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. For more information, see our recent Fundraising Campaign Flier.Income
Expenditures
History
See who we have hosted in our past 21 years.Advisory Board Members
President:
Becky Miller
Vice President: Helen Boise
Secretary: Gerri Sayler
Mac Cantrell
Quentin DeWitt
Marc Fleisher
Ron Force
Susan Hess
Gretchen Wissner
Director: Mary DuPree
Program Coordinator: Robin Ohlgren