Chamber Music Academy
Orchestral Academy
Program Overview
Sunday, July 21st to Sunday, August 4th, 2024 (departures on Monday August 5th)
The Ameropa is a two-weeks of studies and perform at International Academy of chamber music, fully dedicated to this noble music field.
Program will include chamber music and ensemble rehearsals and public performances live and online.
Participants will be scheduled typically into 3 – 4 chamber groups of various settings. Each ensemble will have by faculty coached rehearsal regularly every second day.
Opening Ceremony
to take place on Sunday, July 21st 2024 at 3 pm in Concert Hall of the GHMS Grammar School and Music School of the Capital City of Prague, Komenského Náměstí 400/9, 130 00 Praha 3
Orchestral Concert
In collaboration with the Filarmonietta Praga, orchestra will perform at the St. Barbora Church in Kutna Hora on Saturday August 3rd
Program: Antonín Dvořák – Mass in D major (“The Lužany Mass)
for soloists, choir and orchestra op.86
(combined with a tour of an important Czech historical town)
Each chamber music ensemble will be assigned a coach, who will either lead them through rehearsals or even play and perform with them during the rehearsals and at concerts.
For students to be successful, it is important to practice their music parts before attending the academy. That way, they will be able to focus on playing as an ensemble and the more artistic aspects of music making.
Price and what is included?
PRICE INCLUDES
- Tuition
- Basic hostel lodging in 2 or 3 bed rooms. A limited number of the single rooms availiable for the surcharge
- Daily breakfasts. Lunches and / or several complimentary group dinners
- Free tickets for all Academy concerts
- Group travel expenses in the Czech republic in case of events organized by Ameropa during the Academy
- Complimentary Prague city transportation pass for entire period of Ameropa
PRICE: Sunday, July 21st – Sunday, August 4th (departure on Monday August 5th)
€ 2000 for active participants
€ 1100 for passive participants
€ 70 registration fee
Participants in the Orchestral Academy will get a chance to play alongside professional Czech musicians, rehearsing and performing professional-level repertoire.
Students will be given the music beforehand and will participate in sectional rehearsals, ensuring that each musician has the same bowing, fingerings, and phrasing.
About the Orchestral Academy
In collaboration with the Filarmonietta Praga, orchestral concert will be held at the St. Barbora Church in Kutna Hora on Saturday August 3rd.
There will be several professional players from the Czech Philharmonic who will lead the sections and offer sectional rehearsals. It provides a fascinating insight for participants who come from other countries to play, perform, and practice Czech and European orchestral music alongside experienced Czech professional musicians.
Orchestral repertory will be studied and performed in the week from Monday July 29th – Saturday August 3rd. It is possible to apply either as a part of the combined study with chamber music Ameropa, or separately.