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ChamberArtsFest 2008 JULY 21ST - JULY 26TH Schubert / Brahms / Mozart In 2003, William Fitzpatrick founded ChamberArtsFest (CAF) in an effort to bring students and young artists together in the remarkable world of chamber music. Having had the opportunity to perform and train with so many icons of the chamber music world during his youth and throughout his career, Mr. Fitzpatrick feels that it is extremely important to pass along this passion to today’s younger artists, helping them to absorb the collective experiences of ensemble music. From major local concert venues in Orange County to destinations around Europe, CAF has staged incredible concerts across the world. Our artist faculty over the past five years has included: Robert Becker, viola (Principal Viola, Pacific Symphony Orchestra), Myriam Cottin-Rack (Associate Concertmaster, Stockton Symphony, Principal Second, Napa Valley Symphony), William Fitzpatrick, violin (former Director of Chamber Music, American Conservatory in Paris), Peter Marsh, violin/viola (Director of String Chamber Music, USC), Yoko Matsuda, violin (formerly with the Yale and Sequoia String Quartets), and Margaret Parkins, cello (Mojave and Eclipse Trios). From July 21-26, a small group of select students will study and perform some of the greatest compositions in the chamber music repertoire, including Franz Schubert’s C Major Cello Quintet, Johannes Brahms G Major Sextet, and W.A. Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. Mr. Fitzpatrick is joined this year by young artist performers Joseph Mendoes and Gene Wie. Openings are available for students on the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, and clarinet. The week-long festival will include daily rehearsals and coachings, with plenty of one-on-one instruction from the faculty, and culminates with a final concert. Please visit our website at www.emusishare.com for more information. CAF is part of MusiShare, Inc.’s Young Artist Program which provides music students, teachers and enthusiasts with online and onsite environments for learning, sharing and promoting ideas which enhance their musical capabilities. MusiShare is a member of ASCAP, Chamber Music America and NAMM. Daily Schedule 10:00am-12:00pm Rehearsal Session I 10:00am-12:00pm Rehearsals Tuition The cost of ChamberArtFest 2008 for each full participant is four hundred dollars ($400.00). This includes all rehearsals and coachings with faculty members as well as a daily lunch. Scholarship Assistance We are able to give limited financial help to students that require it. Please contact our program manager directly for more information. Citizenship All participants in CAF 2008 are expected to adhere to professional standards of conduct and preparation. Contact For artistic/program and organization support questions: William Fitzpatrick, Director For applications, financial assistance, and schedule questions: Gene Wie, Program Manager Please mail completed applications to: Faculty Bios WILLIAM FITZPATRICK, violinist and conductor, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he studied with Ms Dorothy Delay and was an assistant to both Robert Mann and Claus Adam of the Juilliard String Quartet. Prior to his studies at the Juilliard School he was the student of Stephen Clapp at the Blair School of Music in Nashville Tennessee. From Founder and First violinist of the New York String Quartet, to Director of Chamber Music at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France; he has taught and helped develop many of today's leading chamber music performers and ensembles through his work at the Aspen Music Festival, Le Conservatoire Maurice Ravel, “le Conservatoire Americain de Fontainebleau”, the Violin Camp (in France and England), the University of California Irvine and the Juilliard School in New York. He has performed with artists such as Gaby Casadesus, Elliot Fisk, Claude Franck, Itzhak Perlman, Emmanuel Ax, Ron Leonard, Patrice Fontanarosa, Karl Leister, Noel Lee, Guy Deplus, Yoko Matsuda, John Graham, Yair Kless, the French actor Richard Bohringer in venues such as the Aspen Music festival, the “Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris, Salle Gaveau, Salle Pleyel, Kioi Hall, Kyoto Concert Hall, Tsuda Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Alice Tully Hall. Mr. Fitzpatrick’s musical experiences throughout Europe, Japan and the United States, have led him to positions such as Conductor of the Nashville Chamber and Symphony Orchestras to Founder and Conductor of “L’Ensemble des Deux Mondes” in France and collaborations with orchestras such as l’Orchestre Symphonique Francaise and as soloist with The American Symphony Orchestra in New York. William’s premiere performance of Albert Glinsky’s “Rhapsody “ for Violin solo and Orchestra which was choreographed by Leslie-Jane Pessemier in a work called “Flights” for the Joffrey II ballet company toured the work in more than 100 performances all across the U.S., and Hong Kong. He has recorded for Jubal, CRI, Sine Qua Non and Delos record labels and has as well taped for the BBC, FR2, and other cable and network stations throughout the US. He is currently CEO of MusiShare, Inc., a developer of technology-based music education solutions and coordinator of young artist concerts, masterclasses, and chamber music. JOSEPH MENDOES started to play the cello at the age of nine in his local public school music program. He began private lessons at the age of eleven at the request of his music teacher at school, and studied with Doris Savery for the next three years. In High School, he studied at the Colburn School of Performing Arts with Richard Naill, with whom he also began his first lessons in chamber music. He was also a member of the Colburn Chamber Orchestra and the principal cellist of the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra during High School. The next four years he studied privately with Ronald Leonard at the University of Southern California, and studied chamber music with Peter Marsh as a member of the Camden String Quartet. In 2003, the Camden Quartet won the Chamber Music Award at USC, and the following year, they won First Prize in the Peninsula Music Festival Competition. Joseph Mendoes graduated on scholarship from USC with a Bachelor’s degree in Cello Performance in the spring of 2004. In 2008 Joseph Mendoes was selected to participate in the Naumburg International Cello Competition. He is currently on the faculty of The String Program in South Pasadena and he is a member of the San Bernardino Symphony. He continues to study the cello privately with Dr. Richard Naill at the Colburn School. GENE WIE appears internationally as a conductor, chamber musician, and teacher, dividing his time equally between the classroom and concert stage. His performances on violin, viola, clarinet, and saxophone have taken him across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and he has served as principal clarinet of the South Orange County Chamber Orchestra and concertmaster of the Blackbird Chamber Orchestra. A devoted mentor to many Orange County students, he is recognized for his focus on developing strong fundamental skills in musicians of all ages. His work in education currently includes positions as Orchestra Director at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, Assistant Director of Orchestras at University High School in Irvine, and Music Director of the Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California. In a five-year stint on the faculty of the Orange County High School of the Arts, he lectured an innovative course in music technology that taught students the basics of digital audio editing, sequencing, and copyright law, in addition to conducting the Junior Conservatory String Orchestra, Senior Conservatory Concert Orchestra, teaching Music Appreciation and directing the String Masterclass. During the summer he is part of the music staff of the Viola Workout (Colorado) and has performed with ChamberArtsFest (USA/France) since its inception. His private students include scholarship graduates of programs at Oberlin and UCLA, and current majors at UC Irvine, CSU Long Beach, CSU Fullerton, and San Francisco State. His primary teachers have included William Kennedy, Haroutune Bedelian, and William Fitzpatrick (violin/viola), Amanda Walker (clarinet), and Stephen Tucker (conducting). A former software engineer turned musician, Gene earned B.S. Information and Computer Science and M.F.A. Music degrees from the University of California at Irvine.
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Left to right: Mason Yu, Rachel Kim, Sean Chung, Wesley Yu perform 1st movement of Debussy Quartet in a Master Class with 
