About NACMS

Mission Statement:

The New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS) is committed to bringing audiences exceptional performances of the chamber music repertoire, drawn from the canon of western music as well as contemporary Asian culture. We seek to create innovative new works in partnership with other arts organizations around the world.

Biography:

The New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS), the recipient of the 2016 Huang-Yu-Ting Memorial Award and New Music USA’s project grant, was founded in 2010 by an entrepreneurial group of young Asian-American virtuosi. Propelled by a shared passion for classical chamber music performance, the members of NACMS are prize winners of world-renowned international competitions, graduates from America’s most prestigious music schools, including The Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute, and appear regularly on major stages across the globe. Based in New York City, NACMS is committed to bringing audiences exciting chamber music performances of the highest caliber and innovation. By delving into the giants of traditional chamber music repertoire, cultivating new voices of contemporary composers that meld elements of Western and Eastern cultures, and collaborating with a broad network of art organizations – NACMS is creating a trifecta of innovation to enable new concert-going experiences for the audience. This exciting young collective also seeks to engage its technologically-wired peers around the world with its lively social media presence, fostering a more interactive and social environment for chamber music performance & presentation.

NACMS gave its sold-out inaugural performance at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2011 and has since performed in New York City’s major concert venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Kaufman Center’s Merkin Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their innovative programming has brought music to Ellis Island, Queens Museum, Flushing Town Hall, Joe’s Pub, Chelsea Museum, Symphony Space, and the Taipei Culture and Economic Center of New York. In the 2015-2016 season, NACMS toured Taiwan, performing at venues across the country, including Taiwan’s National Concert Hall, and teaching master classes at the National Taiwan Normal University and Tainan National University of Arts.

Special guest artists in past seasons include acclaimed violists Toby Appel, Hsin-Yun Huang, Paul Neubauer, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, Keng-Yuen Tseng, flutist Carol Wincenc, as well as the Amphion String Quartet. In an effort to broaden the chamber music going community, NACMS launched two new series, the House Salon Concerts and the Between The Bars Series. These events offer the audience a more intimate, intellectually stimulating, and social experience. Ranging from informal and interactive workshop-style talks given by musicians on the intricacies and beauty of chamber music informed by decades of experience – to behind-the-scenes perspectives of the chamber music life in performance and preparation. During the COVID-era, NACMS launched two online concert series, NACMS Originals and Music On Air, providing music and comfort globally as well as showing perseverance through music.

In 2022, the New Asia Chamber Music Society was invited to perform the national anthem of the United States at New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Met Stadium for subsequent NBA and MLB games, representing a diversity of cultures. In October, NACMS partnered with Bard College’s US-China Music Institute to perform at Alice Tully Hall as part of the China Now festival. In the upcoming 2022-23 season, NACMS will continue presenting installations of the Salon Concerts, Between The Bars Series, annual concerts, Educational Outreach project, Young Artist Program, and NACMS Originals, as well as hosting the inaugural Young Artist Competition and music festival. Learn more about NACMS through its Membership Program.