Voor elk programma stelt RCMS een ensemble-op-maat samen, met een evenwichtige verhouding tussen ervaren en jonge musici. Iedereen profiteert: de jongeren vinden verdieping in achtergrond en interpretatie van de muziekstukken en krijgen antwoord op inhoudelijke vragen; de oude rotten kunnen iets opsteken van wat de jonge honden laten horen.

Zo kon hoorniste Karla Hernández schitteren in het speciaal samengestelde Serenades voor Blazers (november 2021). Zij herinnert zich:

“The new thing for me, were the pieces that we played. I never listened to them before. It was very nice to work together with my colleagues. I don’t have much experience yet, so it is very useful to play together with professional musicians who do that kind of work more often. In my personal experience to play with Bob Stoel, who has been professor and 1st horn player almost all his professional life, it was nice to meet him and take all the tips and advice that he had for us.”