Chamber Music Camp

Why Attend Chamber Music Camp

For more than 60 years, adult musicians have come to Interlochen Center for the Arts to read, play, and polish great works of chamber music together. Join a welcoming community of musicians from around the world to make and listen to a variety of chamber works, build friendships with fellow participants and faculty, and develop your musicianship while absorbing the creative energies of Interlochen's beautiful campus.

What You'll Learn

The program allows you to explore chamber music through instruction and performances with a faculty of leading string, keyboard, and woodwind musicians. A variety of class options provide an enriching and flexible experience to all participants, including daily reading pairings or intensive study. This course includes:

Pedagogy workshops
Master classes
Participant performances
Large conducted reading ensembles

The program also features a Chamber Concert Series, featuring daily performances with our professional artist quartet-in-residence, and notable faculty members from leading university musical instrument performance programs.

For information about the structure of the camp, types of ensembles, the date and time for check-in, times for workshops and master classes, and specific campus information related to Chamber Music Camp, please see the Schedule tab below. The schedule and information are subject to change as we get closer to August.

Course Dates: Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 to Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024
Registration Fee: $695
Registration Deadline: August 5, 2024
On-Campus Lodging: Participants can enjoy 10% off at the Stone Hotel and Cottages. Call 231-276-7570 for reservations or book online.

Adult Chamber Music Camp Theme and Repertoire:

“Choosing Aspirations—Finding Inspiration!”

Personal agency is a valuable commodity that can be exercised more consciously as we move through life’s journey, affecting both the direction and quality of our existence. The theme of the 2024 Adult Chamber Music Camp, Choosing Aspirations—Finding Inspiration, will encourage us to review our (musical) aspirations, some of which may have changed with the passing years, and to discover the joys of inspiration gleaned sometimes from unexpected sources. Through music and dialogue, we can share some individual and collective perspectives about what energizes us to continue to make the powerful commitments we do to the study, preparation, and performance of great, diverse chamber music! This also serves as an occasion to commemorate those special individuals who profoundly influenced our lives and make us who we are.

Large Conducted Ensemble Repertoire:

Large Conducted Reading Ensemble I for Strings (Salness):
String Quartet No. 13 in Bb Major, Opus 130 - Ludwig Van Beethoven (Henle)

Large Conducted Reading Ensemble II for Strings (Voglar):
Six Concertante Quartets Op. 15 - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Large Conducted Reading Ensemble III for Winds (Wind Faculty):
Sinfonietta, Op. 188 - Joachim Raff
Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54 (1910) - Florent Schmitt

String/Wind Chamber Music (Williams):
Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 - Richard Wagner

String/Wind Chamber Music (Knific):
Octet in F Major, D.803 - Franz Schubert

Aeolus Quartet Artists-in-Residence Repertoire:
Program 1: Monday, August 12, 2024

Program 2: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Program 3: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Adult Chamber Music Faculty Repertoire:
Program 1: Thursday, August 15, 2024

Program 2: Friday, August 16, 2024

Click here for past years repertoire

DJ Cheek

Adult Chamber Music Camp - Instructor of Viola

Kacy Clopton

Adult Chamber Music Camp - Instructor of Cello

Evelyn Elsing

Adult Chamber Music Camp - Instructor of Chamber Music

Pamela Fay

Adult Chamber Music Camp - Instructor of Viola

Brook Ferguson

Adult Chamber Music Camp - Instructor of Flute