Exploring Chamber Music
Strings

Full Year Registration

Tuition: $250 for all 5 terms
Mondays @ 10:00 am

2025-26
Term 1: September 15th, 22nd, 29th, October 6th, 13th 20th
Term 2: October 27th, November 3rd, 10th, 17th, December 1st, 8th
Term 3: January 26th, February 2nd, 9th, 23rd, March 2nd, 9th
Term 4: March 16th, 23rd, 30th, April 6th, 20th, 27th
Term 5: May 4th, 11th, 18th, June 1st, 8th, 15th

Repertoire coming soon!

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In this class, intermediate and advanced musicians will explore string quartet music of a different featured composer each term. Our goal is not to master a piece of work, but to be able to play through the piece and explore insights about these pieces as building blocks for the quartets that follow them. Through this, participants will build confidence in repertoire which otherwise might be somewhat daunting to undertake in the usual one-person-on-a-part quartet mode. All improve musically through side-by-side playing with a professional musician and with each other.

Parts are provided FREE online, via links from the class webpage. Participants download and print their music in advance of each rehearsal. Please also number the measure numbers of your parts before class. 

Not sure if this is for you? Contact Kerry Bollinger here or join us for a free rehearsal to see for yourself! Please note that there are limited openings for pianists. Contact the office for more information.

September - October

September 15th, 22nd, 29th
October 6th, 13th 20th

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Term 1 Registraion

Tuition: $50 per term

October - December

October 27th
November 3rd, 10th, 17th
December 1st, 8th

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Term 2 Registration

Tuition: $50 per term

January - March

January 26th
February 2nd, 9th, 23rd
March 2nd, 9th

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Term 3 Registration

Tuition: $50 per term

March - April

March 16th, 23rd, 30th
April 6th, 20th, 27th

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Term 4 Registration

Tuition: $50 per term

May - June

May 4th, 11th, 18th
June 1st, 8th, 15th

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Term 5 Registration

Tuition: $50 per term

What people are saying

“For me the joy and reward of this  whole first year of Exploring Chamber Music has been exploring the repertoire-- a different quartet each week or two, with the opportunity to play and expand in a systematic way  the quartets that we have actually engaged with, without concerns about perfection. For me the main value has been  in the joy of  exploring and expanding my OWN repertoire/SHARED repertoire,  building the skills and confidence that such exploration enables. This ensemble is unique in offering that opportunity; quite a refreshing contrast with the familiar 'perfecting-one-piece-for-performance' structure.”

— April 2020 Participant

Current Repertoire:

All of the pieces this year are Piano Quartets, scored for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello. Violins, there is only one violin part for each quartet, instead of the normal Violin 1 and Violin 2 parts that you're used to in quartets. Violins will have a lot of support on their part this year since there will be so many of you on the same part.

Term 1: Sep - Oct

Repertoire Coming Soon!

Previous Repertoire:

Links are in the process of being updated - if you are looking for music that is not currently linked, email chambermusic@musiccenternw.org

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 - Johannes Brahms
1st and 4th movements

Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano & Score

Piano Quartet No. 1  in D Major, Op. 23 - Antonin Dvorak
1st and 2nd movements

Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano & Score

Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 - Felix Mendelssohn
1st and 2nd Movements

Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano & Score

Piano Quartet No 2. in D Major, WoO 36 - Ludwig van Beethoven
1st and 2nd Movements

Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano & Score

Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, K 478 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mvt I and Mvt II.

Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano & Score

Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in d minor ("Death and the Maiden"). Mvt II and Mvt IV

Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel - String Quartet in E-flat Major, HelH 277
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

A. Corelli - Concerto Grosso op. 6 no. 8 "Christmas Concerto"
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

J.S. Bach - the Art of Fugue - BWV 1080
Violin I, Violin II, Violin III, Viola, Cello, Score

Franz Schubert - String Quartet in D Minor, D 810 “Death and the Maiden I. Allegro
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Alexander Borodin - String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, II. Andante con moto
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Alexander Borodin - String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, I. Allegro moderato
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet no. 7 in F Major Op. 59, No.1, I. Allegro
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in C Major Op. 59, No. 3, IV. Allegro Molto
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet 23, KV 590
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet 21, KV 575
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Franz Schubert String Quartet No.10, D 87, Op 125, No. 1
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Haydn Later Period: String Quartet in G Major, Hob.III:75; Op. 76, No. 1 "Erdody"
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Haydn Middle Period: String Quartet in F-sharp minor, Hob. III:47; Op. 50, No.4 "The Prussian"
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Haydn Early Period: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Hob. III:31 ; Op. 20, No.1 "the Sun"
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Mozart String Quartet No. 20 K 499
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Schubert's Quartet No. 13 in A minor (the Rosamunde Quartet), D. 804, Op. 29
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Mozart Quartet in C Major - K 465
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Mozart Quartet in A Major, K. 464:
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Mozart Quartet K458, No. 17:
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Mozart Quartet K157, No. 4:
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Mozart Quartets K171, K172, K173:
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Score

Mozart Quartets K168, K169, K170
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello

Score: K168, Score: K169, Score: K170

Mozart K158, K159, K160
Beethoven Op. 18, No. 3
Haydn Op. 20, Nos. 4 and 5

Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello