Summer postcards

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Several CMW staffers report on their summer adventures…

Carole is embarking on many adventures all over Canada this
summer. She'll be teaching fiddle classes in Brandon, performing in a
chamber festival in Victoria, BC, and touring with her folk trio, Ex
Pirata International Company, all over Canada's beautiful West Coast.

Jesse: "I am getting my right wing fixed with some minor surgery so I have set the violin aside for a few weeks.
It is a very strange feeling not to be playing the violin, I feel like I have tremendous amounts of time now. In July, I will be coaching up at Apple Hill, and they gave me a narration part for the faculty concert. I think I am going to be a viking
or something that pillages and kills. Other than that, I will be
reading a lot. A summer project is to read the entire Richard Taruskin 6-volume set of the history of music from 9th century Rome to the present day. Have a great summer everybody!"

Jason is excited about "a great mix of teaching, traveling, and starting my new role as the violist in the Boston Public Quartet."

Aaron will be playing as part of the Red River String Quartet, the string quartet-in-residence for the Grand Teton National Park during July. "Each week we'll give roughly 15-20 free 30-minute outreach shows at visitor centers and lodges in the park. These performances will culminate in a main-stage performance as part of the Grand Teton Music Festival's chamber music series." As part of the residency, Aaron will be an honorary ranger for the summer. This position, alas, does not include the hat.

Heath is spending one July week totally "unplugged" on an island in Maine, and making shorter trips to upstate New York and Washington DC.

Sara is "driving across the country with baby, learning the Chacconne, spending time at the Oregon beach and Montana cabin,and slowing down!"

Rachel, along with Jason and Laura, will lead a week-long summer camp for 35 CMW students in pastoral Wickford. Many thanks to Mary Ann O'Halloran for making this beautiful location possible!