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Boise Chamber Music Series Celebrates 30 Years!
The Boise Chamber Music Society, presenter of the annual Boise Chamber Music Series, announces an engagement with composer Tarik O’Regan to create a work for string quartet that will be premiered in fall 2016 by the Alexander String Quartet of the Bay Area. The BCMS has presented its professional concert series for 30 years. In…
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ASQ Sketch by Lucille Weinstat
A fantastic sketch of the ASQ in 2002 by the recently deceased Lucille Weinstat. Many thanks to her daughters for sharing it with us. The concert was most likely from at the Howland Center for the Arts in Beacon, NY.
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About The Ellen M. Egger Quartet Instruments
The idea of creating a quartet of stringed instruments, the Ellen M. Egger Quartet, was born from a conversation with Fritz Maytag and is a working memorial to Fritz’s sister Ellen Egger, one of four siblings and and an accomplished musician and teacher. The four instruments are loaned individually to promising students in far-flung places…
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Photos From the Morrison Center 60th Anniversary Celebration
A few photos from Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Carolands in Hillsborough during a celebration of the Morrison Center for Chamber Music at San Francisco State University’s 60th Anniversary as well as the 25th Anniversary of the Alexander String Quartet and both San Francisco State University and San Francisco Performances. The ASQ serves in…
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An Alexander String Quartet Documentary
Here’s a first look at excerpts from a documentary featuring yours truly which will launch an international festival screening tour in 2016. Dates and venues to be announced soon. The film is an elegant collaboration with the Documentary Film Institute at San Francisco State University and gives a behind the scenes look at chamber music…
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Fred At the Premiere of the ASQ Film!
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Video from Noontime Concerts
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108 Beethoven: Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3, “Rasumovsky”
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2016 Starts Beethoven: Before, During and After
2016 Gets Rolling With a New ASQ and Robert Greenberg Series — Beethoven: Before, During and After
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Joyce Yang Masterclass TODAY!
Before Tuesday (11/10) night’s concert with pianist Joyce Yang, San Francisco State University will present a FREE masterclass open to the public on Monday, November 9th from 4-6pm! Program Aaron Copland – Sonata for Piano (1939-41) I. Molto moderato Christopher Peters – class of Victoria Neve, San Francisco State University J. S. Bach – Preludium,…
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Cindy Cox: Patagón — Pre-Order Now!
Patagón Now Available for Pre-Order! “Cindy Cox and the Alexander String Quartet have enjoyed a close working relationship for almost two decades, and that strong connection comes across beautifully in this recording of Cox’s Patagón. ASQ approaches the score with their customary flair and polish, mastering the extended techniques and bringing out all the richness…
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Vote ASQ for “Best of the Bay”!
San Francisco Classical Voice readers have nominated the Alexander String Quartet for “Best Chamber Performers of 2014-15” in the SFCV‘s first “Best of the Bay” reader poll! Vote Now! The voting will remain open until Monday, August 17, end of day. SFCV will announce the winners the next week on their website and in their…
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The Alexander String Quartet is heading to Poland
The Alexander String Quartet is heading to Poland next month — only our second visit ever to this eastern European gem and a trip to which we look forward with great anticipation. Poland is curiously more similar in size and population to our home state of California than any other western European country. It is…
