Causes: Arts & Culture, Music
Mission: The Chamber Music Connection (CMC), located in Worthington, Ohio, provides an environment where student musicians of all ages and levels of experience can study and perform chamber music. CMC is a non-profit, performance-based, and equal opportunity educational program, Founder and Artistic Director Deborah Barrett Price—better known to students and faculty as Debbie—has maintained a policy of “no audition required” since starting the program in 1992.Students who apply to CMC are primarily string, piano, and woodwind players, but CMC accepts all types of instrumentalists and vocalists. Ensembles are formed based on age, previous experience, and their potential to learn from—and inspire—one another. Students must collaborate to achieve their musical goals. CMC has experienced gradual growth over its more than twenty-year history. In 1992, the organization started with just twenty students who came together for a two-week summer festival. In 1998, CMC became a yearlong program, finding a home base at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Worthington, Ohio. Currently, CMC typically supports 20-30 chamber ensembles (about 100 students in groups ranging from trios to octets), 5-7 chamber orchestras, semi-annual opera scenes, a thriving gig program, a revolutionary high school fellowship program, a jazz/alternative music seminar, and the iSTEM (improvisation, Solfège, Theory, Eurhythmics, and Movement) project. Along with our educational programs, CMC presents over thirty concerts a year. Debbie also believes in collaborative teaching. Our associated faculty of over forty professional musicians includes community pedagogues, members of local professional orchestras, as well as professors from prestigious universities and conservatories throughout the state of Ohio. Debbie rotates coaches, giving each group at least two different faculty members to work with each semester. Students also receive coaching from visiting guest artists, who are often high-profile musicians in town to perform. Receiving feedback from a team of coaches and guest artists gives CMC students the opportunity to learn multiple interpretations and enables each group’s unique creative process.
Mission: The Chamber Music Connection (CMC), located in Worthington, Ohio, provides an environment where student musicians of all ages and levels of experience can study and perform chamber music. CMC is a non-profit, performance-based, and equal opportunity educational program, Founder and Artistic Director Deborah Barrett Price—better known to students and faculty as Debbie—has maintained a policy of “no audition required” since starting the program in 1992.Students who apply to CMC are primarily string, piano, and woodwind players, but CMC accepts all types of instrumentalists and vocalists. Ensembles are formed based on age, previous experience, and their potential to learn from—and inspire—one another. Students must collaborate to achieve their musical goals. CMC has experienced gradual growth over its more than twenty-year history. In 1992, the organization started with just twenty students who came together for a two-week summer festival. In 1998, CMC became a yearlong program, finding a home base at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Worthington, Ohio. Currently, CMC typically supports 20-30 chamber ensembles (about 100 students in groups ranging from trios to octets), 5-7 chamber orchestras, semi-annual opera scenes, a thriving gig program, a revolutionary high school fellowship program, a jazz/alternative music seminar, and the iSTEM (improvisation, Solfège, Theory, Eurhythmics, and Movement) project. Along with our educational programs, CMC presents over thirty concerts a year. Debbie also believes in collaborative teaching. Our associated faculty of over forty professional musicians includes community pedagogues, members of local professional orchestras, as well as professors from prestigious universities and conservatories throughout the state of Ohio. Debbie rotates coaches, giving each group at least two different faculty members to work with each semester. Students also receive coaching from visiting guest artists, who are often high-profile musicians in town to perform. Receiving feedback from a team of coaches and guest artists gives CMC students the opportunity to learn multiple interpretations and enables each group’s unique creative process.
Po Box 831, Worthington, OH 43085
Arts & Culture
Worthington
