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| Pamela Frank in rehearsal with the Evnin Rising Stars |
About the Evnin Rising Stars ~ Support the Evnin Rising Stars ~ 2012 Evnin Rising Stars
About the Evnin Rising Stars Program
The development of emerging artists is an essential part of the mission at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. In 1991, Will Crutchfield gathered young singers together and began producing opera in the Music Room. The following year, then-Artistic Advisor André Previn initiated the Rising Stars Program (now the Evnin Rising Stars) by inviting eight young instrumentalists to join distinguished artists for a week of chamber music activities. Shortly thereafter, Misha Dichter and Peter Oundjian began conducting master classes as part of the annual Summer Music Festival. Through these programs, Caramoor has identified some of the finest musicians of the next generation and helped them cross the threshold from their student years into the early stages of their professional careers. Now in its twenty-first year, the program has been renamed Evnin Rising Stars in honor of Judy Evnin, Chairman Emerita, and is led by Artistic Director Pamela Frank. Ms. Frank searches for young musicians with the talent, personality, and musicality to benefit best from this program, and places them in ensembles for an intense week of rehearsals and coaching sessions. The week culminates in two exciting public performances. This fall, Ms. Frank will be assisted by Distinguished Artists Gary Graffman and Peter Wiley, who will mentor and coach the young musicians and perform with them in the ensembles.
Following their participation in these workshops, the Evnin Rising Stars have been invited to return to Caramoor to give recitals in the Rosen House Music Room and to participate in the Festival. A select few have appeared as soloists with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s during the Festival. These return visits have been fulfilling for all involved and have prompted the question of what to call this ever growing body of Evnin Rising Stars alumni. The answer came in the concluding week of the 1999 Festival, when twenty-four Rising Stars came together under the name Caramoor Virtuosi. The Virtuosi are now the resident ensemble during one week of the Festival every year.
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Supporting the Evnin Rising Stars Program
Caramoor relies on special gifts both to its Endowment and Annual Fund to support the Evnin Rising Stars Program. This unique endeavor is made possible only by contributions from donors who recognize the important work Caramoor is doing to identify and nurture the next generation of artists.
For more information about creating a named Endowment Fund or about giving to the Annual Fund for the Evnin Rising Stars,
please call the Development Department, at 914.232.5035 ext. 261
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