All music students are welcome to attend the Langley Community Music School's summer workshops.

2010 Pulse Creative and Innovative Chamber Music Program and Festival

July 23 – August 1, 2010

 REGISTRATION FORM

1. Chamber Music - Creative & Innovative Program
Dates: July 23 to August 1
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Cost: Non-Refundable Registration Fee: $35
         LCMS Students: $475 (by June 1)
                                   $495 (after June 1)
         Non LCMS Students: $575 (by June 1)
                                          $595 (after June 1)
         Optional Meals: $55 (provided each day of workshop)
         Auditor Fee: $45/day or $300/10 days
 
Explore creative music making at the 2010 Pulse. With an emphasis on chamber music and piano duet/two piano repertoire, the program provides a multi-faceted musical experience including improvisation, composition and performance. Participants will work in small chamber groups and receive daily coaching on repertoire during the 10 day intensive program as well as in a large ensemble (chamber orchestra). Numerous masterclasses, lectures and discussions will be held as well as Nurturing the Musician presentations. Daily improvisation/composition classes will take place and performance opportunities include a lunchtime recital and a final
concert. Private lessons can also be arranged upon request and for an extra fee.

Pulse is open to a variety of ages and levels:
Junior/Intermediate (Age 10 -12) (Min. Gr. 6 RCM or equivalent.)
Senior (Age 13-18)
Adult (Age 18 and up)

Application Requirements
The program is open to violinists, violists, cellists, pianists, percussionists and wind players.  Applicants must submit an audio sample (CD or DVD) of 2 contrasting works with their application. Note: LCMS students and returning students are not required to submit an audition tape. Pre-formed groups are welcome.

Sample Daily Schedule (subject to change)
9:00 am - 9:45 am               Individual warm up/practice time
10:00 am - 12:00 am           Group rehearsal/chamber coaching/masterclass
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm             Lunch break/concerts
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm               Masterclasses and “Nurturing the Musician” sessions 
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm               Large ensemble rehearsal/improvisation/composition classes
4:30pm - Onwards               Free time/ practice time/other activities
Evenings                            Free time/concerts
 
Faculty
Elizabeth Bergmann, piano
(Bergmann Piano Duo, Land’s End Chamber Ensemble)

Marcel Bergmann, piano, composition, improvisation
(Bergmann Piano Duo, Land’s End Chamber Ensemble)

Francois Houle, clarinet, composition, improvisation
(Turning Point Ensemble)

Joel Stobbe, cello
(LCMS Faculty)

Special Guest Faculty
Rod Thomas Squance, percussion
(University of Calgary)

Jeroen Van Veen, piano
(Van Veen Productions, The Netherlands)

Annette-Barbara Vogel, violin
(University of  Western Ontario, Trio Albonata)

Pacific Rim String Quartet
Li-Ling Liao, violin,
Ruth Huang, violin
Robin Streb, violin
Brian Mix, cello

2. Young Composers Competition
Submission deadline: July 9
Date: July 29
Cost: Level A - Pre-collegiate: $50
         Level B - Collegiate: $75
 
Young composers are invited to participate in the LCMS Young Composers’ Competition as part of PULSE Creative and Innovative Music Program and Festival. Composers will have the opportunity to work with Pulse faculty during an afternoon workshop where their pieces will be performed and critiqued by the ensemble and jury. The winning
compositions will be premiered by the faculty during the festival.
 
Rules and Regulations
- Each composer may submit only one work.
- The submission should consist of one full score and performance parts. The score and parts must be professionally rendered.
- The work may be scored for any two-four instruments from the following list: violin, cello, clarinet, piano, piano duo.
- The duration of the work must be no more than five minutes.
- The submission must be an original, un-commissioned and un-published work with no previous public performance.
- The submitted compositions will be judged by a three member jury comprised of
respected members of the music community, including a member of the Pulse faculty.  
- Following the workshop, a winner will be announced. Cash prizes will be awarded.
- All decisions of the judges are final.    

Pulse Faculty Biographies
Elizabeth Bergmann
Elizabeth has an active performing career and is the recipient of many awards and prizes of international competitions. She performs most regularly with her husband as the Bergmann Piano Duo and with the Land’s End Chamber Ensemble. Recitals and concerts with orchestra have taken them to many parts of the world. Elizabeth is nationally and internationally involved as a lecturer and juror of festivals, workshops and competitions.  Elizabeth is Co-Artistic Director of the Langley Community Music School. 

Marcel Bergmann
Marcel enjoys an active musical career as a performer, composer, improviser and teacher.  A laureate of several international competitions, Marcel  is also internationally active as a clinician, juror, and lecturer and has worked as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach. He has written numerous works for film, theatre and cabaret productions, as well as choral and chamber music. Marcel is Co-Artistic Director of the Langley Community Music School.

Francois Houle
Based in Vancouver, a West Coast Music Award and  Juno Award nominee, François Houle is a leader in the music community and is considered by many to be Canada’s leading exponent of the clarinet. Houle has released more than a dozen recordings of his own music as well as numerous collaborations. Proficient in classical, jazz, new music, improvised music, and world music, he tours extensively, appearing in major music
festivals internationally.

Joel Stobbe
After studying in Augsburg, Germany, Joel Stobbe returned to Canada as a founding member of the Borealis String Quartet (2000-2005).  Joel is currently the principal cellist of the Vancouver Island Symphony, and enjoys an active career giving frequent concerts as soloist and chamber musician.  Joel is the program coordinator for advanced programs

Pulse Special Guest Faculty Biographies
Rod Thomas Squance
Rod is quickly gaining recognition as one of Canada’s most exciting rising musicians. He has performed with international musical greats such as Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project, clarinetist Paquito d’ Rivera, flutist Patrick Gallois, cellist Shauna Rolston, Japanese shakuhachi player Kojiro Umezaki, Korean percussionist Dong-Won Kim and North Indian tabla player Sandeep Das. Rod teaches percussion and world music in the Department of Music at the University of Calgary.

Jeroen Van Veen
Jeroen Van Veen started playing the piano at the age of 7. He studied at the Utrecht Conservatory with Alwin Bär and Håkon Austbö. In 1993 he passed the Performing Artists' Exam. Van Veen has played with orchestras conducted by Howard Williams (Adams), Peter Eötvös (Zimmermann) in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Vienna and Budapest and in the United States with Neal Stulberg (Mozart & Bartok) and Robert Craft (Stravinsky). He has played recitals in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia and the USA.

Annette-Barbara Vogel
Annette has performed throughout Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, the USA and Asia as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, as well as presenting masterclasses in Albania, Canada, Finland, Germany, Haiti, Rumania, Taiwan, and the United States. She has studied with Herman Krebbers, Walter Levin, Henry Meyer, Peter Oundjian, Pieter Daniel, and Dorothy DeLay.  Since January 2004, she holds the position of Professor of Violin at the University of Western Ontario/Canada.

The Pacific Rim String Quartet was formed in September 2007 by four of Vancouver’s top freelance string players. The name was chosen to reflect both the geography of Vancouver and the membership of the group - two of the players are originally from Taiwan, while the other two are from western Canada. The quartet is quickly establishing itself in Vancouver through its own concert series at Pacific Theatre and in performances around the lower mainland.
 
Li-Ling Liao (1st violin) was born in Taiwan and educated in Switzerland and the USA. She has attended the Lucerne Conservatory, Boston Conservatory (B.Mus.), New England Conservatory (M.Mus.), and the University of Maryland (DMA).

Ruth Huang (2nd violin) was also born in Taiwan. She received B.Mus. and M.Mus degrees from UBC, where she studied with Robert Davidovici, Andrew Dawes, and Nancy Di Novo.

Robin Streb (viola) is from Vancouver and studied at the University of Victoria (B.Mus.) and Rice University (M.Mus.) in Houston, TX.

Brian Mix (cello) was educated at UBC (B.Mus., M.Mus.), under professor Eric Wilson. He also attended the University of Ottawa, the National Arts Centre, and the Banff Centre.