Meet and Greet
Hi everyone,
Noah and Dominic here!
We’re so excited to start welcoming everyone to this year’s Adamant Piano Camp.
Whether you’re already signed up, seriously considering joining us, or just curious about what the experience is like, we’d love for this thread to be a place to connect, ask questions, and start building excitement for the summer ahead.
Adamant is a really special place. Incredible music-making, lots of practice, inspiring conversations, late-night performances, nature, community, and a chance to fully immerse yourself in music for an extended period of time.
We honestly can’t wait for everything coming up.
A few things we’d love to hear from you:
- What pieces are you currently working on?
- What are you most excited about this summer?
- Have you been to Adamant before?
- Any questions about the experience, schedule, lodging, practicing, repertoire, or anything else?
And even if you just want to say hello and introduce yourself, please do!
We’ll also be sharing updates, announcements, practice inspiration, and more here as we get closer.
Can’t wait to see this year’s community come together!
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Hey Everyone!
I will kick things off:
1. Working on alot of chamber music right now, with some solo stuff too:
Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata, Brahms D minor Violin Sonata, Arthur Foote Piano Trio no.1, Dvorak Dumky Trio, but also some new music like: Saint-Saens 2nd piano concerto, Schumann's Carnaval, and more!
I hope to play some 4 hands/2 piano music with campers this year at Adamant too!
2. Definitely excited to see everyone in person, it is such a cool experience to go from being online, to real life.
3. I have been to Adamant a few times now :)
4. Let us know if you have any questions!
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Hi,
1. I'm working on several things - Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Fauré and Prokofiev.
My incentive to start piano lessons was the introduction of a player piano to the house when I was 5. Once I learned that many of those piano rolls were played by four hands, my love of duets began. i have collected lots of them over the years, 4-hand and 2 piano, and hope to get to play some of the more exotic ones at camp. I'm guessing if I have them scanned for iPad use I won't need to lug paper to Vermont. I'd like to play some of Bolcom's Recuerdos, maybe the playable chunks of Stravinsky's 3 Movements from Petrushka (arr. Victor Babin), and others.
2. I've been playing with local piano groups that meet monthly in San Diego, but a whole week of non-stop piano sounds like a vacation made for me.
3. This will be my first time at Adamant music camp.
4. I am having a hard time knowing what i'll want to work on in lessons this far in advance. If my choice of repertoire changes, can I just update it on the intake form and resubmit? I also didn't see anywhere on the form to list my flight booking info - does that happen closer to the event?
Looking forward to meeting Dominic, Noah & crew this summer! Plus the attendees, of course.
Steve Sanders