The Bryant Park Quartet expertly designs workshops and residencies specifically for string players, ranging from one- and two-day workshops to weeklong residencies featuring collaboration and performance. The BPQ offers masterclasses for all levels of string soloists as well as coachings for string quartet ensembles, in which more advanced music students can learn about the intricacies of the string quartet repertoire.

The Bryant Park Quartet has the experience and flexibility to work with the needs of both student and teacher to create a fun, memorable, and very educational program. Please see the workshops below to get a sense of the extraordinary range and diversity of their educational offerings, which can be customized to benefit any level of player.

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Outreach Offerings for String Students

One-Day Workshop
• One school
• Three 50-minute presentations for 3 different classes/grade groups
• Presentations will feature performance, interactive demonstrations, and discussions that focus on:
1. The thrill of playing music
2. Chamber music skills and how they apply to all ensembles
3. Providing historical and aural context to the works performed by the quartet

Two-Day Workshop
• Three 50-minute presentations/joint rehearsals per day
• BPQ will perform for students, listen to student groups play, and play with students
• Interactive presentations will emphasize:
1. Chamber music skills and how they apply to all ensembles
2. Breathing, listening, and moving together
3. Advancing musicianship and improving current repertoire
• One school option: more extensive interaction with students and additional musical exposure over two days. For example, the BPQ could attend and assist in rehearsals as well as give presentations in classrooms. Two days with the string students allows for more focus on the practical skills of string-playing and ensemble-playing. The BPQ can align presentations with current music curriculum.
• Two school option: BPQ visits two schools, essentially combining two “One Day Workshops”

Week-Long Residency
• This residency can include interactive presentations at several schools, underprivileged after-school programs, and/or community music programs.
• A combined BPQ-student performance would conclude the residency, with parents and community members encouraged to attend. The BPQ would help prepare students for the performance, as well as perform with the students. The performance could involve several schools and programs.
• The BPQ would give daily workshops which would include presentations, demonstrations, and rehearsals.
• The week-long focus would be on:
1. Practice techniques
2. Chamber music skills and how they apply to all ensembles
3. Breathing, listening, and moving together
4. Improving repertoire and performing with energy and excitement
5. How to connect with the audience through music