Hello and welcome back to our preview series for Tenth Muse! Last week  we covered the life of Robert Schumann and his inspiration from his wife, Clara . This week we will do a deep dive into Clara’s life before and after her marriage with Robert, as well as on her impact on future generations of women performers and composers. To hear Clara’s work performed live, come to our concerts next month!  Clara's Life As mentioned last week, Clara’s father was a renowned piano pedago

Happy New Year! Welcome back to our Insight Previews. Over the next few weeks we’ll cover the composers and poets who we will showcase in Tenth Muse, our upcoming concert series featuring work by and about women. Use the link below for tickets and information about the cycle!  Robert Schumann and his Muse Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was a German pianist and composer during the romantic period. Many of his most famous works were either written for or edited by his wife, Clara

The Insight Chamber community would love to wish you a very Happy Holidays and New Year! We celebrated last weekend with a thank you dinner for our hosts, donors, and volunteers at the Clocktower Salon. The evening was filled with delicious food and a guided listening of Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E Minor and Rondo k. 373 performed by Leah and Yunyi. " Your concerts provide us with joy that lasts weeks after you're done playing. Continue filling our cups and souls. THANK YOU"

We’ve reached our last spotlight on Falling into Folk which begins next weekend! This week, we will feature our resident composer, José Daniel Vargas and his inspirations while writing Variations on Luna Llorona which you will hear soon! To read more about José’s background, check out his previous blog post . A photo of my family in traditional Mexican garb. Our heritage was always an important part of our identity, and the guitar in my hands was only one of the tons of instr

For our third spotlight in our Falling into Folk series, we will talk about the Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev and his inspirations...

Hello and welcome to the second preview for Falling into Folk beginning the end of this month! This week we are zooming in on Czech...

Hello and welcome to our first sneak preview of our concert cycle, Falling into Folk. This week we will be spotlighting Nordic folk music...

Welcome to our fourth and final installment of our preview to  Building the Trio Sonata  debuting later this week! This week we will...

Hello and welcome to our third installment of our previews leading up to our concert cycle, Building the Trio Sonata debuting later this...

Hello & welcome to our second installment of our previews for Building the Trio Sonata. This week we’ll be covering the history of the...

Welcome to the first preview of our concert cycle,  Building the Trio Sonata . Our concerts start August 24th and run to the 31st....

Hi, and welcome to our spotlight series supporting our upcoming concert series, Journey of 1000 Miles! We have one concert remaining...

Hi, and welcome back to our spotlight series supporting our upcoming concert series, Journey of 1000 Miles starting May 3rd!!  Dr. Ahn...

Hi, and welcome to our spotlight series supporting our upcoming concert series, Journey of 1000 Miles starting May 3rd!!  This week’s...

Hello and welcome to our fourth and final installment of previews for Spring in San Francisco! We are going to mix things up a bit this...

Hello and welcome to our third installment of previews for Spring in San Francisco! We are very excited to introduce the Argentinian...

Hello and welcome to our preview series to get you ready for our upcoming concert cycle, Spring in San Francisco . This week we will...

Hello and welcome to our preview series to get you ready for our upcoming concert cycle, Spring in San Francisco . Up first this week, we...

The end of the year is the time we all collectively look back on the work we've done and what we've accomplished. I'd like to extend this...

We are overjoyed to present to you our next concert series, On the Same Page, with concerts beginning on November 24th. Before we begin...