Chamber Music at YAF
"The essence of chamber music is intelligent conversation."
- Felix Mendelssohn
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Chamber music demands from each student a high degree of individual commitment, preparation, and agency for team success.
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With one to a part, each musician is a soloist, ensemble player, and conductor, revealing a dimension of music making inaccessible by orchestral playing or private lessons. This is why it is at the center of YAF.​
Program Details
All YAF students participate in Chamber Music as their core focus. Each rehearsal students are guided by and often play alongside faculty, building musicianship and life long connections along the way.
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Each term (Fall, Winter), Chamber Music at YAF is structured as follows:
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Ten weeks of intensive 90-minute coachings, a total 15 hours of focused time with faculty
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Flexible scheduling based on ensemble coordination
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Access to rehearsal spaces in Mountain View, Foster City, and San Francisco, bringing ​opportunities to more Bay Area communities.
