Word: quartet
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...Armored would land in the "DVD, if at all" section of moviegoers' priorities. Barely making the top 10, with a $4 million take, was the Robert De Niro drama Everybody's Fine, a kind of weepie-genre Four Christmases, in which a father pays separate surprise visits to his quartet of grown children. When this movie called on its potential audience, nobody answered...
...Essentially what we’re looking for is a group that’s young, dynamic, exciting, excellent musicians, and with a willingness to explore a wide range of repertoires and venues. But musical excellence has to come first, and we think [the Chiara Quartet] are just terrific,” Kelly says...
Coinciding with their residency at Harvard, the quartet is also embarking upon an ambitious mission to play all 16 of Beethoven’s string quartets in concert—some portion of which the Queen’s Head audience is likely to hear Thursday...
...We’re hardly original in this project. Playing all Beethoven’s string quartets is akin to running a marathon or climbing Mount Everest. It’s one of the big goals a string quartet can aspire to,” Sirota says...
...second year of their residency, the quartet is setting about continuing the diverse projects they began last year. In 2008 the group spent its four weeks on campus doing everything from sight readings of student composers’ works to performing at House dinners and giving demonstrations in music theory lectures. “We’re really available for what people want to use us for,” Sirota says...