July 16 - 20, 2012

Wendy Kerner Lucas, Harp

Vanessa Breault Mulvey, Flute

St. Mary's School

183 High Ridge Avenue (just a block from town)

Ridgefield, CT 06877-4496

Click here for a 2012 application.

Contact elyricaflutes@gmail.com for more information.

The Camp

Now in its second decade, the Elyrica Summer Music Camp was founded and is run by some of the leading instrumental instructors and performers on the East Coast. The camp offers intensive performance and educational opportunities in chamber music for harp and flute. The camp is based in Fairfield County, Connecticut and is open to students of all levels, age 8 to adult. Students enjoy a variety of opportunities at the Elyrica camp, including harp orchestra, flute choir, small ensemble playing (duos, trios) and instrumental classes. Elyrica also includes a number of different music workshops. These classes will have a variety of exciting themes such as: Instrumental Performance Techniques, Body Mapping, a Masterclass featuring students and an Open Rehearsal by the Faculty.

Each camp day will include a communal lunch and free time. On Friday afternoon, after our pizza lunch, we will have a fun Talent Show where participants can show everyone their non flute and harp skills! The camp concludes with a gala concert event that will include performances by student chamber groups as well as faculty members. The gala final concert will take place on Friday, July 20^th, followed by a grand reception.

The Faculty

Harpist WENDY KERNER LUCAS is a graduate of The Juilliard School and was presented in her New York Debut in Carnegie Recital Hall as a winner of the Artists International Competition and is also a winner of the American Harp Society Concert Artist Program. Described by The New York Times as "first-rate", she has performed extensively throughout the United States and for the World Harp Congress in Paris, France. Ms. Lucas has taught seminars at The Juilliard School, the University of Redlands, California and the University of North Texas. Ms. Lucas is the principal harpist of the Bridgeport, Ridgefield and Norwalk Symphonies. She performs with numerous chamber music ensembles, including The Glorian Duo (harp and flute) which won the Silver Prize in the National Flute Association’s Chamber Music competition, and has a CD Sounds of the Seine on the Delos International label. Ms. Lucas maintains an active private teaching studio in New Canaan, CT. Her students have won prizes from the Stamford Symphony, the CT Chapter of the American Harp Society, the Schubert Club, and Manhattanville College.

Flutist, VANESSA BREAULT MULVEY was chosen by Angela Fratturo Kelly for this year’s session of Elyrica. Based in Boston, Ms. Mulvey is an active performer and teacher. She has workshops and performances throughout the country including at National Flute Association conventions, Greater Boston Flute Association events and at colleges and music schools throughout the region. Ms. Mulvey is a faculty member of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA and runs a private studio in Reading, MA. Her students have won awards and participate in ensembles throughout the area. Ms. Mulvey presents an annual recital at Longy with clarinetist Michelle Shoemaker. She has appeared on concert series’ that include 1794 Meeting House Series and the Wolfeboro (NH) Friends of Music and has performed at the National Flute Association’s annual convention. Ms. Mulvey is a certified Andover Educator who bases her playing and teaching on the principles of Body Mapping. She teaches the course, "What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body” to musicians looking to enhance their playing. Upcoming engagements include MENC’s All-Eastern Festival, at McGill University. Ms. Mulvey is a contributor to A Young Musician's Survival Guide (Oxford) by Amy Nathan and has been published in Flute Talk magazine. A native of Norwalk, CT, she is enjoys to returning to the area for an exciting week of music making at Elyrica.