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Berkshire High Peaks Festival 2021 (virtual)
Two weeks of master classes, open classes, talks and performances with our international faculty and students. Strings, piano, vocal and new guitar department this year with renowned guitarist Eliot Fisk! […]
Find out more »Concert: Moonlight Sonatas
Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from […]
Find out more »Talk: The Composer-Performer Relationship
The Composer-Performer Relationship: Making Successful New Music Together with Tamar Muskal. Click this link to register for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q7BcFOxWSTOmwrCgSMDL7g
Find out more »Concert: Moonlight Sonatas
Hear our brilliant young current participants, international faculty and alumni on an array of instruments -- violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice and piano -- and with varied repertoire. Everything from […]
Find out more »Talk: Crises, Cries and COVID
Crises, Cries and Covid: Music in Times of Urgency with cellist and author Marc Moskovitz. Click this link to register for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ophTmFF4RPi2JXuQot7Dzw
Find out more »What is chamber music?
Chamber music sounds like a lively conversation between a small group of friends – not with words, but with musical notes. The spotlight moves from player to player. Each stands out as an individual with a musical opinion, but their statements weave together into a sublime and lively sound.
In some ways, chamber music is a precursor of jazz; it features the same spontaneity, the give and take of urgent dialogue (as in passing a ball at a sports event), arguments and resolutions, humor and camaraderie.
A concert usually consists of three to eight players, combining different string instruments and often includes a piano, vocalists or winds.
Close Encounters With Music chamber programs are framed in intriguing themes with illuminating introductions to each concert, designed to extend the pleasure of the music itself.
