Chamber Music at Nebraska
Coordinated by the Chiara String Quartet, the primary section of chamber music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is open to all serious students who sing, play a stringed instrument, wind instrument, keyboard instrument, or guitar. Students receive weekly coachings, participate in masterclasses, and perform at the end of the semester. Advanced students receive training to do outreach as a group in the spring semester. In addition, individuals may audition for the Play with the Chiaras Audition, and get a chance to perform a complete work with the Chiara Quartet on a recital in the spring.
Clarinetist David Kamran, winner of the Play with the Chiaras Audition in 2014, and the Chiara Quartet after performing Brahms's Clarinet Quintet.
Performance Opportunities
There are many performance opportunities for students at the Nebraska.
Guest Artists and Master Classes
Guest artist Norman Fischer leads a masterclass.
Chamber music masterclasses feature artists from across the globe such as Yo-Yo Ma, the Shanghai Quartet, the Jupiter Quartet, Paul Katz and others.
Chamber Music Outreach
Students have an opportunity to reach out to the community, with special training by members of the Chiara Quartet, experts in performing for unusual audiences in unusual venues.
Members of the Teaching Artist Class track perform an outreach for elementary school students
The Nebraska Difference
Student groups studying in the chamber music program have been in the finals of national chamber music competitions such as the Coleman Chamber Music Competition and the J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition, and have been accepted into the Aspen Center for Advanced Quartet Studies.