Campfire!

Tonight was (surprise!) another hot and exceptionally humid night - the "perfect" night for a bonfire! We had a good time making smores, singing, and playing with lighted frisbees, especially after a hard day's work. Tomorrow should be an exciting day - the official announcement of Credo winning the Pepsi Challenge, and service day concerts and work projects over a huge radius.
It's hard to believe that our time here is coming to an end - each day is so full, yet the time has flown by. We know that the community that binds us together here will stay vivid even with our coming departure. We look forward to taking Credo with us inside and keeping the flame burning at home. And of course, getting together again at Credo Days, at Credo 2011 (and beyond!) at college auditions, etc. - and making another bonfire (although this one may be more figurative!)

The Final Concerts:

Below you will find a list of who is playing on each of the two final concerts. If you have any questions, please contact our office: office@credochambermusic.org

Friday, July 23rd at 7:00pm (this will be a long one, probably close to 4 hours)

Mozart Oboe Quartet, 1st mvt. (Beckwith, Steinkamp, Doyle, Gardner)
Bartok Arabian Dance (Leman, Oh, E. Ting, Sullivan, Poglitsch, Sun)
Mozart Viola Quinetet K 515, 3rd mvt. (H. Harder, Baker, Claflin, Tomas, H. Kim)
Beethoven Piano Trio, 1st mvt. (Koscho, M. Harder, Pawlak)
Mozart Piano Quartet, 1st mvt. (Kurzbauer, Poesnecker, Stoddard, Granner)
Brahms Viola Quintet, 3rd mvt. (Howerton, Fidler, Miller, Cottrell, D. Ting)
Mozart Clarinet Quintet, 1st mvt. (Stuneck, Grieve, Price, Kevin, Taylor)
Mendelssohn Octet, last mvt. (Camp, Wei, Niekamp, Gieser, Ha, Bice, Carlier, Tsao)
Beethoven Quartet op. 18 no. 1, 1st and last mvts. (Stenzel, Poreh, Stockwell, Wiebe)
Ravel Quartet, 1st and 4th mvts. (O. Cottrell, Engen, Pereboom, Klopfenstein)
Beethoven Quartet op. 18 no.5, 1st mvt. (Yu, Ginn, A. Cottrell, Reed)
Grieg Quartet, 1st mvt . (Rowan, Sonnenberg, Denton, Hymel)
Schubert Cello Quintet, last mvt. (Rinderknecht, Brooks, Andrews, Quanbeck, Hammes)


Saturday, July 24th at 1:30pm

Piano 6 hands (Dean, Granner, Pawlak)
Beethoven Quartet op. 59 no. 1, 1st mvt. (Wang, Bates, Borth, Sauvey)
Debussy Quartet, 1st mvt. (Bauman, Emery, McKay Lodge, Dannelly)
Beethoven Quartet op. 59 no. 3, 3rd and 4th mvts. (O. Cottrell, Klopfenstein, Pereboom, E. Lee)
Brahms C Minor Quartet, 1st mvt. (Mitsuhashi, Johnson, Ness, Vanhoozer)

Intermission

Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Gustav Mahler
Sarah Baldessari, harp

Simple Symphony Benjamin Britten
Boisterous Bouree
Playful Pizzicato
Sentimental Saraband
Frolicsome Finale

Credo Large Ensemble, Peter Slowik, conductor

Speeding Up!

As we accelerate toward a fabulous weekend of concerts, it is amazing to see what this group of students is accomplishing.
Every year at Credo, groups that finish a whole piece in 3 weeks get to play it on "whole piece" informal concerts Thursday night.
Typically about half of the groups achieve this. This year - nearly all of the groups are prepared to join in the fun of performing a whole work for each other! Primed by this experience, and their performances at service projects Thursday, we look forward to (having you here for?) a wonderful weekend of concerts!

Sunday . . . a day of rest . . . and activity!

Sunday morning afforded our students a variety of options for rest and refreshment. "Camp mom" Vicky Slowik brought homemade muffins to the dorm at 7:30 for early risers. Credo students volunteered to play in worship at 5 area churches, while others took the morning to rest. After special Sunday Brunch at Stevenson Hall, our intrepid students split into two groups: One group played an outreach concert in Akron, supporting the establishment of a music program at a local inner city church (ask your kids about "brother Howard!"), while another group went to Linwood Park on the shores of Lake Erie to swim and play an evening concert. Everyone came "home" with a great sense of accomplishment, refreshed and ready for the final push of learning this week.

Wonderful concerts!

Even at 9 AM yesterday, you could feel it was going to be a special day.  Everyone associated with the camp could feel the "buzz" as the students - motivated and inspired by the faculty performance Friday - couldn't wait to show the results of their hard work.  The afternoon performance was astonishing not only for its quality, but also for its quantity - nearly 3 hrs of chamber music prepared in just a week!  The evening concert was more tightly focused time-wise (at about 100 minutes) - was it because an ice cream party was waiting in the "Sky Lounge" in the new Kohl Building of Oberlin Conservatory?  Before singing "grace" at this event, festival director Peter Slowik spoke to the students about the grace they have shown dealing with unusual heat, a water main break,m and  the security incident.  The students have grown and prospered in spite of these sometimes challenging conditions, making great music, forging a tight-knit community, and sharing the Credo spirit with everyone they encounter.

Industry and Inspiration

Inspiration - it comes in many forms at Credo: faculty coachings, fellow students playing a phrase beautifully, applause, a great (or really challenging) lesson..... One of the most obvious sources of inspiration is hearing the faculty perform. Friday night the students were treated to a great display of virtuosity, communication, and control by the Credo Trio, who performed Paart, Wheeler, and Brahms.

Here's something that inspires the faculty - the students' display of industry. Every year at Credo the end of the second week signals the students taking over in terms of pushing their limits. Suddenly the 3 hrs of group rehearsal time a day is not enough, and they are asking us "can we put in an extra hour of rehearsal" here or there. 3 hrs of solo practice is not enough, and students make the trek across campus at 6:45 to practice before breakfast. It's wonderful to see this kind of initiative - it keeps the cycle of inspiration going!

Two Student Concerts this Saturday!

Saturday, July 18th, 2 PM

Beethoven Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1
Wichtl Violin Trio in C
Mozart Oboe Quartet
Schumann Abendleid and Beethoven Scherzo
Oswald Violin Trio
Beethoven Piano Trio
Mendelssohn Octet
Beethoven Quartet, Op. 59 No. 1
Mozart Viola Quintet
Brahms Viola Quintet
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Grieg Quartet


July 18th, 8 PM
Beethoven Quartet Op. 18 No. 5
Ravel Quartet
Mozart G Minor Piano Quartet
Brahms C Major Piano Quartet
Schubert Cello Quintet
Debussy Quartet
Beethoven Op. 59 No. 3