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Brigham Young University-Idaho Chamber
String students will present a Chamber Music Festival on
Saturday, November 19 at 8:30 p.m. in the Snow Recital Hall.
This event comes after much preparation by the Chamber String
students including receiving personal instruction from the
Cavani String Quartet, a professional string quartet who is
performing at BYU-Idaho on November 16 and 17. Chamber String
students will have opportunities to interact with the quartet in
classes, critique sessions and a luncheon while the group stays
in Rexburg.
“Each year the residency proves to be one of the most enriching
experiences for development of individual musicianship, which is
then reflected in their skills when we come back together as an
orchestra,” said Ted Ashton, BYU-Idaho Music Department faculty
member.
The Chamber Music Festival program will feature works from many
well known composers, including Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn,
Dvorak, Brahms, Elgar and Ravel. The Chamber Strings group is a
part of the Chamber Orchestra, but will be performing
individually for this event.
“Chamber music is a very intimate from of music making,” Ashton
continued. “In orchestra there are a number of people playing
the same part - strength in numbers so to speak. In chamber
music it is one person on a part and you must be thoroughly
prepared in order to make the group work.”
Admission to the Chamber Music Festival is free to the public. |