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YOU MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR FISCHOFF!
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On Tuesday, May 9th you made a BIG difference for Fischoff!
Fischoff participated in Give Local St. Joseph County and raised $75,430! This extraoridinary event, sponsored by the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County promised that 25% of this funding will be increased by a share of $2.4 million in matching funds. That’s a “forever” proposition, and we couldn’t have done this without you.
With deepest appreciation for your support of Fischoff.
Ann Divine and the Fischoff Team
2015 Double Gold Tour
Mirasol Quartet - September 27-October 2 & Zorá String Quartet - October 7-October 13
Be sure to check out the schedule here for Mirasol Quartet & Zorá String Quartet.
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Jasper String Quartet Wins 2016 Educator Award
Fischoff is delighted to announce that Jasper String Quartet has been selected as winner of the 2016 Fischoff Educator Award. This national award recognizes the educational outreach work of Fischoff Competition alumni who have demonstrated outstanding and imaginative programming for children and youth in the United States. It honors musicians who have established professional careers in chamber music, and have proven their ability to successfully build a career in both chamber music performance and outreach education.
As winner of the Fischoff Educator Award, Jasper String Quartet will receive a coveted endorsement from Fischoff, a cash award, and a week of community outreach programs in the South Bend region October 24-27, 2016 as part of Fischoff’s award-winning Arts-in-Education Residency.
In 2008, the Jaspers swept through the competition circuit, winning the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize in the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the Grand Prize at the Coleman Competition, First Prize at Chamber Music Yellow Springs, and the Silver Medal at the 2008 and 2009 Fischoff Competitions. They were also the first ensemble honored with Yale School of Music’s Horatio Parker Memorial Prize, an award established in 1945 and selected by faculty for “best fulfilling…lofty musical ideals.”
The Jaspers have been hailed as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling” (The Strad) and “powerful” (New York Times). “The Jaspers…match their sounds perfectly, as if each swelling chord were coming out of a single, impossibly well-tuned organ, instead of four distinct instruments.” (New Haven Advocate)
Fischoff’s Educator Award Residency is sponsored by Wells Fargo
From the Top Backstage at Fischoff to Air Week of June 15
Fischoff has enjoyed a long relationship with the hit NPR show From the Top with host Christopher O’Riley. And through an exciting collaboration, a new show called From the Top Backstage at Fischoff will air next week! The show is an hour-long program featuring the 2015 Fischoff Competition’s Junior Division. With interviews, performances and competition rounds, you will get a sneak peek into the essence of the Junior Division.
From the Top Backstage at Fischoff will air nationally starting Monday, June 15. To check your local NPR station’s program schedule, click here. The show will also be available via From the Top’s podcast and website. In the Michiana area, WVPE 88.1 will air the program on Friday, June 19 at 7:00 pm.
Be sure to tune in and be part of this unprecendented opportunity showcasing the best junior chamber musicians in the nation!
From the Top Backstage at Fischoff
Fischoff has enjoyed a long relationship with the hit NPR show, From the Top, hosted by Christopher O’Riley. We are pleased to announce a new collaboration – a show called From the Top Backstage at Fischoff. The show will dedicate an hour-long program to the 2015 Fischoff Competition’s Junior Division. Through interview, performances and competition rounds, Backstage at Fischoff will capture the essence of Fischoff’s Junior Division. The unique experience that musicians have at Fischoff will be shared with 700,000 national listeners in the fall of 2015. This is an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the best junior chamber musicians in the nation during Fischoff Competition weekend, May 8-10, 2015.
Live streaming will also be available at www.fischoff.org on Saturday, May 9, 8:30 a.m. – 6:40 p.m., and Sunday, May 10, 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Contact fischoff@fischoff.org for further information.
Telegraph Quartet – Winner’s Tour This Week!
Gold Medal and Grand Prize Winners, Telegraph Quartet, tour the Midwest in the 2014 Double Gold Tour!
The Grand Prize Winners, Telegraph Quartet, return to the Midwest to perform concerts, masterclasses & other community outreach programs. To view their entire schedule, visit our website here.
A Recap of Akropolis Reed Quintet Educator Residency
Fischoff’s 2015 Educator Award winner, the Akropolis Reed Quintet, performed brilliantly throughout the Northern Indiana community in a series of educational outreach programs. We are grateful to each member for their perfessionalism shown at each of the ten performances. More than 2,600 children, youth and adults were inspired by their musical performances and unbridled enthusiasm for chamber music.
In the words of Akropolis Reed Quintet:
As winner of the 2015 Fischoff Educator Award, we were given an opportunity to share our music through games, masterclasses, and even a children’s story with students of all ages in South Bend, Indiana from March 23-26. The Fischoff organization is based out of Notre Dame University, and our relationship with Fischoff is now almost 5 years old.
We gave 5 elementary school presentations, 5 middle school clinics, and one riot of an orchestra clinic for the Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra. The above video is a short excerpt from our theatrical rendition of “The Best Story,” a children’s book which every student we visited had read in class prior to our visit. The story presentation was part of Fischoff’s S.A.M I Am (Stories and Music) program, a flagship for a Fischoff education residency.
We truly enjoyed getting in character for each S.A.M. I Am rendition of “The Best Story.” Matt was “dad,” donning a tie, baseball cap, and a pipe! Tim was a crazed monkey at the wheel of a school bus, Andrew played a mean (figuratively and literally) pirate, and best of all, Ryan got to dress as Aunt Jane (sun hat and shall included).
At our middle school clinics we introduced students to chamber music, and we even allowed them to help us makeour music better through a new interactive activity in which they dissected and reorganized our music, leading them to think more critically in their own music making.
Matt’s background in teaching combined with Akropolis’ diverse set of personalities and skills makes education a natural fit for Akropolis. We love it, and we’re grateful to Fischoff for the 2015 Educator Award and for a gratifying week in South Bend.