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COMMITMENT TO OUTREACH
The Atlanta Chamber Players have a long and distinguished history of commitment to educational outreach, having presented educational concerts in 18 states and more than 200 U.S. cities.
University Residencies: Shortly after the Atlanta Chamber Players were founded in 1976, the group began to offer educational concerts at Agnes Scott College, where they were in residence until 1980. ACP was the first Candler Ensemble-in-Residence at Emory University and from 1982-1987 presented six educational performances each semester. The group began an ongoing residency at Georgia State University in 1991 and in 1996 was appointed Ensemble-in-Residence at Kennesaw State University, a relationship which included master classes, coaching of student ensembles and lecture concerts for music majors, in addition to public concerts. In 2003, Paula Peace (founder, artistic director and pianist for ACP) joined the faculty at Georgia State University’s School of Music as visiting assistant professor of piano and chamber music, where the Atlanta Chamber Players are now affiliate artists.
National Educational Concerts: ACP was a winner in 1979 of the first national round of the prestigious C. Michael Paul Chamber Music Residency Program, administered through Chamber Music America in New York, through which the group performed dozens of community outreach services. In 1980 the group was appointed to the Southern Arts Federation Performing Arts Touring Program and subsequently presented scores of educational residencies in nine southern states. These communities ranged from Roanoke, Virginia to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and from Louisville, Kentucky to Key West, Florida and residencies were presented to kindergarten students, university music majors and senior citizens alike.
Local Educational Concerts: In 1982 the Young Audiences chapter was begun in Atlanta and the Atlanta Chamber Players were immediately appointed to the roster. Since that time the group has presented numerous school concerts in all corners of metro Atlanta and has been involved in two pilot educational programs which presented educational services in every elementary school in the City of Decatur school system.
Special Audiences: Annually since1979, the ACP has performed scores of concerts for special audiences, first through Special Audiences, Inc., then Arts for All and currently VSA Arts of Georgia. Through educational events coordinated by these agencies, ACP has performed for physically, emotionally and economically challenged audiences of every age group.
Annual Family Concert: To reflect the Atlanta Chamber Players’ long-standing commitment to educational outreach as a cornerstone of the group’s philosophy, the ACP established its popular annual Family Concert in 1996 as one of its four public concerts each season. Through these concerts at Walter Hill Auditorium at the High Museum of Art or Pace Academy in Buckhead, grandparents and toddlers alike are exposed to the power of music to delight and educate.