March 15, 2:00 p.m.
Odd Fellows Hall, Enterprise OR
105 NE 1st St.
What is chamber music? Chamber music is classical music written to be played without a conductor and with only one player per part. Composers through the centuries have written beautiful music for groups of different sizes for various instruments, sometimes combined with voices. In particular, string players have a huge repertoire of lovely music to challenge their skills.
Through the generosity of a grant from the Associated Chamber Music Players, Wallowa Valley Music Alliance is proud to host a weekend workshop for community players who love chamber music—or want to find out what it’s like. Players have been divided into various small ensembles to prepare their parts ahead of time and will gather March 13-15 at the Community Congregational Church, 303 NE 1st St. in Enterprise, to rehearse and receive coaching.
The workshop will conclude with a concert given by the workshop participants at the Odd Fellows Hall, 105 NE 1st St. in Enterprise. Admission to the concert is free of charge but donations are gratefully accepted.
Dr. James Cook of Boise will be the visiting coach for the weekend. Dr. Cook graduated from high school in Walla Walla, has an undergraduate degree from Whitman College, and holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in piano performance from the Juilliard School and the University of Southern California. He traveled and performed in Europe for several years, returning to teach piano and direct music programs at Willamette University, the University of Wyoming, and Boise State University. Dr. Cook has become an expert in the music of the eighteenth century, studying the repertoire and the performance practices of the music, and performing the music on the harpsichord and clavichord.
Younger players will be coached by Dr. Lisa Robertson. Lisa holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in violin performance, did additional studies in Europe, and was a member of professional orchestras and chamber ensembles in Europe for fifteen years. Lisa has taught violin at Florida State University, the Peter-Cornelius-Conservatory of Mainz (Germany), the University of Iowa, Walla Walla University, Eastern Oregon University, the Viennese Musical Institute of KwangJu (Korea), and in the Playing for Keeps program sponsored by the Oregon East Symphony. She currently teaches privately in Enterprise where she was a founding board member of the Music Alliance.
