Categories
soloists & recitals summer festivals teaching viola

mavi wrap up

On Thursday the 20th edition of the Max Aronoff Viola Institute came to a close with an over two hour concert by all of the participants we’ve worked with since Sunday.  Everyone did a great job – it was gratifying to see the growth in the chamber groups, some of which were playing some very difficult contemporary music.  Several players gave some very accomplished solo performances, and the concert concluded with the traditional performance by all of the participants and faculty of the first movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.

It was a great week, and the close of the session was bittersweet.  While MAVI will continue in a different form indefinitely, this was the last year that it would be held as a residential, multi-day camp at Bastyr.  The setting was so perfect for the program, from the one floor dormitory wing, the excellent cafeteria, the many varied classroom spaces, to the acoustical perfection of the chapel.  It was close to Seattle, but isolated enough in St. Edward State Park to provide a sheltered haven away from everyday concerns.  Being away from the normal world for a week and having the opportunity to study and perform in a closed environment gave us a place to try things that stretched us as players and people, and provided a setting in which true personal growth could take place.

It is a place and a time that I will never forget.


Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.

8 replies on “mavi wrap up”

Hi Charles-
Checked out the website for MAVI. I’d be interested in attending for chamber music studies. Violin (!)

hahaha, yes, charles, of course.

the more one see-saws via the c-string being positioned just so, the better!

Comments are closed.