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- Chamber Music for Novice-level Players
- “Fall Worldwide Play-In” grant cycle now open!
- Creating a Culture of Listening: Exploring Conscious Listening Workshops with Steinway Artist Hsing-ay Hsu
- 2017 Worldwide Chamber Music Workshop Guide
- 2017 Worldwide Play-In Brings Players Together Across the Globe
- 2018 ACMP Worldwide Chamber Music Workshop Guide
- 2018 Worldwide Play-In Weekend – Let the Playing Begin!
- 2019 Livestream Masterclass – Explore Tango Rhythms & Debussy Quartet Without Leaving Home!
- 2021 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award: The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music
- 2022 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award: The Music Conservatory of Westchester
- 2022 Worldwide Play-In: International Highlights
- 2022 Worldwide Play-In: U.S. Highlights
- 2023 Worldwide Play-In Weekend: May 19-21
- 2024 Worldwide Play-In Events
- 25% ACMP Discount for Tamarack Arts: August 12 – 15
- 70 Years of ACMP – A Nod to Our Founder, Helen B. Rice
- 8 ways for violinists to improve posture – from The Strad
- A Broken-Hearted Matt Haimovitz Laments his Goffriller’s Broken Neck
- A conversation with filmmaker Hilan Warshaw
- A Musician’s Puzzle
- A new way to support ACMP: Holiday Shopping!
- A new website and free membership for all
- A special birthday gift: a newly commissioned chamber work!
- A Tribute to Candice Chin (1976 – 2022)
- A Wonderful Day of Chamber Music at MCW!
- ACMP – Livestream Masterclass: Learn chamber music without leaving the house
- ACMP 2023 Giving Report
- ACMP 75th Anniversary Worldwide Play-In Weekend: May 13-15, 2022
- ACMP and CMA: Partners in chamber music!
- ACMP Announces 2nd sponsored ensemble for From the Top with Christopher O’Riley
- ACMP appoints Stephanie Griffin as Executive Director
- ACMP at the CMA National Conference
- ACMP Board and Outreach Councils Look to the Future
- ACMP Board Member Marjana Rutkowski receives the title of Emeritus Citizen of Porto Alegre
- ACMP Fall Updates 2019
- ACMP Field Trip – A Time to Meet Members and Make New Partnerships
- ACMP Film Club: A Late Quartet
- ACMP Foundation Announces the Return of the Community Music Program
- ACMP Honors Kitty Benton with the Helen Rice Award
- ACMP Honors the Founder of IMSLP Public Domain Music Library
- ACMP member adventures in Ecuador
- ACMP member cycles around the world with her dog, violin and ACMP directory!
- ACMP Member Discount for Early Music Week in New Hampshire: July 25-28
- ACMP Member Discount for Inside Music Academy
- ACMP Member Home devastated in Colorado Fire
- ACMP Members’ Holiday Music Gatherings
- ACMP Presents Its First Interactive Live Stream Chamber Music Masterclass – exploring Piazzolla and Prokofiev
- ACMP Receives Grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
- ACMP Representatives Gather in the Netherlands
- ACMP Sponsors FROM THE TOP with Christopher O’Riley
- ACMP Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter
- ACMP Supports From the Top on NPR and Spreads the Word About ACMP
- ACMP Updates – Announcing the 2018-19 Season
- ACMP Updates – Announcing the 2019-20 Season
- ACMP Updates – Fall 2018
- ACMP Virtual Worldwide Play-In: March 20 & 21, 2021
- ACMP’s Going Places Program Brings U.S. & International Players Together in Tokyo, Japan
- Amateurs and Contemporary Music: The Prevailing Winds
- AMCP Eighth Annual Worldwide Play-in Weekend, March 7 & 8, 2020!
- An ACMP Love Story
- An Interview with the Dalí Quartet: Winners of the 2023 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award
- An orchestra that lives up to the ideals of the United Nations
- Announcing a New Partnership with SHAR Music
- Announcing the 2018 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award
- Announcing the 2019 ACMP Worldwide Chamber Music Workshop Guide
- Announcing the 2019 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award
- Announcing the 2022 Holiday Caption Contest Winners!
- Announcing the 2023 Holiday Caption Contest Winners!
- Announcing the 2024 Worldwide Play-In Weekend: May 17-19
- Another flying cellist lands in Ecuador
- Arts Council England Announces Broader Focus for Arts Funding
- ATTN ACMP WINDS: 20% discount on The Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival this August!
- Away, Away to the UK
- Breakfast with Joshua Bell on May 9 in NYC: 15 Free Tickets for ACMP Members
- Ca Tombe Bien (it all worked out in the end). String quartet parts reunite?
- Calvin Wiersma class on Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”: Sunday, April 7, 3pm ET
- CelloBello Website Offers Extensive Resources for the Dedicated Cellist
- Chamber Music Brings Young Musicians Together
- Chamber Music Fridays at the 92nd Street Y starts up again on February 4, 2022
- Chamber Music in France! The Trouville-sur-Mer Workshop Report
- Chamber Music Master Class in DC
- Chamber Music Workshops Look to the Internet in 2020
- Classical Music World Worries Over Clampdown On Trade In Rosewood
- Commissioned Chamber Music Work for ACMP
- Connecting the generations through music
- Debussy and Zarvos -The Music of the 2019 ACMP Livestream Masterclass
- Dutch Treat: ACMP to the Rescue!
- Dvorák Cello Conversion Kit
- Dvořák: The Chamber Music Survey with Martinů Quartet
- Eighth Annual ACMP Worldwide Play-In 2020 – Reports
- English Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams Born On This Day in 1872
- Eugene Drucker and Hilan Warshaw discuss “Secret Song”
- Even Classical Music Is Getting Faster These Days
- Featured ACMP Member Michael Knoch
- Featured ACMP Member Virginia Feldman
- Floryse Bennett (1946 – 2020) – a remarkable ACMP member!
- For ACMP Member and Retired CEO, Music is the Fountain of Youth
- Giving Back to the Community: ACMP and Music for Food
- GO FOR BAROQUE……an early music workshop in NYC
- Hand-written Chopin Score Bought by Warsaw Museum
- Happy Halloween! “From the Top” Young Musicians share some Scary Fun
- Harmonizing Decades: A 2024 Follow-up to our 1996 Quartet session
- Hausmann Quartet Livestream Concert sponsored by the SoCal Chamber Music Workshop
- Historic Bassoon Brings Two Generations of Musicians Together for a Special Concert in Palo Alto
- Holocaust Survivor Gives the Gift of Music to Bronx Schoolgirl
- Home Coaching Report: David Yang in Belgium
- Honoring our History – Remembering Clinton B. Ford
- How to Hold a Play-In
- How to hold a Play-In: January 28, 2023, 2pm ET on Zoom
- How to put on a great adult chamber music workshop
- Imperfect Pitch – Excerpts From an ACMP Member’s Anecdotes on a Familiar Obsession
- In memoriam: John Dexter, longtime coach and former violist of the Manhattan String Quartet
- Inaugural Concert – ACMP Villa Musica Chamber Music Club, San Diego, CA
- Inside Music Academy Book Club Starts July 2, 2022
- Introducing new IAC Chair, Sean Knox
- JamKazam: Playing Chamber Music Over the Internet – For Real!
- Just Play – ACMPs new micro-grant program – makes its first grant
- Just Play Concert: ACMP Members in California perform Beethoven and Gabriela Lena Frank
- Kitty Benton and the Return of “The Flying Cellist”
- Kronos Quartet “50 for the Future” Online Masterclasses: Saturday, November 12, 2022 and Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 2pm Eastern on Zoom
- Kronos Quartet Master Class Live-Stream and Repertoire
- Kronos Quartet Master Class Repertoire Reveal:
- Kronos Quartet Second Master Class: Saturday, April 15
- Learn to Improvise with Bassist Hilliard Greene
- Legendary violinist Kyung Wha Chung’s top tips for musicians
- List your Summer or Fall Workshop in the CMA Directory of Festivals, Schools and Workshops
- Live Stream Tango Quartet Masterclass Feb 10
- Location search: By proximity? Or in a specific location?
- Love at First Note
- Luke Fleming’s online Chamber Music Master Class: Sunday, June 26, 2pm EDT on Zoom
- Making Time for Making Music – Amy Nathan Discusses Her New Book with ACMP
- Meet ACMP Pianist and Educator James Daly
- Meet Joel Epstein: violinist, violist, writer, arranger, educator and ACMP member since the 1970s
- Message from a Member – Donald H. of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Mini Coaching Videos For Strings With PUBLIQuartet
- Mini Coaching Videos For Winds with Imani Winds
- Music and the Holocaust
- Music Ideas for the 2019 Play-in
- Music Teachers Make Their Mark with Personal Connections, High Standards and Infectious Passion
- My Papa Haydn, The Ultimate Therapist
- NAOC Adventures in Vancouver, Canada
- New ACMP Partnership Brings ACMP Players to Community in Queens, NY
- New addition to the ACMP Home Coaching Grants Program
- New Adult Amateur Workshop: Winterhaven at Avaloch Farm
- New Directions Cello Festival!
- New Horizons Introduces New Chamber Music Camps
- New Masterclass Video: Calvin Wiersma coaches Messiaen!
- New Video Coaching Tools for Chamber Music Players
- New Video Coaching Tools for Chamber Music Players
- New Video: The April 15 Kronos Quartet Master Class
- New York String Studio shares Tips and Treats video series
- Not Your Grandmother’s Quartet
- Notes from the Rehearsal Studio: Learning the “Quartet for the End of Time”
- October is ACMP Drop-in Month! Pick a piece, find new players, DROP IN and PLAY CHAMBER MUSIC!
- Online Chamber Music Resources At A Glance
- Online Early Music Master Class with Andrew Appel
- Pachelbel would be amazed!
- Picking Wedding Music for that Special Day
- Press Release – Livestream Masterclass 2020
- Public Libraries’ Latest Offering: Musical Instruments
- Puccini and Piazzolla in the Pizzeria
- Reading Recommendations by ACMP Members 2019
- Remembering ACMP member Jo Margaret Farris
- Remembering Louise Jean Hauser Russo: Educator and Philanthropist
- Renowned violinist thanks childhood teacher for her dedication to music
- Report from the Netherlands: Excerpts from “Amateurs in European Music”
- Resources to Play Online
- Rice University Chamber Music Club Partners with ACMP
- Rochester Report: An Interview with NAOC Councilor Roberta Zalkind
- Seventh Annual ACMP Worldwide Play-In Reports, 2019
- Sixth Annual Play-In Connects Players Worldwide
- Speaking Up for Amateur Chamber Music Players
- String Insiders Offers Free Auditor Passes to ACMP Members for OSSI (Online Solo Strings Intensive)
- String Quartet Playing as a Model of Sanity and Self
- String Quartet Self-Coaching
- Study Suggests Music Improves Your Mood
- Sue Mistretta celebrates 10 years of Mountainside Chamber Music in Nelson, B.C.
- Summer Reading Recommendations by ACMP Members
- Syrian Violinist Helps Canadian Community Hear His Song
- Take a bow: Australian Chamber Orchestra’s 400-year-old cello to make its debut
- Taking Practice to a New Level
- Talented Teen Latest Loan Recipient from Chicago’s Stradivari Society
- Telegraph Quartet Livestream Concert sponsored by the SoCal Chamber Music Workshop
- The Alaria Chamber Ensemble’s Spring Session Begins on February 21, 2022 in NYC
- The Art and Science of Measure Numbering
- The Art of the Steinway Piano
- The Artistry of the Violin Maker
- The Joy Of Jamulus!
- The Queen of Paradise Orchestra Project of Papua New Guinea
- The Truth About Listening to Music While You Work
- Tickets now available for the Kronos Quartet Masterclass on November 12
- Timbre Reveal: a sneak peak at ACMP’s new app-in-progress
- Travels and Adventures with ACMP Pianist Nicholas King
- Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartetʼs Odd Player Out
- Two CMA Events this Week to Celebrate National Chamber Month in NYC: May 17 and 18
- Two left hands! On playing Christopher Walken’s left hand in “A Late Quartet”
- Two new videos: ACMP Film Club
- Violin Case to be Auctioned for Itzhak Perlman Charity
- Virtual Worldwide Play-In Sessions Information
- Vivere la Musica – Exploring the Love of Playing!
- Watch How Violins Get Made in the Stradivari Hometown
- Watch the 2020 Livestream Masterclass with the Jasper String Quartet
- Watch the Kronos Quartet Master Class on YouTube
- What Does Chamber Music Really Do For a Student’s Playing?
- Wine, Weiner and Witt
- Worldwide Play-In 2017 Press Release
- Young Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro – Meet Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
- Young Musicians Experience Chamber Music at the Soundscapes Chamber Music Workshop, Providence, Old Lyme, CT
Latest Articles
Wine, Weiner and Witt
Read ACMP violinist and coach María Catalina Paredes' story about the recent Just Play-supported concert “Wine, Weiner and Witt” in the city of Quito, Ecuador at Café Rio Intag (and continued at Pizzaria Amici Miel) on March 11, 2024. María Catalina organized this international gathering of ACMP members with the help of fellow Ecuadorian violinists Eudin Ramos and Keyber Perez and American cellist Tom Cappaert.
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Connecting the generations through music
Lorraine Marks-Field founded two intergenerational orchestras in New Jersey and Florida, emphasizing inclusivity and personal growth through music. Her approach connects players of all ages and abilities, fostering mentoring relationships and intergenerational bonds that extend beyond musical excellence to enrich lives.
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New Masterclass Video: Calvin Wiersma coaches Messiaen!
Check out the video recording from our recent class with violinist and chamber music coach extraordinaire Calvin Wiersma on Olivier Messiaen’s seminal work, the Quartet for the End of Time. During the class, Cal worked with ACMP musicians Kenneth Margolis (clarinet), Yolanda Wu (violin), Ben Pfeifer (cello) and Skip Kennon (piano.)
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Two new videos: ACMP Film Club
In 2023 ACMP launched its new Film Club series, and so far we have had two amazing conversations between filmmakers, musicians and our community. Watch the videos of both Film club events!
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2024 Worldwide Play-In Events
ACMP's Official Worldwide Play-In Weekend takes place from Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, 2024 but we have extended the whole Worldwide Play-In initiative to encompass Play-Ins throughout May, which is National Chamber Music Month here in the United States, and early June. Keep checking this article and the ACMP Events and Workshops Directory for public Play-Ins near you!
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Sue Mistretta celebrates 10 years of Mountainside Chamber Music in Nelson, B.C.
Sue Mistretta is an ACMP member cellist in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Read my interview with Sue to learn more about the adult amateur music scene in Nelson, her life as an adult beginner, and her experience creating a chamber music workshop from the ground up and running it for ten years. Maybe you would like to take a trip to beautiful Nelson, B.C. for one of her workshops this summer. Hurry to make the "Early Bird" discount deadline of May 1.
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Notes from the Rehearsal Studio: Learning the “Quartet for the End of Time”
In advance of the live and livestreamed masterclass this Sunday, April 7, I interviewed the four intrepid adult amateur musicians who took on the first and sixth movements of Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time." For the clarinetists, pianists, violinists and cellists among you, I hope you will be inspired to delve into Messiaen's masterwork yourselves!
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Announcing the 2024 Worldwide Play-In Weekend: May 17-19
May is Chamber Music Month! And ACMP is happy to announce its official Worldwide Play-In weekend:
Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, 2024
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Calvin Wiersma class on Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”: Sunday, April 7, 3pm ET
ACMP is proud to present a special live (and live-streamed) class with violinist and chamber music coach extraordinaire Calvin Wiersma on Olivier Messiaen's seminal work, the "Quartet for the End of Time," with ACMP member musicians Kenneth Margolis (clarinet), Yolanda Wu (violin), Ben Pfeifer (cello) and Walter Kennon (piano.)
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An orchestra that lives up to the ideals of the United Nations
Ever since the United Nations was founded nearly 80 years ago, it has stood for nothing less than “peace, justice, and better living for all humankind.” When it comes to living up to those ideals, nowhere does that happen more than every Wednesday night in a nondescript office across from UN headquarters.
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Meet Joel Epstein: violinist, violist, writer, arranger, educator and ACMP member since the 1970s
Violinist, violist, writer, arranger and educator Joel Epstein has been a member of ACMP since the 1970s. Get to know Joel and read about his book "Music for the Love of It: Episodes in Amateur Music-Making" and about his important work teaching music to status-less children in Israel.
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Meet ACMP Pianist and Educator James Daly
You may have been wondering about the people featured in the mockups for ACMP's new Timbre app-in-progress. AI was not involved in any way - all of those people are real members of ACMP with profiles in our Directory of Chamber Musicians. California-based pianist and educator James Daly is the man in the header image for the blog article about Timbre. Read all about his path to becoming a musician and educator and enjoy a 20% ACMP member discount on his original T-shirts and other merchandise.
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Timbre Reveal: a sneak peak at ACMP’s new app-in-progress
Take a sneak peek at “Timbre” - ACMP's first ever app, in its early stages of development. Timbre will be a fun, visual, and more immediate way to find other ACMP members while you’re casually scrolling on your phone.
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A conversation with filmmaker Hilan Warshaw
In the lead-up to the ACMP Film Club event about Hilan Warshaw's "Secret Song" on Sunday, February 18 at 2pm ET, ACMP's Executive Director Stephanie Griffin had the pleasure of catching up with Hilan, and asking him about how his background as a musician led to a unique career as a filmmaker with a primary focus on musical subjects.
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Eugene Drucker and Hilan Warshaw discuss “Secret Song”
Join ACMP on Sunday, February 18 at 2pm Eastern for an online discussion with film-maker Hilan Warshaw and former Emerson Quartet violinist Eugene Drucker about the genesis of "Secret Song," the making of the film and the sultry story behind Alban Berg's Lyric Suite for string quartet.
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Harmonizing Decades: A 2024 Follow-up to our 1996 Quartet session
When ACMP member violinist Gualtiero Morpurgo was visiting the United States from Milan in 1996, he found fellow violinist Mark Atkins in the ACMP Directory. Mark organized a string quartet session with Gualtiero, and later in life learned of his touching life story.
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How to put on a great adult chamber music workshop
Join ACMP Secretary and Grants Committee chair Susan Alexander on Tuesday, January 23 at 2:30pm Eastern for an illuminating online panel discussion about how to organize your own adult amateur chamber music workshop. Susan will be joined by experts in the field: Javier Caballero (Executive Director of the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music), Susie Ikeda (Executive Director of the Chamber Music Conference) and pianist/educator Nancy Breth (founder of the Levine School of Music's Chamber Music Weekend for adult amateurs.)
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Announcing the 2023 Holiday Caption Contest Winners!
ACMP’s 2nd annual Holiday Caption Contest was a resounding success! We received 96 captions from 44 ACMP members – exactly twice as many participants as last year. This year's winners were Raul Kottler, Ken Margolis and Rebecca Sayles.
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Rochester Report: An Interview with NAOC Councilor Roberta Zalkind
On a recent visit to Rochester, NY, ACMP Executive Director Stephanie Griffin reached out to local NAOC councilor and fellow violist Roberta Zalkind. Roberta gave Stephanie a tour of the Eastman Community Music School (a repeat ACMP grantee), introduced her to the school's director Petar Kodzas and invited her home for dinner, where the two violists got acquainted with one another and discussed the state of amateur chamber music in Rochester. After the visit, Stephanie followed up with this interview with Roberta.
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Report from the Netherlands: Excerpts from “Amateurs in European Music”
Here are a few highlights from an essay written by Marine Park, participant of the Wijnhaven Festival, Dordrecht, Netherlands in conjunction with Bas van Ouwerkerk, organizer of the Festival. This version is a translation of some selected excerpts from the full essay which was published in Korean in the Music Journal of Korea.
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