We are enjoying some wonderful times in the beautiful Pacific Northwest at the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival! Here are some pics from our time thus far! Stay tuned for more!
Whale Watching
Islands
Josh catches a perfect sockeye salmon with his bare hands!
Fresh salmon right off the boat! $20 bucks for the whole fish!
We were very happy to return to Maverick Concerts, a series we have been playing on for almost 10 years! In fact, as we walked around, we found some visual proof of our past appearances. Oh, how the ensemble and outfits have evolved!
Who’s that young group in all white?
A view of the Maverick Performance Shed, a venue we have been playing in for over 10 years!
Over the past week, we have been enjoying beautiful weather, great colleagues/friends, and an insanely busy schedule at Music@Menlo. So far, we have performed the Elgar Piano Quintet with Inon Barnatan, the Vivaldi Four Seasons (as part of the concerto ensemble), Beethoven “Serioso”, and we will be performing Shostakovich’s 8th Quartet in upcoming concerts. In addition, we have been performing with other resident artist-faculty in various ensembles! A lot of great music making! Click the link below to check out this very cool festival!
Searching through our old videos today, we found this clip from a series of coaching sessions we had with Isaac Stern at the Jerusalem Music Centre in 1998 (along with other amazing coaches: Leon Fleisher, Lawrence Dutton, and David Finckel). Isaac Stern had an incredible impact on the quartet and we will always be grateful for his incredible tutelage.
One of the many great things about touring is meeting new people and getting to play for enthusiastic audiences. This past week we played an all-Beethoven concert at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival in Winona, Minnesota. Although a fairly small town, we were overwhelmed by the community support and enthusiasm of the audience at this festival. Here is a link to a blog positing from an audience member that appeared on violinist.com
Thanks to all our wonderful fans for your support! If you make it to a concert, be sure to say hello or drop us a line on our Facebook page!
After another early morning flight, we have arrived in Lakeville, Connecticut for a few days of teaching and performing as part of the Hotchkiss Summer Portals. Like many of our summer touring locations, Lakeville is absolutely beautiful (check out the photo of our digs below). For more photos from our recent touring (White Pine Festival and Hotchkiss), check out our Facebook fan page!
The Wake Robin Inn in Lakeville, CT
After our concert tomorrow night at Austin Goes Classical, we will be leaving early Friday morning for the always fabulous White Pine Festival in Stillwater, Minnesota. Needless to say, going from Austin to Minnesota will be a serious weather shock for us and our instruments! If you’ve ever wondered what it is like to travel as a string quartet, we can tell you it is complicated. We’ve got instruments, luggage with merchandise, babies–you name it, we’re probably schlepping it. This trip is made extra complicated since we will be performing Black Angels by George Crumb–a piece that requires tuned glasses. It is always great though to see old and new friends wherever we travel–if you happen to catch a show, be sure to say hi!
The beautiful town of Stillwater, MN…
We are back in Austin after a fantastic couple of weeks coaching and performing in Topeka, Kansas as part of the Sunflower Music Festival. Before Sunflower, we were in Japan performing throughout the country. Needless to say, we are pretty tired! It feels good to be back in Austin for a few days to do laundry, catch up with friends, and perform yet another concert! Our good friend Matt Hinsley (whom we have known since our Oberlin days and pictured below) is presenting the Austin Goes Classical festival at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with the Guitar Foundation of America 2010 Conference and Competition. It is a fantastic celebration of the collaborative spirit between many of Austin’s arts organizations. Congratulations Matt on this incredible event–you are definitely going to deserve that Martini when the week is done!
We are in Topeka, Kansas for a week and a half performing and teaching at the Sunflower Music Festival–this happens to be primo storm season in Kansas. So far we’ve witnessed some pretty intense action–here is a short video that our Cellist Josh Gindele caught.
Here is a photo of one of our student groups performing as part of the Blanche Bryden Summer Institute at the Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, Kansas! Check out the big crowd! Congratulations to all the groups on your wonderful performances!
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