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Film Screening: “Con Moto: The Alexander String Quartet”
Chamber Music Immersion – An Audience Participation Event Saturday, October 1, 2016 5pm-8pm San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue, Creative Arts Building San Francisco, CA Lecture, Music, Concert, Film and Dining! This special invitation is to join selected portions of our Chamber Music Intensive course, taught in part by the Alexander String Quartet for… Continue Reading
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Sixteen Strings
A “Flashback Friday” look at our Sixteen Strings documentary broadcast by WSKG-TV as we get closer to the launch of an all-new ASQ documentary! Continue Reading
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September 2016 Performance Schedule
Sunday September 18, 2016 3:00 pm Morrison Artists Series San Francisco State University McKenna Theatre San Francisco, CaliforniaTel: (415) 338-2467 Web: morrison.sfsu.edu/events Program: Haydn Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74 No. 3, “Rider” Shostakovich Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Minor Op. 138 Beethoven Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2, “Rasumovsky” Monday September 19,… Continue Reading
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Apotheosis — In The Studio
A look in at Fantasy Studios as producer Wieslaw Pogorzelski (on monitor via Skype from Warsaw) and engineer Alberto Hernandez work with Zakarias Grafilo and Sandy Wilson on our upcoming recording, “Apotheosis — Mozart: The Four Final Quartets”: Continue Reading
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Strings Sessions Video
The ASQ stopped by the Strings Magazine studio for a performance of Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K.575, Allegretto; and Brahms’ Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2 (arranged by Zakarias Grafilo): Continue Reading
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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… Continue Reading
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ASQ Heads into the Summer
As we head into the summer, here’s a look at some exciting performances coming soon! May 14, 10AM Beethoven: Before, During and After Program: BEETHOVEN: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 GEORGE ROCHBERG: Quartet No. 3 Tickets & Info May 20, 6PM LIEDER ALIVE! Featuring mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich! World Premiere performances of Zakarias Grafilo’s arrangements… Continue Reading
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The Arts Desk Reviews Patagón!
Graham Rickson reviews our Cindy Cox: Patagón recording in The Arts Desk: “Cindy Cox’s Columba aspexit is based around a chart by Hildegard von Bingen. … What Cox does with her material is fascinating; the use of canons giving the piece a very distinctive character, both archaic and fiercely contemporary. … The quartet writing is… Continue Reading
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LIEDER ALIVE! – May 20th
ASQ joins mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich on the LIEDER ALIVE! Liederabend Series on Friday, May 20th! Program Mahler: Kintertotenlieder Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Arrangements for mezzo-soprano and string quartet by Zakarias Grafilo (World Premiere) Friday, May 20th – 6pm Noe Valley Ministry TICKETS Continue Reading
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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. Continue Reading
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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… Continue Reading
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April East Coast Tour
Saturday April 9, 2016 7:30 pm Alexander Chamber Music Society Ann’s Choice Chapel Warminster, Pennsylvania Tel: (215) 357-8449 Program: Mozart Quartet in F Major, KV 168 Shostakovich Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108 Beethoven Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 with the Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 Sunday April 10, 2016 3:00 pm Rhinebeck… Continue Reading
