String quartet – Past Concerts
CMNW Summer Festival: Sounds of Brilliance & Unity
Thursday, July 8, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
Jeff Scott – Startin’ Sumthin’
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
Jeff Scott – Startin’ Sumthin’
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Premiering 'A Song by Mahler'
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Composer Marc Neikrug's unique union of music & theater depicts a celebrated concert singer struggling with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: The Exuberance of ECCO & Jupiter Quartet
Sunday, July 4, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Samuel Barber – Adagio from String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 ("Adagio for Strings")
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Jessie Montgomery – Banner for String Quartet & String Orchestra
Hanna Benn – Where Springs Not Fail
Béla Bartók – Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113, BB. 118
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Jessie Montgomery – Banner for String Quartet & String Orchestra
Hanna Benn – Where Springs Not Fail
Béla Bartók – Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113, BB. 118
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: The Exuberance of ECCO & Jupiter Quartet
Saturday, July 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Samuel Barber – Adagio from String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 ("Adagio for Strings")
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Jessie Montgomery – Banner for String Quartet & String Orchestra
Hanna Benn – Where Springs Not Fail
Béla Bartók – Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113, BB. 118
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Jessie Montgomery – Banner for String Quartet & String Orchestra
Hanna Benn – Where Springs Not Fail
Béla Bartók – Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113, BB. 118
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: An Enchanting Evening at Nordia House
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Nordia House, Portland, OR, United States
The Jupiter String Quartet, members of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), & violinist/Director Soovin Kim perform works by Alistair Coleman, Michi Wiancko, & Felix Mendelssohn.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Skyros Quartet in honor of Academy of Music NW
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 2
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet
Franz Schubert – Erlking (transcription for string quartet)
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 2
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet
Franz Schubert – Erlking (transcription for string quartet)
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: Violins of Hope
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A special concert performed on Holocaust-era string instruments, featuring chamber music by composers lost to the Holocaust.
$55 / $30 / $5
Student Showcase at Music Works Northwest
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Music Works Northwest, Bellevue, WA, United States
Selected students of Music Works Northwest are invited to perform in a professional venue.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Snapping the line against a wayward plot
Saturday, February 29, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Michaud Savage and friends present a collection of electro-acoustic chamber works, centering on Michaud's experience as a fourth generation Seattle-ite.
$5-$50 suggested donation
Weather
Monday, February 24, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Gordon – Weather One
Eve Beglarian – Until it Blazes
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude
James Holt – Prelude
Eve Beglarian – Until it Blazes
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude
James Holt – Prelude
$25 ($12 students & under 25)
Trinity Artists at the Organ: Music for Organ and Strings
Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Organist Jeffrey Cooper will be joined by the Skyros Quartet and cellist Tim Pizzichemi for an evening of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and others.
$10-$15 suggested donation
OSSCS Chamber Series: New Music at Hale’s Ales
Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub, Seattle, WA, United States
György Ligeti (1923–2006) – Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
York Bowen (1884–1961) – Fantasie Quartet for four violas, Op. 41, No. 1
Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (“Mishima”)
William C. White (*1983) – Quintet for oboe and strings, Op. 43 (first public performance)
York Bowen (1884–1961) – Fantasie Quartet for four violas, Op. 41, No. 1
Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (“Mishima”)
William C. White (*1983) – Quintet for oboe and strings, Op. 43 (first public performance)
$25
The Highlands Concert Series with Fry Street Quartet in Recital
Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
The Fry Street Quartet explores the medium of the string quartet and its life-affirming potential with “profound understanding depth of expression, and stunning technical astuteness.”
$30 ($15 youth)
Emerald City Music: The Aizuri Quartet
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Lairmont Manor, Bellingham, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
$75
Emerald City Music: The Aizuri Quartet
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
$10-$43
Emerald City Music: The Aizuri Quartet
Friday, February 14, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
$45 / $40 / $10
Seattle Pacific University: Chamber Music Concert
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A variety of chamber ensembles from string quartet, to brass ensemble, to saxophone ensemble and more.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Music for Mezzo-Soprano and Strings
Monday, February 10, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Intimate, one-hour chamber music program featuring The Weeknighters String Quartet and mezzo-soprano Katie Stevenson.
Free (Free)
Fulton Street Chamber Players: Beethoven & Mozart
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1
$25 / $20
Ellinor String Quartet: Shostakovich & Borodin
Saturday, February 1, 2020 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Sergei Rachmaninoff – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, unfinished
Alexander Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Sergei Rachmaninoff – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, unfinished
Alexander Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Free (Free, donations accepted)