COMING UP AT FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC
VOYAGE SONIQUE
IN CONCERT AND CONVERSATION
֍ Performance in Context: Friday, March 19, 2021 at 6:30-7:30PM Conversation with Voyage Sonique’s Artistic Director and Baroque violinist, Augusta McKay Lodge (Zoom)
֍ Pre-concert Q&A at 6:30 PM on Saturday, March 20, 2021 (Zoom)
֍ Concert: Saturday, March 20, 2021, 7:30-8:30 PM (Youtube Premiere)
The Hildegard and Heinrich Medicus Memorial Concert
Group brings music learning and performance to prisons
February 13, 2021FoCM will be hosting a conversation with Nathan Schram on 2/17 to dig into more with his work with Musicambia. Read his interview about it in the Daily Gazette here.
Million-dollar Strads fall to modern violins in blind ‘sound check’
November 25, 2020FoCM is honored to host MacArthur winning violin maker Joseph Curtin. Read about his fascinating work with French acoustician, Claudia Fritz here.
The Paris Double-Blind Violin Experiment featuring Joseph Curtin
November 23, 2020"The Paris Experiment: Stradivari violins, new violins, and what players really want. In September of 2012, a historic test took place in Paris, France, involving some of the worlds finest violins and violinists; a double blind comparison of old vs new violins in concert hall settings. This is a 28 minute version of a longer documentary about the proceedings." - Youtube.com. Click HERE to watch
Myra Herron Memorial Concert
November 16, 2020Our upcoming concert with the Viano String Quartet is the Myra Herron Memorial Concert. Click here to learn more about the life and legacy of our beloved former board member.
Friends of Chamber Music in the News!
October 8, 2020Tesla Quartet playing with help from their Friends
Acclaimed quartet’s one-hour, pre-recorded program will be streamed for free on YouTube
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Tesla Quartet in The NY Times
April 20, 2020A String Quartet Is Crushed by the Coronavirus
An acclaimed young ensemble was making a fragile but sustainable living. Then the bottom dropped out.
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Verona Quartet to Hold 2020-21 Oberlin Residency
July 17, 2020The Verona Quartet, winners of Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award for 2020, will serve as quartet in residence at Oberlin Conservatory for the 2020-21 academic year.
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Tesla Quartet Launches COVID-19 Commissioning Project
May 27, 2020In response to the pandemic and the financial difficulties faced by many freelance composers and performers, the Tesla Quartet selected 12 composers experiencing financial hardship to write short works for string quartet, which will be premiered as part of their "Quarantunes" video series.
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Troy, NY 12181
Phone:
(518) 227-1746
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