Music Beyond The Chamber www.musicbeyondthechamber.org [email protected] (832) 372-3286 ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: Music Beyond the Chamber is a chamber music organization that brings together some of our generation’s most innovative and sought after chamber musicians from around the world for various performance, education and network strengthening possibilities within a community. These musicians perform in some of the world’s most celebrated concert halls, such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, the Mozarteum and the Gewandhaus. They are equally invested in music education, looking to introduce communities to the advantages of a classical music education for K-12 students, providing an environment of excellence to raise the current level of existing music students, and supporting the bond between amateur and professional musicians. This is all done in order to ensure the longevity and relevance of chamber music across the US. The artists from Music Beyond the Chamber are all musicians trained in some of the world’s most prestigious institutions such as the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute, Guildhall School, New England Conservatory, Yale University, Rice University and Cleveland Institute of Music, and they have garnered awards from major international competitions such as the Stradivarious International Violin Competition, the Beijing International Cello Competition, Canadian Music Competition, the Holland America Music Society Competition and the Tunnel Trust in England. Each member of Music Beyond the Chamber is also a dedicated chamber musician, making regular festival appearances at Ravinia, Marlboro, Taos, Music@Menlo and Tanglewood, often collaborating with mentors such as Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman, Pamela Frank and Midori Goto. In addition to being active performers, the musicians from Beyond the Chamber are equally accomplished scholars, having earned a multitude of grants and scholarships from the Fulbright Commission, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Virtu Foundation, the Deutsche Akademische Austtausch Dienst (DAAD) and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Several members also hold academic degrees in Music Education, Classics and Renaissance Studies, and others are accomplished visual artists and writers, with works appearing in visual art and literary magazines at Yale, the North Central Review, CRED Magazine, the America Library of Poetry, and the American Literacy Council. Music Beyond the Chamber members are equally passionate about the importance of arts in education. Members have worked with institutions such as the William Penn Foundation, an organization hoping to improve youth access to quality arts education; Carnegie Hall’s Academy Program, a fellowship program designed to prepare the world’s finest young professional musicians for careers that combine musical excellence with teaching, community outreach, advocacy, and leadership; and the Perlman Music Program Suncoast Residency, a project catered towards increasing music education awareness and level in the Sarasota counties of Florida. On top of being sought-after performers, the members of Beyond the Chamber are also dedicated teachers, professors, music education clinicians and arts advocates. Chamber music is named as such due to the origins of the small ensembles being able to fit inside the privacy of a single palace chamber. Music Beyond the Chamber aims to bring this wonderful genre outside of the “chamber” by bringing the music directly into the community. For more information about the artists from Music Beyond the Chamber, please visit the website at http://www.musicbeyondthechamber.org/about-us.html Our Programs Performances: Artists from Music Beyond the Chamber have performed all over the world in venues ranging from the world's most prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, the Gewandhaus, Wigmore Hall and the Mozarteum, to living rooms, classrooms, churches, school gyms and even downtown bars. We are committed to bringing the joy of music making into all communities and breaking down perceived barriers between the music, the performer and the audience. For K-12 School Settings: - interactive 45 minute assembly program aimed at between 1-3 grade levels ranging in age-appropriate material between K-12 students. Introduces tools for active listening and music from a variety of composers and periods - workshops in school orchestra classrooms covering skills for personal practice, personal responsibility, team work, cuing, following, group dynamics, intonation, tone, etc. - workshops in non-music classrooms relating a variety of academic subjects to musical concepts and ideas For Young Instrumental Students: - master classes for individual instrumentalist as well as chamber groups - introduction to chamber music: providing tools for effective rehearsal techniques. - brief motivational performances for students and their parents - career workshops: describing to students what it's like to be a professional performing musician and advice on how to become a professional For College Music Students: - master classes for individual instrumentalists as well as chamber groups -workshops teaching performance majors how to conduct outreach in their own community - advanced chamber music skills: rhythmic integrity in a group, cuing, balance, intonation, etc. For Adult Amateur Chamber Players: We are committed that music is a life-long passion and learning experience. We have helped initiate several yearly adult amateur workshops including USF ChamberFest, held at the University of South Florida, and Chamber Music of the Rockies in Beaver Creek, Colorado. We have also performed soiree concerts to give communities an opportunity to develop and foster adult amateur chamber music players' communities and networks. Soirees are hosted in private homes and begin with Music Beyond the Chamber artists performing an intimate concert. Followed by this performance, adult amateur musicians are invited to bring their own instruments and chamber music repertoire to read with other adults from the community side-by-side with the artists from Music Beyond the Chamber. This side-by-side reading is informal, for fun, and also helps to develop musical relationships between adults in each community. These soirees are also set up to act as a fundraiser for Music Beyond the Chamber and attendees are encouraged to make tax deductible donations to the programs. For video and audio clips of Music Beyond the Chamber’s performances and various teaching sessions and workshops, please visit the website at: http://www.musicbeyondthechamber.org/programs.html. What Others Are Saying About Music Beyond the Chamber Events: "We would like to thank you for the enthusiasm, professionalism, and great talent you've engaged our students and listeners with during both outreach events, as well as our public at the performance--we all loved it, and I've personally heard high words of praise from several of the attendants." - Raffaele M., Co-Artistic Director at Community Concerts (TX) "The students expressed how much they learned from your presentation and how much they enjoyed your enthusiasm and energy." - Michael W., Professor of Music at Rice University and Music Director of Houston Youth Symphony (TX) "I had such an amazing time playing together and listening to your performance. Thank you for helping out the octet and [the Governor's School for the Arts] as a whole by sharing your time and knowledge with us." -Jason A., student (VA) "The students were enthralled by your performance, and amazed that they too could implement some aspects of your musicianship into their own playing in such a short time. Beyond the Chamber has a refreshing approach to physically communicate through music. I have always told my students that no matter how big the group, they should always play like they are in a chamber group. Your clinic really reinforced that notion!" -Teresa N., Orchestra Director at Clark High School (TX) "Thank you SO MUCH for hosting the Chamber Music Party! It was such a wonderful evening and I really appreciate your mission and I wish you success along the way. Playing the Brandenburg #5 with new and supportive friends was a HIGHLIGHT of my life! What a gift!!!! THANK YOU!" -Kit W. , Adult Amateur Musician (CO) "Thank you for continuing to expose 6th graders to so many wonderful programs...[the assembly] met state standards [and] it helped to introduce and reinforce the idea of variables for the students as they are completing their science fair projects. Listening is a language arts standards and the students were paying attention....On a scale from 1 to 10 [I'd] rate the performance a 10!" -Gayla H., 6th grade science teacher from Lander (WY) "One of the things that the students constantly mentioned was how amazing it was to hear how different playing styles can convey different emotions. This was a good reminder of the importance of what music means... the musicians were wonderful, had a great attitude and were great teachers!" -Tim Logan, Orchestra Director at Vale Middle School (TX) “Thanks for a great assembly. It was fun, educational and age appropriate. The feedback I received throughout the day from the students and faculty was very positive!" -Tony C. , Fine Arts Teacher at Graland Academy (CO) "Your chamber concert was awesome! It was a real treat to hear you play. I admire your energy!" -Mary S., participant at USF ChamberFest Adult Amateur Workshop (FL) Music Beyond the Chamber Collaborations Include: Universities: