2010 Festival Open House

On Saturday, July 24, Music@Menlo welcomes the community to a daylong series of festival events at Menlo School, offering visitors a special opportunity to become a part of the festival’s daily music-making activities. The day begins with a Q & A Coffee at 8:30 a.m. with Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. Open rehearsals—on this day only—and open coachings allow audiences to observe the making of a musical interpretation, as festival artists and Chamber Music Institute students prepare for their upcoming performances. The day’s offerings also include the season’s first master class, with violinist Philip Setzer (11:45 a.m., Martin Family Hall). The evening features the summer’s first Prelude Performance (5:30 p.m.) in Stent Family Hall and Encounter I, “Das Land ohne Musik and the Search for English Musical Identity,” led by R. Larry Todd in Martin Family Hall (7:30 p.m., tickets required). In addition to these events, the Open House gives audiences the opportunity to meet fellow music lovers from the festival community in a dynamic and engaging atmosphere. Between events, visitors may explore the area’s restaurants and charming boutiques or stroll the beautiful Menlo School campus.

Open House Schedule of Events

8:30 a.m.
Q & A Coffee with the Artistic Directors
Martin Family Hall, Menlo School (FREE)
Interact with David Finckel and Wu Han in an informal setting, followed by a coffee reception.

9:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Institute Coachings
Menlo School (FREE)
Music@Menlo’s artist-faculty coaches the Institute’s young musicians in preparation for their upcoming performances.

11:45 a.m.
Café Conversation: Philip Setzer
Martin Family Hall, Menlo School (FREE)
Violinist Philip Setzer discusses the great violinist, conductor, and pedagogue Oscar Shumsky.

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Open Rehearsal
Martin Family Hall, Menlo School (FREE)
Violinist Ani Kavafian, violist Lily Francis, cellist David Finckel, and pianist Wu Han rehearse William Walton’s Piano Quartet.

2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Open Rehearsal
A155, Menlo School (FREE)
Pianist Inon Barnatan and the Miro Quartet rehearse Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet in a minor, op. 84.

5:30 p.m.
Prelude Performance
Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, (FREE)
The artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program perform music by Mendelssohn and Brahms.

7:30 p.m.
Encounter I: Das Land ohne Musik and the
Search for English Musical Identity
Martin Family Hall, Menlo School
Led by R. Larry Todd. (Tickets required)