Name: Instrument:
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Alternate Phone: Fax:
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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.
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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! We will provide housing and meals at the low Festival rate (see section labeled “Charges” for a cost breakdown).
Guest 1 name: Relationship:
Guest 2 name: Relationship:
Additional Guests: Will you ever need a babysitter while attending the Festival? We can help make necessary arrangements.
Note: All guests and family members are most welcome to join us on Festival activities and excursions.
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.
Upon acceptance to AlpenKammerMusik, you will be asked to fill out a liability form confirming that you have read and agree with this statement.
Charges
The tuition fee for the AlpenKammerMusik Festival for full participants is €880 each, which includes lessons, chamber music coachings, and access to all Festival concerts, classes, and other events. For auditors, the fee is €400 , 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. Application tuition fee does NOT include lunch and dinner.
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 20 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. Upon acceptance to the festival, we will provide you a list of hotels/pensions from which to select from to make reservations.
The Festival has reserved two complete four-star Gasthofs in Liesing with views overlooking the valley and private baths for each room. Priority for rooms with views will be given on a first come, first served basis. Should these two Gasthofs be filled, we cannot guarantee private baths for attendees and guests in other Gasthofs, so we recommend that you book early.
If you would like to bring your family, Ferienwohnungs (vacation apartments) are available, and include private baths and kitchens. Markets for all basic shopping needs are within easy reach. Please contact us for rates, as these apartments vary in price.
Transportation:
The Festival will arrange round trip transportation to and from Liesing and a city yet to be announced on Monday, August 9th for a fee of €130 (round-trip) per person. You will be met at the airport, and a bus will leave at 3 PM for the 3-4 hour ride to Liesing. This bus will also return on Saturday the 21st, leaving Liesing at 8 AM and arriving at the airport by noon at the latest. Should you wish to take advantage of our bus, please ensure that your flight arrives by 2 PM at the latest, and that your flight on Saturday leaves no earlier than 3 PM. The choice of airport will be announced before the end of 2009 and will most likely include either Venice, Salzburg or Munich.
There are airports closer to Liesing than Venice, including Salzburg, Klagenfurt, and Trieste. Please be advised that should you wish to fly into one of these airports, the Festival cannot arrange transportation for you and recommends that you rent a car. In Italy and Austria, people drive on the right side of the road.
Do you plan on renting a car during the festival?
Optional Activities
Below are descriptions of additional activities that we may offer over the summer, depending on interest. Please put a check mark next to any you might wish to engage in:
Day Trip to Wörthersee: Brahms and Mahler both spent several summers at this Alpine lake, a couple hours’ drive from Liesing. We will plan a day trip to visit the Mahler museum (the Brahms museum is currently closed), visit places where both composers lived and worked, and enjoy the beautiful scenery. We would leave Liesing mid-morning and return in time for dinner. (Note: additional charge applies if you use transportation arranged by the Festival.) Guided Hikes: The mountains around Liesing are stunningly beautiful, and everyone is encouraged to wander through them. Guided hikes are available for walks in the vicinity of Liesing. (Small fee for the guide Swimming Pool: The Kultursaal is part of a complex that includes a restaurant, spa, swimming pool, sauna, and playground. If you would like to take advantage of any of these, we can arrange a group rate. (Small fee)
Meal Plan: Do you want to sign up for the €220 meal plan (lunch & dinner every day of the festival)?
Note: Meal plan is non-refundable after July 1, 2010.
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 recent chamber music experience. Do you have a regular group? How often do you rehearse? Have you performed in any concerts recently?
Your Level: Please list chamber works you have played with little technical difficulty recently.
Please list solo works you have played with little technical difficulty recently.
Our sponsor, the Amateur Chamber Music Players, Inc., uses a system of self-grading. You can find it at the website www.acmp.net , and then click on "Grade Yourself" on the left side menu. How would you grade yourself?
Please describe the musical experience you would like to have at Alpenkammermusik festival. For example, you might be looking for a focused and intensive chamber music experience, or a more relaxed chamber music holiday.
If you are a violinist, would you prefer to play first or second violin?
Requests: Please list works you would like to play, and other participants with whom you would like to work. Bear in mind that we will do our best to accommodate your wishes, but can’t guarantee them.
Optional Additional Materials: If you have a recent recording of yourself, please send a copy of the recording to the festival mailing address. If you have an mp3 file of your recording or some other audio format, please send this file to music@alpenkammermusik.com . This is simply to give us a better idea of your ability so
you can be placed in an appropriate group.
As an application fee, please send a check for $50 made out to Daniel Swartz, our administrator to:
Daniel Swartz
