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The Castleman Quartet Program returns to Fredonia

Local music lovers will have a chance to experience splendid chamber works performed by some of the world’s most talented young artists as The Castleman Quartet Program launches its 12th season in residence at The State University of New York at Fredonia. The Quartet Program’s 2017 concert season begins with a recital on June 17 featuring violinist Charles Castleman and violist Csaba Erdelyi, followed by a weekend of quartet and solo concerts June 22-24. All concerts take place at Mason Hall at the Fredonia School of Music.

The Castleman Quartet Program, now in its 48th season, is a seven-week workshop that brings together 36 gifted and accomplished string players, ages 15 to 28. In residence at Fredonia from June 4 to July 23, this summer’s participants come from across the United States, Canada, Eurape, and Asia, including many who study at the world’s leading music schools and have significant competition and performance accolades to their credit. Each participant learns and performs one solo work and one or two string quartets while working under the conditions of a professional position, to further develop their solo and ensemble skills.

This year’s distinguished faculty includes violinists Charles Castleman (also Program Director) and Laura Bossert; violists Allyson Dawkins, Csaba Erdelyi, John Kochanowski, and Basil Vendryes; cellists Terry King, Pamela Frame, Thomas Landschoot, and Mark Rudoff; and Sonata coaches Kyoko Hashimoto and Claudia Hoca.

Yo-Yo Ma calls The Quartet Program, “The best program of its kind, a training ground for lifemanship.” Alumni have won prizes at the Tchaikovsky, Brussels, Munich, Naumburg, Leventritt and Szeryng solo competitions and, in 40 professional ensembles, have won every major national and international chamber competition. They are represented by top concert managements and record companies and are in every important American symphony, chamber, opera and ballet orchestra; one out of three alumni in orchestras is a Principal or Assistant Principal. They are employed in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine and Venezuela.

All concerts are presented in Juliet Rosch Recital Hall and in Diers Recital Hall in Mason Hall on the Fredonia campus. Concerts by the participants will be in three time periods: June 22-24, July 12-15, and July 20-22. Faculty and guest recitals will be June 17, June 20, July 1, July 5, July 7 and July 11. Admission is with a recommended contribution of $5 for participant concerts, and $15 for faculty/guest artist concerts. The Quartet Program is a registered non-profit organization; donations are welcome and gratefully received.

The participants will also perform free concerts in the community. Public venues will include Reed Library on the Fredonia campus, the Big Dipper Ice Cream Shop (Dunkirk), Woodbury Vineyards’ Art Gallery (Fredonia), and Kasia Coffee (Fredonia). For information on hosting one of these community concerts, message The Quartet Program at www.facebook.com/followquartetprogram.

For further information, visit www.facebook.com/followquartetprogram, or message one of the Deans at www.facebook.com/followquartetprogram.

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