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Chamber Music Sedona (Sedona Chamber Music Society) Chamber Music Sedona, founded in 1982 as Sedona Chamber Music Society, inc., has become the premier presenter of the world's finest chamber music in Northern Arizona. The core of the Chamber Music Sedona’s offerings is the chamber music series of three to five chamber music concerts. Complementing the concert series are a series of Concerts for Youth in area schools, an annual Piano Competition for youth held in the spring and three music festivals. Additionally Chamber Music Sedona presents The Met: Live in HD simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera ten to twelve times a year in the state of the art Sedona Performing Arts Center.

History Chamber Music Sedona was formed as Sedona Chamber Music Society, Inc. in 1982. From its humble beginnings in private Sedona homes in 1982, with just one multi-day festival, Chamber Music Sedona has become Northern Arizona's premiere chamber music presenter with a season that runs from October to June. Governed by an 11-member board of directors, Chamber Music Sedona offers a wide variety of engaging chamber music, classical music, opera, jazz, and bluegrass programs. Offerings include "Concerts for Youth" for Sedona and Verde Valley youth, a free series of concerts at the Sedona Public Library, CMS Youth Piano Competition held in the Spring, and our hallmark subscription concert series of Magical Music in the Red Rocks™ — world-class music among Sedona's magnificent Red Rocks.

In the spring of 2011, Chamber Music Sedona brought  The MET: Live in HD opera to Sedona and the Verde Valley. These live opera broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City are shown in the state-of-the-art Sedona Performing Arts Center. The Center was specifically constructed to the standards of The Metropolitan Opera in acoustics, the sound system, the satellite systems and the screen. It is, quite simply, THE place in Arizona to see the Met: Live in HD opera performances.

In 2006 Chamber Music Sedona started the Sedona Bluegrass Festival. Beginning as a one day concert featuring the best in regional bluegrass talent, it has grown to a five day festival featuring 2 days of festival concerts, a Bluegrass BBQ, workshops, community jam session with festival artists and multiple activities. Bluegrass bands from all over the United States come to play in the red rocks of Sedona.

In 2014 Chamber Music Sedona formally named its January series of events, which have been in place since 2006, The Sedona Winter MusicFest. This festival, featuring some of today's rising young stars in Chamber Music, now includes at least one salon in a private home, 2 formal concerts, several Concerts for Youth in local schools, workshops with the festival artists for local youth and other activities spread over the first week in January.

The Sedona JazzFest, new to their series in 2014, is held in the spring. The 2015 JazzFest will be held in April. The inaugural Sedona JazzFest featured Road Work Ahead comprised of Peter Sprague - guitar, Bill Mays - piano, Bob Magnusson - bass and Jim Plank - Drums. There were Concerts for Youth in local schools, workshops and master classes for local youth with Road Work Ahead, a Jazz Brunch, Jazz Club Crawls, community jam session and a formal concert. In April 2015 they plan to expand to two days of concerts in addition to all the other activities.

Chronology Artists Among the many international artists who have appeared on Chamber Music Sedona's series are: Mark O’Connor, R. Carlos Nakai, Keola Beamer, Ransom Wilson, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Ida Kavafian, Francisco Alvarez, Misha Dichter, Douglas Ashcraft, Liz Story, Virginia Kron, Emanuel Ax, Darol Anger, Orli Shaham, Mark Neikrug, Bill Douglas, Bil Jackson, Ty Burhoe, Ian Swenson, Paul Katz, Gilbert Kalish, Mona Golabek, William Eaton, Will Clipman, Benjamin Jacobson, Connie Kupka, Roland Kato, David Speltz, Frederick Charlton, Daniel Heifetz, Zina Schiff, Rita Borden, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Benny Kim, Evan Wilson, Eric Kim, Anne Marie McDermott, David Finckel, Wu Han, George Winston, Robert Thies, Richard Todd, Gary Gray, Daniel Rothmuller, Christopher Hanulik, Selwyn Reams, Antoinette Perry, Jennifer Regan, Paula Fan, Edgar Meyer, Evan Wilson, Bil Jackson, Antoinette Perry, Alan Vogel, Janice Tipton, Virginia Kron, Pete Christlieb, Jacques Thibaud, Caio Pagano, James Dunham, Deborah Dunham, Joesph Genualdi, Richard Todd, Janice Tipton, Jill Marderness, Jack Sanders, Benjamin Jacobson, Ohad Ben-Ari, Karen Follingstad, Joel DiBartolo, Jim Walker, Mike Garson, Michael Sullivan, Robert Gerry, Mark Rush, Donald McInnes, Matthew Rombaum, Robert Baldwin, Stephen Mayer, Justin Blasdale, Michele Zukofsky, Michael Mathews, Phil West, Igor Gruppman, Vesna Gruppman, Jim Walker, Mike Garson, Jeffrey Siegel, Tom Sheeley, Mack McCray, Robert Baldwin, Jonathan Green, Laurindo Almeda, Rodney Mack, Karen Walwryn, Jane Coop, Michel Zukofsky, Edgar Meyer, David Krakauer

Chamber ensembles have included the Claremont Piano Trio, Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Quintet, El Mundo, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Borromeo String Quartet, Ron Carter Quartet, Orion String Quartet, Midnight Woodwind Quintet, Bach’s Circle, Santa Fe Guitar Quartet of Argentina, Guarneri String Quartet, Kalicihstein – Laredo – Robinson Trio, Trio Voronezh, Fry Street Quartet, Calder String Quartet, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, The McDermott Piano Trio, Mark O’Connor’s Appalachian Waltz Trio, The Paul Winter Consort, Borromeo String Quartet, Orion String Quartet, Walden Chamber Players, Rebel, Tokyo String Quartet, The American Chamber Players, Brazilian Guitar Quartet, The Amadeus Trio, Red Priest, Daniel Heifetz and the Classical Band, Juilliard String Quartet, V to I Quintet, Calder Quartet, New Hollywood Quartet, St. Petersburg String Quartet, Lanier Piano Trio, Anonymous 4, Bach’s Circle, Paul Winter Consort, Parisii String Quartet, Cypress String Quartet, Chicago String Quartet, The Modern Mandolin Quartet, The Los Angeles Piano Quartet, Trio Voronezh, Ysaye String Quartet, Musicians from Marlboro, Pacifica Quartet, Jim Self Jazz Quintet, 2nd Street Klezmer Ensemble, Cavani String Quartet, Chilingirian String Quartet, The Amadeus Trio, Corky Siegel’s chamber Blues, Colorado Quartet, Chicago String Quartet, New Israel Woodwind Quintet, Muir String Quartet, Free Flight, Beethoven Piano Trio, The Valencia Trio, Helios Quartet, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Debussy Trio, Stanford String Quartet, St. Petersburg String Quartet, Franz Schubert String Quartet, Angeles String Quartet, Stanford String Quartet, Blair String Quartet.

Education Programs Chamber Music Sedona has a long history of providing the youth of Sedona and the surrounding area with free concerts by visiting artists in local schools. These concerts are funded by grants and the generosity of our patrons. Additionally, visiting artists participate in workshops and master classes with local youth giving those lucky students a glimpse into what it takes to be a performing artist.

In the spring Chamber Music Sedona has a Piano Competition for local youth ages 11 to 19. Area youth are encouraged to perform in competition with the winners in each of three classes performing for the public in a recital that is free to the entire community. External Links Chamber Music Sedona Sedona Winter MusicFest Sedona JazzFest Sedona Bluegrass Festival