Noteworthy - College and University Residencies

The Four Nations Ensemble has developed special relationships with colleges and universities throughout the country. Each school demonstrates a different personality with varied needs and the Ensemble responds with programs tailored to differing levels of experience and interest.

Our programs range from professional workshops in performance practice to lecture demonstrations connecting classical music to larger humanities studies. Programs illuminating relationships between great writers (Shakespeare and Donne), painters (Goya or Rembrandt), and important events in scientific or social history (Galileo, the French Revolution) make music a vivid illustrator of our cultural past. A working and familial relationship has developed between the musicians of the Ensemble and faculty members at the residency schools which enriches Four Nations' work on campus and throughout the community.

For its work with Noteworthy and universities, The Four Nations Ensemble has enjoyed funding from Chamber Music America, The Presser Foundation, The J. M. Kaplan Fund, The Ruth and Gerald Dickler Foundation, The Herman Goldman Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.