JAVS Fall 2007

real concretizing career. It was more recencly that we start ed ro feel that these rwo sides of our career- the formal "concert" side and the "outreach" side- were artificially separate. We starred feeling that all concerts should reach out to the audience, and that "ouueach" was sometimes used to mean getting "underserved" people educated about a "high" art tradi tion , something wh.ich kind of assumed the audience's ignorance. We started wondering whether there could be a better approach, one that would ler people experi ence a concert wherever they were ar, without condescension. While it is uue that quarrer music is a deep pool of aesthetic experiences, we began ro think rl1e goal should be inviting newcomers to jump in,

our individual Juilliard degrees, we scarred playi ng with Julie Yoon, whom we mer at Juilliard, and right our of school we got a CMA rural residency grant ro live in Grand Forks, North Dakota for rwo years. This was a great chance ro just hunker down and learn ro play as a professional quarter, learn rep, ere. Ar rhe same rime, outreach was an imporranr part of the residency, and we loved learn ing how ro bring Brahms (or Berg) ro audiences of many differ em rypes (school kids, mall-goers, nursing home residents, beer farmers, ere). After our rime rhere, we moved back ro New York (for the quarter's residency in Juilliard), won rhe Astral Artistic ervices audition, won first prize in Fischoff, and starred ro build a

rather than trying to give them a passing sprinkle. That's how our club performances, "Chamber Music in Any Chamber," got start ed. These are real concertS, just in a different format and setting, and the experience we get our of it has been edifying- we believe that the audience's experience is, as well! Generally we also play a lor of new pieces, because our experience of playing quartets is that it is a liv ing, breathing tradition, and we enjoy sharing that. Our perform ances in "non-traditional" venues have also influenced our concert hall dares, by how we talk to the audience, and by inviting audi ence-members on srage at inter mission to char with us about the mUSIC.

The Department of Music is committed to providing a quality, baccalaureate-level educational program that develops both the musical artistry and the teaching competence of its students. The department strives to preserve the historic values, traditions and repertoire of the art form while simultaneously encouraging the exploration of new and diverse forms of musical expression. Metro State offers the following music degree programs:

Bachelor of Music in Performance • Bachelor of Music in Composition • Bachelor of Music Education Bachelor of Arts in Music • Music Minor

Mus1c at Metro State welcomes v1olist MatthewDane to our string faculty.

Prospective students must audition for instruction and scholarships.

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