2012/2013 Friday Intimate Series ~ $276 Click here to Purchase Tickets

Intimate Concerts take place in a stylish home—the preferred up-close and personal setting for chamber music— the ‘original party music’ . Each concert is followed by a scrumptious reception along with an exclusive ‘back-stage-pass’ accessibility to the artists. The scene is festive and fun, and the music is to die for. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry… and we’ll do it all together. Very close together.

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2012/2013 Saturday Synchronism Series ~ $118 Click here to Purchase Tickets

In-synch in spirit, mind, and musical insight, Synchronisms take chamber music into the First Unitarian Church on Saturday nights, a venue small enough to maintain the intimate vibe, but big enough to let the sound come alive. The scene is casual, but spell-binding. Expect something divine to happen, but leave all the formality of heaven behind.

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Guaranteed to be our hottest festival ever, featuring an eclectic range of world-class artists that defy your typical denition of chamber music. From traditional to cutting edge chamber ensembles, the 2012 Austin Chamber Music Festival has something for every musical taste! Get your seats now before these concerts sell out!

2012 Festival Lineup

Tickets to be Announced

In collaboration with the Pro Arts Collective BAM Festival

Featuring: The Marion Anderson String Quartet

On September 30, 1989 the members of the Marian Anderson String Quartet, then known as the Chaminade Quartet, came together; unaware that they would soon change history. In 1991, the Quartet won the International Cleveland Quartet Competition, becoming the first African American ensemble in history to win a classical music competition.


A Midsummer Night’s Music


Friday, June 15, 2012 7:00 PM at One World Theatre

A party as elegant, intimate, spontaneous, and fun as our art form!

Enjoy a gourmet dinner with specially chosen wines, plus a live auction followed by a special ACMC concert! $125 individual tickets with tables from $1,250 – $12,000. Benefits include festival concert sponsorships, valet parking, and more! Read on for additional sponsorship details.


A Midsummer Night’s Musicians Click here to see the program

Sponsorship Levels

Standing Ovation Hero | $12,000

2 Tables (20 tickets)

• Exclusive “Presenting Sponsor” of ACMC’s A Midsummer Night’s Music
• Sponsorship of Festival Concert of your choice
• Opportunity in July to dine exclusively with Festival Concert artists: The Bad Plus, Jupiter String Quartet, Claremont Piano Trio, Brasil Guitar Duo, Fine Arts String Quartet, Mother Falcon, Third Coast Percussion, Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley
• Sponsorship of 10 students to participate in the Festival Workshop, with the opportunity to visit a day of ACMC Workshop activities
• Special private concert featuring Artistic Director, Michelle Schumann (10 guests)
• 2 tables (20 seats) in a VIP location, with specially selected wine.
• Best seats in the house (First two rows at the concert )
• VIP Valet Parking for entire table
• For companies: full-page color ad in the Festival Program and logo displayed at the Gala and Festival
• Acknowledgement in the press releases and all media outreach
• Recognition in ACMC e-blasts and website
• Name listed on the ACMC’s A Midsummer Night’s Music webpage with direct link to your website
• Name listed in the 2012 Festival program

Encore Hero | $6,000

1 Table (10 tickets)

• Special recognition during the concert as A Midsummer Night’s Music Sponsor
• Sponsorship of Festival Concert of your choice
• Opportunity in July to dine exclusively with festival concert artists: The Bad Plus, Jupiter String Quartet, Claremont Piano Trio, Brasil Guitar Duo, Fine Arts String Quartet, Mother Falcon, Third Coast Percussion, Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley
• 1 table (10 seats) in a VIP location, with specially selected wine
• VIP Seating at the Concert
• VIP Valet Parking for entire table
• Name or logo displayed at the Gala
• Name listed on the ACMC’s A Midsummer Night’s Music webpage with direct link to your website
• Name listed in the 2012 Festival program

Applause Hero | $3,000

1 Table (10 tickets)

• Co-sponsorship of Festival Concert of your choice
• Invitation to artists reception at the Festival
• 1 table (10 seats) in a VIP location, with specially selected wine
• VIP Seating at the Concert
• VIP Valet Parking
• Name or logo displayed at the Gala
• Name listed on the ACMC’s A Midsummer Night’s Music webpage with direct link to your website
• Name listed in the 2012 Festival program

Full House Hero | $1,250

1 Table (10 tickets)

• Table served with select wine
• Valet Parking
• Name listed on the ACMC’s A Midsummer Night’s Music webpage with direct link to your website
• Name listed in the 2012 Festival program

Prodigy Hero | $125

• 1 ticket to the Gala includes dinner with wine served at your table and valet parking.

Supportive Hero | $ Your choice

If you cannot attend ACMC’s A Midsummer Night’s Music but would like to contribute, please consider giving at the Supportive Hero Level. Your donation goes towards supporting our Scholarship Program and Festival Workshop.

• Name listed on the Gala’s webpage with direct link to your website
• Name listed in the 2012 Festival program

For additional information, please contact Heather at
heather@austinchambermusic.org or 512.213.2584

During the 2012 Adult Chamber Music Workshop, ACMC will be offering both chamber music coachings as well as the opportunity to play in a chamber orchestra for adults 19 and up.

Chamber Workshop: Musicians are placed in two different chamber ensembles and assigned artist coaches. Activities during the workshop include six coaching sessions with professional musicians, a formal performance at the end of the three weeks, masterclass opportunities with Festival Artists, outreach performance opportunities, plus free tickets to selected Festival Concerts.

Chamber Orchestra: The orchestra runs alongside the Chamber Workshop, allowing musicians the opportunity to participate both in chamber ensembles and orchestra or in just one of the programs. Led by Dr. Rob Radmer, the chamber orchestra tackles exciting repertoire explores various techniques of ensemble playing and expression. Activities include six rehearsals, formal performances, plus free tickets to selected Festival Concerts

The Young Artists Division welcomes musicians ages 11-18 of intermediate to advanced proficiency. Students will work with amazing faculty who will instill musicianship, listening skills, leadership and confidence through chamber music and other music electives. The Young Artists will receive masterclasses, coaching sessions and noonday presentations from guest Festival Artists from around the world. All instrumentalists are encouraged to enroll.

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At the Door: General Admission(standing)$30 || Table seating: $55 per seat

PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED FROM THE STAGE

The Bad Plus will perform original compositions from the upcoming Fall 2012 release on Entertainment Music One tentatively titled “Made Possible”.

For the past 10 years The Bad Plus have created an uncompromising body of work by shattering musical convention. Rolling Stone called their amalgam of jazz, pop, rock and avant garde “about as badass as highbrow gets,” while The New York Times said the band is “better than anyone at mixing the sensibilities of post-‘60s jazz and indie rock.” Few jazz groups in recent memory have amassed such acclaim, and few have generated as much controversy while audaciously bucking musical trends.

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PROGRAM
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, “The Joke” | Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 7 | Bela Bartok
String Quartet in D Major, Op.44, No. 1 | Felix Mendelssohn

The JUPITER STRING QUARTET, formed in 2001, is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Megan Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (older sister of Meg), and cellist Daniel McDonough (husband of Meg, brother-in-law of Liz). The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation, and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four. There are also musical references (for example, Holst’s The Planets, in which Jupiter is “the bringer of jollity”) that emphasize the connotations of happiness and strength associated with the Roman god Jupiter.

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PROGRAM
Sonata in D Major for Viola da Gamba, BWV 1028 | Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 | Robert Schumann
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op.120/1 | Johannes Brahms
In the Mornin’ | Charles Ives
Serenity | Charles Ives
New York Counterpoint | Steve Reich
Three Preludes | George Gershwin | arr. Jay Gach
“Gershwin!” | arr. Frank Bennett

RICHARD STOLTZMAN

Two-time Grammy Award winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman’s virtuosity, technique, imagination, and communicative power have revolutionized the world of clarinet playing, opening up possibilities for the instrument that no one could have predicted. He was responsible for bringing the clarinet to the forefront as a solo instrument, and is still the world’s foremost clarinetist.

MICHELLE SCHUMANN

Hailed for her “sensitive, flexible, and tempestuous dexterity,” (Fanfare Magazine) pianist Michelle Schumann has built a reputation for evocative and moving performances that are infused with unique energy and zeal. Winner of the 2006 Janice K. Hodges Competition for Contemporary Music, Schumann’s programs feature meticulously integrated selections of classic and contemporary repertoire producing performances that are “smart, irresistible, and utterly captivating.” (Austin-American Statesman) Recent international performances have taken her to the City de la Musique-Paris, Conservatoire de Gabriel Faure, and Conservatoire de Maurice Ravel in France; Birmingham Conservatory and St. Mary’s Cathedral-Haxby in England; the Roxy Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland; and the Salzburger Dom Cathedral and Konzervatorium Wien in Austria.

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The Primary Division is catered toward elementary school-aged students (ages 6 – 10). Students will work with amazing faculty who will instill musicianship, listening skills, leadership and confidence through chamber music. All instrumentalists are encouraged to enroll.

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In collaboration with the Austin Guitar Society

PROGRAM
Zita | Astor Piazzolla
La Poule* | Jean Phillipe Rameau
Les Cyclops | Jean Phillipe Rameau
Preludes and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, Op. 199 | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Valsa e Posludio | Douglas Lora
Prelude from Bachianas No. 4* | Heitor Villa-Lobos
7 Aneis* | Egberto Gismonti
Casa Forte* | Edu Lobo/Joao Luiz
Zanzibar* | Edu Lobo/Joao Luiz
Djavan’s Portrait | Joao Luiz
Zanzibar* | Joao Luiz
A Fala da Paixao* | Egberto Gismonti
Forrobodo * | Egberto Gismonti
Bate-Coxa | Maximiliano Pereira

*arranged by Joao Luis

Classical Guitar Magazine exclaims: “The maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity …is simply outstanding.” in describing the Brasil Guitar Duo, winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition.

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PROGRAM
Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio (2012) | Sean Shepherd
Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.49 | Felix Mendelssohn

Widely regarded as the premier piano trio of its generation, the Claremont Trio is sought after for its thrillingly virtuosic and richly communicative performances. First winners of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award and the only piano trio ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremonts are consistently lauded for their “aesthetic maturity, interpretive depth, and exuberance” (Palm Beach Daily News).

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PROGRAM
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 74, No. 2 | Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 | Robert Schumann
Quintet for Piano and String Quartet in A Major, Op. 81 | Antonin Dvorak

The Fine Arts Quartet is considered one of America’s finest quartets. They have appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and the Today Show. Starting in 1958, the Quartet began to tour Europe annually. In 1961, the Quartet toured Australia, and in the late sixties, the U.S. Department of State sponsored the Quartet’s tours to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. By the late seventies, the Quartet had already performed in some 270 cities in 28 countries. The Quartet has continued to broadcast for radio in America (especially for WFMT-Chicago), in Europe (e.g. the BBC), and for television (concerts and educational programs for National Public Television).

The Quartet’s first teaching residency, 1952-1955, was at Northwestern University. In 1963, after many years of summer concerts at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, the Quartet was invited to become Quartet-in-Residence, and has been resident there ever since.

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Mother Falcon is an orchestral indie band born in Austin, Texas that has quickly become an award winning recording act and a top concert draw, performing in rock clubs while maintaining a presence in the performing arts scene scoring plays and films.

The group began to coalesce around multi-instrumentalist and composer Nick Gregg while the members were still teenagers, coming together via orchestral and chamber music classes. Composing as a collective, the 18 piece ensemble includes several multi-instrumentalists and most of the players contribute vocals. Guitarist/pianist Claire Puckett, accordionist/pianist Tamir Khalifa and percussionist/saxophonist Issac Winburne form the creative core along with Nick Gregg, though all members contribute musically.

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PROGRAM
Fractalia | Owen Clayton Condon
Mallet Quartet | Steve Reich
Third Construction | John Cage
Common Patterns in Uncommon Time | David Skidmore

Praised by Time Out Chicago for “chops, polish, and youthful joy in performing,” Third Coast Percussion uses an impressive array of percussion instruments to create a performance experience like no other. With exceptional talent and dedicated artistry, this “sonically spectacular” (Chicago Tribune) quartet combines the driving intensity of drums, the beautiful warmth of marimbas and vibraphones, and the surprisingly exotic sounds of everyday objects to make music that is playful, memorable and profound. In performances around the country, the Chicago-based ensemble has swiftly gained national attention for effortlessly combining the energy of a rock concert with the precision and sophistication of classical chamber music.

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This evening’s performance will be announced from the stage, giving the artists the opportunity to share the context of the program, and allowing the music to flow seamlessly from one genre to the next. The artists’ selection may be drawn from the following composers:

Stravinsky | Janacek | Herrmann | Arcade Fire | Radiohead | Mahavishnu
John McLaughlin Martinu | Cocteau Twins

“IF any artists were destined to collaborate, it was surely this pair. Matt Haimovitz, a thoughtful and passionate cellist, veered away from the straight-and-narrow career path of a child prodigy to pursue new audiences in coffeehouses and nightclubs. Christopher O’Riley, an accomplished pianist — and incidentally, the host of “From the Top,” a popular PBS and NPR series that showcases very young classical musicians — likewise spends as much time in rock clubs as in recital halls.” ~ Steve Smith, New York Times

Anyone who thinks the lines between classical and pop music are crisp and easily drawn is reckoning without the innovative spirit of cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley. ~ Joshua Kosmen, San Francisco Chronicle

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