Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts

Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsAre you in S5 or S6? Are you interested in music, journalism or just eager to experiment with your range of writing skills?Then listen on as this could be the competition for you.

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Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsWhat is ACMC and what does it aim to do?ACMC is a local charity entering its 80th season

That means that it has been bringing chamber music to Aberdeen since before World War II

It aims to provide its audiences with music of the highest quality from musicians of an outstanding calibre, mostly young professional musicians

Concerts are mainly at the Cowdray HallHowever the February and March 2015 concerts will be in the Sanctuary at Queens Cross ChurchBut first, some background information.

Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsWhat is Chamber Music and who plays it?Chamber Music is exactly what it says. It is music to be played in a room

By its very nature then it is performed by small groups of musicians who can fit into a room

Almost all composers write or have written for chamber groups, e.g. for string quartets, piano trios and wind groups etc.

Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsWhat is Chamber Music and who plays it?You, at school, may be part of a chamber group as it is easier than getting a full orchestra together, yet it enables you to learn to play as part of a group

Many professional musicians may also augment their orchestral life by playing in chamber groups, thus keeping their repertoire very wide and fulfilling

It opens a route for entering many prestigious competitions which can lead to valuable sponsorship

Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts

Yes, but who exactly plays it and who writes it?

Well, it is played by anybody from young up and coming musicians who start during their studies, to well established performers such as The Badke String Quartet who are playing the Haydn piece that isrunning in the background

Beethoven 1770Peteris Vasks 1946J. S. Bach 1685Janek 1854Which covers every century from the 17th to the 20th

and it is difficult to think of a composer who doesnt write chamber musicHere are some well known and maybe not so well known composersJust about every composer has written some chamber music as it gave them a source of income from private individuals and it also provided them with a very special palette from which to create some very special sound pictures. Also, it meant that they could give some exposure to very talented friends, let them expirement with the particular character of either a small group from the orchestral range or even a solo instrument perhaps as part of a sketch for a full symphonic piece.

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Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsWhat kind of chamber groups will you hear at our concerts?Many of the musicians that we invite have already won major international prizes, such as The Arcadia Quartet from Romania who gave our November concert in 2013, and who recently won the London International String Quartet competition

It is not unusual for our guest musicians to have played to a packed Wigmore Hall in London before coming north to play for Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts

Many of them comment on the wonderful acoustic that we are lucky to have in the Cowdray Hall

Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts

So why are we organising this competition?Because we want to encourage you as the future potential musicians (or journalists) to come and hear for yourself how varied, intimate and exciting this range of music can be

Together with ConocoPhillips (UK) Limited we have devised a competition that we hope will interest you and help you to understand and appreciate this form of music

Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsReview Writing Competition for School Students in S5 & S6

These are the concerts for the 2014 15 season and by bringing along an entry form you can come for free to as many as you wish, although prizes will be presented at the final concert so sadly that concert is not included for a review entry 6th October 2014The Castalian String Quartet

10th November 2014The Atalanta Piano Quartet

1 December 2014High Heels and Horse Hair

12 January 2015The Pavri Duo

16 February 2015The Rubens String Quartet of the Netherlands

16th March 2015 Arctic Winds

Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsReview Writing Competition for School Students in S5 & S6Competition rules:To enter a review you must be in S5 or S6.For free entry to any of the concerts, either collect an entry form from your school or download from our website. Please get one of your teachers to sign it. Then just bring it along and show the entry form at the door. Accompanying adults will be charged at the standard ticket price.Reviews should be submitted within two weeks of the concert that you have reviewed.All reviews must be your own work.Please limit your review to between 400 - 500 words.You can enter as little as once or as often as five times.You must only submit one review per concert.All entries will be reviewed after the fifth concert and the winner will be announced and prizes presented at our last concert of the season in March 2015.Please submit your entry on hard copy to: The Secretary of ACMC at: 33 Braeside Terrace, Aberdeen, AB15 7TSPlease mark the envelope ACMC Competitionor by email to: aberdeencmc@gmail.comThe final closing date for any review will be Monday 2nd of March 2015 and the winners will be notified by the 9th of March 2015.Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsReview Writing Competition for School Students in S5 & S6Come to our concerts, write a review like the ones in the photo and you could win a prize donated by ConocoPhillps UK Limited

1st Prize2nd PrizeAberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsReview Writing Competition for School Students in S5 & S6Download an entry form and read the rules at:www.aberdeenchambermusic.org/competition

Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsReview Writing Competition for School Students in S5 & S6

Email: aberdeencmc@gmail.comfor answers to any queries

Aberdeen Chamber Music ConcertsThank you and good luck with your entriesWe look forward to seeing you at our concertsAnd finally, we would like to thank ConocoPhillips for their support and donating the prizes and the Badke String Quartet for allowing us to use their performance of Haydns String Quartet in G major as background to this presentation.Badke Haydn DemoBadke QuartetVariousBadke Demo2006iTunes 10.7.0.21