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January 20, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor Rodin Gallery (Gallery 10) MUSA Emily Botel & Natalie Carducci, violin Addi Liu & Clio Tilton, viola Laura Gaynon & Gretchen Claassen, cello & viola da gamba Derek Tam & Esther Lam, harpsichord Featuring compositions by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), François Couperin (16681733), Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747), Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (ca. 1705-1755), JeanPhilippe Rameau (1683-1764) and Jean-Henri d’Anglebert (1628-1691). MUSA was founded in 2012 by eight young professional musicians with a shared passion for bringing the original sounds of centuries-old music to life. Insisting on the highest artistic integrity and communicative, colorful performances, San Francisco-based MUSA perform on period instruments to give audiences the sound quality of the music when it was first performed. Through live performance, MUSA shows that the popular music from the 16th to 18th centuries – the dance music and drinking songs, as well as magnificent court spectacles – transcends time and place to speak to us today. MUSA is dedicated to performances that are dramatic, enlightening, and accessible to all. www.musasfbaroque.com February 17, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor Rodin Gallery (Gallery 10) Galax Quartet with Cheryl Ann Fulton David Wilson, violin Anthony Martin, violin Amy Brodo, cello Roy Whelden, viola de gamba Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp Featuring compositions by M.-A. Charpentier (1643-1704), Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Georg Muffat (1653-1704), Marin Marais (1656-1728), J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Michel Lambert (1610-1696) and W.A. Mozart (1756-1791). The Galax Quartet is modeled after an early version of the string quartet — two violins, cello and viola da gamba — developed by the eighteenth century composer and viola da gamba virtuoso, Carl Friedrich Abel. Since 2005, the Galax Quartet has been commissioning new music, exploring early works, and performing these in unexpected collaborations. The quartet has performed new works (Mark Mellits, Carl Stone, Dan Becker) on concert series in Northern California; played Bach’s Art of the Fugue alongside Hubble Telescope images at the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival; recorded film music by Belinda Reynolds for PBS (The New Metropolis); accompanied computer images from the virtual worlds with mathematician and sci-fi writer Rudy Rucker. Each member of the Galax Quartet is a specialist in the field of early music. www.galaxquartet.org March 17, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor Rodin Gallery (Gallery 10) Vinaccesi Ensemble Nanette McGuinness, Soprano Kindra Scharich, Mezzo-soprano Jonathan Smucker, Tenor Susie Fong, Harpsichord Hallie Pridham, Viola dagamba and Baroque cello Featuring compositions by François Couperin (1668-1733), Joseph Chabanceau de la Barre (1633-1678), Louise XIII (1601-1643), Marin Marais (1656-1728), J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), W.A. Mozart (1756-1791), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) and C.W. von Gluck (1714-1787). The Vinaccesi Ensemble was founded in 2008 by Kindra Scharich, Nanette McGuinness, and Bruce Wetmore, and first performed as part of the 2008 Berkeley Early Music Fringe Fest. The Ensemble focuses on music of the Baroque, especially (but not exclusively) that of Italy and the Veneto, and of course, Italian composer Benedetto Vinaccesi (1666-1719)— for whom the ensemble is named. The Vinaccesi Ensemble has just recorded their first CD, of solo cantatas by their namesake, Benedetto Vinaccesi. Benedetto Vinaccesi: the Solo Cantatas is scheduled to be released in spring 2013 on Centaur Recordings and was made possible through the Musical Grant Program, which is administered by the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music and supported by the Heller Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, and San Francisco Grants for the Arts. www.vinaccesi.com April 21, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor Rodin Gallery (Gallery 10) Hausmann Quartet Isaac Allen, violin Eric Chin, violin Angela Choong, viola Jeremiah Shaw, cello Program TBA. Praised for its “passion and commitment” (San Francisco Classical Voice), and a sound “packed with biting and lyrical substance” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), The Hausmann Quartet was formed in the summer of 2004 at Lyricafest in New Jersey, and has since become known for its powerful and dynamic performances. Now into its eighth season, the Hausmann Quartet has established itself in San Diego California, joining the faculty at San Diego State University as Artists in Residence, as well as founding the Hausmann Chamber Music Program. Recent winners of the Beverly Hills Auditions and recipient of a Chamber Music America Residency Grant, the Hausmann Quartet has enjoyed a busy and varied performance schedule with concerts throughout North America and China. The members of the Hausmann Quartet have trained through courses and degree programs at institutions such as Longy School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory, Kent State University, The Cleveland Institute of Music, and The Juilliard School, San Francisco State University, and San Diego State University. They are grateful to list among their many important mentors, members of the, Alexander, Miami, Alban Berg, Juilliard, Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo, Cleveland, Orion, Takacs, American, Ying, St. Lawrence, Borromeo, Schoenberg, and Artis Quartets. The Hausmann Quartet is named after Robert Hausmann, the eminent 19th century German cellist and founding member of the celebrated Joachim Quartet. www.hausmannquartet.com May 12, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor Rodin Gallery (Gallery 10) Town Quartet Corey Mike, Violin Mia Bella D'Auguelli, Violin Jacob Hansen Joseph, Viola Lewis Patzner, Cello Featuring compositions by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Camille Saint-Saens (1825-1921), Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) and George Enescu (1881-1955). The Town Quartet was formed in 2011 in Oakland by violinists Garrett McLean and Corey Mike, Violist Jacob Hansen-Joseph, and cellist Lewis Patzner, with the goal of rehearsing and performing some of the masterpieces of the quartet literature; a feat all too rare for the local gigging musician. In 2012, Garrett migrated south to his homeland, Los Angeles, and the quartet recruited violinist Mia Bella D'Augelli. They perform in casual settings, like their weekly Sunday residency at The Musical Offering Cafe in Berkeley, as well as in more formal settings like private parties and concerts open to the public. They recently celebrated the birthday of Luigi Boccherini by performing two of his cello quintets with Brady Anderson, and the famous “Fandango” guitar quintet with Howard Kadis. That same month they performed Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3 to as part of a lecture by Wendy Lesser, author of Music for Silent Voices: Shostakovich and his 15 Quartets. The Town Quartet has twice collaborated with the San Francisco chapter of Opera on Tap, arranging quartet reductions of popular opera selections. In the Spring of 2012, they performed vocal chamber music with Vocallective, and in early 2013 they programmed and performed the soundtrack to the Swedish silent film, Terje Vigen, at the Pacific Film Archive Theater in Berkeley. June 16, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor Rodin Gallery (Gallery 10) Friction Quartet Kevin Rogers, violin Otis Harriel, violin Pei-Ling Lin, viola Doug Machiz, cello Program TBA. Friction Quartet, recipient of the 2012 Berkeley Piano Club Emerging Artist Award, has established a reputation for edgy programming and exhilarating performance. Ever since Friction Quartet’s performance at the 2012 Hot Air Music Festival, where Examiner.com’s Stephen Smoliar hailed the quartet’s performance of John Adams’ String Quartet as “with energetic gusto” and with “no shortage of wit,” Friction has been inundated with requests from composers throughout California to perform their new works for the string quartet medium. As a result of their success at the 2012 festival, Friction will return to the Hot Air Music Festival in 2013 as headliners. Recent performances include an evening of world premiers at ODC Dance Commons and a concert at the Berkeley Piano Club. Through artistic collaboration in varied mediums, the commissioning of new works, crossing into genres outside of classical music, adding movement to performances, and incorporating mixed medias, Friction Quartet creates a progressive and inviting concert atmosphere that attracts audiences of all ages and interests. www.frictionquartet.com