composers played by the students of Magic Mountain Music Farm. Each student will perform one piece with accompaniment by acclaimed pianist Cullan Bryant. According to Director Burton Kaplan, the chance to work with Bryant is extraordinary as he has performed all over the world.
Magic Mountain Music Farm is a practice marathon retreat designed to give students a chance to learn and practice with virtually no distractions, said Kaplan.
“If people can remove distractions, it makes them regular in their work,” said Kaplan. “They can support each other and it makes them more confidant.”
The program has been meeting every year for two weeks culminating with the performance in Gilbertsville. According to Kaplan, the purpose of the seminar is wedding the technique of playing to the ability to express oneself through their music.
“The problem of music is we have to think so much to make the technical connection from the body to the instrument,” said Kaplan. “But we also have to learn expression to make it wonderful.”
Kaplan said that initially the program was designed only for the study of string instruments, but as time has gone on he has opened it up to winds, brass and even percussion. The seminar accepts 12 students at a time and offers three hourly coachings a week with Kaplan, the sole instructor. Kaplan said the most important opportunity for the students is being able to work with and critique each other to improve their skills and expression.
Although the participants are considered students, each of them comes from an already extended history in music. For example, Lynn Kuo is the assistant concertmaster at the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Beatrice Stanley is concertmaster at the Houston Grand Opera. Kaplan said that one of the participants this year has even performed and participated in the seminar 14 times since its inception.
According to Kaplan, the performance has always drawn an excellent crowd and many audience members have mentioned that they come from out of state and wait each year to hear the students play.
“Music says something and the audience understands when something wonderful is happening,” he said.
Kaplan teaches at both the Manhattan School of Music and the Aaron Copeland School of Music in New York City.
For more information about Magic Mountain Music Farm or the concerts in September, contact Kaplan at 263-2304.
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