Musique à Beaumont 2013
Summer Piano Institute - 2 pianos - 4 hands
Master classes, concerts and workshops for piano duos and duets
Visits to historic sites in the Loire Valley
Domaine de Beaumont, Loire Valley (France)
June 22 - July 3, 2013
Jill Timmons, pianist and artistic director
Sylvain Frémaux, executive director
Tuition:
Performing Participant: $2,000
Active Auditor: $1,800
Auditor: $1,700
To access and download the printable pdf brochure, click here.
Performing participants
will receive 2 one-hour coachings during the master class. They will be
featured in a free, public, two-piano and four-hand recital in a historic venue of the Loire Valley.
Active auditors will receive a one-hour coaching during the master class.
Auditors will attend all institute events.
Laureates are designated performers who have achieved outstanding distinction in prior years at Musique à Beaumont. They will be featured in a special public recital.
Included:
all Institute activities, tickets to Institute concerts, 3 group meals
a day, group site visits and transportation, double occupancy room at Domaine de Beaumont, shared bath, kitchen, lounge, outdoor pool, tennis court, wooded park, wireless internet access.
Not included: airfare, roundtrip train transfer between Paris and Mer stations, phone access, optional bike rental.
Musique à Beaumont, a summer piano institute devoted to the piano repertoire for four-hands or two pianos, is situated in the heart of the Val de Loire. Just 90 minutes from Paris by direct train, the institute is housed at the historic Domaine de Beaumont, an 18th-century chateau near the town of Mer. The
Institute regularly features an international faculty in master classes
and workshops, providing the participants with an opportunity to study
and perform this special piano repertoire in a warm and congenial
environment. Whether you are an artist/teacher, student, or music
lover, Musique à Beaumont will capture your interest with historic, pianistic, and pedagogical perspectives for both performers and auditors.
Site of the Institute
All master classes and workshops take place on site at historic Domaine de Beaumont and the City of Mer’s Cercle Laïque. Accommodations are in the country cottages (Gîtes de charme) of Domaine de Beaumont.
The grounds feature an outdoor pool, a tennis court, walking trails,
and bike paths. Beaumont is situated just minutes from the town of Mer
and its diverse commerce. Train access to Mer is only 90 minutes from
Paris. In addition to the week’s musical activities, enjoy several
historic site visits to some of France’s most treasured châteaux,
churches, vineyards, villages, and scenic vistas. UNESCO added the
Loire Valley to its prestigious list of World Heritage Sites, citing
that “it is an exceptional cultural landscape of great beauty,
comprised of historic cities and villages, great architectural
monuments–the Châteaux–and lands that have been cultivated and shaped
by centuries of interaction between local populations and their
physical environment, in particular the Loire itself.”
Dr. Jill Timmons, artistic director
Leading the master classes for Musique à Beaumont
- Artist-in-residence and professor of music, Linfield College, Oregon
- recitals at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, National Gallery of Art,
Chicago –Dame Myra Hess; solo and chamber music throughout Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Chile; National Endowment for the
Arts - National Public Radio – winner, with co-author Sylvain Frémaux,
of the Wilk Prize from USC for Alexandre Tansman: Diary of a Twentieth-Century Composer - national consultant through Artsmentor.
She is a sensitive musician…Her playing is graceful, lyrical, detailed and intimate. —Tim Page, The New York Times
2012 Schedule Overview (subject to change)
- June 22 – Arrival Paris-CDG – Transfer by train from Paris to the Mer station – Shuttle to Domaine de Beaumont – Check in – Opening two-piano recital by Bernard Job & Jill Timmons
- June 23 through June 28 - Daily master classes – Scheduled practice - Workshops - Activities (optional)
- June 29 - Dress rehearsal & Performers’ concert
- June 30 - Activities & visits - Concert: Laureates on Tour
- July 1 – All-day excursion to Château de Fontainebleau
- July 2 - Activities & visits - Fourth of July Closing "Fromage Party"
July 3 – End of Institute - Check out before 10 am - Shuttle to Mer train station
Concert Programs
To Be Announced
Registration
Audition Requirements
• In-person or DVD – two works of contrasting styles
• Application deadline: September 15, 2012 - enrollment limited to 20
• Repertoire for master class (2 works).
For information contact Jill Timmons:
jtimmons@linfield.edu
Send application materials to:
Dr. Jill Timmons
18903 SW Terry Avenue
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
USA
Payment
• by September 15, 2012: $500, non-refundable deposit (with application)
• by March 1, 2013: non-refundable balance
Make checks payable to FranceTours, LLC
For information contact Jill Timmons:
jtimmons@linfield.edu - Tel: (1) 503-883-2407
Event Sponsors & Partners
In France:
Conseil général de Loir-et-Cher
City of Mer
Diocese of Mer
City of Talcy
Les Amis du Château et du Moulin de Talcy
Association St Aignan d'Herbilly
City of Avaray
Agglopolys of Blois
École de Musique de Mer
Crédit Mutuel de Beaugency
Pianos Margueritte
Gîtes de Beaumont
Chambres d'hôtes du Presbytère de Courbouzon
Gilbert Heymes Photography
Yves Rousselet Recording
In the US:
FranceTours, LLC
Artsmentor, LLC