For some, just the words “classical music” can conjure an image of fans characterized by aloofness and stuffiness wearing tuxedos and drinking Chablis with their pinkies pointing just so. Add “chamber music” into the mix and you can narrow down the fan base even further.
Neither need be the case, of course, and clarinetist, composer and instructor Gordon Inman wants to change that thinking via a new series to be held at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. It begins April 6 when the Moon Change Quartet, a jazz group Inman formed during the pandemic, will perform.
“This is essentially pop music done in chamber music style,” Inman said via telephone.
He noted many people have preconceived notions of what chamber music is and don’t realize it can be vibrant, fresh and “fun.”
“I feel like that is the default opinion of many people, and hopefully this will reverse that,” he said.