Our Mission
Insight was born from a necessity to ignite a special flame for classical music by sharing the magic behind the music, and to foster creative collaborations between musicians, composers and the audience.
Over the last few decades, the percentage of attendees of live orchestral concerts and operas dropped by 30%. Our goal is to be part of reversing this trend by empowering listeners with a unique musical experience that enriches their understanding and passion for music.
Insight pairs performances by accomplished musicians with interactive, in-depth presentations that enable people to deeply understand classical music. Each concert centers around an imaginative theme that introduces 2-3 musical insights such as: What methods do composers use to evoke emotion? Our last concert cycle introduced the audience to the structure of baroque dance, compositional techniques such as Theme and Variations, and the character of musical themes. In a game where audiences held up color cards when they heard a particular theme, they learned how Bach could write an orchestral piece every week. The interactive nature of each concert fosters relationships between musicians and those listening.
Insight also offers online courses and videos which help reach a wider network of people. Our last example was the collaboration with San Francisco Ballet School where we produced a music video for a new musical work. Accompanying these videos were interviews with the project's composer and dancers to give a behind the scenes look into each art form. The videos are released on Youtube free for the public.
Insight caters to professional musicians by offering instruction in advanced musical concepts. These courses are provided online and have featured guest instructors and authors from prestigious institutions around the world. Stemming from our in person events, Insight Chamber Players is proud to release online content, behind the scenes, and teasers which give our audience and community members further insight into our musical world. The majority of this content is provided on our Youtube page, free to the public.
Insight For Everyone
Part of Insight’s goals is to provide a music education for anyone. We currently offer classical education programs on three levels:
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Schools & Free community concerts
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School and free concerts are for people who have never been to a live music concert and serve as a perfect introduction for a life long love for music. We aim is to provide the spark the interest of new music lovers without a barrier of entry.
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Salon Experiences
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Our original concerts have been built out from historical salon experiences. Meant to evoke the art salons in Paris and Germany, these salons are meant to combine a musical concert with educational insights which into a few main categories: history, composition, and interpretation.
Each concert has a theme or through line where we perform a deep dive into a topic. In our last season we covered:
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Death and the Maiden
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History of the Archetype
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Theme and Variations
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Different dance styles: Tarantella,
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Rebearth
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Music written about nature
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Power of Three
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History of the String Trio
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What makes a string trio unique
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Compositional difficulties
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Kaleidoscope
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Deep dive into Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio by Dmitry SItkovetsky
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Difference between piano writing and string trio writing
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Online courses
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Online courses are high level deep dives into composition. We often host world renowned scholars like Peter van Tour to break down the specific compositional methods used by Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. Members of our online courses receive access to our class recordings and extra material.