Four Nations Ensemble - In Concert March 17, 2013 |
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In 1997 Four Nations received the Columbia County Council on the Arts' Arts-in-Education Recognition Award for its work with the Hudson City School District. Featured in Musical America's 1997 International Directory and Early Music America magazine's "Early Music in the Classroom" (Fall 1998), Noteworthy has become a prototype for similar programs around the country and continues to attract support from private foundations and municipal funds in New York. In the 1998-99 academic year, Four Nations served as the Classical Music Ensemble for Lincoln Center Institute's Arts-in-Education Repertory. In 1999, director Andrew Appel was asked to consult with the Amarillo Symphony in creating a long- term program between the Orchestra and the Amarillo school system. Here, he worked with members of the Symphony, developing skills in communication both with teachers and students. In 1999-2000, the Ensemble held a multi-faceted residency with the Jacksonville Symphony. Along with education work in the schools, Four Nations worked with the Symphony, bringing recent ideas of early music style and performance to the musicians. Concerts included both orchestral works and chamber music. The Ensemble has also developed special relationships with colleges and universities throughout the country giving professional workshops in performance practice and lecture demonstrations connecting classical music to the larger arena of humanities studies. Beginning with a prestigious Residency Grant from Chamber Music America, Four Nations Guest Artist Residency with King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania flourished into a special and unique relationship with King's College and surrounding communities. Four Nations received new support from Chamber Music America Ensemble Residency Grant for its work with Gettysburg College to further its work with the students, faculty and the surrounding community and most recently for work with the Spencertown Academy and the Chatham Central School System in New York State. Four Nations has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA), New York City's Department for Youth Services and Department of Cultural Affairs. In 1998, the Ensemble received a challenge grant from NYSCA for "institutional stabilization" which has allowed Four Nations to continue its growth and increase its performance and recording activities with an administrator. For its Handel & Venice and Haydn in London touring programs, The Four Nations Ensemble was a participant in Chamber Music America's Music Performance Program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Four Nations Ensemble records for London based ASV/Gaudeamus with which the complete trios of Johann Schobert have been released. Soprano Christine Brandes joined the Ensemble for Handel & Porpora: The Rivals, initiating Four Nations' "Handel Compar'd" Project. Countertenor Matthew White joined Four Nations for the second Handel Compar'd recording Handel & Vivaldi. Haydn: The Battle of the Nile and Sonatas and Cantatas of Antonio Caldara are Four Nations' most recent releases with ASV/Gaudeamus. Four Nations' current recording project features works by Jean Marie Leclair and a continuation of its Haydn exploration. The Four Nations Ensemble is also recorded frequently for broadcast on National Public Radio. |
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