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Photos: Anchorage Chamber Music Festival holds summer program at UAA

A group of students practice during their daily afternoon rehearsal session. Photo by Raye M. White.

The Anchorage Chamber Music Festival held their weeklong Chamber Intensive program from July 27 through Aug. 3. 

Students spent a week in UAA’s Fine Art Building taking master classes and rehearsing for the student concert held at the end of the week. According to Executive Director Pierre Derycz, this year’s Chamber Intensive had 37 students, ages 11 to 34 years old. 

The Chamber Intensive is held in conjunction with a weeklong series of musical concerts hosted by the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival.

David Fung instructs piano students during a rehearsal session. Photo by Raye M. White.
A student practices during group rehearsals. Photo by Raye M. White.
Artistic Director and Cellist Nathaniel Pierce practices with his group of students. Photo by Raye M. White.
A student practices their section of music. Photo by Raye M. White.
Education Director Zachary Spontak assists a student during their group rehearsal. Photo by Raye M. White.
A piano student waits for their moment to practice. Photo by Raye M. White.
Anchorage Chamber Intensive faculty rehearse for their faculty concert. From left to right: Luri Lee, Minchae Kim, Nathaniel Pierce and Hezekiah Leung. Photo by Raye M. White.
Leung plays viola during the faculty rehearsal. Photo by Raye M. White.
Lee plays her violin while rehearsing for the faculty concert. Photo by Raye M. White.