Chamber Music Society 2024 Young Ensembles Program Instructions

: June 13, 2024
: Chamber Music Society

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Chamber Music Society 2024 Young Ensembles Program
ELIGIBILITY
APPLICATION
IMPORTANT DATES
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Chamber Music Society 2024 Young Ensembles Program

Product Information: Young Ensembles Program 2024
The Young Ensembles Program 2024 is designed for middle school and junior high school chamber ensembles. It provides an opportunity for students to showcase their musical talents and receive coaching from artists associated with the Chamber Music Society. The program is open to students in public or private schools and homeschool consortiums.

All students in the ensemble must attend the same middle/junior high school or homeschool consortium at the time of application as well as at the time of performance.
All students in the ensemble must actively participate in their school music programs, such as orchestra, band, or chamber music club.
The application must be submitted by the school music teacher on behalf of their students.
Pre-professional or community music schools are not eligible to participate.

Repertoire
Ensembles should select a single movement or single movement work from the chamber music repertoire. Original student compositions are also acceptable. The chosen music should match the players’ abilities. Works for two pianos are not eligible. Ensembles involving percussion must provide their own percussion instruments.

Application
To apply, the school music teacher needs to fill out the online application form. The form allows for progress to be saved, and an email will be sent with a link to return to the partially completed form. The application requests information such as the school name, address, phone, principal name, teacher name, phone, email address, ensemble type, repertoire details (name of piece, key, opus, movement, approximate timing), and ensemble personnel names, instruments, and grades.

Recordings
Audio or video recordings are acceptable, with video recordings being preferred. Videos should be uploaded to YouTube as unlisted videos via a Gmail or YouTube account. The link to the video should be provided in the online application form. If submitting an audio recording, a link to a shared folder (e.g., Dropbox, WeTransfer) should be included in the online application form. It is important to name the videos/files following the format: School Name_Composer_Piece_Movement (e.g., Pleasantville_Brahms_Trio in A minor_01).

Selection Process
All materials must be received by 5:00 pm Thursday, March 28, 2024. Music teachers will be notified of the results of the selection process by Friday, April 5, 2024.

Coaching Sessions
Selected ensembles will have two one-hour coaching sessions scheduled at Lincoln Center on Saturday, May 11 and 19, 2024. These sessions will be conducted by artists associated with the Chamber Music Society. To indicate the availability for coaching sessions on these days, When2Meet should be used. Detailed instructions on creating a schedule for each ensemble and adding availabilities for each member can be found here.

Note: The information provided here is a summary of the user manual/instructions. For complete and accurate details, please refer to the original user manual or instructions. The Young Ensembles Program is one of several training programs offered by the Department of Education and Community Engagement of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Middle and junior high school and homeschool consortium chamber ensembles (one person on a part) may submit an application to be considered for participation. Ensembles will be selected to receive professional coaching by Chamber Music Society artists. The ensembles will then be presented in a culminating performance on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 11:00 AM in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at Lincoln Center.

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ELIGIBILITY

Instrumental, vocal, or mixed ensembles with only one performer per part may apply. A school or homeschool consortium may submit no more than three ensembles for consideration. To best support chamber music instruction in school music programs, the Young Ensembles Program is only for ensembles meeting the following guidelines:

All students in the ensemble must attend the same middle/junior high school or homeschool consortium at the time of application as well as at the time of performance
All students in the ensemble must actively participate in their school music program (eg. orchestra, band, chamber music club)
The application must be submitted by the school music teacher on behalf of their students
The program is open to students in public or private schools and homeschool consortiums, but not pre-professional or community music schools

REPERTOIRE
Select a single movement, or single-movement work, from the chamber music repertoire. No arrangements or instrument substitutions will be accepted without review by the CMS Education and Community Engagement Department. Original student compositions are also acceptable. The difficulty of the music chosen should reflect the ability of the players. Works for two pianos are not eligible. Ensembles involving percussion must provide their own percussion instruments.

APPLICATION

Click here to access the online application form. The online form does allow for progress to be saved. An email will be sent to you with a link to return to your partially completed form once you fill out the first page of the application. The application requests the following information:

School name, address, phone
Principal name
Teacher name, phone, email address
Ensemble type, repertoire (name of piece, key, opus, movement, approximate timing)
Ensemble personnel names, instruments, and grades

RECORDINGS
Audio or video files are acceptable (video is preferred). Videos should be uploaded to YouTube as an “unlisted video” via a Gmail or YouTube account (available for free). The link to the video should be provided in the online application form. Instructions on how to upload a video to YouTube may be found here. Instructions on changing an uploaded video’s privacy setting to “unlisted” may be found here. If submitting an audio recording, please include a link to a shared folder (Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc) in the online application form. To assist us in the application process, please name your videos/files in the following format: School Name_Composer_Piece_Movement Example: Pleasantville_Brahms_Trio in A minor_01 All materials must be received by 5:00 pm Thursday, March 28, 2024. Music teachers will be notified of the results of the selection process by Friday, April 5, 2024.

COACHING
Two, one-hour coaching sessions for selected ensembles will be scheduled at Lincoln Center on Saturday, May 11 and 19, 2024. They will be conducted by artists associated with the Chamber Music Society.
Use When2Meet to indicate the availability for coaching sessions on these days for each submitted ensemble. Follow the instructions here to create a schedule for each ensemble and add availabilities for each member.

Under “New Event Name,” enter the name of the ensemble using the following format:
School Name_Composer_Piece_Movement
Example: Pleasantville_Brahms_Trio in A minor_01
Under “What dates might work?”, click on or drag the cursor over the date range covering four weeks prior to the Regional Concert date.
Under “What times might work?”, input the earliest and latest availability time of the ensemble.
Once completed, paste the link into the appropriate field in the online application.

MEDIA RELEASE
All submissions must include media release forms signed by the parent of every ensemble member regardless of whether they are selected for the program. The media release form and instructions on submitting the form are included in the online application form linked above.

CONCERT
The Young Ensembles Concert will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 11:00 AM in the Rose Studio at Lincoln Center. All dates, times, and locations are listed below. All ensemble members must be available on the relevant dates below in order to be considered.

LOST ITEMS
CMS will not be held responsible for any personal items lost at a concert event. Students should make every effort to look after their personal belongings when in rehearsal rooms and performance and public spaces.