Chamber music ensembles
VCU pianists may choose to enroll in a chamber music ensemble every semester — offered as Small Ensembles — accompanying in the fall and piano ensembles in the spring. These 14 to 18 groups include duos with wind, strings and brass instruments and vocalists, piano trios, and two-piano and four-hand duos.
Chamber groups play an active role in the VCU music community, including off-campus performances as part of the Community Outreach Program.
VCU Music chamber ensembles have recently performed at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Grace and Holy Trinity Church, Jordan Kitts Music, Carriage Hill Clubhouse, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College and Jamestown High School.
Past concert performances have included:
- J. S. Bach – “Sonata for flute and piano BWV 1031 in E-flat Major”
- Johannes Brahms – “Sonata Op. 120 No. 1 in F minor”
- Antonin Dvorák – “Quintet for Piano and String, Op. 81 in A Major”
- Gabriel Fauré – “Fantasie for flute and piano Op. 79”
- David Gillingham – “Diversive Elements for Euphonium, Tuba and Piano” (1996)
- Paul Hindemith – “Sonata for Trumpet and Piano” (1939)
- Joseph Horovitz – “Sonatina for clarinet and piano” (1981)
- Schulhoff – “Sonata for Flute and Piano”
- Robert Schumann – “Fantasy Pieces op. 73”
