A few chamber music basics that can make your chamber music experience more rewarding:
- If any of your music has single sheets, be sure that you tape them together or insert into a ringed binder before arriving.
- Get a copy of the score and study it as you listen to a commercial recording.
follow the suggestions in Practice and Rehearsals
Use Score Study 101 as an example of how to mark your music - It is important that you are able to play your part at tempo prior to the first rehearsal.
- Getting help from your private teacher and marking fingerings and bowings in your part before you come to camp is highly encouraged and very important.
- A good ‘test’ to see if you are properly prepared is to try and play through your part along with a professional recording of the assigned piece.
Borodin String Quartet No.2
Score
I Allegro moderato (extra)
II Schero. Allegro (extra)
III Noturno (assigned) YouTube recording posted by Vanguard12 (includes scrolling score; perfrmg qt is called ‘Emerson Qt’)
IV Finale (assigned) YouTube recording posted by Vanguard12 (includes scrolling score, perfmg qt is called ‘Emerson Qt’)
Mendelssohn String Quintet Op.1 No.18
Score
I Allegro con moto (assigned) YouTube recording posted by Wolfgang Amade Mozart
III Allegro di molto (assigned) YouTube recording posted by Wolfgang Amade Mozart
Mozart Divertimento in Bb Major K137
Score
I Andante (assigned) YouTube performance by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble (this is the complete work; 00:00 – Andante)
II Allegro di Molto (assigned) YouTube performance by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble (this is the complete work; 07:52 – Allegro di molto)
III Allegro assai (extra) YouTube performance by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble (this is the complete work; 11:17 – Allegro assai)
Puccini, Giacomo; Elegy:Chrysanthemums
Score
Andante Mesto (assigned) (this is a single-movement piece) YouTube recording posted by Enso Quartet
Mazas Duets for Two Violins Op38 No1
Score (entire piece)
Violin I (play from the score)
I Allegro Maestoso (assigned) YouTube representation with scrolling score (apologies–it’s computer-generated.)
II Romance (extra) I’m so sorry, I can’t recommend any of the YouTube videos I previewed…!!
III Rondo (extra) YouTube performance posted by pierreverrier
Viotti Duets for Violin Op29 No1
Score: this piece only has individual parts available on IMSLP.
Violin I
I Allegro Vivace (pg2-3) (assigned) I’m sorry again–I’ve been digging on YouTube and cannot find videos of this duet to recommend.
II Andante (pg4) (extra)
III Allegro Scherzando e vivo (pg4-5) (extra)
Chamber Music of the Rockies music assignments for all chamber ensembles were emailed to individual participants in early May.

