Music Imagination Workshops
With Bruce Adolphe
Join internationally acclaimed composer, pianist, and educator Bruce Adolphe for two unique music workshops. Designed for young musicians and creative learners, these sessions focus on the emotional and imaginative power of music, encouraging students to explore dramatic performance, deep listening, and artistic expression—no technical expertise required. Each workshop will offer a different theme, so students can attend both.
12 -1:30pm Monday, May 12 + Tuesday, May 13
St. Dennis Church
8 Sanborn Road
Hanover, NH 03755
About Bruce Adolphe
Bruce Adolphe (b.1955) is a composer of international renown, author of several books, and appears weekly, since 2002, as the Piano Puzzler on American Public Media’s Performance Today. Mr. Adolphe is also resident lecturer and director of family concerts, since 1992, for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. His music has been performed by such artists as Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Daniel Hope, Angel Blue, Fabio Luisi, the Brentano String Quartet, and over 60 orchestras worldwide. Mr. Adolphe has been a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar, visiting lecturer in the residential colleges at Yale, composer-in-residence and visiting scholar at the Brain and Creativity Institute in Los Angeles, distinguished composer-in-residence at the Mannes College of Music, and on faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Juilliard School, and is a Steinway Artist.
What to Expect
Exploration of musical imagination and creative expression
Opportunities to bring your own music or instrument (optional)
Interactive discussions and visualizations
A welcoming environment for all students—no pressure, just curiosity and creativity
These workshops are not limited to instrumentalists—any student with an interest in music or creativity is encouraged to attend.
Who Should Attend
Middle and high school music students
Students interested in composition, storytelling, or performing arts
Teachers and educators seeking creative approaches to musical instruction
Community members interested in the intersection of arts and education
Reserve a Spot
Participation is free, but space is limited to 300 attendees per workshop. Schools and individuals are encouraged to RSVP early to secure a spot.
Questions?
Email jenniferchambers@nesarts.org.
“All schools should be steeped in the arts. The arts make you more empathetic, more imaginative, more daring, more understanding and more creative.”
– Bruce Adolphe
