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Upcoming Artaria Concert REMINDER: Our final Sundin Hall Series Concert of the 2006-2007 season takes place on April 22nd. The concert begins at 4pm and will feature music by Bridge, Prokofiev and Brahms. Our guest for the afternoon has changed! Rochester clarinetist, David Townsend, will join Artaria in the lovely Brahms Quintet for Clarinet and Strings. As always, join us for light refreshments afterwards. This concert will be the last for our delightful friend and superb cellist Anna Clift. After a brief two-year stint she will be "retiring" to tend to her family and staying closer to home in Northfield. We will miss her in the ensemble and we hope you will also convey to her how important an addition she has been to Artaria these past few years. We will keep you posted on our newest member in the next email installment. Two ACMS quartets will perform at the PantagesTheatre this weekend, April 20, 21 and 22 as part of the Minnesota Dance Theatre and the Dance Institute's Spring Play-in. String Theory (Meredith Vaughan, Vince Lonergan in absentia, Carly Blazing and Nathaniel Swanson) and the Fiesztengh Quartet (Ashley Ng, Emily Vold, Deanna Anderson, and Jon McDuffie) will perform the world premiere of "Strange Attractor" composed by Shirley Mier especially for the company. The American Composers Forum and Robert and Katherine Goodale have generously supported the commission with choreography by Penelope Freeh of the James Sewell Ballet and Wynn Fricke, MDT resident choreographer. Performances are at 8pm on Friday and Saturday, and at 2pm on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased through ticketmaster.com or by calling 612-673-0404. >>Six ACMS quartets played beautifully and earned prize money in the 2007 RCMS Young Artist Competition held in March. First place, and $1000, went to the Quartet Saltarello (Myra Hinrichs, Lauren Anastos, Tara Mokhtari, and Adrianne Ngam) with the *Katuhklizmica Quartet* (Katherine Williamson, Evan Vicic, Ryan Vold, and Paul Leger) and the *Dmitri Quartet* (Peggy Polta, Angela Lamb, Linnea Brashears, and Diana Shull) following in second and third place. Three other ACMS quartets received $100 awards in the semi-finals. They are the *Rogue Quartet* (Rafael Nuguid, Michael Nelson, Erin Gallagher, and Rachel Grandstrand), the *Quartet L'Esprit* (Jenna Bauer, Maddy Martin, Suzanne Ludwig, and Max Wollum- Fisher) and *String Theory* (Meredith Vaughen, Vince Lonergan, Carly Blazing, and Nathaniel Swanson). Congratulations to all of you! Announcing the second annual Saint Paul String Quartet Competition. Preliminary taped judging has resulted in seven quartets being invited to compete in the Final Round of competition at Sundin Music Hall on April 27th at 7:00pm. They are: Albero String Quartet, Twin Cities Barshuno String Quartet, Chicago Katuhklizmica, Saint Paul OPUS, Columbus, Ohio Ridere Quartet, Chicago Rogue String Quartet, MPLS/Rochester Zeloso String Quartet, Chicago Each quartet will present a 15-minute program in hopes of earning some of the $2000 in prize money. The first place quartet will also receive a matching set of beautiful Anderson music stands. This year's judges are the acclaimed Miro Quartet. The host for the afternoon is Sylvester Vicic from Minnesota Public Radio. Don't forget, there is an audience prize, so bring friends and vote for your favorite group--- it will be a great show! Hope to see you there. *2007 Competition Sponsors:* Labor Arbitration Institute House of note All Strings Attached Quinn Violins & Many generous individuals Thirty-two teenage string players will be turned loose at the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro, MN for two weeks in June. Artaria's Stringwood 2007 gets underway June 17th to July 1st and will feature 32 stellar young artists in the fine art of chamber music and outdoor exploration. Guest cello faculty include Laura Sewell, founding cellist of the Lark Quartet, Laura Thielke, former Artaria cellist from Boston, and special international collaborator Tanya Remenikova. Tanya will present a chamber music masterclass on Saturday June 23rd and will also perform the Schubert Cello Quintet with Artaria the following day. All masterclasses, performance classes, and concerts are open to the public. The Stringwood schedule is available at the website www.stringwood.com. Information about the concerts will also be posted at the Artaria website www.artariaquartet.com. Enjoy the Spring!!!! Contact us. Thank you for your present interest and past support of the Artaria String Quartet. If you would rather not receive our newsletter, send an e-mail to music@artariaquartet.com and type "no newsletter please " in the subject line.

e-newsletter | Spring 2007

Stringwood 2007

Upcoming Artaria Concert

REMINDER: Our final Sundin Hall Series Concert of the 2006-2007 season takes place on April 22nd. The concert begins at 4pm and will feature music by Bridge, Prokofiev and Brahms. Our guest for the afternoon has changed! Rochester clarinetist, David Townsend, will join Artaria in the lovely Brahms Quintet for Clarinet and Strings. As always, join us for light refreshments afterwards.

This concert will be the last for our delightful friend and superb cellist Anna Clift. After a brief two-year stint she will be "retiring" to tend to her family and staying closer to home in Northfield. We will miss her in the ensemble and we hope you will also convey to her how important an addition she has been to Artaria these past few years. We will keep you posted on our newest member in the next email installment.

Two ACMS quartets will perform at the PantagesTheatre this weekend, April 20, 21 and 22 as part of the Minnesota Dance Theatre and the Dance Institute's Spring Play-in. String Theory (Meredith Vaughan, Vince Lonergan in absentia, Carly Blazing and Nathaniel Swanson) and the Fiesztengh Quartet (Ashley Ng, Emily Vold, Deanna Anderson, and Jon McDuffie) will perform the world premiere of "Strange Attractor" composed by Shirley Mier especially for the company. The American Composers Forum and Robert and Katherine Goodale have generously supported the commission with choreography by Penelope Freeh of the James Sewell Ballet and Wynn Fricke, MDT resident choreographer. Performances are at 8pm on Friday and Saturday, and at 2pm on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased through ticketmaster.com or by calling 612-673-0404.

>>Six ACMS quartets played beautifully and earned prize money in the 2007 RCMS Young Artist Competition held in March. First place, and $1000, went to the Quartet Saltarello (Myra Hinrichs, Lauren Anastos, Tara Mokhtari, and Adrianne Ngam) with the Katuhklizmica Quartet (Katherine Williamson, Evan Vicic, Ryan Vold, and Paul Leger) and the Dmitri Quartet (Peggy Polta, Angela Lamb, Linnea Brashears, and Diana Shull) following in second and third place.

Three other ACMS quartets received $100 awards in the semi-finals. They are the Rogue Quartet (Rafael Nuguid, Michael Nelson, Erin Gallagher, and Rachel Grandstrand), the Quartet L'Esprit (Jenna Bauer, Maddy Martin, Suzanne Ludwig, and Max Wollum- Fisher) and String Theory (Meredith Vaughen, Vince Lonergan, Carly Blazing, and Nathaniel Swanson).

Congratulations to all of you!

Announcing the second annual Saint Paul String Quartet Competition. Preliminary taped judging has resulted in seven quartets being invited to compete in the Final Round of competition at Sundin Music Hall on April 27th at 7:00pm. They are:

Albero String Quartet, Twin Cities
Barshuno String Quartet, Chicago
Katuhklizmica, Saint Paul
OPUS, Columbus, Ohio
Ridere Quartet, Chicago
Rogue String Quartet, MPLS/Rochester
Zeloso String Quartet, Chicago

Each quartet will present a 15-minute program in hopes of earning some of the $2000 in prize money. The first place quartet will also receive a matching set of beautiful Anderson music stands. This year's judges are the acclaimed Miro Quartet. The host for the afternoon is Sylvester Vicic from Minnesota Public Radio. Don't forget, there is an audience prize, so bring friends and vote for your favorite group--- it will be a great show! Hope to see you there.

2007 Competition Sponsors:

Labor Arbitration Institute

House of note

All Strings Attached

Quinn Violins

& Many generous individuals

Thirty-two teenage string players will be turned loose at the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro, MN for two weeks in June. Artaria's Stringwood 2007 gets underway June 17th to July 1st and will feature 32 stellar young artists in the fine art of chamber music and outdoor exploration.

Guest cello faculty include Laura Sewell, founding cellist of the Lark Quartet, Laura Thielke, former Artaria cellist from Boston, and special international collaborator Tanya Remenikova. Tanya will present a chamber music masterclass on Saturday June 23rd and will also perform the Schubert Cello Quintet with Artaria the following day.

All masterclasses, performance classes, and concerts are open to the public. The Stringwood schedule is available at the website www.stringwood.com. Information about the concerts will also be posted at the Artaria website www.artariaquartet.com.

Enjoy the Spring!!!!

Thank you for your present interest and past support of the Artaria String Quartet. If you would rather not receive our newsletter, send an e-mail to music@artariaquartet.com and type "no newsletter please " in the subject line.