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Welcome to the Graduate String Quartet Programs at the 乐播传媒 Boulder College of Music! 听
The College of Music offers an Artist Diploma in String Quartet Performance for one string quartet to work intensively with members of the renowned听Tak谩cs Quartet听and other members of the string faculty.听Applications will be open to 1) preformed string quartets and also 2) individuals who apply for 鈥楢rtist Diploma String Quartet Performance鈥� who would like to be considered for placement in a new graduate string quartet formed by the Tak谩cs Quartet.听The next application will be available听in fall 2023听for entry in fall 2024. The Tak谩cs Graduate Quartet Residency is a听two-year position听generously funded by the Starling Foundation and Tak谩cs Society.听While participating in the program, the graduate quartet will play recitals, perform in master classes, receive regular coaching and collaborate with other instrumentalists and composers. A generous travel budget provides the quartet with support for competitions and concert opportunities outside of Boulder. 听
Tak谩cs Quartet
The world-renowned Tak谩cs Quartet is now entering its 50th anniversary season!听Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O鈥橬eill (viola) and Andr谩s Fej茅r (cello) are excited about projects including a new concerto for them and the Colorado Music Festival orchestra by Gabriela Lena Frank. In November听the group will release its latest Hyperion project, 鈥楩low鈥� by Nokuthula Ngwenyama. A new album with pianist Marc Andre Hamelin will be released in the spring featuring works by Florence Price and Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k.听The Tak谩cs maintains a busy international touring schedule. In 2025 the ensemble will perform in South Korea, Japan and Australia. The Australian tour is centered around a new piece by Kathy Milliken for quartet and narrator. As Associate Artists at London鈥檚 Wigmore Hall, the group will present four concerts featuring works by Haydn, Britten, Ngwenyama, Beethoven, Jan谩膷ek and two performances of Schubert鈥檚 cello quintet with Adrian Brendel. During the season the ensemble will play at other prestigious European venues including Barcelona, Budapest, Milan, Basel, Bath Mozartfest and Bern.听The group鈥檚 North American engagements include concerts in New York, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Lajolla, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Tucson, Portland and Princeton, and collaborations with pianists Stephen Hough and Jeremy Denk. The members of the Tak谩cs Quartet are Christoffersen Fellows and Artists in Residence at the 乐播传媒听Boulder. During the summer months the Tak谩cs join the faculty at the Music Academy of the West, running an intensive quartet seminar.听MORE
Graduate String Quartet in Residence
Koa String Quartet is comprised of violinists Kisa Uradomo and Leah Pernick, violist Tommy Chafe and cellist Heewon Lee.听The members of the Koa String Quartet are from diverse backgrounds, but have intertwined musical careers, having studied at overlapping schools during their education. Kisa Uradomo is from Maui, Hawaii, and studied at Eastman School of Music and University of Michigan; Leah Pernick is from Southeast Michigan and studied at the University of Michigan; Tommy Chafe is from Annapolis, Maryland, and studied at Oberlin Conservatory and University of Michigan; Heewon Lee is from O'ahu, Hawaii, and studied at Oberlin Conservatory and Eastman School of Music.听
The group is invested in fostering musical engagement with students and presenting high-quality classical music for community audiences. They play a diverse repertoire of music, including film scores, pop covers and folk music, while also continuing the classical music repertoire together. During their time as a quartet, they have worked to prioritize their goals by participating as the quartet in residence at the Hana Hou Music Program, and presenting free concerts at concert halls and public spaces throughout Ann Arbor, Michigan.听
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Past in-residence string quartets
Formed in 2022 at the 乐播传媒 Boulder, the L铆rios Quartet comprises four emerging artists who have come together under the mentorship of the Tak谩cs Quartet. As the College of Music鈥檚 current Graduate String Quartet in Residence, they are also engaged with developments in new music, including collaborations and premieres with听CU Boulder SoundWorks.听
Founded in Ann Arbor in 2016, the Ivalas Quartet comprises violinists Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violist Aim茅e McAnulty听and cellist Pedro S谩nchez. The quartet听has performed with artists such as the Tak谩cs Quartet, the Calidore String Quartet, Imani Winds, Eugene Drucker, Danielle Belen, David Ying and Patricia Terry-Ross.
Ajax Quartet
Founded in 2016 at the 乐播传媒, the Ajax Quartet is an emerging string quartet in the Denver area that has quickly grown in following and recognition. A Boulder-based ensemble, Ajax performs for local audiences and had听concert engagements in California and Washington during summer 2017.听
Formed in 2011 at Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the听Arts, the听Altius Quartet听has an active performance schedule including听engagements at music festivals, series and universities throughout the United听States. Highlights of the 2015-16 season include: performances at Music at听Kohl Mansion in San Francisco and California State University in Fullerton,听residencies at the Fayetteville Chamber Music Festival, the Western Slope听Concert Series and participation in the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival听as Shouse Artists.
During its time as our graduate quartet in residence, the Orava Quartet performed at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and extensively across the United States. This period also saw the quartet win the Musica Viva Australia Tony Berg Award for outstanding Australian ensemble and the Peter Druce Audience Prize at the 2013 Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition. Its members are now based in Brisbane, Australia.
Dubbed 鈥渢echnically superb鈥� by The Strad magazine, the Tesla Quartet has garnered top prizes at numerous international competitions, including the Gold Medal at the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Third Prize and the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work at the Sixth International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna and Third Prize at the 2012 London International String Quartet Competition.
