Connecting Worldwide Chamber Music Players Online With Innovative Masterclass

Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) presents the second annual Live Stream Chamber Music Masterclass on Saturday, February 16, 2019 from 2:30-4:30pm EST.

The 2019 ACMP Livestream Masterclass will offer an up-close opportunity for players wherever they are to engage and participate in this learning and playing opportunity. The first Livestream Masterclass in 2018 reached 3,000 players – adult amateurs, professionals, and young musicians – around the globe.

ACMP embraces a new way to bring chamber music players together across the globe as Catalyst Quartet conducts back-to-back masterclass sessions with two learning quartets. , gaining tips and insights into playing technique and interpretation on two chamber music works. Participants also interact throughout the session via a live chat feed, connecting with the event and each other.

The 2019 Livestream Masterclass will feature exploration of a classical work and a contemporary work.  Catalyst Quartet members will work with two high school student ensembles from New York City-based chamber music programs.

The Chamber Music Center of New York and Face the Music at the Kaufman Center: https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/ftm. The Chamber Music Center of New York’s quartet will play Debussy, String Quartet in G Minor, Op.10, first movement, and the Face the Music quartet will perform the first movement of Nepomuk’s Dances I - Arrival by Marcelo Zarvos, originally commissioned by ETHEL. Scores and parts are available for download from the ACMP website: https://acmp.net/acmp.net/live.

Intended for adult amateur players and music students of all ages and levels, individuals and groups.  Live stream access will be available on February 16, 2019 on the ACMP website at https://www.acmp.net/viewlivestream and on Facebook: ACMP – Associated Chamber Music Players, with chat feed.

The event will close with a performance by Catalyst Quartet: Jessie Montgomery and Karla Donehew Perez, Violin; Paul Laraia, Viola; Karlos Rodriguez, Cello. The Quartet will play selections from Villa-Lobos, String Quartet No. 1, and their own arrangement of Piazzolla, Angel Suite.

For person wishing to attend live, the masterclass will be streamed from National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue, NYC. Tickets are FREE and reservations are required. For reservations visit: https://bit.ly/2C7vQVL. Seating is limited for live audience.

Contact Information

Jennifer Clarke

Executive Director

Associated Chamber Music Players

(1) 212.645.7424

JClarke@acmp.net