North Star Chamber Music Festival and Symposium

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9 a.m.-3 p.m. Daily | June 15-19, 2024

The North Star Chamber Music Festival and Symposium will bring together educators and string & piano players in grade 8 through college along with Concordia student mentors for a week of string orchestra, chamber music, new music reading sessions, and a conducting seminar. Each year, guest educators will serve as speakers on special topics and coach ensembles. Students will be able to play side by side in several settings, culminating in a final chamber music concert.

All events will take place in the Hvidsten Hall of Music, located on the corner of 5th Street and 12th Avenue South in Moorhead.

STUDENT REGISTRATION   EDUCATOR REGISTRATION

Student Activities:

  • Chamber music and string orchestra rehearsals/coachings/performances
  • Solo/chamber music and musicianship workshops and masterclasses
  • Participant/Faculty Recitals
  • Private Lessons
  • Conducting Workshop
  • Composition Workshop

Educator Activities:

  • ASTA Reading Session (date TBA)
  • Chamber music collaborations with Concordia faculty/college student mentors and educator participants
  • Presentations by guest educator faculty
  • Option to attend orchestra rehearsal/chamber coaching/masterclasses/workshops
  • Participant/Faculty recitals

Student Registration Details

  • Cost: $285
    • Final registration deadline: May 15, 2024
  • Placement Audition Repertoire:
    • Strings: Prepare a video recording of a solo excerpt of your choice (2 minutes) and a major and minor scale of the applicant’s choice (violin/viola/cello — 3 octaves; double bass — 2 octaves).
    • Piano: Prepare a video recording of a solo piano composition that best demonstrates your musical and technical talents.
  • Returning students needn’t submit a formal audition, but it would be helpful to see an updated video of your most recent playing for repertoire assignments.

STUDENT REGISTRATION

Educator Registration Details

  • No cost!

EDUCATOR REGISTRATION

Faculty Coaches

Guest Faculty

Professor Emeritus Jane Linde Capistran, violin and viola

Jane Linde Capistran, conductor, violinist, and violist, retired as assistant professor of music at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, in 2019. In addition to conducting the Concordia College Symphonia, she taught violin and viola studio lessons, string methods and pedagogy, music appreciation, and was the Collegiate ASTA Advisor. Prior to her years at Concordia, Capistran was director of orchestras at Fargo South High and taught elementary orchestra in Iowa City, Iowa. A frequent performer of chamber music, Capistran performs in the Lyra Trio and the Dakota Rose String Quartet and is the concertmaster of the NDSU Baroque Festival Orchestra. Capistran is associate conductor and principal second violin of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony. She retired from conducting the Fargo-Moorhead Area Youth Symphony Orchestra in May 2023 and celebrated her retirement with the orchestra performing at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. A native of Moorhead, Capistran studied violin at Concordia College with Isabelle Thompson and Robert Strava while in high school. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education at Bemidji State University and her Master of Arts in Violin Performance at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She resides in Fargo, North Dakota, and continues to teach in a private violin studio. As co-founder of North Star Chamber Music Festival and Symposium, she is excited to return this summer as a guest faculty member.

Shelby Huston, violin

Shelby Huston began playing the violin under the direction of Jim Tengesdal in Minot, North Dakota. She has been playing the violin for 15 years and represents herself as an accomplished musician. She has won awards and star ratings, including several “best in room” awards, at regional and state competitions for her classical playing. Huston received her Bachelor of Music in instrumental music education degree from Concordia in 2021 under the violin instruction of Dr. Sonja Bosca-Harasim. Huston demonstrated her leadership skills and classical musicianship at Concordia, holding the position of concertmaster of The Concordia Orchestra in 2020 and 2021. Continuing her education at Concordia, she received her Master of Music in Music Education degree in 2023. She has been the director of orchestras at West Fargo Horace High School in North Dakota since 2021. Huston was a mentor for young musicians in the North Star Chamber Camp at Concordia in 2018, where she coached a string ensemble. She is an active member of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra and instructs private violin students in her spare time. She is a competitive old-time fiddle player with many accomplishments. From winning the International Peace Gardens Old-Time Fiddle Contest Championship three times to winning the Minnesota State Old-Time Fiddle Championship and several contests in between, Huston has proven herself as a fiddler. She has taught the beginner fiddle class and has been an adjudicator of the Old-Time Fiddle Contest at the International Peace Garden Bluegrass Week since 2022. She has performed her fiddle music at the Norsk Hostfest for several years, one of which included a performance alongside musicians and comedians Williams and Ree. She performs her fiddle music at banquets, annual meetings, and weddings. In the time that permits, Huston volunteers her music at churches and nursing homes in North Dakota.

Contact

Dr. Eduard Teregulov
Assistant Professor, Cello and Double Bass; Director, Symphonia Music
P 218.299. 4414
E eteregul@cord.edu