Welcome to Duxbury Music Festival
An intensive program for solo and chamber instrumental performance
July 21 – August 2, 2013
Festival's Opening Chamber Concert: Sunday, July 21, 2013
DMF students arrive: Thursday, July 18, 2013 (before 3:00 pm)
DMF students depart: Saturday, August 3, 2013 (before 12 noon)
DMF faculty arrive: Thursday, July 18, 2013 (before 1:00 pm)
DMF faculty depart: Saturday, August 3, 2013 (before 12 noon)
Stephen Deitz
Festival Director
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South Shore Conservatory proudly presents the DUXBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL, an intensive program for solo and chamber instrumental performance, 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 16 day intensive program for the study and performance of solo and chamber repertoire for undergraduate and graduate students and adult professionals. Festival Director, Stephen Deitz, has gathered to this historic and picturesque town a renowned faculty who offer chamber performances, as well as individual instruction and ensemble coaching.
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 lessons and coachings.
The program includes: three 1-hour private lessons, four 1-hour ensemble coachings, 5 student recitals, four faculty concerts, solo and chamber music master classes, solo and chamber ensemble competitions, a Winners Concert, generous practice time, bayside room and board, numerous pool parties and barbecues, a sailing event on Duxbury Bay and excursions to nearby Duxbury Beach.
Audiences are invited to purchase tickets for the Festival's Opening Concert, the four faculty concerts and the Winners Concert. Performances will be held at the Conservatory's Ellison Center for the Arts, the Duxbury Performing Arts Center and in seaside homes or other private venues.
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DMF 2012 Competition Winners
Solo
FIRST PLACE
BARTOK: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA (audio below)
Dahm Huh, viola; Nicholas Dold, piano
SECOND PLACE
RAVEL: JEUX D'EAU (audio below)
Sisi Liu, piano
THIRD PLACE
RAVEL: PIANO CONCERTO IN G MAJOR (audio below)
April Zhi, piano; Nicholas Dold, piano
Chamber Music
FIRST PLACE
FAURÉ: PIANO QUARTET NO. 1, OP. 15 (audio below)
Grace Nakano, violin; Dahm Huh, viola; Carol Anne Bosco, cello; April Zhi Li, piano
SECOND PLACE (TIED)
ARENSKY: PIANO TRIO IN D MINOR, OP. 32
Nathaniel Wolkstein, violin; Chris Miller, cello; Fenella Theodore, piano
BERNSTEIN: PIANO TRIO (audio below)
Marianna Cutright, violin; Justin Page, cello; Sharon Chi, piano
THIRD PLACE
TURINA: PIANO TRIO
Lina Zhao, violin; Carol Anne Bosco, cello; Sweetie Tien, piano
| Excerpts from 2012 Solo and Chamber Music Competition Winners' Concert Recorded live, Friday, July 27, 2012 |
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| BARTOK: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA 3rd mvt. Allegro Vivace Dahm Huh, viola; Nicholas Dold, piano |
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| RAVEL: JEUX D'EAU Sisi Liu, piano |
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| RAVEL: PIANO CONCERTO IN G MAJOR 1st mvt. Allegramente April Zhi, piano; Nicholas Dold, piano |
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| FAURÉ: PIANO QUARTET NO. 1, OP. 15 1st mvt. Allegro molto moderato Grace Nakano, violin; Dahm Huh, viola; Carol Anne Bosco, cello; April Zhi Li, piano |
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| BERNSTEIN: PIANO TRIO 2nd mvt. Tempo di marcia Marianna Cutright, violin; Justin Page, cello; Sharon Chi, piano |
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