“Playing on historical instruments transformed how I think about 18th and 19th century music. Contact with the music is more direct and less mediated than with a modern instrument. This music makes more sense now.”
“Faculty at CMC helped me get a sense of the sound world the composers would live in at the time, and expand my knowledge of keyboard playing (timbre, articulation, dynamics, pedalling, etc).”
“The small size of the program really helped it to feel more intimate and community-like, along with allowing for a strong focus on the music we were performing with the faculty.”
“CMC allowed for me to interact with 18th and 19th century music like I had never had before. Being a singer, my teachers never really explained the importance of performing with historical instruments true to the music, yet this completely changed how I was able to interact and move with the music.”
“This program is a great opportunity. The coachings from some truly amazing faculty is great and the observation of the different rehearsals was a delight.”
“Craft talks were incredibly useful to talk with different musicians on their techniques and ideas to help expand my own ideas.”
