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Alphorn building week 30/2024
Ossingen - Wetter Instrumente Steinerstr. 27, Ossingen, SchweizThe alphorn, which is over three meters long, is milled and turned with the help of CNC milling machines and semi-mechanical special machines and then assembled by hand into a fully functional instrument. The alphorn is in three parts, its basic pitch in F sharp/G flat. The course begins with an individual preparation day by arrangement and continues with six course days in the course workshop in Ossingen.
Midwest Alphorn Retreat
Lowell (MI, USA) - Franciscan Life Process Center 11650 Downes St NE, Lowell, Michigan, USAThe 2024 Midwest Alphorn Retreat will begin at 1:00pm, Wednesday, July 24th at the Franciscan Life Process Center in Lowell, MI (15 miles east of the Grand Rapids Airport). We conclude after brunch on Sunday, July 28th. All meals, housing, group and private lessons, and all retreat activities and materials are included in your fee. Bring your spouse! There are 22 on-campus sleeping spaces available on a first come first served basis. Once housing is filled there are many hotels
Nendaz International Alphorn Festival
Nendaz Nendaz, Wallis, SchweizThe Nendaz International Alphorn Festival is a gathering of players, an official competition, a grand traditional procession, concerts, folk group productions, two country balls and ensemble pieces (with over 150 players). In short: a festival dedicated to folklore.
North American Alphorn Retreat
Utah - Snowbird Ski Resort 9385 S. Snowbird Center Dr., Snowbird, Utah, USAEstablished in 2008, The North American Alphorn Retreat is the oldest and longest running alphorn workshop in North America. This event is immersive, and provides a fantastic opportunity to learn about the alphorn in an idyllic alpine setting. In addition to our top notch instruction, the North American Alphorn Retreat provides group dinners where you will get the opportunity to speak with our instructors outside of the group rehearsal setting. 2024 marks the 17th annual retreat, and we are excited
2nd Alphorn Festival Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide Lenzerheide, SchweizThe Lenzerheide vacation region will once again be the meeting place for alphorn players from near and far. For two days, the focus is on the joy of making music together and camaraderie. We really revive the beautiful tradition of alphorn playing - at the alphorn meeting in Lenzerheide, Graubünden. Workshop in groups (young people, intermediate and advanced), concerts on the mountain and in the valley, evening entertainment for participants and guests, "Rothorn Sunrise" on the Parpaner Rothorn with alphorn
Arosa Alphorn Academy. Traditional, modern and contemporary with Lukas Briggen
Arosa - Hotel Astoria Alteinstrasse 35, Arosa, SchweizCourse for very advanced students as part of the Arosa Music Course Weeks. Lukas Briggen takes over from Balthasar Streiff in 2024. Information based on previous year, update to follow. For many musicians, the alphorn has the significance of a second instrument. The pure tuning and the relative lack of interesting scores have so far limited professionalization. But times are changing: the trend towards a radical expansion of the use of the alphorn has begun. The course takes this fact
Alphorn festival Seebenalp
Flumserberg Flumserberg, SchweizEnjoy the sound of alphorns in a unique atmosphere in the beautiful natural surroundings of the Flumserberg. Alphorn players, flag-wavers and friends meet on the Flumserberg to make music together in a unique setting. Listen to the cozy sounds during an excursion or a hike. An unforgettable highlight is the sound of the entire choir, when up to 100 alphorn players play together. Program in preparation
Instrument making – Alphorn with Heinz Tschiemer at Ballenberg
Kurszentrum Ballenberg Museumsstrasse 96, Hofstetten bei Brienz, SchweizYou will immerse yourself in the traditional craft of instrument making and make your own Bernatone alphorn. You will also learn exciting facts about the history and materials of alphorn making. The parts, some of which are roughly prefabricated, are said, sanded and straightened by hand to form a three-meter-long musical instrument in the basic pitch of F sharp. You will also visit the Bernatone production facility in Habkern during a joint excursion and enjoy an exclusive insight into the
BDP “The mountain is calling” for alphorn players with Berthold Schick
BDB-Musikakademie Staufen Alois-Schnorr-Straße 10, Staufen im Breisgau, DeutschlandThe educational week The mountain calls for alphorn players focuses on making music together in an alphorn ensemble three times a year. For five days, a repertoire is worked on and the basics of alphorn playing - breathing, embouchure, tone formation and intonation - are refreshed and deepened using pieces of different styles. In addition, instrument-specific features are addressed and new literature and impulses for practicing at home are provided. Excursions and concerts in the southern Black Forest region, where
Alphorn Festival Kleinwalsertal 2024
Kleinwalsertal 6992, ÖsterreichA colorful program around the instrument of the mountains inspired alphorn friends throughout Kleinwalsertal. The sounds of the alphorn groups could be heard in various places on the mountain and in the valley as well as on alphorn hikes in the Gemsteltal and Bärgunttal valleys. In alphorn courses & workshops, led by Berthold Schick, experienced alphorn players and beginners who wanted to try their hand at playing the alphorn could expand their skills.
Alphorn course for advanced students with Bruno Zemp
Unesco Biosphäre Entlebuch Sörenberg, SchweizAs an advanced alphorn player, during a course weekend you will expand your alphorn skills, improve your blowing technique and accuracy and devote yourself to playing in a group. Requirements: Advanced alphorn players. The alphorn is played in G flat / F sharp. Aims/content: Participants apply their knowledge of the alphorn, improve their blowing technique and accuracy, focus on music theory and playing in a group. Team: Bruno Zemp (musical director), Lukas Erni, Herrmann Schöpfer and Roger Konrad, alphorn players
Alphorn building week 39/2024
Ossingen - Wetter Instrumente Steinerstr. 27, Ossingen, SchweizThe alphorn, which is over three meters long, is milled and turned with the help of CNC milling machines and semi-mechanical special machines and then assembled by hand into a fully functional instrument. The alphorn is in three parts, its basic pitch in F sharp/G flat. The course begins with an individual preparation day by arrangement and continues with six course days in the course workshop in Ossingen.
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