Announcing the 2012 Etchings Festival!

July 7-14
Auvillar, France

Once again, ECCE is partnering with VCCA to create an international conference of contemporary music. The festival aims to provide participants with the opportunity to study with international guest artists and have their music professionally recorded.

The 2012 Etchings Festival will feature guest composers Philippe Hurel and George Tsontakis along with the guest ensemble, L'arsenale.

Throughout the festival, participants will work closely with the performers of the East Coast Contemporary Ensemble and all Etchings Festival faculty.

The emphasis of the festival is on the production of high quality performances of participant compositions. In the past, festival composers John Aylward, Louis Karchin, Fabien Levy, David Rakowski, Beth Weimann and James Wiznerowicz gave private lessons and chaired daily masterclasses and seminars.

For photos and information about the 2011 festival, see below.

For a video of the 2010 festival, go to the bottom of the page.

For an application to or more info about the 2012 Etchings Festival, click here

Etchings 2011:
A Festival for Contemporary Music

The 2011 concerts took place in the Chapelle de St. Catherine du Port
in Auvillar, France, on June 29, July 1 and July 2

Oliver Margulies, violin; Dessi Slava Kepenerov, percussion;Jeffrey Means, conductor;
Nevart Veron-Galilea, flute

Each year, ECCE (East Coast Contemporary Ensemble) partners with VCCA to create an international conference of contemporary music in Auvillar, France. It provides a unique platform for the ensemble to share the best of contemporary American repertoire with European audiences.

Of the professional and student composers attending the 2011 festival, eight had their compositions performed and recorded over the course of three concerts. Each afternoon, guest composers Stefano Gervasoni and Lee Hyla chaired master classes for participants. 

Stefano Gervasoni, composer; Inna Khriplovich, violin; Oliver Margulies, violin

Click here to see more photos on the VCCA-France website

Click here to learn more about the Etchings Festival

Click here to see a video of the 2010 Etchings Festival

ABOUT AUVILLAR

Auvillar is deeply invested in the arts. Many of their residents attend our concerts as well as open master classes and rehearsals. This public aspect of the festival creates lively interactions between our performers and the local artistic community.

Participants are encouraged to explore the exceptional cultural environment of this charming medieval village and its spectacular natural surroundings in Southwest France.

Click here to learn more about Le Moulin à Nef and Auvillar