Chamber Music Play-In
This program has been made possible through the generosity of ACMP-The Chamber Music Network.
Featuring the West End String Quartet.
October 16th, 1:00-5:00 pm
Hartt School, Fuller Music Center, University of HartfordEnjoy an afternoon of chamber music reading and socializing with other adults who share a love of chamber music.
All Levels Welcome
Feeling shy or intimidated? We will form groups to match varying abilities. Experience the joy of intimate chamber music in a comfortable, supportive, collegial environment. The Play-In welcomes all string, wind, brass, and piano players.
Schedule
| 1:00-1:30 |
Check-in, get acquainted |
| 1:30-2:00 |
WESQ mini-performance (Millard) |
| 2:00-2:15 |
Form first group, head to rooms |
| 2:15-3:00 |
First Reading Session |
| 3:00-3:15 |
Form second group (or stay together with first group) |
| 3:15-4:00 |
Second Reading Session |
| 4:00-4:15 |
Form third group |
| 4:15-5:00 |
Third Reading Session |
Light refreshments will be available throughout the day.
West End String Quartet
The West End String Quartet came together in the fall of 2005 because of their shared passion for chamber music. Since then, WESQ has been entertaining audiences across New England with an exciting and varied repertoire of chamber music. Current members are Jessica Meyer and Sarah Washburn, violins, John Biatowas, viola, and Carlynn Savot, cello.
WESQ strives to bring new and uncommon repertoire to their concerts, pairing them with traditional works. Highlights of recent years include the culmination of the Ives Vocal Marathon Project and the premieres of James T. Lindsay's Second String Quartet and Dan Román’s Sonora Complexidad. WESQ has performed music by local composers on Capitol Community College’s Hartford Composers Series. This past summer, WESQ toured the East Coast with the modern opera company Rhymes With Opera, giving performances in unconventional spaces to appreciative audiences in Brooklyn, Baltimore, Hartford, and Boston.
Strong advocates of contemporary music, the quartet collaborated with Ruby Fulton in 2006 for the premiere of The Slow Revolution. Repeat performances of this work were sponsored by an Encore grant from the American Composers Forum. In the summer of 2007, the quartet performed at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado as the festival's Young Artists Ensemble-in-Residence. In the summer
of 2010, the quartet participated in the Professional Studies program at the Soundfest Chamber Music Festival, where they spent two weeks performing and coaching chamber music.
In past seasons, the quartet has performed at Wesleyan University, Trinity College, the Hartt School, and for the Arts Institute of Western Maine. This year, the WESQ will continue their series of chamber music seminars at The Hartt School Community Division, along with leading the chamber music program at
Wesleyan University.
About the Reading Sessions
The event includes three reading sessions.
We will be forming groups based on
advanced reservations, with levels based on the
ACMP self-rating guide. Walk-ins are also welcome. Have something you want to read? Bring it with you.
Wind and brass players, please bring music for your instruments in various combinations. Flute players, please bring music for multiple flutes, e.g. trio sonatas, etc.
Registration
Submit a registration form or reserve a spot by phone or
online by October 14th to receive the discount (forms should be completed on the day of the event)
- Reserve a spot now by filling out our online form, or by calling (860) 768-4451.
Return forms to
Hartt Community Division
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Questions?
Contact (860) 768-4451or harttcomm@hartford.edu.
Program Director
Jordan Jacobson, jojacobso@hartford.edu