ACMS - About

About

Since 1986 the Auditorium Chamber Music Series has presented some of the world's finest small ensembles in the beautiful neo-gothic Auditorium in the heart of the University of Idaho campus. Four ensembles visit the Palouse each year, performing for the series and enriching the region through school residencies, informal performances in community venues, and master classes. In alternate years, the series sponsors a fifth concert, by the finest chamber musicians of the region. The Auditorium Series embraces a wide variety of types and styles of ensemble, from string quartet to 8-voice a cappella choir, to ethnic improvisational ensemble. The same great ensembles that audiences from New York to Seattle flock to hear--the Beaux Arts Trio, Masters of Persian Music, Kronos Quartet, Chanticleer, eighth blackbird, and the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin--have all graced the Auditorium Chamber Music Series.

Mission

The mission of the Auditorium Chamber Music Series consists of three components:

To bring our audiences performances of live chamber music by outstanding performers
To broaden the musical experience of the Palouse through school visits, workshops, master classes, lectures and other means
To build audiences for classical (art) music throughout the region, stimulating awareness through outreach

Funding

The Auditorium Chamber Music Series is funded primarily through ticket sales, U.I. student arts fees, contributions and grants. The graphs below show a breakdown of our income and expenditures.