9th Street Chamber Music

9th Street Chamber Music 9SCM is dedicated to engaging the audiences and culture of our current time through chamber music.

Our 2026-27 season is here, and we cannot wait!Five performances this year, starting with a full weekend in Great Falls ...
09/15/2026

Our 2026-27 season is here, and we cannot wait!

Five performances this year, starting with a full weekend in Great Falls in October. On Saturday the 17th we play a family concert at the Great Falls Library, and on Sunday the 18th we open our season on the Amadeus Concert Series.

Then in December, Whispers of the Solstice returns to Saint George's in Arlington, which is genuinely one of our favorite nights of the year. We are back at Saint George's on February 14, and in April we head south to Williamsburg Landing.

More may join the calendar as the year unfolds. Save the dates, and come find us.

A note about the String Quartet Intensive.After careful consideration, we have made the decision not to hold the program...
09/15/2026

A note about the String Quartet Intensive.

After careful consideration, we have made the decision not to hold the program this year. The response we received was largely from individual musicians rather than the pre-formed quartets this new format was designed around. Even with some incredibly talented candidates, assembling complete ensembles is a significant undertaking, and being honest with ourselves about our capacity meant acknowledging it was more than we could take on right now.

To everyone who applied, and to everyone who has supported this program over the years, thank you. It means more to us than we can say.

One important thing: if you are part of a student quartet looking for coaching or mentorship, we are here for that. Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. We would love to stay connected.

And we have a full season of concerts ahead. We hope to see you at as many as you can make.

Tomorrow is our final day to apply to the String Quartet Intensive, and returning students, your intent form is due tomo...
08/27/2026

Tomorrow is our final day to apply to the String Quartet Intensive, and returning students, your intent form is due tomorrow too.

Applications and video auditions are due Friday, August 28. New candidates need an application, the fee, and a video. Returning students do not need to audition. And if tuition is the thing giving you pause, please just tell us. We fundraise so a student's ability to pay is never an issue.

Grades 8 through 12, intermediate through advanced. Pre-formed quartets are strongly preferred, and individual applicants are welcome.

Acceptances go out Monday. The first weekend is October 8–11.

Link in bio to apply.

This year, one quartet from the String Quartet Intensive is opening for us on a professional concert series.On October 1...
08/21/2026

This year, one quartet from the String Quartet Intensive is opening for us on a professional concert series.

On October 18, a group selected during the intensive weekend will open for 9th Street Quartet at Amadeus Concerts in Great Falls. Amadeus has been presenting chamber music for forty-five years, and we are honored to open their 2026-27 season with a program featuring American composers.

This is not a student recital. It is a subscription series with a real audience in the seats, ten days after the October weekend ends. The intensive gets the music into your hands. Your group puts in the rehearsal time. Then you walk out and play it.

Every quartet that comes in October has a shot at it.

Applications close August 28. Link in bio.

If your quartet has been rehearsing in someone's basement all year, this one is for you.The String Quartet Intensive is ...
08/21/2026

If your quartet has been rehearsing in someone's basement all year, this one is for you.

The String Quartet Intensive is built for groups who are already playing together and want to get seriously better. Two immersive weekends, mentorship hours with a 9SQ member before each one, and a performance to work toward. Pre-formed quartets are strongly preferred.

What a group gains from this is structure. Deadlines, a destination, and concentrated coaching from a professional quartet in residence. In October, a guest artist session with Annie Fullard. And the part nobody expects: hearing other quartets your age working at a high level, and having them hear you.

No quartet yet? Apply anyway. We will find you a group. Plenty of our strongest ensembles started as four people who had not yet met.

Applications close August 28. Link in bio.

Every musician has one summer they still think about (yes, that's a 15 year-old Liz! Vintage 1990s 🤌). The one where you...
08/18/2026

Every musician has one summer they still think about (yes, that's a 15 year-old Liz! Vintage 1990s 🤌).

The one where you played quartets every day. Where you finally understood what your part was doing. Where you found people who cared about this as much as you did, and rehearsal ran until nine and nobody minded.

Then it was September, and the good stuff had to wait until next July.

The String Quartet Intensive is that experience, in the middle of the school year. Two immersive weekends in October and February, coached by a professional quartet in residence, with a guest artist session and a performance at the end. Grades 8 through 12, intermediate through advanced.

We built the program we wanted at fifteen. Applications close August 28, link in bio.

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