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Adult Learning Opportunities

Invigorate your ear and fine-tune your listening skills at CMS. Through lectures and master classes, CMS encourages listeners of all ages and all skill levels to connect more deeply with music and musicians.

  • Lectures: Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
  • Master Class Series
  • Special Symposium

Inside Chamber Music Lecture Series

Revealing the mysteries of great music is an art in itself – requiring knowledge, imagination, a poetic sensibility – not to mention whimsy and humor.

Composer and author Bruce Adolphe is a true master of this art. With a unique blend of insight and scholarship, Bruce always finds uncanny ways to enlighten and inform through his Inside Chamber Music lectures.

The music to be discussed is drawn from the season’s repertoire.

2009-10 Season: Over the course of the season, Bruce will take you on an in-depth exploration of two musical giants: Schubert, and Beethoven.

Fall Season:

  • On September 30, Schubert’s String Quartet, D. 887, Op. 161 is the focus.
  • Schubert’s String Quintet, D. 956, Op. 161 receives due diligence on October 7.
  • Bruce digs deeper into Schubert’s Violin Fantasy, D. 934, Op. 159 on October 21.
  • The lecture on November 4 focuses on the art songs of Franz Schubert.

Spring Season:

  • The Winter Festival features the music of Beethoven, and Bruce opens the Spring ICM season with a lecture on the Violin Sonata, Op. 30, No. 2 and String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1 on January 27.
  • Bruce discusses Beethoven’s String Quartets Opp. 131 and 135 on February 3.
  • Beethoven’s Violin Sonata, Op. 96 and String Quartet Op. 95, “Serioso” are the focus of the lecture on February 10.
  • The season closes on February 17 with a lecture on Beethoven’s “Grosse Fuge,” Op. 133 and String Quartet, Op. 130.

Order the Full, Fall, or Spring series, or buy tickets to individual lectures.

Master Class Series

Observe the art of interpretation and technique as master artists share their knowledge and experience with the next generation.

Master classes are free, but reservations are required. Please call 212-875-5788 or email the ticketing office to reserve space.

Special Symposium

For a country of only 5 million people, Finland’s performers and composers have had an immense impact on music. Artistic Director Wu Han hosts a lively concersation with some of Finland’s most extraordinary artists in an exploration of this country’s unique and compelling musical history.

For more information on any of these programs, contact us at education@chambermusicsociety.org.