From Student to Teacher: Sophie Mathieu’s Musical Journey at ACMC
Every year at the Austin Chamber Music Center, something magical happens. Young musicians who once sat nervously in their first chamber music rehearsal return as confident teachers, guiding the next generation. This full-circle journey is at the heart of our “Summer of Impact” campaign. Sophie…
Sandy Yamamoto: Artistic Director of Austin Chamber Music Center
A Legacy of Musical Excellence Sandy Yamamoto’s journey in music began at the tender age of 4. By 11, she had already made her solo debut with the North Carolina Symphony, setting the stage for a remarkable career. The New York Times has praised her…
Festival Focus: Book of Longing
Notes from ACMC Artistic Director Michelle Schumann What’s great about it: The Book of Longing represents the mind-melding of two of the greatest musical masterminds of our time: Leonard Cohen and Philip Glass. Cohen’s poetry is personal, passionate, brutally honest, spiritual, and irreverent. When asked…
Festival Focus: Invoke & The Tale of the Fox
Notes from ACMC Artistic Director Michelle Schumann What’s great about it: Invoke is one of the most innovative chamber ensembles in the country. They are singular and unique, and their approach to music-making knows NO boundaries. Literally, they are always creating new sounds with new…
Festival Focus: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Notes from ACMC Artistic Director Michelle Schumann What’s great about it: The country’s most renowned and influential chamber music society? What’s not great about it?! It will be a thrill to hear New York’s finest chamber musicians in Austin’s own Bates Recital Hall… an amazing…
Festival Focus: Andre Hayward & Friends
Guest Notes from Golden Hornet Artistic Director Graham Reynolds What’s great about it: Andre has collected an amazing array of Black composers and players from Texas, New York, and beyond, with backgrounds in jazz, classical, and more. Each has a unique personal voice and the…
Festival Focus: Peter Bay & Festival Chamber Orchestra
Notes from ACMC Artistic Director Michelle Schumann What’s great about it: Opening the Festival with our chamber orchestra is always the most celebratory thing! We celebrate Austin’s superlative local talent, led by the incomparable Peter Bay, and always program music that is sure to bring…
Festival Focus: Boyd Meets Girl
Guest Notes from ACG Artistic Director Joe Williams What’s great about it: Gramophone just hailed the new album by Boyd Meets Girl as “Beguiling… fascinating… enchanting…” and I totally agree. Boyd Meets Girl is all about charm. The husband and wife duo brings together the…
Festival Focus: The Winter’s Tale
Notes from ACMC Artistic Director Michelle Schumann What’s great about it: Our combination of live chamber music set to Shakespeare’s scenes is a unique and innovative concept. This year we’re taking on the passion, jealousy, and redemption of The Winter’s Tale and giving it an…
Festival Focus: Pacifica Quartet
Notes from ACMC Artistic Director Michelle Schumann What’s great about it: “Phenomenal,” “brilliant,” “astonishing,” “gripping,” and “breathtaking.” These are the words that have been used to describe the Pacifica Quartet, and with multiple Grammys under their belt, they will join us in Austin on July…
Festival Focus: Merz Trio
Notes from ACMC Artistic Director Michelle Schumann What’s great about it: The Merz Trio (rhymes with the German word Herz: “hair-tz”) is the newest and most stunning piano trio on the chamber music scene. Do you want to know what prizes they’ve won? Sheesh, the…
Reflections on a Year of Making Music Together Apart
Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin Classical Guitar, and Conspirare, with the support and encouragement of the Still Water Foundation, collaborated in the 20-21 season to support one another and share ideas during the COVID pandemic as we transitioned to in-home, streaming performances. Collectively we are…
2021–2022 Season: Save the Date
Favorite Things We’ll return to our Friday Intimate Concert and Saturday Synchronism Concert format with five programs from October through April. Instead of going into homes for Intimate Concerts we are thrilled to partner with KMFA to present all five concerts in the brand new…
David’s Journey Through the In-School Program
David is a junior at LBJ/LASA High School who has been involved with ACMC since he was in middle school at Sarah Beth Lively. He writes in support of ACMC’s 2020 Amplify Austin campaign, which will provide funding to the In-School Coaching Program. Read David’s…
Vieuxtemps & the Romantics
In this week’s Chamber Chat, we’ll delve into why our Valentine’s Weekend program will be our most emotionally charged concert of the season. Learn about the virtuosity and drama of Vieuxtemps, the holy aura of Beethoven, and the “heart-on-sleeve” romanticism of Fauré. Friday night and Saturday…
Reicha & the Inner Circle
In this week’s Chamber Chat, Michelle Schumann discusses friendship. Learn about the friendship between Beethoven and Anton Reicha that influenced their music making, and about one piece that Michelle’s friend, award-winning Austin composer Graham Reynolds, wrote for her. Hear this music live on January 18…
Crumb & the Innovators
Venture inside a piano to learn a few modern techniques from Michelle Schumann. She’ll also discuss your next season concert, Crumb & the Innovators, and what makes each piece on the program so experimental for its time. Hear these innovative works by George Crumb, Dmitri…
Clara & the Phenomena
Learn about one of the finest pianists of her time from our own Michelle Schumann. Michelle chats about Clara Schumann’s ingenuity and uniqueness, and about the music by Brahms and Beethoven that will be paired with her Piano Trio next weekend. Discover these influential works live…
