About Us
Mission
The Red Bank Chamber Music Society (RBCMS) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the presentation of chamber music concerts for the benefit of the community. Member donations provide concerts of the highest professional level at no cost to audience members in order to encourage people of all ages and circumstances, and especially families with young children, to discover and enjoy this most delightful of musical experiences. The Society works with schools and other youth serving organizations to bring special music experiences to children. We extend a special invitation to local college students to attend our concerts.
The Red Bank Chamber Music Society is committed to making chamber music, performed by world class musicians, available to all members of the community regardless of their means. In recent years, a special effort has been made to encourage student attendance at RBCMS concerts as a way to share this glorious music and the intimacy of its performances with a new generation of listeners. Students from Brookdale Community College, Ocean County College and Monmouth University as well as some local middle school school students have attended the concerts.
Board of Trustees
Officers and Trustees
Chris Foard, President
Blake L. Wattenbarger, Vice-President
André Bondi, Treasurer
Linda Muhlhausen, Secretary
Chris Hewitt, Concert Program Manager
Richard Askoff
Stephen Young
Staff
Deanna Vergari, Administrative Assistant
Trustee Terms
Term Expires 2026
Chris Foard
Richard Askoff
Stephen Young
Term Expires 2027
Chris Hewitt
Blake Wattenbarger
Term Expires 2028
André Bondi
Linda Muhlhausen
Outreach
One student wrote of her response to a performance of Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 by the Omni Piano Quartet,
“I had a genuine connection to it. I had never been so captured and lost in a piece of music in this genre before. It was very reflective and relaxing.”