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Each year, the Melbourne Chamber Music Society offers educational outreach WORKSHOPS for Brevard music students, with groups appearing in our International Concert Series.

It is impressive to witness the improvement obtained in so short a time during one of these educational outreach workshops. The young people have always expressed great enthusiasm for the expert coaching they received.

The Melbourne Chamber Music Society is proud to sponsor these events in our local community.

Date	Workshop & Location	Photo
1/24/11	Spanish Brass Stone Middle School, Melbourne The Spanish Brass opened the clinic to approximately 70 students with a presentation of a medley of the “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Rodrigo and the jazz tune “Spain” by American composer Chick Corea. About half of the students were musicians with the remainder being members of the school’s Spanish Club. A question regarding the musical term “fugue” drew mostly blank stares from the students so the Spanish Brass demonstrated in a unique fashion. The group’s members formed a straight line and from memory began playing the Bach “Fugue in G Minor”. Each time a player had the main theme they took a step or to forward and retreated when another player took over the theme. From the fugue lesson the group moved to introducing the students to different Latin/Spanish dance forms. Several eager students volunteered to dance until they learned they would have to dance with an actual partner! The group played a Bossa Nova and a more formal Spanish dance as the students displayed their “moves”
5/21/10 -5/23/10	Brevard Chamber Music Seminar - 2010 Michael Wiseman, Artistic director Melbourne Chamber Music in partnership with Satellite Academy of Fine Arts, Satellite High School The seminar was a fantastic success with both the students and coaching staff declaring it a very enjoyable and exciting event. Almost 40 students from Brevard high schools, Brevard Community College, Florida State University, and Stetson University participated. Students received masterclass coaching for chamber music ensembles and individual coaching on Friday and Saturday. All classes were open to the public. There was no charge to the students. This seminar provided university level coaches for the students and challenged them with significant pieces of chamber music.
1/21/10	Frautschi Ensemble Eric Ruske, French horn - Masterclass Eric Ruske, formerly with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Empire Brass, gave a masterclass on the main stage of Brevard Community College, Cocoa campus. He worked with two students from the University of Central Florida, Orlando and one student of Brevard Community College. The masterclass was sponsored by the Melbourne Chamber Music Society and underwritten by a local music store. The workshop was videotaped and excerpts may be viewed on our Facebook page.
10/26/09	Carducci String Quartet – Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra The Carducci Quartet coached a quartet formed from the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra members. The young quartet played a movement from Haydn’s “American” quartet while the Carducci offered specific coaching on their work. The remaining Youth Orchestra members and audience benefited from the instruction. About 150 members and parents attended.
11/30/07	Borealis Wind Quintet - Satellite High School About 100 students from Satellite High were treated to a special master-class by the Borealis Wind Quintet. The group played "Indialantic Impromptu" for the students. This piece is a new composition which was premiered the previous night. The students had the opportunity to get pointers from the Borealis whose accolades include a 2006 Grammy nomination for their CD "A La Carte" in the "Best Classical Chamber Music Performance Category". Oboist Tamara Beach Wells shared with the students that her son was a member of a fairly successful rock band as well as being a classically trained trumpet player. She encouraged students to listen to all genres of music adding that there are really only two types of music, good and bad. She challenged students to be open minded when listening to new music but to understand that there is bad classical music and good hip-hop!
11/10/06	Kuss Quartet - Satellite High School About 40 students from Mel Hi attended this workshop. They played a movement from Beethoven and a movement from Haydn followed by the Shostakovich from the previous evening in it's entirety. Then they demonstrated a number of techniques used on string instruments to produce various types of noise. Some of these techniques are used by modern composers. They then held a question and answer session with the students for about 20 minutes.
10/27/06	Vienna Piano Trio - Melbourne High School Approximately 140 Satellite High School orchestra members were treated to a master-class by the Vienna Piano Trio. The Trio explained and demonstrated differences in music from the time of Haydn through the time of Schubert and engaged the students in lively discussion.
01/20/06	American Chamber Players - Eau Gallie High School The American Chamber Players held a master class for the Flute Band held in the Eau Gallie band room.
3/91/05	Auryn String Quartet - West Shore Jr. Sr. High School In March, 2005 the Auryn String Quartet held a strings master class at West Shore Junior / Senior High School (on Neiman Ave, Melb) for about 50 strings students and teachers. In addition to demonstrations and a question and answer period, the students played the first movement of “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik “ for the musicians. The musicians offered suggestions to the students on their performance.
9/23/03	American Brass Quintet - Eau Gallie High School The Photo shows a student ensemble from Eau Gallie High backed up by the American Brass Quintet.
1/25/03	Wihan String Quartet - Trinity Presbyterian Church Members of the Wihan String Quartet coached the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra Quartet on an individual basis. In addition, the students and coaches played together. .
4/5/02	Dorian Wind Quintet - Melbourne High School	No Photo available