Chamber Music Virtual Open House

Learn about Hoff-Barthelson’s Chamber Music Program and Meet the Directors

Parents of prospective students and adult musicians are invited to join Chamber Music Program Director Donna Elaine, Piano Ensembles Coordinator Dr. Tomoko Uchino, Adult Chamber Music Coordinator Rie Matsumoto, Dean Chris Kenniff and Executive Director Ken Cole for a lively online introduction to the Hoff-Barthelson Music School’s Chamber Music Program on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at 8:00 pm, via Zoom.

Hoff-Barthelson’s Chamber Music Program offers small ensemble experience to intermediate and advanced instrumentalists and pianists in its K-12 and Adult Divisions. The program is open to students who will maintain the highest standard of dedication, commitment, and attendance.

In addition to regular coaching sessions, chamber music and piano ensemble students perform annually at the Holiday Music Festival (December) and Chamberfest (May) and are eligible to perform at student recitals throughout the year. Students may also elect to participate in audition-based Musical Festivals each spring and may be selected to perform for musicians from the New York Philharmonic during the Elaine Stamas Chamber Music Residency.

The Chamber Music program is open to all students, whether studying privately at HBMS or elsewhere.

The discussion is open to the public free of charge. To receive the Zoom link RSVP to https://bit.ly/3k8Kh15 or www.hbms.org. For additional information call 914-723-1169 or e-mail hb@hbms.org.

About Hoff-Barthelson Music School
Hoff-Barthelson Music School has achieved national recognition as a premier community music school for its unsurpassed leadership in education, performance, and community service. With a faculty drawn from the region’s most talented teachers and performers, Hoff-Barthelson has long been one of Westchester County’s most cherished cultural resources. At Hoff-Barthelson, students find a warm, friendly music school dedicated to the highest standards of education, performance, and community service. Students of all ages, aptitudes, and levels of interest enjoy a supportive, joyful learning environment; a focus on the whole person; exceptional teaching; and a multifaceted curriculum.

Hoff-Barthelson Music School is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive George Latimer. Programs are made possible, in part, with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

 Photo credit and caption: Hoff-Barthelson Music School Chamber Music students; photos by Steven Schnur.