Online Application for AlpenKammerMusik 2012

Applications will be accepted until the program's maximum is filled, with a closing date of April 15, 2012. We strongly advise early application. Please complete the form below and submit for processing along with audio and/or video recordings. (previous attendees need not submit a recording)

Applications to AlpenKammerMusik sent in by January 31, 2012 will have their application fee waived. After January 31, the application fee is $50.

Notification of acceptence to AlpenKammerMusik will be made between April 15 - 20, 2012.

Name:

Instrument / Voice Type (Fach):

Address:

City:

State/Province:

Zip Code:

Country:

Phone:

Alternate Phone:

Fax:

E-Mail:

How did you learn about AlpenKammerMusik?

Emergency Contact Information: Please give the name of someone we can contact in the event of an emergency during your stay in Austria.

Name:

Relationship:

Phone:

Work:

Mobile:

E-Mail:

Musical Background

Music Education Background: Please describe. Where did you study, for how many years, and with whom?

Practice: How often do you practice, and for how long?

Chamber Music Experience: Please describe your chamber music experience.

Works Performed: Please list solo works you have performed recently.

Expectiations: Please describe the musical experience you would like to have at Alpenkammermusik.

Requests: Please list works you would like to perform.

- singers only: select 5 songs and 1 chamber piece - list of suggested works

Additional Materials: Please send a short recent recording of yourself in either audio or video format to the festival mailing address. We prefer for these materials to be sent by email to music@alpenkammermusik.com. Your application will be considered incomplete without these materials.

Questions For Instrumentalists Only

Would you be interested in playing in a chamber group with a singer?

Yes, place me in a group with a singer	No, I do not want a group with a singer
Leave question blank if you have no preference.

If you are a violinist, would you prefer to play first or second violin?

Charges

The tuition fee for the AlpenKammerMusik Festival for full participants is 1,100 euros each, which includes lessons, coachings, access to all Festival concerts, classes, and other events. For auditors, the fee is €700, which includes access to all classes, concerts, and other events. For guests who do not wish to be observers and not participate in Festival activities, they will need to handle all costs for food and accommodations separately. Upon your acceptance to AlpenKammerMusik, you will be required to wire your remittance to the Festival bank account at Raiffeisenbank in Austria. Unfortunately we cannot accept credit cards, checks or cash at this time. Bank transfer information will be sent to you after your acceptance to AlpenKammerMusik.

Accomodation:

Liesing offers several first-rate quality hotels/pensions where both faculty and festival participants sleep throughout the duration of the festival. Prices vary for each hotel, ranging between 25 and 30 euros per night (breakfast included), meaning that housing accommodations for the festival will total between 200 to 300 euros, depending on which hotel you stay at.

The Festival has reserved several four-star Gasthofs in Liesing with views overlooking the valley and private baths for each room. You will be notified of which hotel you will be staying at one month before the start of the festival. Please do not make separate reservations at any hotel in Liesing.

Transportation:

You will need to arrive in Liesing sometime during the day on Monday, July 30th and leave Sunday, August 12th. The festival will arrange round-trip transportation to and from Liesing and Munich International Airport (Franz Josef Strauss). The bus will depart Munich airport between 2pm and 3pm on Monday, July 30, arriving into Liesing at roughly 8pm. For the return trip back, plan on having your flight leave Munich no earlier than 2pm on Sunday, August 12th, as the bus trip to Munich is at least 4 hours long and will not leave before 7am that day. The cost of the bus trip between Munich and Liesing is 130 euros (65 euros per direction).

Additional Information

Insurance Information: Be aware that AlpenKammerMusik does not provide any kind of health, travel or property (especially for instruments) insurance, and cannot be held liable for any unfortunate events that may occur while you are in attendance. By signing this application, you state that you and your guests will have travel, medical and property insurance arrangements, that your and their insurance providers are aware you will be traveling overseas to this Festival, and that you will not hold AlpenKammerMusik liable for any damages to body or property for the duration of the Festival.

Additional Guests: Please let us know if you additional family members or guests you would like to bring to Liesing. If they would like to be Auditors of the Festival, please fill out a separate Auditor Application Form. We are very happy to accommodate them, and will certainly consider them part of the Festival family!

Guest 1 name:

Relationship:

Guest 2 name:

Relationship:

If your application is sent in after January 31, 2012, an application fee of $50 is due with your application. Please address your check to:

Daniel Swartz (Festival Director)
c/o AlpenKammerMusik
835 Warner Court
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States