The Wonder of Woodwinds Camerata Winds, Inc. offers a variety of programming for educational outreach.   Combining great music with educational objectives, we can tailor a program to meet your needs or you may choose from one of our established offerings.

SUMMER LIBRARY CONCERTS

June 24th Preston Royal Branch Library
Meet the French Horn - This entertaining program introduces the brass member of the quintet.

Camerata Winds seeks to inspire, enlighten and engage the community through classical music and offers several ways for you to get up close and personal with chamber music for winds, including:

• Community Concerts
• Educational Concerts
• Grace Presbyterian Village Concert Series
• Practice Card Program (Free Student Tickets!)
• Private Concerts
• Why a Triangle?  Musical Q & A

See our calendar for a listing of events!
To support our non-profit’s outreach efforts, please click ~here.
To bring the wonder of woodwinds to you,
please contact us via email or at 214.731.0044.

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Community Concerts
These are scheduled as permitted throughout the year in public venues such as libraries or festivals such as Dallas City Arts Festival. See our calendar for upcoming events or contact us via email to discuss our participation in your event!


Educational Concerts
Combining great music with educational objectives, Camerata Winds can tailor a program to meet your needs or you may choose from one of our established offerings:

An Introduction to Reading [Music]
A solo performer shares their instrument while reinforcing beginning reading concepts: patterns, repetition, and sequencing. Children internalize the experience by writing and performing their own song using word-wall words at the end of the presentation. Recommended for Grades K-2.

Bach to the Future
In this entertaining program the ensemble explores with the audience the development of classical music from the Baroque through Modern periods. The show emphasizes the evolving uses of music through time and the development of woodwind instruments while educating on basic musical concepts. Bach to the Future is offered as a woodwind duo or trio and is suitable for all ages.

Honing Your Small Ensemble Skills
A combination concert/workshop in which the woodwind quintet models small ensemble skills using standard repertoire, then facilitates students: development of the same in a break-out session. Appropriate for middle and high school students.

To bring these entertaining, educational programs to a classroom near you, please contact Robin Garner at 214.731.0044 or via email.


Grace Presbyterian Village Series
Responding to active seniors interested in continued cultural education and shorter concert productions, Camerata Winds presents a quarterly concert series at this retirement village in south Oak Cliff for their residents, families, and community guests. Concerts feature spoken, thematic program notes and a reception allowing residents and families to mingle with the musicians.

For more on Grace Presbyterian Village, click here.

Would you like a similar series at your facility? Contact Robin Garner at 214.731.0044 or via email.


Practice Card Program
We welcome young musicians to enjoy our subscription concerts at no charge! Students learning ANY instrument can earn FREE student tickets by logging practice hours on our practice card and returning the same to our box office the day of the concert! There is NO limit on number of cards used per season.

Music Educators
Consider making Camerata Winds part of your listening or scholarship requirements! We are partnering with R.L. Turner High School (CFBISD) in 2007-2008 and would be glad to work with you as well! Contact us via email or at 214.731.0044 for more information.


Private Concerts
Camerata Winds’ small ensembles perform by invitation across the metroplex for community and private events, and include woodwind duos, trios, quintets and brass ensembles. We offer a variety of classical, contemporary and pop selections for your listening pleasure. For more information or to book an ensemble for your event, click here.

Why a Triangle? Musical Q & A

Our webmaster once asked “Why a triangle? Why is that instrument that shape, not a circle or square?” We hope you enjoy this forum for regular exploration of music outside the concert hall!

Click here to post a question!

Why a Triangle?

The shape of a triangle allows for certain harmonics, or pitches, to be made...it also makes it easier to strike to create many different effects.

Why couldn’t they use someone else’s instrument?

A reed player once forgot their instrument for an orchestra concert: the event was delayed until their instrument was delivered. Why couldn’t they use someone else’s instrument? Reed players make or adjust their reeds to fit their “set-up,” which includes their embouchure (they way they hold/use their mouth and face muscles) and, for clarinets and saxophonists, their mouthpiece (onto which their single reeds are fastened, each of which is unique). So, while key mechanisms may only have slight differences in resistance from one instrument to another, most players would be reluctant to perform “cold” on another persons instrument from the standpoint of good sound production.