2025 Techne Music Festival
June 8th - 12th
2025 Festival Final Concert: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Peter Hall at Moravian College
342 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
2025 Schedule
All events are subject to change
Saturday, June 7th
Pre-arrival check-in if requested
Sunday, June 8th
10:00 - 11:00 Dorm check-in
11:15 Welcome!
11:45 - 12:45 Group A: Stomberg / Group B: Schwarz / Group C, D: Rehearse
12:45 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Rehearse / Group B: Schwarz / Group C: Stomberg / Group D: Browne
3:30 - 4:20 Special Topic
4:30 - 5:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Browne / Group B: Rehearse / Group C: Schwarz / Group D: Stomberg
Monday, June 9th
9:00 - 9:50 Technique Class / Schwarz
10:00 - 11:15 Groups A, B, C: Rehearse / Group D: Schwarz
11:30 - 12:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Schwarz / Group B: Stomberg / Group C: Browne / Group D: Rehearse
12:30 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Rehearse / Group B: Browne / Group C: Stomberg / Group D: Schwarz
3:30 - 4:30 Special Topic
Chamber groups rehearse on their own (optional)
Tuesday, June 10th
9:00 - 9:30 Ensemble warm-up
9:30 - 10:20 Group B: Stepansky / Groups A, C, D rehearse on your own
10:30 - 11:30
Group A: Stepansky / Group B rehearse: / Group C: Stomberg / Group D: Browne
11:30 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Chamber Music Masterclass with Alan Stepansky (Groups C & D)
2:30 Q & A with Alan Stepansky
5:00 - 7:00 Practice performance run
Wednesday, June 11th
9:00 - 9:30 Ensemble warm-up
9:30 - 11:00 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Browne / Group B: Rehearse / Group C: Schwarz / Group D: Stomberg
11:15 - 12:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A Schwarz / Group B: Stomberg / Group C: Rehearse / Group D: Browne
12:30 Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 Chamber Music Masterclass with Todd Phillips (all groups)
4:30 - 7:00 Faculty rehearsal
Thursday, June 12th
10:00 - 12:00 Chamber Coaching as needed
12:00 Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 Solo masterclasses with Timothy Schwarz, Sheila Browne & Larry Stomberg
Students are encouraged to play but not required to.
4:00 - 6:00 Faculty Rehearsal
7:00 Concert
Group A
Maddy Vanderwall, violin
Megan Fraser, violin
Adam Fishburn, viola
Austin Bennett, cello
Group B
Dexter Mott, violin I
Avery Scott, violin II
Jeremy Jefferson, viola
Abby Fabian, cello
Group C
Mable Lecrone, violin I
Ian Carr, violin II
RJ McDowell, viola
Julian Shively, cello
Group D
Miriam Smith, violin I
Juan Villanueva, violin II
Julia Kuzmina, viola
Jacob Hernandez, cello
Yanzhima Tsybikova, piano
2025 Faculty
Todd Phillips, violin
Violinist: Orion String Quartet
Faculty: Manhattan School of Music
Alan Stepansky, cello
Peabody Conservatory
Timothy Schwarz, violin
Head of Strings: Rowan University
Visiting Professor of Performance: London College of Music
Founder and Artistic Director: Techne Music
Sheila Browne, viola
Faculty: Lynn Conservatory
Lawrence Stomberg, cello
Faculty: University of Delaware
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