Week July 8-15
Week July 15-22
General Information
Orfeo Festival Adult Program/Chamber Music Holiday is a chance for amateur adult musicians to unravel their passion for music by making it with new friends and being surrounded by the enchanting landscape in the Italian Alps. Our program will include adult students of string, piano and woodwind instruments. The event takes place concurrently with the Orfeo Music Festival, allowing participants to interact with distinguished artists and the talented international music students attending and attend their daily concerts. This year pre-formed or newly formed chamber groups will practice compositions by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, or Schubert among others. The coaching will be offered by the distinguished faculty artists of the Orfeo Festival Adult Program/Chamber Music Holiday participants will enjoy busy daily concert schedule and traditional Tyrolean hospitality. At the end of the week participants will reward our audiences with invigorating and inspired music making at the final afternoon concert.
Please request by email Application Form to be mailed to your address.
*HEALTH PROGRAM AT ORFEO MUSIC FESTIVAL – Yoga and Body Mapping classes are offered and open to everyone regardless of age, gender, fitness, flexibility or strength. They offer a combination of physical, breathing, and mental exercises such as visualization and directed awareness. 
Access
Vipiteno/Sterzing is a small alpine village in Northern Italy, located about 20 minutes away from Bressanone city. Please visit Location and Travel page found on the Orfeo Music Festival home page for more travel information.
Age Limit
There is no minimum or maximum age limit for the Orfeo Festival Adult Program/Chamber Music Holiday.
Languages
People in Vipiteno speak both German and Italian while many festival participants speak English. Master classes are usually conducted in English, but the main language during the time of festival is music:)
Repertoire
We always encourage repertoire suggestions from musicians attending the holiday program. These typically fall within classical to early twentieth-century standard repertory works. Every participant will work on a selection of compositions concurrently under supervision and guidance of distinguished Orfeo Festival faculty and will be given about six week notice of the assigned repertoire. At the same time it is recommended that every participant brings additional repertoire for reading sessions with your fellow music friends.
Room and Board
Orfeo Festival Adult Program/Chamber Music Holiday participants are invited to book their rooms by April 1 in the following hotels for their stay:
Vipiteno, Italy
All hotels are centrally located
Wipptalerhof**
http://www.wipptalerhof.it/
(very nice, no elevator)
Hotel Post** (no elevator)
http://www.gasthof-post.it/nfitaliano.htm
Garni Faerbe**
http://www.garni-faerbe.com/it/contatto.htm
(just a couple minutes away from town plaza, garden)
Hotel Mondschein***
http://www.hotelmondschein.it/preise-sommer.phtml
Hotel Lilie****
(elegant small hotel, on vacation until July 8th)
Hotel Lamm***
Fees
Fees from $900 per week for the Music Program and $160 per week for Yoga classes (5 lessons, 75 min. each) are due beginning December 1 (please find more detail in the Application Form) and covers coaching, use of music facilities, lunch (weekdays), concerts and master classes given at the Orfeo Music Festival. Lodging should be arranged independently, please see “Room and Board” section for more information. Fees are not refundable after registration is complete.
Mail all materials to:
Orfeo Music Festival
P. O. Box 66098
Houston, TX 77266, U. S. A.
Activities
Visit the two Orfeo Music Festival concerts that take place every weekday and one or two each weekend
Improve your health, breathing, and flexibility fy joining one of Orfeo Music Festival’s Health Programs (see Health Program page).
Arena di Verona
One of the most famous open air operatic stages. Easy access by train in under 2 hours. Opera fans “Pilgrimages” are possible for participants or companions. (visit www.arena.it for schedule of events)
Daily Schedule
8:00 – breakfast
10:00-12:00 – practice/coaching sessions
2:00-3:00 – lunch
2:00-5:00 – practice/coaching sessions/ observe master classes at the Orfeo Music Festival
5:00-6:00 – afternoon concert in the Festival Academy Hall
Dinner
8:30-10:00 – evening concert
