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新澳彩开奖结果 students play, plan for Chenango MusicFest

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They hail from northern California, Connecticut, Long Island, and Edmeston, N.Y., but it is here in Hamilton that four 新澳彩开奖结果 juniors will spend a month of their summer vacations, exhibiting their musical talents and performing as interns during the upcoming Chenango MusicFest.

Students Sophia D鈥橝ddio, John McGann, Natalie Reed, and Julie Siaki, appearing as the Chenango Players, will perform in nearly a dozen concerts leading up to and during the music festival, which runs from June 17-20.

新澳彩开奖结果 students practice for their Chenango Players
Natalie Reed, Sophia D鈥橝ddio, John McGann and Julie Siaki (left to right) practice for their upcoming performances. (Photo by Katherine Trainor)

Laura Klugherz, 新澳彩开奖结果 professor of music, founded the Chenango MusicFest in 1997 鈥渢o highlight the town of Hamilton and the natural beauty of 新澳彩开奖结果, and to act as a cultural center for the arts.鈥

Funded by 新澳彩开奖结果, the festival not only brings together musicians from around the world but also serves to unite the university and community. Many of the concerts are held in venues in the village of Hamilton.

Klugherz, who has taught at 新澳彩开奖结果 for 16 years, offers the internships to her students each year to give them a taste of the world of the arts, for it simultaneously gives them the opportunity to study with professional artists and learn how to plan and coordinate events.

D鈥橝ddio, McGann, and Saiki are participating in the four-week paid internship for their second year; this is Reed鈥檚 first time.

鈥淐hamber music hones every type of skill you can imagine diplomatic skills, leadership, and presentation skills. This internship is a great way for these students to dip into the arts world completely for a month, without having the pressures of school surrounding them,鈥 said Klugherz.

In addition to the daily three-hour study sessions of chamber music that the students take part in every morning, D鈥橝ddio, McGann, Reed and Siaki spend their afternoons planning and advertising the festival. They also perform during lunchtimes and at the Saturday Farmer鈥檚 Market on the village green, and at 鈥減orch concerts鈥 in the village.

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鈥淲ith the MusicFest, we have a lot more interaction with the town than we do during the school year, and it鈥檚 really a close community for us as students and as members of the village,鈥 said D鈥橝ddio, who plays the viola and violin.

Coupled with the 10 concerts that the students will give is an opportunity to be coached by the visiting artists in classes held both at 新澳彩开奖结果 and in the village, where the public is invited to watch. The students study repertoire that is similar in style to that of the professionals.

鈥淭his is a great musical experience,鈥 said cello-player McGann. 鈥淲e have fantastic artists come to teach us and coach us and they have a lot to give us. We really learn a lot from them.鈥

At a recent practice, the four students were busy going through their musical paces.  They each said they weren鈥檛 planning to pursue music as a career after graduation, but they all agreed that music would always be a big part of the lives. Throughout the school year, they perform several concerts with the 23 other students in the 新澳彩开奖结果 Chamber Players.

Klugherz is excited by the opportunity the festival offers the four interns, visiting performers, and those who will attend this summer鈥檚 event, which has the theme of  鈥淪erenades of Summer.鈥

In addition to the concerts in popular, classical and world music, there are a number of other festival events, such as puppet shows, a chicken barbecue, summer sweets contest, and a ballroom dance exhibition and dance party, to name a few.

鈥淓very year we have people coming from Boston and New York City, as well as from California, Tennessee, Florida, and Mexico to enjoy the MusicFest,鈥 said Klugherz. 鈥淚t has become a fixture of the town life here and has made a sparkling mark on the world of summer music festivals.鈥


Katherine Trainor
Office of University Communications
315.228.7417