Baroque Flute Boot Camp typical FORMAT:
The format for playing:

• Sunday evening: group playing session
• two playing sessions on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (morning and afternoon)
• one session on Wednesday morning with the afternoon off
• Tuesday evening: "Flute & Continuo Circle Jams"
• Wednesday evening is Boot Camp Orchestra
• Thursday evening: Faculty Recital
• Friday evening: Ensemble Masterclass/Performance
• Saturday morning: Final Morning Class followed by the Class Recital

Special Topics in Baroque performance practice will be offered, as well as string ensemble, and the opportunity for bass instruments to accompany bass solos will also be on the menu.

Schedule:
0900-0945: Warm up; Note of the day; tuning exercises; group playing
0945-1000: Break
1000-1200: Masterclass* / Private mini-Lessons**
1200-1330: Lunch!
1330-1410: Special Topic / Alexander Technique
1410-1420: Break
1420-1500: Special Topic / Alexander Technique
1500-1515: Break
1515-1715: Masterclass* / Special Topic

Janet will conduct small group sessions of Alexander Technique as it applies to playing your respective instruments. Kim will give small group sessions on creating 18th-century ornamentation.

Gus and Don will offer sessions on recognizing bass line formulas and cadential ornamentation, and to work with an accompanist.

The boot camp culminates in a class recital Saturday after a morning warm-up. The recital starts at 11:00 AM and is open to the public. Before a friendly and supportive audience you will perform music you have worked on during the week. The recital starts at 11:00 AM so those of you who need to travel to another time zone will have ample time to get home on Saturday.

* Masterclass in 20-25 minute increments, each participant will work with both flute teachers an equal amount of time during the week. Expect completely different issues and interpretations from each teacher. Do not cling to one because it feels more comfortable. Take them both and make your own interpretation.

** The private mini-lessons will go on concurrently with the masterclass. That is, during the masterclasses, individuals will be taken to another room for the private mini-lesson. When your lesson is over, you'll be asked to send in the next person for their mini-lesson.