If you’d like to listen to, or download, the Final Recital for the String Quartet Academy you can do so at the following link: http://www.4shared.com/dir/19108869/f639e00c/Britt_String_Quartet_Academy_2009_Recita.html
(Unfortunately, due to technical problems, we only have the music available for the morning recital session.)
Your Staff: Craig, April, Susan, Nicie, Mark, Madolyn, and Joelle
This was such a beautiful day. The winery grounds are beautiful, the day was beautiful (if a little breezy), the music was beautiful. The light was so beautiful that I went around to each quartet and took a picture of each player individually with the idea of doing a nice gallery of photos… sort of a tribute to the great students of Britt’s String Quartet Academy 2009. And here it is:
So, finally a chance to get back and do a little blogging-in-review.
I hope everyone got back to where you had to go without too much difficulty. Joelle and I are back in the office, with two days to prepare for the Family Concert. It will be fun, but of course we miss all the energy and beautiful music of the String Quartet Academy!
That last weekend we had a lot going on; the performance on the Britt Hill prior to the Anne Akiko Meyers concert, the Quartets in the Vineyards, and the two-part Quartet Academy Recital on Sunday… not to mention the closing dinner Sunday night, which was very much fun.
I’m going to add some photos to catch-up on those events. Thank you to all the musicians, faculty, staff, parents, other family, friends, and Britt Institute supporters for every effort large and small that contributed to the camp this year and to the fantastic performances by our quartets! It’s all about GIFTS — the gift of everyone’s time, talents, resources, concern, energy, and it all contributes to the gift of music. These are all the best and noblest of gifts, and it happens because the team effort and committment is so amazing. Thank you all!
For the next few days we’ll be incredibly busy. The String Quartet Academy Orchestra will be performing tomorrow (Friday night) on the Britt stage prior to the evening’s Britt Orchestra performance with Anne Akiko Meyers. Saturday all the student quartets will be performing at the Schmidt Family Winery (http://www.sfvineyards.com/) starting at 2 pm. This event is free and open to all. Sunday will be the String Quartet Academy final recital at the SOU Music Recital Hall in Ashland. Beginning at 11:00 a.m. we’ll present four quartets. There will be a break for lunch, and then at 2:00 p.m. we’ll resume with the remaining three quartets, plus a performance by the entire orchestra.
Please join us for any or all of these great opportunities. Since we’ll be out of the office there won’t be any blog updates until middle of next week, when I’ll upload some new photos of the weekend’s performances and any other good pics I can snag! Plus, we’ll post a wrap-up of these great couple of weeks. Check back then!!!
