Word: quartet
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...What appeals to me is finding the casual listener who realizes that they really love the music that we’re playing [and] the intensity of what we do as a string quartet,” says Beaver...
...Wednesday, the quarter will perform in Paine Hall, while on Thursday, the group will bring their “Chamber Music in Any Chamber” to the Queen’s Head Pub for a free concert. The quartet was unable to reveal what they would be playing at the pub—not because it’s a secret, but because they rarely decide club show set lists before the day of the performance. “We like to keep it fresh,” says Rebecca J. Fischer, the first violinist...
...Chiara (clear, pure, or light in Italian) Quartet is composed of Sirota, Beaver, Fischer, and Julie Yoon on second violin. Rising stars in the world of chamber music, the group’s performances have been described as “truly breathtaking” by the Washington Post and “superb” by the New York Times...
...history of the quartet goes back to 1993, when Beaver and Fischer, then high school students, attended the Musicorda chamber music festival at Mt. Holyoke College. But their separate college careers made it impossible for them to convene on a consistent basis. “It was kind of a pipe dream for a while,” Sirota says...
According to Sirota, the quartet used the rural residency as a springboard to perform in competitions, and ended up building a reputation and concert repertoire by playing in renowned venues like New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center...