As an Outreach Program Partner of the 4th Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival 2013, Asia Society Hong Kong Center brings to our historical premises various outreach and education programs, including free concerts, panel discussions, talks and an open stage performance. Free concerts in the Miller Theater (Former Magazine B), will feature both local and overseas musicians. Join us for a taste of the beauty of chamber music at “family friendly” times. Earl Carlyss is one of the best known music educators in the United States. He is a former member of the Juilliard String Quartet and has served as head of the Peabody School and Indiana University’s String departments. Carlyss has been the Director of the Aspen Center for Advanced Quartet Studies since 1984. This summer program is one of the premier chamber music programs in America, designed for intensive study by young professional string quartets. Ann Schein is a Master Teacher and Concert Pianist who has performed with many conductors, including George Szell, James Levine, Seiji Qzawa, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Sir Colin Davis. She has also performed with many orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the London Philharmonic, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She performed at the White House during the Kennedy administration. From 1980 to 2000, Schein was on the piano faculty of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. She has been an artist-faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival and School since 1984. Free admission; Registration required https://ticketing.asiasociety.org.hk/?e=50c950896fb00