Welcome to Duxbury Music Festival
An intensive program for piano, violin, cello, flute, bassoon and voice in solo and
chamber instrumental performance - July 15-31, 2009
Opening Orchestra Concert July 10.
Stephen Deitz
Festival Director
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Tickets and Subscriptions now on sale! From the anticipation of the Opening Night Orchestra to the excitement of the Winners Concert, you won’t want to miss a performance! Purchase tickets and subscriptions online today.
Tian Lu dazzled audiences with last year’s winning performance in the Duxbury Music Festival Solo Competition. She returns this year to play Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major with the Evenings Under the Stars Festival Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Palmer, in the Opening Concert on July 10: a performance not to be missed! |
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July 29 Master Class |
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South Shore Conservatory proudly presents the DUXBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL, a solo and chamber music program for piano, violin, cello, flute, bassoon and voice, unique to all of New England.
Founded with the knowledge that music enriches the human spirit and the belief that this enrichment endures in the lives of its participants, the Duxbury Music Festival is located in an idyllic seaside community, thirty-five miles south of Boston and twenty miles north of Cape Cod.
The Duxbury Music Festival is a 17-day intensive program for the study and performance of solo and chamber repertoire for piano, violin, cello, flute, bassoon and voice for undergraduate and post-graduate students and adult professionals. Festival Director, Stephen Deitz, has gathered to this historic and picturesque town a renowned faculty who offer both solo and chamber performances, as well as daily individual instruction and ensemble coaching, and a resident string quartet composed of members of the South Shore Conservatory String Faculty.
Program Highlights

A select group of approximately 20 students will participate in multiple private lessons and intensive ensemble coachings as well as a variety of daily performance opportunities. A generous allocation of time for daily practice ensures that students will have the opportunity to reap the benefits of their individual and ensemble coachings.
The program includes: three 1-hour private lessons, four 1-hour ensemble coachings, numerous student recitals, five faculty concerts, solo and chamber music master classes, solo and chamber ensemble competitions, Winners Concert, generous practice time, bayside room and board, numerous pool parties, a sailing event on Duxbury Bay and excursions to nearby Duxbury Beach.
Audiences are invited to purchase tickets for faculty concerts and the Winners Concert. Performances will be held at the Conservatory’s Ellison Center for the Arts, the Duxbury PerformingsArts Center and in seaside homes.
| Excerpts from the 2008 Solo and Chamber Music Competition Winners Concert |
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| Carnaval Di Vienna by M. Rosenthal/Strauss Yuri Shadrin, piano Second Place Solo Competition |
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| "Steal Me, Sweet Thief", from The Old Maid and the Thief by G. C. Menotti, Beth Grzegorzewski, soprano Fourth Place Solo Competition |
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| Soanta No. 1 in E minor for cello and piano, Op. 38 by J. Brahms Nicholas Dold, piano, Patrick Owen, cello Third Place Solo Competition |
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| Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52, Nos. 6-10 by J. Brahms Shilpa Sharma, Kelly Turpin, Laurent Martin, Adrian Packel, voice; Akiko Yamzaki, Laura Brumbaugh, piano Fourth Place Chamber Competition |
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| Tango by I. Stravinsky/arr. V. Babin Laura Brumbaugh, Karali Hunter, piano First Place Chamber Competition |
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| "Der Hölle Rache", from Die Zauberflöte by W. A. Mozart Natalie Polito, soprano Third Place Solo Competition |
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| Allegro Moderato from Sonata for viola and piano by G. Rochberg Christina Giuca, piano, Philip Rush, viola Second Place Chamber Competition |
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| Etude in the form of a Waltz, Op. 56, No. 6 by C. Saint-Saens Tian Lu, piano, First Place Solo Competition |
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Contact Laura Carleton if you would like to purchace a CD. |
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