Registration is now open for the Fall 2019 semester!
Date: September 18, 2019 – January 29, 2020
When: Wednesdays, 4:30 – 6:30pm
Where: Ridgeview Classical Charter School, 1800 S. Lemay Avenue
Tuition: $100 per semester. Scholarships are available
Register: Chamber Music Program Registration Form, by September 11th
To participate you must be a fluent music reader and play a string instrument, piano or be an intermediate level-and-above woodwind player in Grades 4 – 12.
Come join us and experience the joy of playing chamber music! Learn more about finding your ‘musical voice.’ This is a collaborative music program that gives kids a great way to develop their musical skills while working with their peers. All students work in set chamber music groups coached by high level professional musicians, plus: chamber orchestra for strings working with Michael Davis, former concertmaster of the Louisville Symphony Orchestra; flute choir for flutes; and piano four hands for pianists. Enrichment classes and guest artists, like members of the Miami String Quartet and the Front Range Chamber Players, are dispersed throughout both semesters.
Build your technical skills while gaining a greater understanding of how to play musically. Come join us for a great way to learn more about different styles of music, how to play in a small group, feel musically confident and have your own voice. We’ll help you build technical skills and get a greater understanding of how to play musically.
New this year: The Adult Amateur Chamber Music Workshop
Off the Hook Arts is pleased to announce the launch of a new program in the Chamber Music Academy — the Adult Amateur Chamber Music Workshop. Enroll in a chamber music group as an individual or bring in a pre-formed group for coaching with professional chamber musicians.
Don’t forget! We’ve established a Chamber Music Academy College Scholarship Fund. Enroll in the program for at least 3 consecutive years and you are eligible to apply for a $2000 scholarship for a graduating high school senior. This award can be used at any 4-year college in the pursuit of any declared major and will be first awarded in 2020.
Please contact Jephta Bernstein to participate as a sponsor or donor, financially or through the donation of pianos and instruments.
To apply:
- Fill out the Chamber Academy Program Registration Form.
- You will also need a Teacher Evaluation Form.
- Questions? Please contact director@offthehookarts.org or call 970.305.2261
Coaching Staff:
Piano: Jessica Pacheco
Strings: Jessica Albrecht, cello; Jephta Bernstein, violin; Glésse Collet, viola; Michael Davis, violin; Heidi Mausbach, cello; Daniel Delaney, cello; Stacy Lesartre, violin; Ann Schnaidt, viola; Zo Manfredi, violin; Michael Schaefer, violin; Madison Johnson, violin
Woodwinds and Recorder Choir: ‘Cille Lutsch, flute
Chamber Orchestra Conductors: Michael Davis and Michael Schaefer
Program Description:
4:25 Instruments out, tuned and ready to go.
You’ll have plenty of time to chat, catch up, eat snack in just a few minutes (okay, 50 minutes).
4:30 – 5:20 Coaching
Pre-assigned groups will work on a standard repertoire selection as their semester long piece. Guest coaches and occasional switching of coaches will occur in order to give coaches with different main instruments so that all students have feedback, as much as possible, on their primary instrument.
5:20 – 5:30 Snack and Social Time
Bring a snack and relax a bit with your fellow musicians.
5:30 – 6:25 Large Ensemble/Chamber Orchestra Class
Students work in Chamber Orchestras, four-hands piano groups, or woodwind choirs. Ensembles are led by former Louisville Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Michael Davis, 30 year PSD veteran orchestra/band director Michael Schaefer, and flutist ‘Cille Lutsch. Guest Events: Guest Performances and Master Classes with visiting OtHA festival artists, Front Range Chamber Players members.
6:30 Go Home!
Students are required to be present, practice their parts, participate in discussions and workshops promoted by faculty, and perform in the end of semester recitals.
Recitals will be in public facilities in an effort to give back to our community and let kids Play It Forward!
Learn about ways you can offer your time and skill(s) and take on small jobs that make a major difference in our day to day operations. Contact Jephta Bernstein at director@offthehookarts.org or visit our Volunteer page.
