PRIZM Ensemble

PRIZM Jamfest
2023-06-13 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium, 1350 Concourse Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104
Grab a bite to eat at Crosstown Concourse and enjoy a FREE concert of soulful and popular tunes played by Victor Sawyer and Guy Michel!

Interwoven Voices: Faculty Concert
2023-06-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5330 Shady Grove Rd., Memphis, TN, 38120, United States
Join us at Shady Grove to listen to fabulous summer camp faculty members come together to perform chamber music!
Listen to the voices of women composers through works written by Caroline Shaw Lauren Bernofsky, Libby Larson, and Chelsea Komschlies. How can music be dissonant and beautiful at the same time?

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Student Showcase
2023-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5330 Shady Grove Rd., Memphis, TN, 38120, United States
Join us at Shady Grove to listen to fabulous summer camp faculty students come together to perform chamber music! Repertoire: TBA
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A Juneteenth Celebration
2023-06-17 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38104
Join us in a FREE concert celebrating Juneteenth with wonderful choral, chamber, and orchestral music. Featuring the Sensational Barnes Brothers
Celebrating black composers such as Valerie Coleman and Jessie Montgomery, PRIZM musicians and students will be joined by the Celebration Chorus to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
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Please arrive early to allow time for parking.
Crosstown Concourse parking garage offers 3 levels of free parking and free 2-hour parking on the 1st level, as well as 15 minute-free parking for quick and easy pickups right outside the garage.The campus and garage are under 24hour surveillance.

2023 All-West Strings Prep Workshop
2023-10-21 09:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5330 Shady Grove Rd., Memphis, TN, 38120, United States
Join students from Greater Memphis in preparing for Orchestra All-West auditions! You’ll feel more secure and ready for the process!

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River Arts Fest
2023-10-22 13:15 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Riverside Drive between Jefferson and Beale
Come listen to our young musicians play at River Arts Fest at the North End!
Riverside Drive between Jefferson and Beale
https://riverartsmemphis.org/

2023 All-West Band Prep Workshop
2023-12-02 09:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | TN
Join students from Greater Memphis in preparing for All-West Band auditions! You’ll feel more secure and ready for the process!

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Gavin and Friends
2023-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Buckman Performing Arts Center, 60 Perkins Extd., Memphis, TN, 38116, United States
Come listen to our Executive Director sing and share a range of music from Classical to Soul! Contact Christina@prizmensemble.org for PRIZM’s BOGO ticket deal!
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The McCain Duo
2024-01-28 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Listen to past and future summer camp faculty member Martin McCain!
Described as a pianist with “power and finesse” (Dallas Arts Society), “beautiful and fiery” (KMFA Austin) and having a “sense of color, balance, and texture” (Austin Chamber Music Center) Artina McCain, has built a three-fold career as a performer, educator, and speaker. Bass trombonist Martin McCain’s career spans an impressive range of musical genres. He is a four-time winner of the Global Music Awards and was featured as their “Emerging Artist” in Billboard magazine.
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Feelings & Other Uncomfortable Things
2024-03-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5330 Shady Grove Rd., Memphis, TN, 38120, United States
Get in your feels with this artistic experience centered around listening to music and creating a collage. Immerse yourself in the emotions and memories that music can make you feel and then reflect on them to create a collage to take home. All you need to do is bring yourself! No art experience needed.
Music will be performed by pianist Christina Lai, flutist Delara Hashemi, and violinist Pedro Maia. Collage making class will be led by artist Ina Liu.
Tickets: $30
Limited seating available.
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Estimated length of music: 30 minutes
Program Notes
24 Preludes, Op. 28
The purpose of a prelude has always been to establish the mood of something which is to follow, anticipating its basic characteristics. (ie. an introduction) Instead, each of Chopin’s Preludes may be understood as containing the essence of an entire world of feelings – it is left to the receptive listener to fill in the detailed picture in his mind. (Reinhard Schulz)
Departure for Flute and Piano
In this work, the composer is loyal to the pivotal tone ‎and tonal relationships while innovative in using rhythmic and melodic materials. The title refers to the ‎time when the composer had to leave her family and home country to continue her studies abroad.‎
Sonata for Violin and Piano
It is hard to say that Debussy died a happy man. His letters from 1914 until shortly before his death in March 1918, particularly those to his close friend of many years, Robert Godet, despair about his health, the war, and, from 1916, a growing depression that brought into question his own abilities and accomplishments.
Just before the premiere of his sonata for Violin and Piano, Debussy expressed great satisfaction with it, the last of his completed works. His opinion soon changed, however, and in a letter to Godet dated June 7, he wrote: “You should know, my too trusting friend, that I only wrote this Sonata to be rid of the thing, spurred on as I was by my dear publisher. You, who are able to read between the staves, will see traces of [Poe’s] The Imp of the Perverse, who encourages one to choose the very subject which should be ignored. This Sonata will be interesting from a documentary viewpoint and as an example of what may be produced by a sick man in time of war.” (LA Phil)

Youth Chamber Music Competition and Recital
2024-04-20 13:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5330 Shady Grove Rd., Memphis, TN, 38120, United States
Memphis’ first youth chamber music competition inspires students to work together, make music, and support our community’s love for collaboration.

Students will come together for the competition. In the evening, the winners will perform in an Honors Concert, location TBA.

PRIZM Youth Chamber Music Competition & Winners Concert
2024-04-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5330 Shady Grove Rd., Memphis, TN, 38120, United States
Competition during the day.
Winners Concert at Night. 7 PM at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church | 5530 Shady Grove Rd.
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2024 PRIZM Music Camp and International Chamber Music Festival
2024-06-03 - 2024-06-15 | Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5330 Shady Grove Rd., Memphis, TN, 38120, United States
Join us for our 15th annual Music Camp and International Chamber Music Festival!
Students grow their confidence and musicality, create close friendships, and have fun!
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