Previous Educational and Community Outreach by
Friends of Music guest artists
Celebrating 25 Years of Service to Queens and the Community, the Friends of Music strive to provide educational outreach programs using featured artists each year. This season, La Catrina String Quartet and David Russell will be our outreach artists.
Master Class
led by
David Russell, guitarist
Friday, March 20th - 10am-1pm
Dana Auditorium
no cost/no reservation required to attend
A new program serving the community is the introduction of Fun with Chamber Music! run through the Queens Music Academy. Artist-in-Residence, and FOM Artistic Director, Dr. Paul Nitsch will be directing the program with Dr. Ernest Periera, conductor of the Charlotte Youth Orchestra. Click here to learn more about participating in Fun with Chamber Music!. Rehearsals are open to the pubic: Saturdays, Feb. 21 & 28, March 21 and 28 and concert on April 4th at 10am.
Previous Educational and Community Outreach by
Friends of Music guest artists
One of the goals for the Friends of Music at Queens is to provide education outreach programs for Queens and the Charlotte area. Over the years, various visiting performing artists have presented Master Classes, and have visited and performed at local schools and universities, churches and libraries.
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Marian Anderson String Quartet |
The Friends of Music were thrilled to have the Marian Anderson String Quartet serve a four-day residency November 3-6 2007. Driven by their belief in the power of education and with performance venues ranging from the concert stage to the soup kitchens and from presidential inaugurals to juvenile correctional facilities, the MASQ continues to uphold its mission: To create new and diverse audiences for the field of chamber music. This concert and residency are co-sponsored with the Levine Museum of the New South and Women's Inter-cultural Exchange and WDAV.
MASQ 2007 Residency Schedule:
Sunday, Nov. 4 - 11am - First Baptist Church West; 4pm - Lecture & Recital at First United Presbyterian Church (LMNS & WIE)
Monday, Nov. 5 - 10am - Siegle Avenue Preschool; 3pm - West Boulevard Library; 7pm - Beatties Ford Road Library
Tuesday, Nov. 6 - Queens University of Charlotte Freshmen CORE class, Belk Chapel; 11:15 - Freedom Library/Phillip O. Berry High School
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Partnering with the Education Institute of the NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, the Friends of Music presented: Scottish Piping: Traditions to Modern Times
January 13, 2008
A night filled with Scottish tradition and history as The Education Institute partners with Friends of Music at Queens and local artist Dave Mckenzie to provide this FREE informative workshop on the ancient origins, traditions and customs and modern tunes of bag piping. Children welcome! &
Noches de Tango: Tango Nights
Friday, February 29, 2008
A taste of Argentina offering a FREE workshop featuring local Tango artists Daniel Arredondo and Talia Buitrago. The artists will focus on the historical evolution of tango, including modern forms and ballroom dancing. Participants will also learn to appreciate the music and dance tango.
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This past 2006-07 season held a wealth of educational opportunites for musicians and music lovers alike with a week long residency with the Western Jazz Quartet and a Master Class given by two members of the Juilliard String Quartet. In February, Ronald Copes and Samuel Rhodes of The Juilliard String Quartet led a Master Class with the Amorosa String Quartet from the NC School of the Arts, the Marian Cannon Hayes Graduate String Quartet from Appalachian State University, the Triad Quartet from a local high school, and a quartet from UNC-Greensboro.
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JSQ Master Class with Samuel Rhodes |
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JSQ Master Class with Ronald Copes |
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WJQ at Donor Reception |
"Talk about true chamber music. It's fascinating for me to watch jazz musicians who must constantly 'communicate' with each other since every performance is a unique event. We classical musicians who are tied to our sheet music can learn so much from them." ~ Brian Frumkin
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WJQ at Freedom Regional Library |
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Inter-generational audience at FRL |
"Freedom Regional Library hosted the Western Jazz Quartet, a resident faculty ensemble in the School of Music at Western Michigan University. This intergenerational program brought together toddlers and preschoolers that would normally have attended storytime this morning, senior citizens from Loving Touch Adult Day Care and PALs Adult Day Care and band members from the Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology along with some other library patrons. Nearly 100 attendees enjoyed the cool rhythms of the Western Jazz Quartet as they included some "Mary had a little lamb" along with some Brazilian jams that might be heard during Carnival. They were extremely gracious to their audience and indulged the students from Berry in some Q & A about performing, touring, etc. The half dozen library staff in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the performance as well."
~ from Freedom Regional Library's web-site
“Having the musicians come "off" of the stage and "in" to the classrooms brings such a human element to the overall experience. We were amazed, in awe and fumbling for words to express ourselves. This class is a night class composed primarily of adult students who are trying to finish their Bachelor's degree...Probably 90 % can't read music and listen to "hip-hop"... We have studied the history of the periods and connected to most of the major players through the CD's, old recordings... You guys "fleshed" out the whole genre. To teach about improvisation without actually hearing it happen live has always seemed somehow less than genuine. But when you started the Brubeck piece - something that we listened to and superficially analyzed – everything came to life. They loved it - I loved it. I have taught this course for 7 years now. This is by far the best experience to date."
~Dr. James Glenn to the WJQ after their visit to his Queens class: 'From Jazz to R 'n R'
The Western Jazz Quartet also performed on the 2004-05 and 2005-06 concert season, and performed for First Baptist West and the Manus Academy while they were here in January 2006.
"Our students and staff at Manus Academy thoroughly enjoyed having the Western Jazz Quartet visit our school. The musicians were very congenial, friendly and engaging. Our students thought they were "ultra cool." They were also wonderful ambassadors for jazz music. They played so skillfully and shared much information with us about jazz. As a result of their visit, we are all listening to jazz more, particularly the CD the quartet produced."
~Rosanne Manus
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Duende 2005-06 |
The Friends of Music's 2005-06 season also brought Duende, a piano duo specializing in Classical Spanish Piano Music. Their workshop and performance at Garinger High School in Charlotte was the first time some 12th graders had ever been exposed to classical music.
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