The Associated Chamber Music Players ACMP is an international organization of musicians - mostly amateur but also some professionals - devoted to playing chamber music.
The organization publishes a directory of musicians worldwideβin print and online; members can contact other players and arrange chamber music sessions. Rice and Leonard Strauss, both amateur violinists who traveled often and sought partners for chamber music evenings in travel destinations, as described in the book Helen Rice, The Great Lady of Chamber Music by Rustin McIntosh.
Rice took the initiative to organize the first directory of chamber music players, and managed a directory of thousands of players around the world until her death in In , Clinton B. Ford , a businessman, amateur violinist and amateur astronomer, bequeathed an endowment of about four million dollars to ACMP.
With the funds, ACMP set up a foundation for supporting chamber music programs and workshops. From November July , Stephanie Griffin, an arts administration professional, has served as executive director. Each year since , ACMP has initiated the Worldwide Play-in Weekend , an international event where musicians gather all over the world to play chamber music on the same weekend [ 7 ] More than play-ins have taken place, involving thousands of chamber music players of all ages, backgrounds and levels, including in Geneva, Switzerland; Madrid, Spain; Munich Germany; Tel Aviv, Israel; Vancouver and Toronto, Canada; and Podgorica, Montenegro, as well as across the U.
The annual Livestream Masterclass helps players worldwide enhance their skills in an accessible online educational experience. In real-time and broadcast across the internet, a professional ensemble provides tips and coaching by interacting with two learning quartets. The first three videos feature players from Imani Winds on wind playing, followed by three minicoaching video sessions on string playing with PUBLIQuartet.
