The Austin Chamber Music Center would like to share some bittersweet news about our longtime Director of Education, Jeni Gossard. After more than 16 years of dedicated leadership with the Austin Chamber Music Center, Jeni has accepted a new role as Community Investment Manager at…
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…
After an intense search with highly qualified candidates both locally and from around the country, the Austin Chamber Music Center is pleased to announce the appointments of Frank Jenkins to Managing Director and Sandy Yamamoto to Artistic Director. “Austin Chamber Music Center has been a…
Today, ACMC shares some transformational news which will have a substantial impact on our community. Both Peter Helf and Michelle Schumann have announced plans to change their roles at ACMC. The Board of Directors is setting a plan for the future which will lead our…
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…
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…
Review: Timeless chamber music fest enchants in a historic Austin setting By Michael Barnes, Austin 360, June 2, 2021 The tree remembers. Or so I imagined as the Schumann Chamber Players opened the Austin Chamber Music Festival during an enchanted evening on the lawn of…
See This Show: Austin musicians bolster ‘The Power of Friendship’ to benefit storm victims By Michael Barnes, Austin 360, March 2, 2021 Perhaps because several of its leaders count as genuine visionaries, the Austin classical music community is unusually innovative, as well as collaborative….
For the 2020 Austin Chamber Music Festival, You Provide the Chamber With the annual event online in your home, chamber music doesn’t get any more intimate By Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle, June 26, 2020 If this were any ordinary summer, Austinites could count on finding…
Singing Pride: The work of LGBTQ composers celebrated in a free concert By Sightlines, July 6, 2019 For 11 years, the Austin Chamber Music Festival has presented a free concert that celebrates the creative contributions of LGBTQ composers. Composer Russell Reed curated and presented the…
A Concert of African Diaspora Composers, from the 18th Century to contemporary Puerto Rico For this year’s award-winning Black Composers Concert, curator Artina McCain taps composers of African descent from Europe, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the United States. By Dana Wen, February…
Review: Beauty on Water ‘Beauty on Water’ Kicks off Season for Austin Chamber Music Center by Rebecca Johnson, Arts Around Austin, October 3, 2018 This past Saturday, I checked out Austin Chamber Music Center’s season opener, “Beauty on Water” at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church. It…
Review: 2018 Austin Chamber Music Festival How the Attacca Quartet, Emerson Quartet, and invoke played by Robi Polgar, Austin Chronicle, July 17, 2018 This year’s Austin Chamber Music Festival features three weeks of what Artistic Director Michelle Schumann calls “hardcore chamber music,” as a stellar…
Julius Eastman to The Fullest For its annual Pride Concert, Austin Chamber Music Festival presents “Femenine,” a masterpiece of the late queer, Black composer who was once all but forgotten By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Sightlines, July 5, 2018 When minimalist composer Julius Eastman died…
Austin Chamber Music Festival: St. Lawrence String Quartet This concert was a lesson in active listening from an active, assured, exceptional ensemble By Robi Polgar, Austin Chronicle, July 21, 2017 What is “active listening”? A lesson: As explained – nay, taught – by Geoff Nuttall,…
Chargaux at the 2017 Austin Chamber Music Festival This dynamic Brooklyn-based string duo proves that the Austin Chamber Music Festival has many more colors than its name suggests By Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle, July 7, 2017 Tight shot of a violin and a viola –…
Austin Chamber Music Festival reveals stories in the songs By Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, July 5, 2017 The latest trend in chamber music — storytelling — might also be the most ancient cultural practice in human history. Yet as Michelle Schumann, artistic director of the…
Enraptured by chamber music at the Blue Bash By Michael Barnes, Austin 360, June 12, 2017 Listen closer. Chamber music demands it. You will be rewarded beyond measure. I’ve been away from live chamber music for a while. I’m back. Never going away again. The…
