Chamber String Orchestra of the Summer Music School
The Chamber String Orchestra of the Summer Music School Zaton is part of the Summer Music School in Zaton, which offers young musicians individual lessons, chamber music, and orchestral playing, helping them develop musicality and the experience of making music together.
The world of music is magical — full of joy, happiness, sorrow, playfulness, and everything in between.
To make the journey towards musical dreams as inspiring as possible, Danica Koren, together with her daughter Barbara, founded the Summer Music School in Zaton, Croatia, where participants travel after the end of the school year.
There, students receive individual instrument lessons, where they develop technical, musical, and rhythmic skills. They are also included in various chamber ensembles, learning to listen to one another and to create music together as a group.
The culmination of the programme is the orchestra, which includes all participants — from the youngest to the oldest. In this ensemble, they perform as orchestra members or as soloists accompanied by the orchestra, which is a completely new experience for many of them, as they are usually accompanied only by a piano collaborator.
Through this experience, they learn mutual listening, ensemble playing, and following the conductor.