The Hampton Roads Chamber Players provide a venue for dedicated and talented young string musicians throughout Hampton Roads to study chamber music and showcase their skills in concert performances. Members are given instruction and encouragement by some of the area's most accomplished professional musicians. Our performers have already achieved distinction in regional, all-state orchestras, national orchestras and in music competitions. We fully expect that many of these talented young musicians will go to top conservatories and will enjoy distinguished performing careers.
The Hampton Roads Chamber Players faculty is comprised of members of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, professional musicians from the Hampton Roads area, and guest artists from other regions of the United States.
For more information about our programs or to make a donation contact Jorge Aguirre at (757) 5379565 or email hrchamberplayers_gmail.com
Welcome to the Hampton Roads Chamber Players, a core of very talented and committed young strings players. Although they are quite young, these musicians have devoted years developing their skills on the most demanding orchestral instruments. They are currently performing the best of the world's chamber music with great skill.
Membership in the Hampton Roads Chamber Players is by audition only. While regular fall season begins in early September, we are always seeking talented musicians to participate in this fine program. It is possible to join us in mid-season. In addition, there will be two week-long summer camps as well as the opportunity to travel abroad with our affiliate organization, Traveling Notes. Entrance into these programs is by separate audition, so call us to arrange for an appointment.
Please call Jorge Aguirre 757-537-9565, or email at hrchamberplayers_gmail.com for more information or to schedule an audition.
About...
The summer program consists of two separate week-long music workshops led by our faculty with additional guest mentors/instructors. Larchmont United Methodist in Norfolk is hosting our summer camp this year. Each week will include private instruction, supervised coaching sessions with daily rehearsals, and masterclasses.
Week 1: June 18-22
Week 2: June 25-29
Schedule...
Parent Meeting Monday at 9:00 am
Monday-Friday: 9:30 - 12 pm Chamber ensembles
12 - 1 pm Lunch
1 - 3:30 pm Sinfonietta
Friday: 7:30 pm Concert
Fees...
One session is $350 and both sessions are $500.
$100 Deposit due at Audition.
Auditions...
Each applicant will be required to play an audition for
placement and will be contacted to schedule an audition.
Please address any questions you may have to
Jorge Aguirre at hrchamberplayers_gmail.com
HRCP Summer Camp Brochure Page 1.pdf
In addition to their year-round program and their annual summer camps, the Hampton Roads Chamber Players also offer an international program with yearly festivals in different parts of the world. These festivals combine music education with cultural enrichment and social responsibility and bring together young musicians from different cultures, thus creating unique opportunities for tremendous artistic and personal growth. For more information, visit
www.travelingnotes.org
Many thanks for your interest and economic support, which were a great motivation for my career as a musician as well as on a personal level. Indeed the interaction among four cultures United States, Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Republic allowed us to know different aspects of life with music as a common ground. It was a marvelous experience. During the Traveling Notes Festival 2009 we all lived and shared with each other in a joyful atmosphere.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am very happy to have been given this opportunity. Thanks to your altruism the festival was a real success.
Elisa Nivón, age 22, Mexico
8 -Rehearsal 6:00- 9:00 pm
15- Rehearsal 6:00- 9:00 pm
22 VSO Showcase
Sandler Hall at 1:30 P.M.
29 Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
5- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
12- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
19- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
26- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
4- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
11- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
18- Concert _ Larchmont 8:00 pm
25- Jorge and Friends 6:00- 9:30 pm
1- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
8- Spring Break
15- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
22- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
29- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
6- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
13- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
20- Rehearsal 6:00- 8:30 pm
27- Concert _ Larchmont
18- 22 Summer Camp Session One
25- 29 Summer Camp Session Two
All rehearsals will take place at GSA "Lakehouse" on ODU's campus. 38th and Powhatan St. in Norfolk
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Jorge Aguirre started his studies as a violinist at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Peru, his native country. Later he received a scholarship to study in Mexico with legendary violinist Henryk Szeryng. Another scholarship took him to study with Miss Dorothy Delay in the Aspen Music Festival and School. His musical curiosity led him to Europe where he performed as a soloist and a chamber player. He also occupied different title chairs in various orchestras, such as the Sinfonietta de Roma in Italy, the Royal Opera of Brussels in Belgium, the Mannheim Opera in Germany, and the Madrid Symphony in Spain where he performed as principal and soloist. He currently lives in the U.S. where he works with the Virginia Symphony and the Virginia Opera. He is the Artistic Director of the Hampton Roads Chamber Players as well as the international project Traveling Notes, of which he is a founding member. He also works as conductor and as professor at various universities in Virginia. In his long career he has had the privilege to play professionally with Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Metha, Lorin Maazel, Itzhak Perlman, Midori, Joshua Bell, Pinchas Zukerman, YoYo Ma, among others.
Anastasia Migliozzi, or Stacey as she is called, is originally from New York. She received her BM from the Juilliard School and MM from The Shepherd School of Music. Stacey has been with the Virginia Symphony/Virginia Opera since 1990. Before that she was a member of the Houston Ballet Orchestra and The Orchestra Symphonica Del'Emiglia Romagna, Parma Italy. Stacey has played with many local arts organizations including Williamsburg Symphonia, Norfolk Chamber Consort, Norfolk Chamber Players, Virginia Arts Festival and the Harbor Quartet. Her major teachers include, William Lincer, Wayne Brooks, Lillian Fuchs, Emanuel Vardi and Carolyn Voigt.
Over the last few years, Simon Lapointe served as concertmaster of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Drummondville Symphony, as well as first violin of the Montclaire String Quartet. He was also Acting Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra. Some of his performances were broadcast by the National Public Radio (NPR) in the United States. He was a prizewinner of many competitions, including the Canadian Music Competition,the Baltimore Music Club and the Trois-Rivieres Symphony. As a soloist, he has played with the Trois-Rivieres, Drummondville and Virginia Symphony. He also collaborated in many chamber music projects and master classes with Leon Fleisher, Pamela Frank and the Juilliard String Quartet. Simon earned his MM at the Peabody Conservatory of Music with Martin Beaver. He also obtained his Diplôme d' Etudes Superieures I at the Trois-Rivieres Conservatory. He currently is Principal Second Violin of the Virginia Symphony. Simon would like to thank the Canimex Foundation for their support through the loan of a 1844 G.F. Pressenda violin and a E. Sartory bow.
Violinist Pavel Ilyashov has been enthusiastically applauded by audiences throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas for his performances as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. The Miami Herald described his playing as a "breathtaking display of virtuosity and rhapsodic expression", while the St Louis Post Dispatch hailed him as "a virtuoso from head to toe".A graduate of Philadelphia's renowned Curtis Institute of Music, Pavel has performed chamber music with Yo Yo Ma, Jaime Laredo, Paquito D'Rivera, and members of the Guarneri, Orion and Emerson String Quartets.Pavel's performances have frequently been heard on the popular radio program Performance Today. A debut CD under the sponsorship of the Buder Charitable Foundation was released to critical acclaim. Other recordings can be heard on the Naxos and Albany record labels.Recent engagement highlights include concerto performances with the Virginia Symphony, a series of recitals at the Caramoor and Bargemusic festivals in New York, and an extensive tour of North and South America featuring a unique program of works written for unaccompanied violin.Pavel is a full time member of the Virginia Symphony and a substitute violinist with the Philadelphia and Chicago Symphony Orchestras.In addition to performing, Pavel is a passionate and dedicated teacher. He has taught masterclasses at numerous festivals throughout the Americas and maintains a small private studio.
Janet Kriner graduated from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music in 1957 and moved to Tidewater shortly thereafter to play with the Feldman String Quartet. She has taught Music History at Hampton Institute, held positions of lecturer and Associate Professor of Cello at William and Mary, ODU, NSU and the Governor MagnetSchool. She joined the Virginia Symphony in 1965 and has been performing for Young Audiences of Virginia since 1957.She is currently Principal cellist with the Virginia Opera and Co-Principal with the Virginia Symphony. She was a soloist with the Virginia Beach Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony and the Bay Youth Orchestra in Norfolk as well as Edinburgh, Scotland.
Beverly Kane Baker, viola, began violin lessons at the age of six with Margaret Davis. While under Ms. Davis's instruction, she traveled to Baltimore to participate in the Suzuki Violin workshop and met the acclaimed Japanese teacher. After two years of study, she advanced to Elizabeth Chapman's studio. As a member of the Chapman Youth Ensemble, Ms. Baker performed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. and at the capital building in Richmond, Virginia. She traveled for two summers to England to participate in the Purbeck Music Festival with the noted Hungarian teacher Kato Havas. During this festival, Ms. Baker performed the Telemann Viola Concerto at the Royal College of Music in London. The following summer, she was voted "Most Outstanding Musicician" and won the concerto competition at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina. During her senior year in highschool, she attended the Juilliard School of Music's pre-college division studying viola with Christine Dethier. In 1979, she received a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from the University of Missouri-Columbia, having studied with Carolyn Kenneson. Ms. Baker performed in master classes with the Beaux Arts Trio, the Tokyo String Quartet and Lillian Fuchs. She also received numerous coachings with Wayne Crouse, former principal violist with the Houston Symphony.In 1983, Ms. Baker joined the Virginia Symphony as a section player. In 1987, she was appointed assistant principal viola. She won the principal position in 1994 and currently holds that position with the
symphony as well as Virginia Opera.
Leslie Rodgers Frittelli, cellist, received her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Philadelphia Musical Academy and Master of Music from Brooklyn College, both in cello performance. Ms. Frittelli's primary teachers include Robert Sylvester, Paul Katz, David Finckel and Lynn Harrell, and chamber music studies with members of the Tokyo, Cleveland and Julliard String Quartets. She has performed as an orchestral member with Aspen Festival Orchestra, Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds, Graz Music Festival, Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra, Scranton-Wilkes Barre Symphony Orchestra, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony and the Virginia Opera, among others. Currently, Ms. Frittelli is Adjunct Associate Professor at Old Dominion University, faculty member of the Governors School for the Arts, maintains a private studio, and participates in numerous performances throughout the area.
Small Ensembles
We have quartets, quintets, and sextets that regularly perform in public concerts, private parties, and corporate sponsored events. Playing in such small groups allows our young musicians to bring their art to a new and much higher level, developing the expertise and confidence to play as soloists.
Sinfonietta
The sinfonietta, allows our entire complement of musicians to perform together. Typically, this means a dozen violins, six violas, six cellos, and one string bass, although the exact numbers vary from one concert to the next. This form of playing enhances each musician's sensitivities to the complexities of solo opportunities in a group performance. In much the same way as excellent jazz, each musician must be intimately aware of what all the other performers are doing from moment to moment.
The Hampton Roads Chamber Players is a not for profit 501 (c)3 organization. Our extended charitable mission is to support underserved young string musicians of low income families in Hampton Roads with tuition scholarships to allow them the opportunity to participate. All event fees contribute to support the growth and development of youth musicians throughout Hampton Roads, Virginia, and help to support our underserved student scholarship fund.
We have been able to support dozens of young musicians with your contribution! Thank you!
Conductors Circle ($500-$999)
Kurt and Victoria Hofelich
Jorge and Sherie Aguirre
Concertmasters Circle ($250-$499)
Sharon McDonald
John Girimont
Principals Circle ($100-$249)
Mr. Kyle Arcand and Dr. Lisa Fore-Arcand
Wendell and Linda Banyay
Sully Callahan
JoAnn Falletta
Jose and Ann Gonzalez
Dr. and Mrs. Grant
Janice Gille In Memory of Doug Gille
Janet McCauly
Mark and Lisa Motter
Trish Nachman
Anthony and Anna Pember
Suzanne and Welby Pugin
Kazuo and Rima Nakamura
Norman Olitsky
Louanne and Stephen Ormsbee
Dr. Jim Schneider Diane Spellberg
Dr. Theresa Whibley
Wylie Williams
Catherine and Keith Wright
Members Circle (under $100)
Mr..and Mrs. Brian Casey
Jon and Charlotte Ebbert
Leo and Madeline DiNardo
Jane Friddell
Carrie Jarvis
Tom and Lee Joly
Virgil and Doris Kocher
Chris Morton
Nancy Minguez
Dan ODonnell
Rita Richardson
Dan and Helen Sonenshine
Colm and Agnieszka Whelan
Eric Taylor
Nancy Wilcox
Barclay Winn
Grants
Norfolk Foundation Community Grant
Allegra Printing
Corporate Donors
Virginia Symphony
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