The internationally acclaimed Apple Hill String Quartet returns to the gorgeous acoustics of Orchard Chapel with another exciting program, from Beethoven to Studio Ghibli! Including works by award-winning Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi, a world premiere by Broadway artist Cenovia Cummins (whose music can be heard in the hit Nora Ephron film Julie & Julia), a nod to the popular Miyazaki film music of Joe Hisaishi, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s timeless classic String Quartet in A Major Op. 18 No. 5, all accompanied by the brilliant fall foliage of the NH Seacoast, this concert is sure to delight.
Called “dashing and extraordinary” by The Strad magazine, the Apple Hill String Quartet draws in audiences with their curiosity for music from the 12th century to today and tomorrow. They believe chamber music connects people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and ages, and are committed to making music performance and supportive, non-competitive education accessible to all.
This is a concert not to be missed this autumnal season! See you soon!
ABOUT APPLE HILL STRING QUARTET
The Quartet serves as the Music Directors for Apple Hill’s Summer Chamber Music Workshop in Nelson, New Hampshire, known for cultivating connection among people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and ages through its guiding philosophy, Playing for Peace.
During the regular concert season, the Quartet performs concerts and conducts educational residencies locally in New Hampshire, nationally in major U.S. cities, and internationally around the globe—in venues as diverse as the Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program, ChatterABQ, Burncoat High School in Worcester, Project STEP in Boston, Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities in Keene, NH, the Ketermaya refugee camp outside Beirut, Lebanon, the Moscow Conservatory, the Conservatorio National de Musica in Lima, Peru, the Gitameit Music School in Yangon, Myanmar, and the Harrisville General Store.
The Quartet’s eclectic and dynamic concert programs reflect the diversity of Apple Hill: pieces amplifying new voices in classical music; compositions from places representing the Quartet’s global travels and the summer workshop community; and music from the historic canon and new commissions, especially from renowned alumni.
The Quartet has collaborated with members of the Brentano and Attacca String Quartets, Silk Road Ensemble, Dorian Wind Quintet, Warp Trio, and Hirsch-Pinkas Duo. Members of the Quartet have received degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Brandeis University, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and a Fulbright Fellowship to London, England.