Third season in residence, Quartet Program opens
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Local music lovers can feast their ears on magnificent chamber works performed by some of the world’s most talented young artists as The Quartet Program launches its third season in residence at SUNY-Fredonia. The Quartet Program’s 2008 regular concert season begins with a weekend of quartet and sonata concerts July 3 through 5. The internationally renowned Ying Quartet opens the season with a special guest artist recital on June 28.
All concerts take place in Rosch Recital Hall.
The Quartet Program, now in its 39th season, is a seven-week workshop that brings together 36 gifted and accomplished string players, ages 14 to 30. In residence at SUNY-Fredonia from June 15 to August 2, this summer’s participants come from 25 states, Canada, Japan, Korea, & Peru, including many who study at the world’s leading music schools and have significant competition and performance accolades to their credit. Each participant learns and performs one solo work and two string quartets working under the conditions of a professional position, to further develop their solo and ensemble skills.
This year’s distinguished faculty includes violinists Charles Castleman (also Program Director), Laura Bossert, and James Pember Lyon; violists Allyson Dawkins, John Kochanowski, Renee Moore Skerik, and Basil Vendryes; and cellists Anthony Elliott, Michael Haber, Mark Rudoff, and Jeffrey Solow. Chamber music coaches, in addition to many of the other faculty, include Kyoko Hashimoto and Diane Monroe. Masterclasses will be presented by violinists Charles Castleman and Jacques Israelievitch, violist Randolph Kelly, cellist Anne Martindale Williams, and the Ying Quartet.
Yo-Yo Ma calls The Quartet Program, “The best program of its kind, a training ground for lifemanship.” Alumni have won prizes at the Tchaikovsky, Brussels, Munich, Naumburg, Leventritt and Szeryng solo competitions and, in 40 professional ensembles, have won every major national and international chamber competition. They are represented by top concert managements and record companies and are in every important American symphony, chamber, opera and ballet orchestra.; one out of three alumni in orchestras is a Principal or Assistant Principal. They are employed in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine and Venezuela.
Concerts by the participants and guest artists will be presented in Juliet Rosch Recital Hall and in Diers Recital Hall in Mason Hall on the SUNY-Fredonia campus, in three time periods: July 3 through 5, July 11 through 16, and July 30 through August 2.
Admission is with a recommended contribution of $5 for participant concerts. Memberships (which include a season pass to all concerts) are $100 for a Patron or $75 for a Friend. A season pass is also available for $50.
The participants will also perform free concerts in the community. Venues will include the Fredonia Farmer’s Market, Reed Library, Intermezzo’s Café in Fredonia, the Big Dipper Ice Cream Shop in Dunkirk, and the Unitarian Church of Jamestown, as well as several other Chautauqua County locations. For information on hosting one of these community concerts, call the Quartet Program office at 716-673-3515.
Further information, visit our website or call 716-673-3515 and ask for:
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June 15 – July 5: Mark Rudoff or Nancy Nehring
- July 6 – July 12: Allyson Dawkins July 13 – August 2: Renee Skerik
