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Chamber Ensembles
Houghton music students are encouraged to study and perform chamber music in a variety of combinations. Students may engage in regular coaching sessions with faculty, having formed a variety of groups at the beginning of the year, such as string duos, trios, quartets, woodwind quintets, brass quintets, and piano trios. Chamber groups also include homogeneous studio choirs such as the Flute Ensemble, Clarinet Choir, and Horn Quartet, as well as mixed ensembles.
Chamber music-making is not only indicated by our accrediting agency, the National Association of Schools of Music, but is pedagogically based on the idea that chamber music (defined roughly as various groups of musicians with one person to a part) is an important part of the development of whole musicians who can rehearse and perform in a collaborative atmosphere with their peers. In addition, chamber groups often render a service to the surrounding community by performing in schools, churches, rest homes, and other community settings.
The Houghton Brass, Houghton String Quartet, and Harmonie en Bois woodwind ensembles are flagship smaller chamber ensembles made up of outstanding Houghton student and faculty instrumentalists. In addition, the Chamber Wind Ensemble and Camerata (Chamber Orchestra) are featured in selected works each season. Below is a thorough listing of chamber ensembles:
Chamber Strings
Chamber Winds - Brass
Chamber Winds - Woodwinds
Chamber Wind Ensemble
Chamber Music on Demand
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