The TCMS Advanced String Chamber Music Workshop is open to amateur adult and advanced youth string players who have some experience with ensemble playing in orchestras or chamber music ensembles. Participants have the opportunity to:
- Play and rehearse chamber music with other musicians;
- Develop ensemble playing skills, including listening, blending, and balance;
- Learn and perform a selection of repertoire, based on participants’ experience level;
- Receive coaching and feedback from an experienced chamber musician;
- Develop performance techniques and strategies for effective rehearsal and performance preparation;
- Participate in a final performance for friends and family
Workshop Location: Absolute Music – 8175 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89511
The first sessions are devoted to meet and greet among the ensembles and each ensemble will be provided an opportunity to explore several preselected works in preliminary practice sections to determine what work or works or specific skills they would like to concentrate on.
Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio provided coaching for each ensemble on June 3rd and 4th assisted by members of the University of Nevada Reno Nightingale String Quartet. During the following week, participants will practice individually or together and reconvene on June 10 and 11 for additional practice and coaching sessions.
The workshop culminates in a performance by the ensembles, open to family and friends. Lunch and snacks will be provided each day of the workshop.
The workshop performance on June 11 takes place at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd – 357 Clay Street, Reno, NV 89501
Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio
Described as a “violinist who most often takes your breath away” by Gramophone Magazine, Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio enjoys a varied performing and recording career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. Stephanie has performed as a soloist and chamber musician on the foremost stages of the U.S., as well as in Canada, Estonia, Sweden, Ghana, Italy, Peru, Chile and Mexico. In addition to her active performing career, she is devoted to teaching serious string players, many who have won positions in America’s symphony orchestras and universities. Currently Professor of Violin and Viola at the University of Nevada, Reno, and violinist of the Argenta Trio, she was also the founding Artistic Director of Cactus Pear Music Festival, which she established in 1997 while serving as Concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony. Former First Assistant Principal Second Violin of The Cleveland Orchestra under Christoph von Dohnányi, Stephanie toured and recorded internationally with this ensemble for eight seasons. Currently Concertmaster of the Fresno Philharmonic (CA) and the Lancaster Festival (OH) orchestras, and Artistic Director of Chamber Music Reno, Stephanie has a discography of over seventy-five orchestral and chamber music CDs. Fanfare Magazine wrote about her Soaring Solo: Unaccompanied Works for Violin & Viola: “she play[s] with immaculate technique, impeccable intonation, lustrous tone, and emotional warmth.”