Rhine River Retreat for Baroque Oboists

Chamber music, Oboe Band, Baroque Dance and Reed Making
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Refresh your spirit with music and dance: Escape to the romantic Rhine River for 4 days and 3 nights of Baroque Oboe immersion including Baroque dance instruction, small ensembles, oboe band and reed making.

Rhine River Photo by Alexander Hoernigk under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

27 – 30 October 2021

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Hosted by JK Reed Making

Dates

Begins:   27. October 2021  1pm

Ends:  30. October 2021 6:30pm

Registration Closes on

  1. October 2021

Location

Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. (LmaRP)
Am Heinrichhaus 2
56566 Neuwied-Engers

GERMANY

Baroque Oboists am Rhein

You get

  • Failsafe ways to achieve joy and intense musical expression with Baroque oboes
  • A reliable system for making and adjusting Baroque oboe reeds with confidence
  • Intimate exposure to common Baroque dance forms (you’ll actually dance them!) and how to play them
  • A multidimensional approach to Baroque performance practice (rhythm, harmony, rhetoric, cadences, dance forms, ornaments)
  • Romantic Rhine River scenery
  • The delight of a deep dive together IN PERSON with others who share your enthusiasm

Included in your fee

  • full room & board at LmaRP (Single room, 3 nights, 4 Days, 10 meals) Vollpension
  • 4 coached reed making sessions
  • 4 coached chamber nusic sessions
  • 2 Baroque dance lessons
  • a 1-on-1 oboe lesson
  • collaborative musicians (basso continuo)
  • lifetime membership in the “Sprightly Companions” online community for oboists
  • optional Rhine Cruise

Not included in your fee

Travel to and from the Landesmusikakademie

COVID 19: We are subject to the hygiene rules of the German government and the policies of the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz.

Meet our team

Jeanine Krause Oboeist

Jeanine Krause

Owner/Founder of JK Reed Making, Jeanine Krause is praised as “delightful and so refreshing” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and performs on oboes and recorders with orchestras and as a soloist in North America, Europe, and worldwide.

Artistic Director of oboe band, Symphonie des Dragons (European Division) recently showcased during the International Double Reed Society Virtual Symposium, Jeanine additionally enjoys a lively performing schedule with her small ensemble, The Sprightly Companions.

Jeanine draws inspiration from her colleagues, teachers and mentors  including Matthew Peaceman, Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Stephen Hammer, Michael Niesemann, Marc Schachman, Debra Nagy, Priscilla Herreid and Marcel Ponseele, among many others.

Adam Shapiro, Oboeist

Adam Shapiro

Adam teaches the art of reed making at Cambridge Makers UK and conducts frequent master classes (University of Utah, University of Northern Colorado, University of Illinois and The Band of the Household Cavalry – UK).

A seasoned performer on modern as well as baroque oboe, he has performed with the Houston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and New Jersey Symphony orchestras, as well as with the American Bach Soloists. Adam is also a member of the Seattle 5th Avenue and Village Theater pit orchestras. Adam earned his DMA in Performance Practice from Rutgers University. As a teacher, Adam has been a lecturer at the University of Washington, and maintains an active private studio. He studied with Ray Still, Grover Schlitz, Ronald Roseman  and Stephen Hammer.

Peter Hoffmann Barock Oboe

Peter Hoffmann

Dancing Master, Peter is a freelance lecturer for dance & aesthetics, graduate designer – dancing master, choreographer, event manager, historical dancer from the Middle Ages to Empire / Regency and the Roaring 20s.

For more than 35 years Peter Hoffmann has dedicated himself to the art of historical dance with unforgettable moments burned into memory from such locations as Wiesenthau Castle, Rothenfels Castle, Alteglofsheim Castle and also in Italy:  Cortona, Urbino, Saluzzo, Ferrara and Venice and more. The opportunity to be with friends and colleagues and to convey historical dance, including its palette of experiences and sensations to eager learners serve as Hoffmann’s main motivations for carrying on this art and keeping it alive.

Are you thirsting to make music in person again? Join us!

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The Art of Baroque Dance

Bach enthusiast and oboist, Wolfram Schweickhardt speaks about working with Jeanine Krause

“Definitely do it. It’s great to work with others and you learn a lot by exchanging tips and experiences.”

Are you tired of …

  • virtual music making?
  • playing by yourself?
  • wondering what sort of reed to make for your Baroque oboe?
  • having to choose between easy and beautiful?
  • not knowing what to do next to improve your reeds?
  • feeling anxious about your reeds or your oboe?
  • waiting for opportunities to play with friends and colleagues?

then register now and refresh your spirit!

Oboe Band Photo Credit: Manuel Gutjahr

If you are ready to make fantastic reeds, play in rousing ensembles and dance to live music, all in the Baroque style,

Register Now!

Pricing

Burg Katz und Loreleyfelsen, von Dreiburgenblick bei Patersberg

Rhine River Baroque Oboe Retreat

€ 1497.00 *

*  We’ll refund 20 % if you recommend a colleague or friend who registers and attends.

  • Full room & board (Vollpension) 3 nights, 4 days, 10 meals
  • Administration fee (€ 75) **
  • 4 reed making sessions
  • 4 coached chamber music sessions (further sessions may be organized without a coach)
  • 2 lessons in Baroque Dance with Peter Hoffmann
  • a 1-on-1 coaching session with Jeanine or Adam
  • Rhine River Cruise (subject to change)
  • life-long free access to the “Sprightly Companions” online community platform

**  If for any reason you need to cancel, you will receive a full refund minus the €75 administration fee.

Here’s how it works

WHAT: Our primary goal is the refreshment of the spirit with this in-person Rhine River Baroque Oboe Retreat. Nestled in the Rhine Valley, one of the most beautiful locations on this earth, our retreat has three main points of focus:

  • ensemble work: chamber music, oboe band and important orchestral literature for Baroque oboes
  • reed making skill development and strategies
  • Baroque dance instruction and its application in performance

We will hold this seminar at 415Hz. You are welcome to bring your 392Hz – 442Hz instruments for reed support and 1 on 1 coaching sessions. We cover all aspects of reed making from the tube to the finished reed, with and without machines.

While we will cover specific works in the repertoire (including important orchestral works), we hope you will also bring your own literature.

LANGUAGE: English and German spoken

FOR WHOM: This retreat is optimal for professional, aspiring and amateur oboists who thirst for in-person contact and want to increase their freedom, ease, agility, and intense musical expression with historically informed performance practice on Baroque oboes.

If you are new to Baroque oboe or in need of an instrument, contact us at jk@jeaninekrause.com so we can determine if we can meet your personal needs in the scope of this retreat.

WHEN: 27-30 October 2021

REGISTRATION CLOSES: 20 October 2021

WHERE: On the Rhine River at
Landesmusikakademie Rheinland Pfalz
Am Heinrichhaus 2, 56566 Neuwied

GERMANY

COVID 19: We are subject to the hygiene rules of the German government and the policies of the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz. You will be required to show one of the following

  • proof of vaccination including 2 week waiting period required,
  • proof of recovery
  • a negative COVID 19 test (rapid antigen) no older than 48 hrs.

If you cannot comply, please contact us at jk@jeaninekrause.com.

The daily schedule includes 3 meals, Kaffee & Kuchen, reed making, coaching and oboe band or dancing sessions.

SCHOLARSHIP: Students may be eligible for scholarship to cover coaching and teaching. (Please note, travel, room, board and materials costs are not covered by the scholarship.)

To apply for a scholarship, please submit the following:

  • a resume or curriculum vitae
  • short video demonstrating contrasting performance styles
  • cover letter explaining why this is important to you and what outcome you desire

Scholarship applications due by 30 Sept 2021.

Please send all materials to jk@jeaninekrause.com.

COST: your fee includes  room and board for a single room, 3 nights and 4 days, all meals (including meeting special dietary requirements) , a non-refundable €75 administration fee*, 4 reed making sessions, a 1 on 1 lesson with Adam or Jeanine, 4 coached chamber music sessions, oboe band rehearsal [gratis], 2 Baroque dance lessons, collaborative basso continuo (bassoon or cello and harpsichord), and a lifetime membership in the Sprightly Companions online community portal.

* The administration fee is applied to your retreat payment. If you need to cancel for any reason, you receive a full refund minus the €75  administration fee. 

TRAVEL & TRANSFER: The Landesmusikakademie in Neuwied-Engers is easy to reach using the German train system. Airports: Frankfurt Int’l and Köln/Bonn.

Travel costs are not included in the retreat fee. We do however coordinate carpool transfers so you will be asked if you intend to drive and/or if you would like a ride.

FOR FURTHER QUERIES: contact Jeanine at jk@jeaninekrause.com or Adam at adamoboe1@hotmail.com or schedule a call with us below.

Is the Rhine River Baroque Oboe Retreat right for me?

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Click the button and schedule a brief Zoom call. Tell us who you are and where you are in your Baroque oboe journey. We will find out together whether this workshop is right for you.

Burg Katz und Loreleyfelsen, von Dreiburgenblick bei Patersberg

Rhine River Baroque Oboe Retreat

€ 1497.00 *

*  We’ll refund 20 % if you recommend a colleague or friend who registers and attends.

  • Full room & board (Vollpension) 3 nights, 4 days, 10 meals
  • Administration fee (€ 75) **
  • 4 reed making sessions
  • 4 coached chamber music sessions (further sessions may be organized without a coach)
  • 2 lessons in Baroque Dance with Peter Hoffmann
  • a 1-on-1 coaching session with Jeanine or Adam
  • Rhine River Cruise (subject to change)
  • life-long free access to the “Sprightly Companions” online community platform

**  If for any reason you need to cancel, you will receive a full refund minus the €75 administration fee.