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Bring Iris Music Project to your retirement community or senior center

IMP’s Ensemble-in-Residence approach is based on an “ecosystem model” of music. It places ensembles of professional musicians into community settings for long-term projects created together with community members. Set up a meeting to learn more.

Residencies Include:

Open rehearsals & performances
Music Committee & other collaboratively designed music projects
Intergenerational programs
One-on-one and small group projects
Choirs & drum circles
Musical lectures & discussion

Program Highlight

Fantazye, June 2019

We live in hope of bright tomorrows. We live together and find our way. We live by helping one another, And make the best of every living day.

You’ve made us a place. It’s full of love and grace. Our music is here. We rejoice without fear.

In the fall of 2017, Iris Piano Trio commissioned Fantazye from composer Kevin McKee. Inspired by the work, a resident of the CESLC embarked on a year-long project to write a chorus part. The lyrics (above), were premiered in June, 2019.

The One-on-One Principle

Personal, direct connections are an important part of all Iris Music Project residencies. We believe that these relationships, fostered and developed through music, are the key to true community transformation. Approximately 1/3 of residency time is devoted to one-on-one experiences. Listen here to Yo-Yo Ma’s recent call to action for all artists to include these one-on-one experiences as part of their practice.

a musician and resident work together on a piece of music

Bring Iris Music Project to your University

Iris Piano Trio has presented An Alternative Path: Chamber Music in Unexpected Places for the following universities:

Carnegie Mellon University
Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University
Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
University of Maryland, College Park

Bring us to your university