North Coast Chamber Journal

Summer chamber music, auditions and concerts in northeast Ohio

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Young string players rehearsing in a bright hall: violins and cellos in two facing rows, music stands, tall windows and a brick wall.
the room where the summer starts

Journal · Northeast Ohio

North Coast Chamber Journal

Summer chamber music in northeast Ohio, covered entry by entry, each one a drawing pinned to the bench, annotated, dated.

Independent coverage of intensive summer string study, chamber coaching, auditions and community concerts across northeast Ohio.

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CM-019 · Community Service

Community Service

What happens when young string players take their instruments into care homes, hospitals, prisons and schools, and what a programme asks of them.

· 6 min

PL-018 · Playing in a Quartet

Playing in a Quartet

How four string players rehearse, tune, argue and decide together, and what a young musician has to learn to do it without a conductor.

· 6 min

CM-017 · Community Service

What Volunteers Do

Drivers, chaperones, concert hosts and sheet music runners: the volunteer work that keeps a summer programme moving.

· 6 min

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The Programme

A section hub on how an intensive pre-college chamber programme is assembled, from applications to the closing concert.

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Playing in a Quartet

How four string players rehearse, tune, argue and decide together, and what a young musician has to learn to do it without a conductor.

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Community Service

What happens when young string players take their instruments into care homes, hospitals, prisons and schools, and what a programme asks of them.

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Oberlin and Cleveland

A hub on the musical life of Oberlin and greater Cleveland through the year, for students, teachers and concertgoers.

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