Finalists chosen for USC Chamber Music Day and Competition

Eight high school string quartets from four states will be coached by the renowned Parker Quartet

 

COLUMBIA, SC – For the second year, University of South Carolina music students and advanced high school string quartets will have the remarkable opportunity to work with the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet.

Eight high school string quartet finalists take part in the 2nd annual Chamber Music Day and Competition on Sat., March 21, chosen from 16 applicants to the program. They will spend the day at USC day playing chamber music, coached by the Parker Quartet members and the USC string faculty. That evening in the School of Music Recital Hall at 7:30, the quartets perform, and there will be a competition for the best group, with monetary awards. Everyone attending the concert chooses an audience favorite award. Join us for the free event and support these outstanding young musicians.

“The coaches’ words of experience, their critique, as well as words of encouragement not only helped our quartet to challenge ourselves and experiment with different musical concepts during the workshop/competition, but they also instilled within us a lasting goal of trying to understand the music on a deeper level.” – 2014 attendee.

The selected quartets for the 2015 USC Chamber Day are:

The Biscopink String Quartet – Dorman HS (sponsor), Spartanburg SC
The Cantella String Quartet – Chapel Hill, NC
The Havillten Quartet – Columbia, SC
The West End Quartet – The Greenville Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
The Potter Quartet – The Greenville Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
The Beauvais String Quartet – North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA
The Fuoco String Quartet – North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA
The Jolly String Quartet – Nashville, TN

William Terwilliger, program director, said, “I look forward to working with these talented high school string players who have such a love and commitment for the great art of string quartet playing. It is my hope that this year’s event will be as successful as last year’s, which generated so much enthusiasm for an incredibly high level of string quartet playing rarely seen among high school students.”

For more information about the Parker Quartet, the full schedule, and to buy tickets, visit our website.

Parker Quartet public events

 

Tues., March 17, 7:30

Parker Quartet Concert
Johnson Performance Hall (Darla Moore School of Business, level 1 (1014 Greene St.).
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quartet in B Flat Major, “Hunt”
Jörg Widmann – Quartet No.3 Jagdquartett
Johannes Brahms – Quartet in B Flat Major
$15 adults; $10 seniors, military, USC faculty & staff; $5 students. Call 803-576-5763 for tickets or buy online at sc.edu/music/parker-residency.

 

Sat., March 21, 7:30

Chamber Music Day Competition
School of Music Recital Hall (USC School of Music Recital Hall, 813 Assembly St.)
Advanced high school string quartets compete. FREE

 

Sun., March 22, 5:00

Parker Quartet Concert
Johnson Performance Hall (Darla Moore School of Business, level 1 (1014 Greene St.)
Program:
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet
Franz Schubert – Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, “Death and the Maiden”
FREE