Connecting students with extraordinary, dynamic performers, Project Chamber Music hosts annual visits to the middle and high school orchestras of the Salem-Keizer Public Schools. Project Chamber Music artists perform for the students in their classrooms, engage in workshops with their orchestras, and answer questions from the students about life as performing musicians. Project Chamber Music artists also open their own rehearsal doors to the students and community at large. These public rehearsals provide an opportunity to step into the rehearsal process and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the collaborative spirit of music-making, as well as the essential non-musical skills necessary for success: listening deeply to others, teamwork, empathy, effective communication, and working toward a common goal even when ideas differ. Project Chamber Music also understands that, while hearing and seeing are essential to any learning process, doing is paramount. For this reason, every year, students from each high school have the opportunity to rehearse and perform together with Project Chamber Music artists in their annual concert at Salem’s historic Elsinore Theatre.