Chamber Music Magazine
Chamber Music is the only national magazine dedicated to the art and business of small ensemble music. A benefit of CMA membership, it’s essential reading for everyone in the chamber music community.
Summer 2024
Saved by a String Quartet
Ryan Truesdell's homespun commissioning project, born of discomfort, led to a brand-new repertoire.
Summer 2024
A World with All These Pieces
American composer Julia Perry’s chamber music works are, 70 years later, being heard on main stages.
Spring 2024
Ted Hearne & Matana Roberts
The composer-performers talk about changing landscapes—for their art forms, their communities, and in terms of the literal la
Spring 2024
The Game Within the Game
The idea of a Video Game Music (VGM) jam session entered my life six years ago, when saxo- phonist Patrick Bartley told me ab
Spring 2024
Finding My Rhapsody
How the celebrated pianist, radio presenter, and arts activist found a home in George Gershwin’s century-old classic.
Spring 2024
Off the Page
Concept Lab
opens up the process of creating new musical works,
and reframes the often-solitary work of the composer.
Spring 2024
Listening Large
How Ashley Capps fell in love with all sorts of music, and presents its full range through his Big Ears Festival.
Winter 2024
The Still-Rising Sun
A half-century ago, Kronos Quartet announced a new day for chamber music. That day is far from done.
Winter 2024
The Spark that Stays Lit
The legacy of the Cleveland Quartet lives on, in large part through an award in its name.
Winter 2024
Drop Everything, Embrace Change
A cellist and composer reflects on
his personal road to two remarkable opportunities, and the view they afford.