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• About UH Chamber Music Institute

  Date:  July 31 - August 6, 2023 | 9am - 4pm

  Location: University of Houston, Moores School of Music
  3333 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77204  

  Tuition fee: $350 
  (Lunch not provided. Special one-week parking pass available for an additional $35)  

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  Each UH Chamber Music Institute day includes:  

  • Guided rehearsals and intensive coaching sessions with Moores School of Music faculty.  
  • Studio classes for violinists, violists, and cellists that focus on solo repertoire, TMEA audition music, and technique. 
  • “Passion Labs” featuring fascinating special guests, artistic experiments, and inspiring group conversations on topics including:  
    • The Pursuit of Happiness: Enlightenment ideals and the birth of the string quartet  
    • Euphonia: wood, gut, hair, sap, eight arms, 40 fingers, and four curious, creative minds 
    • Communication chemistry, on stage and in studio: experiments in effective communication  
    • Masterclass mingle: acclaimed mariachi master Jose Longoria joins the Institute faculty for a masterclass on showmanship and artistry, mixing Houston’s top mariachi students with the Institute quartets     
  • Social lunch hours with games and trivia, historic recording listening parties, casual performances, and other fun community building activities.  

  The Institute culminates in an exciting final performance, featuring all ensembles alongside our faculty.

• Application Requirements, Submission Instructions, Tuition

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  Pre-formed high school and college student string quartets receive priority placement into this program. Each quartet member must submit an individual application.   

  Individual applicants without a pre-formed quartet will also be considered, but only if there are spaces available for additional ensembles. Applicants without a pre-formed ensemble must submit a video performance with their application, so that we may form ensembles of players with similar levels of experience.

  Tuition and Fees: $350 - Tuition and fees for the complete one-week Institute. (Lunch not provided. Special one-week parking pass available for an additional $35)  

  (Once your application is processed, all accepted participants will be emailed an invoice and any additional information needed. Acceptance emails and invoices with a link to payment will be sent from caa@central.uh.edu within one-week of the registration deadline.) 

  Scholarships are available to a limited number of students. Students may indicate on their application whether they would like to be considered. 

• About Our Faculty

  Eunghee Cho, cello, Professor of Practice at the UH Moores School, has collaborated in chamber music performances with artists such as Midori Goto, Inon Barnatan, David Shifrin, Anthony McGill, Elton John, François Salque, and with members of the Borromeo String Quartet, St. Lawrence String Quartet, and Calder String Quartet. He was awarded top prizes at the Schoenfeld International String Competition (China), Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition (USA), Gustav Mahler Prize Cello Competition (Czech Republic), and AEMC International Chamber Music Competition (Italy). Eunghee is the Artistic Director of the Moores Cello Ensemble, CelloFest Houston, Music for Food Houston, and Mellon Music Festival. For full bio click here.

  Kirsten Yon, violin, Associate Professor of Violin and Head of the String Division at the Moores School, has collaborated in performances with Rohan De Silva, Rodney Friend, Lucie Robert, Emanuel Borok, Norman Fischer, and Desmond Hoebig. Her active solo career includes recital engagements and masterclasses throughout the United States (including Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall), Brazil, Czech Republic, England, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, Germany, France, Iceland, and Norway.  For full bio click here.  

  Mann-Wen Lo, violin, Professor of Practice at the UH Moores School, performs extensively throughout the world in some of the most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Walt Disney Hall, among others.  She has collaborated in concerts with members of world-renowned string quartets such as the Juilliard String Quartet, the Cleveland Quartet, Quatuor Ysaÿe, and the Takacs Quartet, among others. In addition, she has performed with artists such as Glenn Dicterow, Peter Frankl, Roger Tapping, David Shifrin, Margaret Betjer, and Andrew Shulman. For full bio click here. 

  Viola faculty TBD.  

  Evan Leslie, cello and Academy director, is director of the University of Houston’s Community Arts Academy.  As a cellist, Evan has performed with the New York Classical Players, New York Chamber Music Festival, The Grand Teton Music Festival, Da Camera of Houston. He has taught at HSPVA, University of St. Thomas, and UH.  From 2013 – 2020 Evan was Artistic Producer of Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.