Attacca quartet biography of abraham

  • ATTACCA QUARTET The members of the US-based foursome tell George Grella about their formative years, inspirations and their latest recording of Ravel's String.
  • “We're living in a golden age of string quartets It's hard to disagree when you hear the vibrant young players in New York's Attacca Quartet.” - NPR Kallor's.
  • Mendelssohn's father Abraham disliked late Beethoven and racked his brains trying to figure out what his son was trying to say with his A minor.

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    Caroline Shaw

    Part of the Bridges series

    Composer, vocalist, violinist and three-time Grammy Award winner Caroline Shaw – whose album with Attacca Quartet, Shaw: Evergreen, just won a 2023 Grammy! – will showcase the craft of songwriting with performances of her own songs. The youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music and composer of the soundtrack for the new Hulu series “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” Shaw will also spotlight a new generation of songwriters from Kaufman Music Center and the John J. Cali School of Music.

    Program

    Music by Caroline Shaw:
    Entracte (performed by Rose Quartet)
    By and By
    Aurora Borealis   
    Bed of Letters
    Solitaire
    In Manus Tuas (solo viola)  
    Improvisation
    Other Song

    This performance features a short guest appearance by students from Kaufman Music Center and the John J. Cali School of Music.

    $15 student tickets are available by phone or in person. Call the box office at 212 501 3330.

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    Wednesday April 23, 2025

    10 – 11 am: Solo Vocal/Chamber rehearsal Alexander Kasser Theater
    Description: rehearsing w/Soprano soli Caitlin Caulfield, Hannah Bogard, Brianna Coppolino, Camryn Dewar and Sarah Sweeney;  India Enter, cello; Sila Senturk, piano; repertoire featured in Cali Conversations. Students from Graduate Chamber Music Class – Grant Weanus & Barbara Dever, instructors.

    • Under the Harvest Moon
    • Cello Songs

    11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Group Composition Lesson on Choral Music Rochberg Room, Chapin Hall
    Emily Gramley (BMus ‘26), Arian Araya (BMus ‘27), and Jeffrey Castellano (BMus’26)

    2 – 3 pm: Cali Midweek: The Power of Music for Positive Change [Leshowitz]  Free Public Event 
    Introduction to Jake’s music, particularly “speaking to social issues and authentic human experiences.”

    3:30 – 4:30 pm Composer’s Forum: New Cali Choral Music Leshowitz Recital Hall, Chapin Hall

    A workshop with chamber choir Vocal Accord featuring student compositions by Ian Kearney (BMus ‘25) and Alexa Tabbacchino (MA ‘26).
    All MSU-Cali students/faculty/staff welcome.

    4:45 – 5:30 pm Mini documentary Interview (MacLelland & Sanders, SCM) Rochberg Room, Chapin Hall

    6:30 – 7 pm MSU Orchestra Dress Rehearsal. Kyle Ritenauer, conductor Al

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