Dates
Begins: 17. October 2022 14:00
Ends: 22. October 2022 13:30
Registration Closes on
30. September 2022
Location
GERMANY
You get
Included in your fee
Not included in your fee
Travel to and from the Freusburg Castle, Room and Board
COVID 19: We are subject to the hygiene rules of the German government and the policies of the Youth Hostel at Castle Freusburg.
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 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.
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.
Jennifer Harris is a member of the Lautten Compagney Berlin and tours regularly with them through Europe. She is also a member of Hannoversche Hofkapelle, and has regular appearances with Musica Alta Ripa, Ensemble Schirokko, and the Clemencic Consort, among others.
She was University Professor of historical bassoon and reed-making at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna from 2009-2022. She has a particular interest in making and researching historical reeds, and to this effect she has given several reed-making courses, together with Stefan Pantzier. Jennifer Harris studied historical bassoon (from dulcian to romantic) with Christian Beuse (Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin) at the Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen and at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Künste, Frankfurt. Her solo discography includes: “The Bassoon Abroad” (Carus 2014), “The Bassoon in Love”, (ambitus 2017), and “Abscheuliche Tiefe” (ambitus 2019).
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Meet Adam Shapiro
JK interview from 2020 about successful reed making
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Meet Peter Hoffmann
The Art of Baroque Dance
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Meet Jennifer Harris
Sonata III: IV. Spiritoso · The Bassoon in Love ℗ ambitus 2014
* If for any reason you need to cancel, you will receive a full refund minus the €75 administration fee.
Costs for Room & Board at Castle Freusburg are not included in the registration fee.
For reference:
Single Room with all meals = € 57.90 per day (5 days = € 289.50)
Shared Room (2 guests) with all meals = € 49.90 per day (5 days = € 249,50)
WHAT: Our primary goal is the refreshment of the spirit with this in-person Rhine River Baroque Oboe Retreat. Situated between Frankfurt and Cologne in Germany, Castle Freusburg is in a breathtakingly beautiful corner of this earth. Our retreat has three main points of focus:
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 want to increase their freedom, ease, agility, and achieve intense musical expression with historically informed performance practice on Baroque double reeds.
If you are new to Baroque instruments 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: 17-22 October 2022
REGISTRATION CLOSES: 20 September 2022
WHERE:
GERMANY
COVID 19: We are subject to the hygiene rules of the German government and the policies of the Youth Hostel Freusburg.
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:
Scholarship applications due by 15 Sept 2022.
Please send all materials to jk@jeaninekrause.com.
COST: your fee includes a non-refundable €75 administration fee*, 4 reed making sessions, a 1 on 1 lesson with Adam, Jennifer or Jeanine, 4 coached chamber music sessions, oboe band rehearsal [gratis], daily 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.
Costs for Room & Board at Castle Freusburg are not included in the registration fee.
For reference:
Single Room with all meals = € 57.90 per day (5 days = € 289.50)
Shared Room (2 guests) with all meals = € 49.90 per day (5 days = € 249,50)
TRAVEL & TRANSFER: The Freusburg Castle 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.
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.
* If for any reason you need to cancel, you will receive a full refund minus the €75 administration fee.
Costs for Room & Board at Castle Freusburg are not included in the registration fee.
For reference:
Single Room with all meals = € 57.90 per day (5 days = € 289.50)
Shared Room (2 guests) with all meals = € 49.90 per day (5 days = € 249,50)
