Gottfried Johannes Pokorny

Active participation: all instrumentalists and singers
Intensity level: 2

Chamber music coaching for ensembles and soloists is designed to enhance the shared artistic experience.

Ensemble-finding is coordinated by isaStaff and requires your own initiative to find ensemble partners on site.
Sheet-music library on location or prints from the internet.
Possibility to perform in concerts.

Kian Jazdi

Active participation: all instrumentalists and singers
Intensity level: 2

For the Masterclass students, isaCommunity embodies an opportunity to expand their practical training by putting their own artistic competencies to work in the context of music appreciation and community music.

Thomas Toppler

Active Participation: all instrumentalists and singers
Intensity level: 2

This workshop invites you to discover your own playfulness, to curiously shape the moment and thereby expand creativity, strength of mind and possibilities for action.

In contrast to the established ensemble work starting from the instrument, the focus of this workshop is on the communication and playfulness of the musicians with each other. Using various contact and improvisation games from the field of acting, we will embark on new paths of musical communication in an ensemble context. Key topics and challenges in the collaboration will be approached playfully and exploratively at the same time, experience a breeze of fresh inspiration and thereby promote expressive ensemble playing.

“Playing” musicians are open, big, beautiful and above all human. Behind this work is the search for inner freedom, personal expression, the individual drive to express oneself musically and the courage to play with the stage. According to the only rule in art, the motto is: Don’t be boring! Everything else is negotiable.

The contents of this course are divided into the following main topics:

• Sensitivity towards my fellow performers and the audience
• exercises for the perception of stage presence
• tackling musical hurdles in playing together without an instrument in a playful way
• Strengthening communication in the ensemble through interaction games
• Improvisation games with and without instrument
• Leading and letting yourself be led – developing flexible ensemble playing
• Enjoyment of playing with and without an instrument

Ulla Pilz

Active Participation: all instrumentalists, singers and composers
Intensity level: 2

Musicians are being asked more and more often to present themselves onstage not only with their instruments but also verbally. This workshop provides support, feedback, tips, and tricks for public speaking in the field of music. That which is learned can be practically applied at the open-stage concerts of the isaFestival.

all except strings and composers: Tuesday, 22 August, 05.30-07.00 pm at Flackl (only for participants in the Open Stage Classics concert on Wednesday, 23 August) and Thursday, 24 August, 01.00-02.30 pm
Composers: Wednesday, 23 August, 10.30-12.00 am at Parkhotel Hirschwang
Strings: Thursday, 24 August, 10.00-11.30 am at Tourismusschulen Semmering

Andreas Vierziger

Active participation: all instrumentalists and singers
Intensity level: 1

The requirements for being a successful classical musician have changed rapidly in recent years. Mastering an instrument now merely forms the basis of an artist’s 360-degree profile. Individual sessions with music manager Andreas Vierziger provide an opportunity to focus on your own career strategies. The contents of these sessions are flexible and can include topics such as concert booking, self-management, project management, creating and optimising artist materials, project development, positioning and branding, websites, marketing skills, networking, and beyond.

The sessions either develop flexibly and organically or you come with a specific list of questions or documents that you would like to revise.

Roland Schueler

Active participation: all string players, no registration necessary
Intensity level: 1

isa’s mobile studio offers the opportunity for isa participants to observe the craftmanship involved in creating a string instrument. Visit the violin maker’s workbench to see how he carves the arched belly of an instrument  from a raw piece of split spruce. Master violin maker Roland Schueler will be happy to answer any questions and looks forward to stimulating discussions.