Program Overview

Woodwinds and Brass Chamber Music

The goal of Fine Arts Center Wind & Brass Chamber Music (W&BCM) is to increase students’ astuteness, facility and creativity as musicians. Responding to the page of written music as well as to his or her colleagues, each musician will be able to:

• portray more fully and accurately the objective elements of musical notation, including pitch, rhythm, dynamics and articulations; and beyond this, elements of tuning (both as an individual and among others in a group)

• portray the implied elements of musical performance by learning about the structures, histories, and traditions of phrasing and musical interpretation

• tap into and use students’ emotional and creative inspirations as a part of music making

To meet these goals and to explore the experience of music making, students study, practice, and perform solo, small ensemble, and large ensemble music arranged and/or composed expressly for Fine Arts Center Winds & Brass Chamber Music. Qualities that will be developed in this course of study will include: Originality, independent thinking, creative problem solving, clear communication, and openness to the ideas of others.