Home Coaching

Home Coaching is sponsored by Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) Foundation. Encourages regular chamber music groups to engage professional coaches for musical insight and rehearsal skills.

Home Coaching Grant | Associated Chamber Music Players Apply for a Coach Listing Playing for Good: The Mystic String Quartet and Big Lux Home Coaching Report: David Yang in Belgium Just Play Concert: ACMP Members in California perform Beethoven and Gabriela Lena Frank ACMP member adventures in Ecuador Member & Community Stories chamber music for pleasure Children’s String Orchestra International Musical Friendships Latin American folk music May is Chamber Music Month Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award Chamber Music for Novice-level Players “Fall Worldwide Play-In” grant cycle now open!

Creating a Culture of Listening: Exploring Conscious Listening Workshops with Steinway Artist Hsing-ay Hsu 2017 Worldwide Chamber Music Workshop Guide 2017 Worldwide Play-In Brings Players Together Across the Globe 2018 ACMP Worldwide Chamber Music Workshop Guide 2018 Worldwide Play-In Weekend – Let the Playing Begin! 2019 Livestream Masterclass – Explore Tango Rhythms & Debussy Quartet Without Leaving Home!

2021 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award: The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music 2022 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award: The Music Conservatory of Westchester 2022 Worldwide Play-In: International Highlights 2022 Worldwide Play-In: U.S. Highlights 2023 Worldwide Play-In Weekend: May 19-21 2024 Worldwide Play-In Events 2025 News of Note Puzzle Contest Winner and Answers 2025 Worldwide Play-In Events 2026 Worldwide Play-In Events 25% ACMP Discount for Tamarack Arts: August 12 – 15 70 Years of ACMP – A Nod to Our Founder, Helen B.

Rice 8 ways for violinists to improve posture – from The Strad A Bridge from West to East – The Chamber Music of Reena Esmail A Broken-Hearted Matt Haimovitz Laments his Goffriller’s Broken Neck A classical open mic night in Boston A conversation with filmmaker Hilan Warshaw A New 5-Day Summer Home for Adult Chamber Musicians in Brevard A new way to support ACMP: Holiday Shopping!

A new website and free membership for all A professional pianist charts new musical paths with chamber music A special birthday gift: a newly commissioned chamber work! A Tribute to Candice Chin (1976 – 2022) A weekend of music and renewal at Chautauqua A Wonderful Day of Chamber Music at MCW!

ACMP – Livestream Masterclass: Learn chamber music without leaving the house ACMP 75th Anniversary Worldwide Play-In Weekend: May 13-15, 2022 ACMP and CMA: Partners in chamber music!

ACMP Announces 2nd sponsored ensemble for From the Top with Christopher O’Riley ACMP appoints Stephanie Griffin as Executive Director ACMP at the CMA National Conference ACMP Board and Outreach Councils Look to the Future ACMP Board Member Marjana Rutkowski receives the title of Emeritus Citizen of Porto Alegre ACMP Eighth Annual Worldwide Play-in Weekend, March 7 & 8, 2020!

ACMP Event: Meet Harumi Rhodes ACMP Field Trip – A Time to Meet Members and Make New Partnerships ACMP Film Club: “Through the Darkness” ACMP Film Club: A Late Quartet ACMP Foundation Announces the Return of the Community Music Program ACMP Honors Kitty Benton with the Helen Rice Award ACMP Honors the Founder of IMSLP Public Domain Music Library ACMP Listening Club: Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor, Op.

34 ACMP Listening Club: Demystifying Charles Ives with violinist Gregory Fulkerson on Sunday, December 8 at 2pm ET ACMP Listening Club: Schubert Octet in F major, D. 803 ACMP member adventures in Ecuador ACMP member cycles around the world with her dog, violin and ACMP directory!

ACMP Member Discount for Early Music Week in New Hampshire: July 25-28 ACMP Member Discount for Inside Music Academy ACMP member discount on Seth Knopp’s new course “Music Speaks” ACMP Member Home devastated in Colorado Fire ACMP Member of the Month, June 2026: Yoav Segev, the flying cellist returns ACMP Member of the Month: Kwame Lewis ACMP Members of the Month – October 2025 ACMP Members’ Holiday Music Gatherings ACMP Presents Its First Interactive Live Stream Chamber Music Masterclass – exploring Piazzolla and Prokofiev ACMP presents the 2025 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award to the SoCal Chamber Music Workshop in memory of Ron Goldman ACMP Receives Grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs ACMP Representatives Gather in the Netherlands ACMP Sponsors FROM THE TOP with Christopher O’Riley ACMP Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter ACMP Supports From the Top on NPR and Spreads the Word About ACMP ACMP supports the Afghan National Institute of Music ACMP Updates – Announcing the 2018-19 Season ACMP Updates – Announcing the 2019-20 Season ACMP Virtual Worldwide Play-In: March 20 & 21, 2021 ACMP’s debut in Argentina: a cello gathering in Buenos Aires ACMP’s Going Places Program Brings U.S. & International Players Together in Tokyo, Japan After 56 Years, the Bond of Chamber Music Endures Amateurs and Contemporary Music: The Prevailing Winds An Interview with the Dalí Quartet: Winners of the 2023 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award An orchestra born out of one woman’s dream An orchestra that lives up to the ideals of the United Nations And it’s launched!

The new Timbre web app And the Play-Ins continued in June! Andrew Brush: An amateur cellist with a global reach Announcing a New Partnership with SHAR Music Announcing ACMP’s 2026 Workshop/Community Music Grantees Announcing the 2018 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award Announcing the 2019 ACMP Worldwide Chamber Music Workshop Guide Announcing the 2019 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award Announcing the 2022 Holiday Caption Contest Winners!

Announcing the 2023 Holiday Caption Contest Winners! Announcing the 2024 Holiday Caption Contest Winners! Announcing the 2024 Worldwide Play-In Weekend: May 17-19 Announcing the 2025 Holiday Caption Contest Winners!

Another flying cellist lands in Ecuador Around the World with ACMP’s Grants (Home Coaching and Play-in) Around the World with ACMP’s Grants (Just Play and Impresario) Arts Council England Announces Broader Focus for Arts Funding ATTN ACMP WINDS: 20% discount on The Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival this August!

Befriending Performance Anxiety: simple tips for success Breakfast with Joshua Bell on May 9 in NYC: 15 Free Tickets for ACMP Members Ca Tombe Bien (it all worked out in the end). String quartet parts reunite?

Cal Wiersma Class: Rehearsal Techniques in Ravel’s String Quartet Calvin Wiersma class on Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”: Sunday, April 7, 3pm ET CAMMAC receives the 2024 Susan McIntosh Lloyd Award Celebrate Beethoven: MSQ’s Vienna Workshop, January 2027 Celebrating the holidays with chamber music!

CelloBello Website Offers Extensive Resources for the Dedicated Cellist Chamber Music Brings Young Musicians Together Chamber music for a cause: amateur musicians support Music for Food Chamber music for bassoon: The George Zukerman Library Chamber Music Fridays at the 92nd Street Y starts up again on February 4, 2022 Chamber Music in France!

The Trouville-sur-Mer Workshop Report Chamber Music Master Class in DC Chamber Music Workshops Look to the Internet in 2020 Chamber music, the Horn and Friends Chamber repertoire for oboe: a curated list Charles Hsu – oncologist, violist, luthier Classical Music World Worries Over Clampdown On Trade In Rosewood Coffee Shop Performances, Coffee-infused Repertoire Commissioned Chamber Music Work for ACMP Connecting the generations through music Debussy and Zarvos -The Music of the 2019 ACMP Livestream Masterclass Drab, Inconspicuous, and Quiet No More Dutch Treat: ACMP to the Rescue!

Dvorák Cello Conversion Kit Dvořák: The Chamber Music Survey with Martinů Quartet ECUADOR, MEXICO AND SPAIN: WINE & FRIENDSHIP Eighth Annual ACMP Worldwide Play-In 2020 – Reports English Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams Born On This Day in 1872 Eugene Drucker and Hilan Warshaw discuss “Secret Song” Even Classical Music Is Getting Faster These Days Everything you always wanted to know about bows but were afraid to ask Explore New Worlds of Chamber Repertoire Explore Schubert’s Octet with Peter Fender Featured ACMP Member Michael Knoch Featured ACMP Member Virginia Feldman Floryse Bennett (1946 – 2020) – a remarkable ACMP member!

For ACMP Member and Retired CEO, Music is the Fountain of Youth For the Love of It: A Legacy For this oboist, it’s not a job but a journey Giving Back to the Community: ACMP and Music for Food Giving Tuesday is December 3rd! GO FOR BAROQUE……an early music workshop in NYC Hand-written Chopin Score Bought by Warsaw Museum Happy Halloween!

“From the Top” Young Musicians share some Scary Fun Harmonizing Decades: A 2024 Follow-up to our 1996 Quartet session Hausmann Quartet Livestream Concert sponsored by the SoCal Chamber Music Workshop Henry, Gideon, Joan and me Here’s looking at you, Joe!

Historic Bassoon Brings Two Generations of Musicians Together for a Special Concert in Palo Alto Holocaust Survivor Gives the Gift of Music to Bronx Schoolgirl Home Coaching Report: David Yang in Belgium Honoring our History – Remembering Clinton B.

Ford How a cellist learned to love the viola, her way How to convert a Merton Music 2-up Booklet to a Single-Page PDF How to Find Players and Build your ACMP Community How to hold a Play-In: January 28, 2023, 2pm ET on Zoom How to put on a great adult chamber music workshop Imperfect Pitch – Excerpts From an ACMP Member’s Anecdotes on a Familiar Obsession In conversation with Kenji López-Alt: Chef, Food Writer and Amateur Violinist In memoriam: John Dexter, longtime coach and former violist of the Manhattan String Quartet Inaugural Concert – ACMP Villa Musica Chamber Music Club, San Diego, CA Inside Music Academy Book Club Starts July 2, 2022 International Spotlight: Kristin Saltonstall in Panama Interview with Joe Wilson and Edward Guo Introducing new IAC Chair, Sean Knox Irreverent Friends, the True Inspiration Behind Clarinet’s Chamber Music Gems JamKazam: Playing Chamber Music Over the Internet – For Real!

Jan Magnus, cellist – Retirement can wait.

Chamber music can’t Join ACMP at the CMA National Conference in Houston, February 13-16, 2025 Just Play – ACMPs new micro-grant program – makes its first grant Just Play Concert: ACMP Members in California perform Beethoven and Gabriela Lena Frank Just Play Concert: Exploring New Voices and Old Masters with the Tarka String Quartet Kayana Jean-Philippe: The serious business of an amateur oboist Kerry Graham: It’s never too late to learn the Baroque bassoon Kitty Benton and the Return of “The Flying Cellist” Kronos Quartet “50 for the Future” Online Masterclasses: Saturday, November 12, 2022 and Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 2pm Eastern on Zoom Kronos Quartet Master Class Live-Stream and Repertoire Kronos Quartet Master Class Repertoire Reveal: Kronos Quartet Second Master Class: Saturday, April 15 Last-minute opportunity for Advanced Cellists: Full-Scholarship to Music Mountain’s Chamberfest (July 4 – 9) Learn to Improvise with Bassist Hilliard Greene Legendary violinist Kyung Wha Chung’s top tips for musicians List your Summer or Fall Workshop in the CMA Directory of Festivals, Schools and Workshops Live Stream Tango Quartet Masterclass Feb 10 Location search: By proximity?

Or in a specific location? Luke Fleming’s online Chamber Music Master Class: Sunday, June 26, 2pm EDT on Zoom Make Chamber Music Part of Your Fall at 92NY Making Time for Making Music – Amy Nathan Discusses Her New Book with ACMP March Winds: Wind Chamber Music Appreciation Month May 2025 Play-In Highlights!

Meet ACMP Pianist and Educator James Daly Meet ACMP’s Development Consultant, Amie Roosevelt Meet Joel Epstein: violinist, violist, writer, arranger, educator and ACMP member since the 1970s Meet the Musician: Flutist Svjetlana Kabalin (Sunday, March 29, 2pm ET) Meet the Musician: Flutist Svjetlana Kabalin (Video) Member of the Month, August 2026: Alison Edwards Member of the Month, July 2025: Cheryl Hite Member of the Month, July 2026: Sara Langbert Member of the Month, June 2025: Frank Song Member of the Month, September 2026: Marshall Costantino Member of the Month: Amit Rotem Message from a Member – Donald H.

of Cincinnati, Ohio Mini Coaching Videos For Strings With PUBLIQuartet Mini Coaching Videos For Winds with Imani Winds Mozart in a Brewery!

Our First Young ACMP Event Music and Life at Apple Hill Music for Two Violins: Personal Reflections on a Forgotten Genre Music for winds, strings and piano at the first Berlin Play-In of 2026 Music Ideas for the 2019 Play-in Music on the Menu in Cuenca, Ecuador Music Teachers Make Their Mark with Personal Connections, High Standards and Infectious Passion My journey with the Fula flute My Papa Haydn, The Ultimate Therapist Mystery Donor Reveal: An interview with Louise K.

Smith NAOC Adventures in Vancouver, Canada New ACMP Partnership Brings ACMP Players to Community in Queens, NY New ACMP video: “Everything you always wanted to know about bows but were afraid to ask” with Gabriel Schaff New addition to the ACMP Home Coaching Grants Program New Adult Amateur Workshop: Winterhaven at Avaloch Farm New Directions Cello Festival!

New guidelines for ACMP’s Workshop and Community Music Grant, deadline: October 24, 2025 New Horizons Introduces New Chamber Music Camps New Listening Club Video: Exploring Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34 New Listening Club Video: Peter Fender on Schubert’s Octet New Masterclass Video: Calvin Wiersma coaches Messiaen!

New Video – Meet The Artist: Harumi Rhodes New Video Coaching Tools for Chamber Music Players New Video Coaching Tools for Chamber Music Players New Video: Turning ink blots into music – a discussion on the meaning and madness of notation New Video: Ravel’s String Quartet with Cal!

New Video: The April 15 Kronos Quartet Master Class New York String Studio shares Tips and Treats video series Not Your Grandmother’s Quartet Notes from the Rehearsal Studio: Learning the “Quartet for the End of Time” October is ACMP Drop-in Month! Pick a piece, find new players, DROP IN and PLAY CHAMBER MUSIC!

On coaching mixed chamber music with winds Online Chamber Music Resources At A Glance Online Early Music Master Class with Andrew Appel Optometrist by vocation, flutist by avocation Over 80 musicians gather for a Play-In at the 92nd Street Y Pachelbel would be amazed!

Picking Wedding Music for that Special Day Play-In Report: Berlin Kammermusik Liste Play-In Season in British Columbia, Part I: Nanaimo Play-In Season in British Columbia, Part II: Vancouver Playing for Good: The Mystic String Quartet and Big Lux Post-CMA Conference Recap 2025 Press Release – Livestream Masterclass 2020 Public Libraries’ Latest Offering: Musical Instruments Puccini and Piazzolla in the Pizzeria Put a flute on it!

Arrangements of Haydn string quartets for flute and string trio Q&A: Taking up the cello in later life Reading Recommendations by ACMP Members 2019 Remembering ACMP member Jo Margaret Farris Remembering Kate “Kitty” Bigelow Benton (March 29, 1935 – November 2, 2025) Remembering Louise Jean Hauser Russo: Educator and Philanthropist Remembering Pianist Fontaine Laing Renowned violinist thanks childhood teacher for her dedication to music Report from the Netherlands: Excerpts from “Amateurs in European Music” Rice University Chamber Music Club Partners with ACMP Rochester Report: An Interview with NAOC Councilor Roberta Zalkind Seasoning for the Seasons Seventh Annual ACMP Worldwide Play-In Reports, 2019 Sixty years after its founding, the Houston Civic Symphony is going strong Sound and Sustenance: A Report from the Del Sol Adult Chamberfest Speaking Up for Amateur Chamber Music Players Springtime Extravaganza Light Music Orchestra on May 9, 2026, in Berlin-Karlshorst String Insiders Offers Free Auditor Passes to ACMP Members for OSSI (Online Solo Strings Intensive) String Quartet Playing as a Model of Sanity and Self String Quartet Self-Coaching Study Suggests Music Improves Your Mood Sue Mistretta celebrates 10 years of Mountainside Chamber Music in Nelson, B.

C. Summer Reading Recommendations by ACMP Members Support ACMP through holiday shopping!

Syrian Violinist Helps Canadian Community Hear His Song Take a bow: Australian Chamber Orchestra’s 400-year-old cello to make its debut Taking Practice to a New Level Talented Teen Latest Loan Recipient from Chicago’s Stradivari Society Telegraph Quartet Livestream Concert sponsored by the SoCal Chamber Music Workshop The 2026 ACMP Haydn Challenge The Alaria Chamber Ensemble’s Spring Session Begins on February 21, 2022 in NYC The Art and Science of Measure Numbering The Art of the Steinway Piano The Artistry of the Violin Maker The Daraja Music Initiative: 15 years of Music and Conservation in Tanzania The day my quartet played out of tune and almost got our host evicted The Flute: Beloved of Amateurs The Great American Play-In: ACMP and ACO The Great American Play-In: Saturday, September 13 at Opera America The Oregon-Washington ACMP Play-In The Queen of Paradise Orchestra Project of Papua New Guinea The Truth About Listening to Music While You Work The Ukrainian Chamber Music Encyclopedia: a resource for wind players Tickets now available for the Kronos Quartet Masterclass on November 12 Timbre Reveal: a sneak peak at ACMP’s new app-in-progress Travels and Adventures with ACMP Pianist Nicholas King Tremendous Trivia Tunes: A Fundraiser for ACMP Turning ink blots into music – a discussion on the meaning and madness of notation Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartetʼs Odd Player Out Two CMA Events this Week to Celebrate National Chamber Month in NYC: May 17 and 18 Two left hands!

On playing Christopher Walken’s left hand in “A Late Quartet” Two new videos: ACMP Film Club Violin Case to be Auctioned for Itzhak Perlman Charity Virtual Worldwide Play-In Sessions Information Vivere la Musica – Exploring the Love of Playing!

Watch How Violins Get Made in the Stradivari Hometown Watch the 2020 Livestream Masterclass with the Jasper String Quartet Watch the Kronos Quartet Master Class on YouTube What Does Chamber Music Really Do For a Student’s Playing? What I learned from wind players Win 2 tickets to Peoples’ Symphony Chamber Concerts!

Wind players shine in the Broadway Bach Ensemble’s chamber concert Winter in Vermont: Decoda launches its first-ever adult amateur retreat Worldwide Play-In 2017 Press Release Young Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro – Meet Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason Young Musicians Experience Chamber Music at the Soundscapes Chamber Music Workshop, Providence, Old Lyme, CT Member of the Month, September 2026: Marshall Costantino Marshall Costantino learned to play the violin from his Italian grandfather as a young child.

After a 42-year hiatus from playing, he is enjoying a new life in chamber music with his neighbor and new friends he met through the ACMP directory. Celebrate Beethoven: MSQ’s Vienna Workshop, January 2027 Travel to Vienna and immerse yourself in Beethoven's world and in his String Quartet Op. 127, under the expert guidance of the Manhattan String Quartet.

Register by Monday, September 14 for this unique cultural expedition! Music and Life at Apple Hill Vermont-based bassist Art DeQuasie was one of the inaugural recipients of an ACMP Scholarship this summer. Read about his experience at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in August 2026.

Explore New Worlds of Chamber Repertoire Music educators have been working to find music by underrepresented composers that is accessible to students and amateur players of all levels. This includes music by composers of color, women composers, and LGBTQ groups, among others. Considering the changing demographics of our country, amateur chamber music players can reap the rewards of discovering new repertoire through this research.

Meet ACMP’s Development Consultant, Amie Roosevelt Amie Roosevelt joined ACMP's staff as our first-ever Development Consultant in January 2026. She has enjoyed a long and varied career as a violinist, with a primary focus on historically informed performance. I hope you all will meet and even get to play with Amie.

But until you do, you can get to know her and her fascinating story by reading this interview from August 12, 2026. Make Chamber Music Part of Your Fall at 92NY For many musicians, chamber music is as much about connection as it is about repertoire—the shared experience of listening, collaborating, and discovering new musical perspectives together.

At the 92NY School of Music, two chamber music programs offer welcoming entry points into that experience this fall: Chamber Music Reading and Chamber Music Coaching & Performance. Whether you’re picking up your instrument again, looking to meet fellow players, or hoping to deepen your ensemble work, both programs are designed to bring musicians together in a supportive and engaging environment.

Member of the Month, August 2026: Alison Edwards There aren’t too many people who come to a professional crossroads before they turn 13. But Alison Edwards faced such a moment. She had taken up the violin at age seven with none other than Dorothy DeLay as her teacher.

But indeed, Alison had another calling. Inspired by social justice movements of the 1960s, she became a civil rights lawyer, eventually serving in the appellate division of the Cook County Public Defender’s office. After 25 years working and raising a family, she picked up her violin again and launched on a lifelong chamber music adventure.

After 56 Years, the Bond of Chamber Music Endures Cellist David Pearl and violinist/violist Gary Chanan played quartets together in the streets of San Francisco in the early 1970s. 56 years later they are playing together again in New York City... they reconnected through ACMP!

Coffee Shop Performances, Coffee-infused Repertoire ACMP's intrepid cellist Tom Cappaert is at it again - this time with a story about ACMP members in Ecuador and Spain who organized chamber music in coffee shops, inspired by Tom's endeavors.

Member of the Month, July 2026: Sara Langbert A self-proclaimed “total New Yorker”, cellist Sara Langbert graduated from Music and Art and continued her musical education at Queens College in her native New York borough. But like many ACMP members, she would put her cello aside as she managed the demands of raising a family and pursuing a career in computers and technology. Now she's playing again and is an enthusiastic member of ACMP.

Around the World with ACMP’s Grants (Home Coaching and Play-in) Over the last few weeks we have been asking members, participants, and organizers to tell us how our rolling grants have been useful to them and their communities. So let’s take a trip around the world and see what folks have to say about our Home Coaching and Play in grants.

Around the World with ACMP’s Grants (Just Play and Impresario) This summer, we’re hearing from ACMP members, participants, and organizers about how Just Play and Impresario grants have supported chamber music in New York, Italy, Canada, Colorado, and beyond. ACMP Member of the Month, June 2026: Yoav Segev, the flying cellist returns It’s probably easy to spot Yoav Segev at the airport.

He’s the guy in the pilot’s uniform with the cello on his back. Yoav, you see, is the Flying Cellist, a globe-trotting pilot for El Al Israel Airlines who plays chamber music during his layovers in far-off destinations. Read Bob Goetz's interview with Yoav.

International Spotlight: Kristin Saltonstall in Panama Kristin Saltonstall comes from a longstanding ACMP family and has been a member of ACMP for as long as she can remember. As a molecular ecologist, she works for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, where she has forged a new musical life for herself and enjoys the natural beauty that Panama has to offer.

Springtime Extravaganza Light Music Orchestra on May 9, 2026, in Berlin-Karlshorst Fifteen musicians followed Gudrun Schnellbacher's invitation to a very special kind of play-in – to play in the Springtime Extravaganza Light Music Orchestra. Read the article in English or in German. Remembering Pianist Fontaine Laing Janet White Remembers her friend, and longtime ACMP member pianist Fontaine Laing.

How to Find Players and Build your ACMP Community There is a time in every player’s musical life when you realize that you want to play more, but not quite sure with whom or where to even begin. Here are some ways to get started and begin building a community around you.

Member of the Month: Amit Rotem By day, Amit Rotem works as a child psychiatrist specializing in youth addictions at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. When he is not there, or with his family, there is a good chance he is playing his cello, with as many willing chamber partners as the calendar will allow!

2026 Worldwide Play-In Events ACMP’s Official Worldwide Play-In Weekend takes place from Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 17, 2026, but we are encouraging more play-ins throughout the month of May which is National Chamber Music Month in the United States. Keep checking this article for links to May play-ins!