Chamber Music Camp

Strengthen your skills and develop your musicianship as you play, polish, and perform great works of chamber music under the guidance of accomplished string, keyboard, and woodwind musicians.

Open to instrumentalists of varied skill levels, this one-week program allows you to explore chamber music through instruction, rehearsal, and performance. A variety of class options provide an enriching and flexible experience to all participants. The program includes:

Lectures & Conversations
Master classes
Participant performances
Large conducted reading ensembles

The program also includes a Chamber Concert Series—daily performances featuring our professional quartet-in-residence and faculty members from leading university music programs.

You can choose to be placed in an ensemble upon arrival, or participate in the program with your existing chamber music group. If you elect to be placed in an ensemble, you will work with faculty coaches on a variety of works for the duration of the week. Existing groups should plan to bring 1-2 works they’d like to refine and receive feedback from our acclaimed faculty.

You’ll emerge with sharpened performance skills and several polished new pieces to add to your repertoire list.

Dates

Aug. 11 - 16, 2025

Registration Fee

$695

On-Campus Lodging

Participants can enjoy 10% off at the Stone Hotel and Cottages.

Large Ensemble Repertoire:

Large Conducted Ensemble I - Beethoven Op. 127 (Henle Edition)

Large Conducted Ensemble II - Haydn Op. 20, Nos. 1 and 4; Florence Price Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint

Large Conducted Ensemble III - Malcolm Arnold's Trevelyan Suite; and Rosetti's Partita No. 11 in D Major B4/II:11 (IMSLP)

Evening Concert Repertoire:

Thalea String Quartet

Monday, August 11, 2025

“Something Golden”

Carrot Revolution, Gabriella Smith

Radha in the Forest, Akshaya Avril Tucker

Something Golden, Andrew Yee

Porcupine Wash, Gabriella Smith

Haydn Op. 33 No. 3

Invoke

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Schickele Piano Quintet No. 1 (1996)

Cary Lewis, piano

Thalea String Quartet

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

“Blueprints & Fantasies”

Purcell Fantasias

Blueprint, Caroline Shaw

Mozart Divertimento

Shostakovich No. 9

Interlochen Chamber Music Camp Faculty

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders! (1895/arr. Hasenöhrl)

Nathan Williams, clarinet
Ryan Reynolds, bassoon
Lauren Hunt, horn
Dan Sender, violin
Tom Knific, double bass

Poulenc Sextour (1932)

Garrett Hudson, flute
Alex Kinmonth, oboe
Nathan Williams, clarinet
Ryan Reynolds, bassoon
Lauren Hunt, horn
Patti Wolf, piano

Brahms Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 (1860)

David Salness, violin
Inés Voglar, violin
DJ Cheek, viola
Pam Fay, viola
Evelyn Elsing, cello
Kacy Clopton, cello

Interlochen Chamber Music Camp Faculty

Friday, August 15, 2025

Saint-Saens Piano Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 41

Daniel Sender, violin
DJ Cheek, viola
Evelyn Elsing, cello
Colette Valentine, piano

Ligeti Six Bagatelles (1953)

Garrett Hudson, flute
Alex Kinmonth, oboe
Nathan Williams, clarinet
Ryan Reynolds, bassoon
Lauren Hunt, horn

Korngold Suite for two violins, cello and piano, Op. 23 (1930)

(mvt. 1-3)

Inés Voglar, violin
Daniel Sender, violin
Kacy Clopton, cello
Qing Jiang, piano

Thalea String Quartet

Saturday, August 16, 2025

“Ever Yours”

Ever Yours Octet, Oswaldo Golijov

Beethoven Op. 135

Valencia, Caroline Shaw

View the repertoire list from previous years.

The schedule for the 2025 Chamber Music Camp will be announced closer to the start of the program. To get a sense of the format, view the schedule from last year below.

See our registration and cancellation policy.

K-12 educators in Michigan can earn 22 SCECH clock hours by attending the Chamber Music Camp.