2024 VIVACE PLAYGROUND
WELCOME!
Welcome to the 2024 Vivace Playground – a virtual hub where you can find answers to most of your questions and connect with your friends and peers. Explore and enjoy!
Questions? Contact the Vivace team:
Dina Kasman | dina@vivacemusicfoundation.org | (205) 243-7572
Catherine Zhou | catherine@vivacemusicfoundation.org | (647) 448-2196
*Lesson schedule is subject to change. Check daily for updated schedule.
2024 VIVACE DAILY SCHEDULE
Vivace has instituted a curfew for all participants on Tuesday, August 6th. You must be inside Hotel Ballast or your host family by 9:30pm. You may be in the common spaces of the hotel, but may not leave the hotel. Participants not abiding by the curfew will not perform in any more master classes at Vivace. This is a zero tolerance policy.
Scroll at the end of the schedule for the list of venue addresses and restaurants discounts.
August 9
8:00AM-6:00PM | Practice Rooms are on a special schedule for today, please click HERE for the schedule.
9:00AM – 10:30AM @ First Baptist Choir Room E310 | Morning Masterclasses with Jason Kwak, piano
9:00:
9:45: Yifan Ying
10:30AM – 12:00PM @ First Baptist Choir Room E310 | Morning Masterclasses with Jerome Lowenthal, piano
10:30: Anthony Reznikovsky
11:15: Lucas Peters
10:30AM – 12:00PM @ First Baptist Sanctuary | Morning Masterclasses with Ursula Oppens, piano
10:30: August Baik
11:15: Jonathan Alter
9AM – 12:00PM @ First Baptist Little Chapel | Morning Masterclasses with Natasha Brofsky, cello
9:00: Arthur Johnson
9:45: Hannah Kim
10:30: Matt Huff
11:15: Angela Kim
10:30AM – 12:00PM @ St. James Sanctuary | Morning Masterclasses with Thomas Sauer, piano
11:15: Meilin Quan
10:30AM – 12:00PM @ St. James Choir Room | Morning Masterclasses with Yakov Kasman, piano
10:30: Thomas Filipiuk
11:15: Antonio Ajero
9AM – 12:00PM @ Ballast Hotel – Latimer Room | Morning Masterclasses with Dmitri Vorobiev, piano
9:00: Xiyuan Zhang
9:45: Yanke Zhao
10:30: Cesonia Da Rosa
11:15: June Kim
9AM – 11:15AM @ St. James Stephen Ministry Room | Morning Masterclasses with Dmitri Berlinsky, violin
9:00: Yan Li
9:45: Sasha Varchenko
10:30: Eric Chang
9AM – 10:30AM @ St. James Green Room | Morning Masterclasses with Rachel Lee Priday, violin
9:00: Aidan Fu
9:45: Laurel Gagnon
1:00PM @ St James Sanctuary | Participant Showcase | Program
Hanwen Wang, Meagan Lee, Jamie Phillips-Friedman, Angela Kim, Leonid Tsoy, Jeanne Park, Madison Oh, Brianna Aye, Can Jing
2:30PM-5:30PM @ First Baptist Choir Room E310 | Afternoon Masterclasses with Jerome Lowenthal, piano
2:30: Pui Lam Neau
3:15: Peijun Wang
4:00: Jungmin Park
4:45: Shih-En Lin
2:30PM-5:30PM @ First Baptist Sanctuary | Afternoon Masterclasses with Ursula Oppens, piano
2:30: Ruoyu Ni
3:15: Ivy Fan
4:00: Zhengshuo Wang
4:45: Ranfei Wang
2:30PM-5:30PM @ First Baptist Little Chapel | Afternoon Masterclasses with Hannah Roberts, cello
– – – with Dina Vainshtein, piano – – –
2:30: Katarina Kenney
3:15: Kai Wong
4:00: Adam Kremer
4:45: Stefan Westerberg
2:30PM-5:30PM @ Hotel Ballast Dudley Room | Afternoon Masterclasses with Thomas Sauer, piano
2:30: Anru Zhang
3:15: Erik Jacoby
4:00: Victoria Zeng
4:45: Zinan Lin
2:30PM-5:30PM @ St. James Choir Room | Afternoon Masterclasses with Yakov Kasman, piano
2:30: Harrison Benford
3:15: Jonah Kwek
4:00: Amy Bao
4:45: Enzo Zhao
2:30PM-5:30PM @ Ballast Hotel – Latimer Room | Afternoon Masterclasses with Gregg Pauley, piano
2:30: Seiran Tozlian
3:15: Aidan Kaplan
4:00: Jet Stephen Chong
4:45: Ruoyu Ni
2:30PM-4:45PM @ St. James Stephen Ministry Room | Afternoon Masterclasses with Simon James, violin
2:30: Franklyn Xue
3:15: Lauren Yoon
4:00: Zachary Wood
7:30PM @ St. James Sanctuary | Artist Showcase: Alexander Kobrin
August 10
8:00AM-6:00PM | Practice Rooms are open and available
9AM – 12:00PM @ First Baptist Choir Room E310 | Morning Masterclasses with Ursula Oppens, piano
9:00: Emiliya Lytvynova-Mullerman
9:45: Yimei Liang
10:30: Yeeun Jang
11:15: Terry Hsu
9AM – 12:00PM @ First Baptist Sanctuary | Morning Masterclasses with Jerome Lowenthal, piano
9:00: Edward Su
9:45: Samuel Han
10:30: Matthew Liu
11:15: Chaerim Lee
9AM – 12:00PM @ First Baptist Little Chapel | Morning Masterclasses with Simon James, violin
9:00: Emily Chen
9:45: Leonid Tsoy
10:30: Nicole Razhanskiy
11:15: Eric Chang
9AM – 12:00PM @ St. James Sanctuary | Morning Masterclasses with Alexander Kobrin, piano
9:00: Eddison Chen
9:45: Jungmin Park
10:30: Kennis Ang
11:15: Hanwen Wang
9AM – 12:00PM @ St. James Choir Room | Morning Masterclasses with Natasha Brofsky, cello
9:00: Eric Schindler
9:45: Daniel Dorsey
10:30: Sophia Eckdale-Dudley
11:15: Adam Kremer
9AM – 12:00PM @ St. James Great Hall | Morning Masterclasses with Thomas Sauer, piano
9:00: Jeremi Lukanus
9:45: Wenqi (Vicky) Yang
10:30: Yucheng Xu
11:15: Yifan Ying
9AM – 10:30AM @ Ballast Hotel – Latimer Room | Morning Masterclasses with Yakov Kasman, piano
9:00: Jonathan Alter
9:45: Zinan Lin
10:30AM – 12:00PM @ Ballast Hotel – Latimer Room | Morning Masterclasses with Dmitri Vorobiev, piano
10:30: Yuma Kano
11:15: Jet Stephen Chong
9AM – 12:00PM @ St. James Stephen Ministry Room | Morning Masterclasses with Rachel Lee Priday, violin
9:00: Yangxin Song
9:45: Madison Oh
10:30: Yan Li
11:15: Jeanne Park
9AM – 12:00PM @ St. James Green Room | Morning Masterclasses with Hannah Roberts, cello
9:00: Marlon Florez-Dovales
9:45: Claire Dresselhuis
10:30: Kai Wong
11:15: Matt Huff
1:00PM @ St James Sanctuary | Participant Showcase | Program
Victoria Zeng, Anru Zhang, Jonah Kwek, Xiyuan Zhang, Arthur Johnson, Aidan Fu, Zachary Wood, Lauren Yoon, Amy Bao
2:30PM-4:45PM @ First Baptist Choir Room E310 | Afternoon Masterclasses with Gregg Pauley, piano
2:30: Terry Ji
3:15: June Kim
4:00: Ritchie Bui
4:45:
2:30PM-5:30PM @ First Baptist Sanctuary| Afternoon Masterclasses with Jason Kwak, piano
3:15: Kenneth Chen
4:00: Meihui An
2:30PM-5:30PM @ First Baptist Little Chapel | Afternoon Masterclasses with Dmitri Berlinsky, piano
2:30: Sofia Skoldberg
3:15: Krystian Pawlowski
4:00: Brianna Aye
4:45: Joshua Cisneros
2:30PM-5:30PM @ Cape Fear Ballroom | Afternoon Masterclasses with Alexander Kobrin, piano
2:30: Jamie Phillips-Friedman
3:15: Shiyang Fan
4:00: Seiran Tozlian
4:45: Meilin Quan
2:30PM-4:00PM @ Hotel Ballast Derosset | Afternoon Masterclasses with Thomas Sauer, piano
2:30: William Wang
3:15: Xiqiao Zhang
2:30PM-5:30PM @ Ballast Hotel – Latimer Room | Afternoon Masterclasses with Dmitri Vorobiev, piano
2:30: Daria Podorozhnova
3:15: Chang Lu
4:00: Xiaoyu Tang
4:45: Adrian Zaragoza
7:30PM @ Wilson Center | Artist Showcase: Vivace Extravaganza and Vivace Awards
9:30PM @Hotel Ballast | Final Celebration
August 11
10:00AM | Check-out of Hotel Ballast
No Festival Activities will be held this day. Participants are welcome to schedule their travel any time this day.
PRACTICE
Practice room hours:
Monday-Saturday: 8:00am-6:00pm
Sunday: modified practice schedule
You may not practice outside of the above hours. Failure to abide by the practice room hours will result in immediate suspension of all practice room privileges for the duration of the festival.
FOOD SERVICES
All participants are responsible for their own meals. Vivace has collaborated with the best restaurants and coffee shops in Wilmington to bring you discounts on your meal!
Note: Please show your Vivace VIP pass upon ordering your food, not after receiving the check.
Below are the restaurants, their address, and their Vivace discount! Bon appetit!
Beach Bagels and Subs – 10% off Breakfast and 20% off Lunch
Stop by for a bagel, wrap or bowl for breakfast, or a sandwich or sub for
lunch. Just a 5 minute walk from Hotel Ballast and 6 minutes from Thalian Hall, centrally located on beautiful Front St!
Location – 130 N Front St
Hours – Open 7 days a week, 7am-2pm
Bourbon St – 10% off food menu
It is a no-brainer to try some seafood in Wilmington. Vivace loves Bourbon St for their delicious seafood dishes. Bourbon St is known for their bar atmosphere and live music in the evenings.
Location: 35 N Front St
Hours: Sun-Tu: 11a-11p; W-Th: 11a-12a; F-Sat: 11a-1a
Peking Gourmet – 15% off
There’s nothing like some comfort chinese food! Now serving sushi! After a long day of Vivace activities, nothing sounds better than grabbing some takeout from Peking to enjoy and relax in your hotel room!
Location: 120 S Front St
Hours: M: Closed; T-Sat: 11a – 9pm; Sun: 12p – 9pm
Hidden Grounds – 10% off
Quickly becoming one of downtown Wilmington’s hippest coffee shops, Hidden Grounds is the perfect place to wake up with their eccentric espresso/coffee menu. Make sure to check out the backyard oasis, or stay a while!
Location: 21 S 2nd St
Hours: M: 7a – 4pm; Tues: Closed; W-F: 7a – 4pm; Sat: 7am – 5pm; Sun: 7a – 4pm
Chef Joy’s Grocerant – 10% off
Quick bites and social house; Chef Joy always has grab-n-go fresh salads, wraps, sandwiches, fresh cuts, fresh fruit, baked goods, wine/beer, fountain drinks and hot coffee on hand. The grocerant will be your go-to for grocery goods, whether you are on the run or just need a place to stop in and cool down with COLD A/C and a seating area.
Location: 139 N Front St
Hours: Sun-Sat: 9am – 9pm
Port City Cheesesteak – 10% off
Award winning cheesesteaks and full bar with 32 beers on draft. Yum!
Location: 21 N Front St
Hours: M-Th: 11am – 10pm; F-Sat: 11am – 12am; Sun: 11am – 6pm
Cousin’s Italian Deli – 10% off OR free drink
“Where great food is a family tradition” your full deli experience serving up traditional Italian sandwiches and daily specials. Delicious breakfast sandwiches, pasta salad, tuna and chicken salads and. . . CANOLIS! Directly across 3rd St from Thalian Hall!
Location – 7 N 3rd St
Hours: M-Th: 1am – 2:30pm; Fr: 10am-2:30pm, 6pm – 8:30pm
The Basics – $1 off
Gourmet soul food. A Wilmington staple, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Don’t leave Wilmington until you have eaten at Basics. It is your go-to
for southern shrimp and grits, crabcake, fried okra and collard greens (and mac-n-cheese).
Location: 319 N Front St
Hours; M: 8am – 3pm; Tu-Fr: 8am – 9pm; Sat: 10am – 3pm, 5pm – 9pm; Sun: 10am – 3pm
Riverside Greens Salad Bar – 10% off
Enjoy a healthy and delicious meal at Riverside Greens, just a block down the river from Hotel Ballast, where you can find fresh, flavorful salads, açaí bowls, smoothies, protein waffles and signature drinks.
Location – 106 N Water St
Hours: M-Sat: 1am – 6pm; Sun: 10am – 4pm
The Copper Penny – 10% off
One of downtown Wilmington’s most popular lunch destinations, stop in for a burger or one of their delicious shrimp dishes and don’t forget the onion rings! The Copper Penny always has a lunch rush so plan accordingly!
Location – 109 Chestnut St
Hours: M-Sat: 11am: 10pm
Beer Barrio – 15% Off
From chips and salsa to tacos to burgers, Beer Barrio can satisfy all of your Mexican food cravings ~6 minutes from most Vivace venues!
Location: 34 N Front St
Hours: Sun-Sat: 11am – 10pm
GETTING TO WILMINGTON
Airports: ILM (Wilmington) or RDU (Raleigh)
If you are flying into Wilmington (ILM), you can call Hotel Ballast upon arrival and they will send a shuttle for you. The airport is 8 minutes(!!) from downtown Wilmington.
Hotel Ballast – (910) 763-5900
If you prefer to take an Uber/Lyft – the address of the Vivace hotel is 301 N. Water Street, Wilmington.
PACKING CHECKLIST
What should you bring with you?
Here are some ideas to consider:
– Cell phone
– Formal and casual clothes
– Fan
– Laundry bag or basket
– Medicine (if appropriate)
– Toiletries
– Raincoat or umbrella
– Hair dryer
– School supplies
– Spending Money
– Backpack
– Sunscreen
– Comfortable walking shoes
DRESS CODE
The clothes you must bring with you are:
Shoes:
-1 pair of every-day shoes (sandals, keds or sneakers)
-1 pair of dress shoes (for performances and concerts)
Clothes:
-1-2 performance or concert outfits
-Formal or Semi-formal clothes for evening events (no flip-flops, shorts, t-shirts,
jeans)
Treat every performance opportunity including masterclasses as a formal event.
Elegant dress for the festival’s events helps create a special, joyful atmosphere. We strongly encourage you to dress appropriately for all evening events and all photos ops – formal or “Sunday best” clothes are most appropriate.
VIVACE VENUES
These GoogleMaps links will bring you directly to the correct entrance for every venue.
*Please use these maps to reach your masterclass space without delay or problems.*
HOTEL BALLAST
VIVACE OFFICE
The Vivace office is located at the third level of Common Desk – one block from the Hotel Ballast and few minutes from Thalian Hall, First Baptist Church and St James Epischopal Church.
Thalian Hall
The Vivace Ballroom is located on the second floor of Thalian Hall. Elevator and stairs are available to have access to the hall.
First Baptist Church
The Vivace entrance is located on 15 N 5th Ave. Please use the glass door as main entrance.
Map of the Vivace spaces at First Baptist
St James Episcopal Church
The Vivace entrance is located on 362 Market St. Please use the double door at the top of the stairs.
Map of the Vivace spaces at St James
Wilson Center (Practice and Online lessons)
To have access to the practice facilities and online class (2015) please use the entrance on 230 Hanover St.
Wilson Center (Performance Hall)
Frank H. Kenan Chapel at Landfall
Participants showcase on August 9 at 7:30pm.
WHQR
Participants showcase on August 8th at 1:00pm.