Kälviä Goes Baroque
– The summer camp for baroque music
Baroque summer camp is open for all ages! All you need is to be able to read notes fluently! Playing in the baroque orchestra requires more skills. For the beginners, there is a possibility to join easy-to-play ensembles.
You can join the camp with a baroque instrument or with a modern instrument. String players can attend with either a baroque instrument or a modern instrument with a baroque bow. All the wind instruments are baroque instruments. We welcome also beginners to all courses! If you don’t have an own baroque instrument or a baroque bow, please take contact if you need help to borrow one for the camp! Continuo teaching is a perfect match for example for organists who want to expand their continuo skills.
Artistic Director 2024
Kälviä Baroque Camp will be lead by baroque cellist Heidi Peltoniemi in summer 2024. Heidi has already been teaching baroque cello and viola da gamba in two previous camps. We heartily welcome Heidi as the Artistic Director!
Käläviä Goes Baroque 2024
6th Kälviä Baroque Summer Camp will be held from 1st to 7th July 2024. We have arranged bus transportation in connection with these trains:
Mon 1.7. P33 from Helsinki, arrives in Kokkola at 14:09
Mon 1.7. IC24 from Oulu, arrives in Kokkola at 13:35
Sun 7.7. IC34 to Helsinki, leaves from Kokkola at 17:13
Sun 7.7. IC37 to Oulu, leaves from Kokkola at 17:50
General pitch is 415Hz
Orchestra and ensembles use baroque pitch 415Hz. That means all the winds are baroque instruments and modern strings tune their instruments lower than usually.