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Location:
All events of the conference take place in the air-conditioned Performing Arts Center on the
campus of Minnesota State Mankato. Housing is in a nearby dormitory.
Musical Activities:
Large and small string ensembles are included in the activities of the conference: by audition,
the conferees are divided into the two large ensembles as well as into chamber ensembles.
The string orchestras will have a daily schedule of two rehearsals and a sectional rehearsal/techniques class.
In addition, all conferees will also participate in coached Chamber Ensembles and Master Classes on their
instrument. In the evenings there will be both a Faculty Recital and Student Recitals.
Recreation:
A recreation director is yet to be named.
Conference Faculty:
Gerard Jones will conduct the Chamber Orchestra and coach chamber music. Formerly a member of the
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, and the
Director of Orchestras at Duluth East High School for 18 years, Mr. Jones is currently the Director
of Orchestras at Stillwater Area High School, Stillwater Minnesota.
Jennifer Arco will conduct the Youth Symphony and coach chamber music. Ms. Arco has taught at
Owatonna Junior High School for the past four years, conducting the chamber orchestra and coaching
small ensembles. She is also a regular faculty member at the Silver Lake String Camp in Minnesota.
Mary Budd Horozaniecki will teach violin and coach violin sectionals and chamber music. She
presently teaches violin at Augsburg College, Carleton College, and Macalester College, and
concertizes widely as violin soloist with orchestra and in recital. She was the recipient of
the 1993 MNSOTA Master Teacher Award.
Sarah Hersh will teach violin and coach violin sectionals and chamber music. She teaches
string education, violin, and viola and performs as a member of the faculty piano quartet at
the State University of New York at Potsdam. Her doctorate in string education is from the
University of Minnesota.
Karen Moon will be Chamber Music Coordinator for the conference. Ms. Moon, an honors graduate
of Augsburg College, is a faculty member at the MacPhail Center for the Arts. She is a member
of the Minneapolis Civic Orchestra and is first violinist and founder of the Quartet Spiritoso..
Katherine Wolfe will teach viola and coach viola sectionals and chamber music. She teaches violin,
viola, and chamber music at Oklahoma State University. A Minnesota native, Ms. Wolfe is a graduate
of Indiana University and The Manhattan School, and has concertized in North and South America,
Europe, and the far East.
Harry Dunscombe is Director of the conference, but will also teach cello and chamber music. His
background includes study and performance in the United States, Europe, and South America, and
teaching and conducting in a number of colleges and universities in this country.
Faith Farr will teach cello and coach chamber music. She teaches cello at the MacPhail Center for
the Arts, at Bethel College, and in her home studio. She is also an active free-lance cellist in
the Twin Cities and a founding member of the Minnesota Sinfonia. Her articles on string teaching
have been widely published, and in 1996 she received the MNSOTA Master Teacher Award.
Mark Kausch will teach bass and coach bass sectionals and chamber music. He is a graduate of
St. Olaf College and the Peabody Conservatory. He has performed on the viola da gamba with such
well-known early music ensembles as the Hanover Band of London, the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra,
and, locally, the Lyra Concert and Ex Machina.
Registration Information:
To enable us to make all necessary arrangements, including appropriate music for the various
performing groups, please complete appropriate registration forms (print out from the website)
and return with pre-registration fee of $50.00 (applicable to fee total, but non-refundable) as
early as possible, but no later than June 15. The balance of the fees, including housing and
meal fees must arrive at the Minnesota State Mankato Music Department no later than Monday,
July 17, and no refunds of any kind will be made after this date; this eliminates long registration
lines on Sunday afternoon. Conferees should plan to arrive at 1:00 p.m on Sunday, July 23;
further instructions will be mailed early in July. Conferees will be supervised at all hours by
a corps of counselors who will be housed in the dormitory with them. In turn the counselors will
be responsible to the Director of Recreation. The rules of the conference will be strictly enforced.
Parents of students of driving age who wish to take meals off campus should sign the permission at
the bottom of the application. Please indicate specific roommate requests (if any) with your application.
Scholarship Information:
We are fortunate again this year to have a grant from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council
Which will provide several partial scholarships for students from Minnesota's Region Nine.
Region Nine includes Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, LeSueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, and
Watonwan Counties. Students from other regions should enquire at their schools about
possible scholarship assistance from local music booster organizations.
This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council,
Waseca, from funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature.
Please address applications or any other inquiries to:
Dr. Harry Dunscombe, Director
Upper Midwest String and Chamber Music Conference
202 Performing Arts Center, Minnesota State University
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: (507) 389-1924 Fax: (507) 389-2922
www.mnsu.edu/music
