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(Re)Envisioning the Orchestra: An Interview with Eric Jacobsen, Conductor and Founding Cellist of The Knights
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Engaging Your Audience in the 21st Century: An Interview with Composer-Educator Bruce Adolphe

(Re)Envisioning the Orchestra: An Interview with Eric Jacobsen, Conductor and Founding Cellist of The Knights

Apr 20 2010
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Kirsten Jerme

Cellist Kirsten Jermé, a native of Wisconsin, received her B.A. in 2007 from Stony Brook University, where she studied with Colin Carr and the Emerson String Quartet. Dedicated to linking arts to community and social causes, Kirsten co-directed the annual Music for Peace Festival at Stony Brook and helped launch an Outreach Program through the Staller Center for the Arts. While pursuing her diverse musical interests as a freelance cellist in New York City, she worked for Turtle Bay Music School and The Learning Maestros. She has interned with Musicians for Harmony, Cedar Cultural Center of Minneapolis and Milwaukee Symphony's Arts in Community Education Program, mentored inner-city youth and coached chamber music through a string quartet residency. Kirsten is currently pursuing a Master's Degree at Eastman School of Music, studying with Steven Doane.

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The Knights are not your typical orchestra. A hip young collective of New York City musicians, The Knights challenge the boundaries of convention through their innovative structure, communal rehearsal process, and creative programming. Collaborating with artists ranging from Dawn Upshaw and Gil Shaham to singer-songwriter Christina Courtin and fiddler Mark O’Connor to Middle Eastern musicians, The Knights have appeared at venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, Central Park, Le Poisson Rouge, the Dresden Musikfestspiele, and the National Gallery in Dublin, and will soon debut at Ravinia and at the Caramoor Festival with Yo-Yo Ma. The Knights have recorded two albums for SONY Classical, the second of which, New Worlds, was just released in the U.S. (New Worlds is available by clicking here).

I had the pleasure of speaking with the charismatic young conductor and cellist of The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, who formed the orchestra with his brother, violinist Colin Jacobsen. Eric describes how the orchestra gradually emerged from a group of friends reading chamber music into a critically-acclaimed ensemble that embraces the spirit of collectivity and collaboration and expands the possibilities of contemporary orchestral performance. For more information about Eric Jacobsen and The Knights, please visit http://www.jacobseneric.com/ and http://www.theknightsnyc.com/index.php.
– Kirsten Jermé

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Engaging Your Audience in the 21st Century: An Interview with Composer-Educator Bruce Adolphe

Mar 18 2010
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Kirsten Jerme

Cellist Kirsten Jermé, a native of Wisconsin, received her B.A. in 2007 from Stony Brook University, where she studied with Colin Carr and the Emerson String Quartet. Dedicated to linking arts to community and social causes, Kirsten co-directed the annual Music for Peace Festival at Stony Brook and helped launch an Outreach Program through the Staller Center for the Arts. While pursuing her diverse musical interests as a freelance cellist in New York City, she worked for Turtle Bay Music School and The Learning Maestros. She has interned with Musicians for Harmony, Cedar Cultural Center of Minneapolis and Milwaukee Symphony's Arts in Community Education Program, mentored inner-city youth and coached chamber music through a string quartet residency. Kirsten is currently pursuing a Master's Degree at Eastman School of Music, studying with Steven Doane.

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Bruce Adolphe is a leading American composer, educator, author, performer, and radio personality. He is Resident Lecturer and Director of the Family Concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, host of Piano Puzzlers, the weekly radio quiz show presented by Performance Today, and founding Creative Director of The Learning Maestros, a music and interdisciplinary education initiative run jointly with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra founder Julian Fifer. Bruce has taught at Juilliard, New York University, and Yale, and has published several books. His compositions include an array of fun, educational pieces for youth as well as concert works that have been recorded on Telarc, Naxos, CRI, Delos, and Koch labels, and performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Sylvia McNair, the Brentano and Miami String Quartets, and countless orchestras and chamber ensembles. For a complete biography, please visit www.bruceadolphe.com.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Bruce about his wealth of experience in the field of education and outreach. In the interview that follows, Bruce shares his knowledge and background in educational performances – including 18 years in the Education Department at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Full of tips and insights on engaging contemporary audiences of families and school children, Bruce’s thoughts will surely help inspire and guide any performer interested in outreach and education – from seasoned professionals to emerging young artists and conservatory students.

To watch Bruce in action at a family concert for La Jolla’s SummerFest, click here. A brief interview with Bruce from the 2009 Music@Menlo festival can be viewed here.
– Kirsten Jermé

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