
Master Class for young string players with the Calder Quartet
High Desert Chamber Music Festival (Bend, OR)

February 13, 2020
High Desert Chamber Music and OR-ASTA are co-sponsoring a master class with the renowned Calder String Quartet on Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 5:00-7:00pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon in Bend, Oregon.
Performers on any of the standard bowed string instruments (violin, viola, cello), except double bass, will be selected from the applicant pool. The fee to participate in master class is $50 for students of ASTA members or those who have ASTA student membership.
$100 for students of non-ASTA members.
Audition video: Upload video or link to YouTube of one movement or short piece (8-12 minutes) that student proposes to perform at the Calder Quartet Master Class. Videos must include piano accompaniment (unless work is written for unaccompanied instrument), although accompanist need not be in the frame.
All applicants, regardless of acceptance, will receive complimentary admission to the Calder Quartet's performance at the Tower Theatre in Bend, OR on Friday, February 14, 2020, 8:00pm.
Application deadline is Friday, January 17, 2020.
Applicants will be informed about acceptance by January 24, 2020 and payments for those accepted will be due on February 7, 2020.
Past ORASTA News & Events
About the Calder Quartet:
The Calder Quartet performs a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel and fulfill the composer’s vision. Already the choice of many leading composers to perform their works, the group’s distinctive approach is exemplified by a musical curiosity brought to everything they perform.
Past Events and Announcements
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04/05/2020 - ORASTA Honors Recital and General Meeting
10/05/2019 - 3rd Biennial State Conference with Mr. Simon Fischer and Friends
05/04/2019 - ASTA CAP Event 2019
04/08/2019 - ORASTA Need-Based Scholarship Deadline is April 15th!
03/18/2019 - 2019 ORASTA Scholarship!!
02/13/2019 - Double Bass Master Class with Joseph Conyers, Assistant Principal Bass, The Philadelphia Orchestra
02/11/2019 - Violin Master Class with Michelle Kim, New York Philharmonic Assistant Concertmaster
02/07/2019 - ORASTA Honors Recital and General Meeting
02/03/2019 - The Chorda, Feb. 2019
11/18/2018 - ORASTA 2018 Solo Competition Winners
11/16/2018 - ORASTA 2018 Solo Competition
11/10/2018 - Fall Newsletter
10/19/2018 - Castleman Master Class Tomorrow
10/17/2018 - 2018 ASTA of Oregon Solo Competition
09/24/2018 - ORASTA and ASTA National Upcoming Events and Deadlines
09/17/2018 - Announcing ORASTA Masterclass and Solo Competition
07/07/2018 - OR-ASTA Member of the Month (July 2018)
06/16/2018 - OR-ASTA Member of the Month
05/05/2018 - ASTA CAP Event 2018
05/28/2018 - Announcing Viola Masterclass with Csaba Erdélyi