Wednesday 7th - Sunday 11th June 2023
Coaches
Course name “Baroque Chamber Music”
This course offers individual and chamber music coaching with Marion Treupel Franck (Traverso), Penelope Spencer (Baroque violin and viola), Jakob Rattinger (Viola da Gamba), Christopher Zehrer (Voice), und Ilhae Kim (Corepetition and harpsichord).
The course comprises chamber music with singers as well as French and English consort music for 3-6 gambas. We will be playing at baroque pitch (A 415 Hz).
The course is aimed at modern players who are interested in learning more about baroque music and playing technique, as well as more advanced students and professionals.
Baroque instruments are available for loan, please contact the appropriate teacher in advance.
Registration
Bookings are open until Sunday, 14 May 2023.
Please e-mail penelope.kaempf@icloud.com specifying your name and instrument.
Dates
Wednesday, 7th of June 2023, 18:00 (with dinner) until
Sunday, 11th of June 2023, 13:00 (with lunch).
Location
Bildungshaus Franziskanerinnen, Kloster Armstorf, Dorfener Str. 12, 84427 St. Wolfgang, Bavaria
Tel. +49 8081 3038
E-mail: Bildungshaus-Armstorf@t-online.de
Course fees
320€ (Students 250€), including on-site accomodation and meals.
Impressions
From the first moment at Armstorf, you sense this a very special place. People come here from all over Germany and Austria and even England – but what unities them all is a love for baroque chamber music. The excited anticipation to recreate the sounds of the 17th and 18th centuries – the sense of discovery and passion (that I sometimes miss in my professional encounters!), and the excited chatter in different accents and languages fills the beautiful rooms and gardens of the convent.
At reception the guests pick up their room keys and schedules. Every guest has an individualised schedule where they are assigned to different chamber music groups, gamba consorts and/or orchestra sessions, starting from 9 am and finishing around 9pm. The groups are organised by the teachers well in advance, taking into account any specific repertoire or ensemble wishes. An online portal available up to 6 weeks in advance of the course enables the participants to see their schedules, send any questions or requests to the teachers, download the music and even contact their fellow ensemble members (if wished!) in advance. In between the sessions, there are optional breaks for a walk in the woods, “yoga for musicians” sessions, as well as the wonderful meals, and traditional German “Coffee and Cake” at 3pm!
After the first welcome dinner (served by the wonderful nuns with salads and vegetables from their own garden) and announcements in the Refectory, the first music-making starts with an orchestra session lead by me, a flute ensemble-session with Marion, the gamba consort with Jakob and the lute jam-session with Axel. At about 9:30pm when we have sated our musical appetite for the evening, we all gather together to unwind and chat over glasses of wine or beer on the terrace, overlooking the huge convent garden, and beyond that, the rolling hills and forests of Armstorf and Dorfen.
Dusk finally turns to dark and as we start noticing the darting fireflies the enormous starlit night sky unfolding above us. We gradually drift out of reality and enter into the Armstorf bubble – a Realm where music, friendship and good food and drink are the essence of life – for the next four days!