Details of Workshop at COM
June 7–8, 2025
Application & Payment Deadline: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Special note for this workshop
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that this workshop at COM is just a week before the start of the Humboldt workshops. The timing for the CMNC workshop is entirely determined by the availability of the venue. But, this is an opportunity to prep for Humboldt or whatever summer workshop you might be attending. Or, this may be the one summer workshop that fits into your weekend schedule. We hope that you will decide to join us, and encourage your friends as well, since we must have at least 50 people attend in order to hold this workshop.
Two (2) steps for applying to this workshop
1. Login, go to your CMNC Account, check your membership status, then complete the workshop application and make your payment to CMNC.
Pay the CMNC fee when you register. Payment deadline = Application deadline.
2. Participants will receive instructions to register with COM and pay the COM portion ($79) about a week before the workshop.
Fees
Workshop Fees |
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BOTH Days |
$320 |
$340 |
$0 |
SATURDAY only |
$150 |
$160 |
$0 |
SUNDAY only |
$110 |
$120 |
$0 |
In addition to the CMNC fees shown above, the COM registration fee of $79 must be paid directly to COM before the workshop. A link to the COM registration process and payment will be sent prior to the workshop. Anyone asking for financial aid must still pay the $79 COM registration fee.
Financial Aid is available to current CMNC members. Financial aid recipients pay only the $79 fee to COM.
Membership dues are $40 annually.
Login and look at your Member Account's Membership Details to determine if you are a paid-up member.
If not current, please complete membership payment BEFORE applying for the workshop. You need to be a paid-up member before the system can save you money by giving you the reduced member fees.
Non-member has joined our mailing list, includes anyone not a paid-up member.
We also invite you to make a donation to CMNC at this time.
FORMAT for COM Workshop:
For this workshop we will have coaching for all participants on Saturday and Sunday. You may attend as an individual, or as a preformed group one day or both days.
We encourage you to enjoy freelancing on Saturday night.
- Saturday participants: Arrive at 8:15–8:45 Saturday, to register and chat before 9:00 start time and Orientation Meeting.
- Saturday will consist of a full day coached session, lunch period and a performance sampler (4:00-5:30).
- Saturday will also include a coaches' concert (5:45-6:30), dinner period and freelancing thereafter.
- Sunday Participants: Arrive at 8:15–8:45 Sunday, to register and chat before 9:00 start time and Orientation Meeting. Sunday will consist of a full day coached session and lunch period.
- The Sunday session will end at 4:00 with an optional performance sampler at 4:15. All groups are encouraged to perform the work they were coached on. Those not performing are welcome to stay and listen, or to leave at 4pm.
- Freelancing is encouraged Saturday evening. The CMNC Library music is available).
- Instrument storage: Security room provided for meal periods and coaches' concert.
Notes for this workshop
- CMNC's Coaches
- Coach's request: measure-number your parts and score
- Rooms may be cold, so prepare: dress in layers, bring sweaters, jackets, fingerless gloves, hats, whatever will help you to play in cold rooms, even a space heater.
- Consider bringing seat cushions if you might find some chairs uncomfortable, and battery-operated stand lights, as some room lighting is not ideal. .
- Please bring a pencil and a music stand (there will be a few extra stands in CMNC's Library room if you forget).
- Before attending, please read Preparing for a Workshop
For questions, problems or any other need to contact us:
- Phone 510-828-4148 and leave a message, or
- Use our Contact Page
Application Decisions:
We consider all applications up to the deadline date, but sometimes have to waitlist or accept participants only one day to manage instrument balance. We are also limited by the number of rooms we are allowed to use at each of our venues.
Whether you are applying for one day or both days, please indicate on the application if you (and/or your preformed group) can attend either day. This will be greatly appreciated and your acceptance possibly might hinge on your flexibility. Of course, if you can only attend one day, we will make an effort to accommodate you.
- If you apply as an Individual, we will assign you to groups and provide music for you on both Saturday and Sunday.
- A limited number of Preformed Groups
will be accepted for the workshop. Applicants can apply as a preformed
group for one or both days for the June workshop.
- Preformed groups must provide their own music and a score for the coach (even if the score is a piano part, an additional copy must be provided).
- Minimum group size is a trio. Preference may be given to larger groups depending on the number of applicants and available rooms.
- All members of preformed groups must be listed on the initial application and all applications must be submitted, including payment, by the Application Deadline
- If a player in a preformed group needs to cancel, it is the responsibility of the group members to recruit for replacement player(s). The CMNC workshop committee does not recruit for preformed groups.
- Less experienced players are invited to consider pre-forming groups. Although this requires a bit more effort to form the group, many have found that it enhances both enjoyment and learning from our valued coaches. Please see Gaining Experience
- Everyone (each player) must be a registered participant in order to be covered by our insurance.
Preformed: a chamber music group, trio or larger, formed by individuals outside of the workshop. For example, you and three friends have been playing together as a quartet and your group would like to attend the workshop to receive coaching.
Your group decides on the piece, perhaps a movement or more, works on it prior to the workshop, and comes prepared to be coached, bringing your parts and a separate score for the coach.
Pre-Workshop Timeline:
Application and Payment Deadline: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Please pay the workshop fee when you apply. Fees for any day(s) that you are waitlisted will be refunded in full prior to the workshop.
Acceptance:
We will email every applicant an acceptance/regrets notice
approximately 3 weeks before the workshop.
If you are accepted, we are planning on your presence, and it is crucial that you come.
- If you cannot come, please notify us, the earlier the better. Your cancellation is not official until we acknowledge it, so you have confirmation that your message was received.
- To
ensure a workable instrument balance, some applicants may be accepted
for only one day or wait-listed subject to cancellations.
- For example, there are a limited number of pianos, so we may not be able to accept all the pianists who apply.
- Assignments will be discussed with pianists about 3 weeks before the workshop.
- Because both days are coached, participants will be notified of both Saturday and Sunday group assignments at least 2 weeks before the workshop.
- A section in our Links page suggests the likeliest places to quickly obtain music
- A roster will be available to accepted applicants to facilitate communication and possible pre-workshop rehearsal.
Cancellations:
- For this workshop, CMNC is providing a different refund policy than usual due to the ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic.
- We urge you not to attend if you are not feeling well, and we will give refunds for cancellation due to illness at any time.
- If you are healthy, we equally urge you to think of your attendance as a commitment to your colleagues, especially those in your playing group, who are depending on you for their workshop experience. Please honor this commitment, and if you find you must cancel, please give us as much notice as possible.
If you must cancel, contact us. If we don't respond quickly, keep trying until we confirm your cancellation.
Freelancing
available Saturday evening after dinner until 10:00 pm, and during lunch.
- FAQ: What is Freelancing? Please read explanation and ground rules
- Table with room signup list and freelance sheets is near the Registration table
- Each group should sign up for a room
- Rooms with pianos should be reserved by piano groups
- Use a Freelance signup sheet if you want to play a piece but you need players
- CMNC library of chamber music scores and parts will be available for freelancing and assignments -- over 1200 items for 3 to 16 players. Look at our online listing.
Effective workshop participation
requires a reasonable level of technical competence and previous familiarity with chamber music.
- True beginners are not likely to be adequately prepared for the experience of playing at the workshop.
- If you are a beginner, we encourage you to form chamber groups at home in order to gain self-confidence and some familiarity with the literature before applying to play at an organized workshop.
- CMNC members receive a directory of all members, which will help you in forming groups for this purpose.
- CMNClist is another good way to find fellow players.
- CMNC also recommends the chamber music classes for adults at the Crowden school
- See Gaining Chamber Music Experience
- To ensure a workable instrument balance, the workshop may have to set specific quotas of various instruments and playing abilities.
For any questions, please contact us.
Maps / Directions / Parking
- About KTD campus
835 College Ave.
Kentfield, CA 94904 - Google map
- Kentfield (KTD) Campus map online
- Campus map with Workshop buildings marked (pdf)
- Directions to COM (Kentfield) from Highway 101
From Highway 101, take the
San Anselmo exit (northbound)
or the
Sir Francis Drake Blvd. exit (southbound)
and follow Sir Francis Drake Blvd (past College Ave, the seventh stoplight)
Stay on Sir Francis Drake Blvd.- Parking Lot 2, across from campus between Maple and Elm streets, is the biggest lot near Performing Arts (PA) building. There is a traffic signal to cross to campus.
- Other lots may also be used, but are smaller or farther from Performing Arts building
Parking is free both days of the workshop. Lock your cars, with no valuables visible.
- Park in college parking lots.
- Please check back for any changes in parking details.
Motels/Hotels
- Hotels near COM - TripAdvisor listings
- Hotels closest to Kentfield - HotelGuides
- AirBNB private homes etc.
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