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What's a Chamber Music Gym Jam? Picture your local workout gym, or a boxing gym - somewhere people go to work out, to exercise muscles they don't use when they're all alone, to hone their skills, to test their reflexes, their mettle against/with others at the gym.

Now trade the boxing gloves, for an instrument in each gym rat's hands. Drop some unmarked sheet music for a few great works of chamber music from the standard repertoire onto a set of music stands and gather them together in a corner of the room with some seats for them to settle in and start reading. You've got yourself a Chamber Music Gym!

Now teleport everybody to your neighborhood pub, or a quiet cafe; some passers-by outside stop in their tracks, hear the music, come on in to see what's going on. Throw in some comfy audience seating, some delicious coffee, beer, snacky treats... And you've got a Chamber Music Gym Jam!

Basically, it's a chamber music sight-reading party, but in public, with witnesses. If that still doesn't make sense - it's like you invited your best buds over one night to read & act through a couple of Shakespeare plays over beer, chips, & cheese. Some of the cast may know the story better than others, helping each other navigate the masterpiece that it is, doing your best along the way to bring all the characters to life without actually rehearsing the thing. You get to the end, you realize you made it, you cheer, you drink, you laugh, you pick up another play, maybe switch roles, and start reading that one.

Add some random public audience and the energy in the room is amazing, memorable, unpredictable. Expect the unexpected.

If you're a player - pro, amateur, student - What to bring?

Your Instrument
A Music Stand
Sheet Music for Anything You'd Like to Read
Gumption