Kansas City Young Chamber Musicians serves as a year-round young person’s classical chamber music program (ages 13 - 18) bringing the highest quality of chamber music education and youth performances to the greater Kansas City Metro and surrounding areas. Students ranging from the intermediate through advanced levels are admitted each term through our audition & interview process and carefully paired with a small chamber ensemble of peers comparable in age, playing abilities, personalities, and musical interests for the duration of one full term (10 weeks). In that time together, students experience tremendous musical growth through weekly coaching sessions with our esteemed artist-faculty. Utilizing a uniquely structured training curriculum designed by founding director, Nicholas Dold, featured by the Music Teachers National Association (Washington Music Teachers State Convention, 2020), our award-winning training cooperative gives students the opportunity to learn from the highest caliber of classical music professionals currently leading in the fields of performance and music education. Our students gain invaluable leadership and collaboration skills through regular peer-led rehearsals, learn performance confidence and proficiency by appearing frequently in our recital series, develop management and preparation skills through music association and competition participation, and cultivate responsibility for their local communities through performance outreach.