Event Info
Emily Carr String Quartet, Music InsideOUT: Borodin
Enjoy coffee/tea and snacks at a string quartet concert,
10:30am - 12:00pm
$32.34
Artists
Emily Carr String Quartet Society
Event Description
The Emily Carr String Quartet Society is proud to present Music Inside Out: Borodin, February 17th at 10:30am. Lecture Performance is at 11:00 and will last an hour. Chief's and Petty Officers Mess.
Tea, coffee, and sundries will be served followed by discussion, analysis, and a full performance of Borodin's String Quartet No.2 in D major are included in the mornings program.
Our host, Robert Holliston, an accomplished accompanist and chamber player, has performed throughout Canada, the USA, England, New Zealand, and has been heard frequently on CBC-Radio. A popular public speaker, Robert has given pre-performance lectures for Pacific Opera Victoria since 1993 and is POV’s Principal Coach. Robert is currently Head of Keyboard at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, where he also teaches piano and music history, and acts as vocal coach. Robert was a founding director of the VCM Opera Studio.
Formed in 2006 by members of the Victoria Symphony, the Emily Carr String Quartet has established itself as one of British Columbia’s finest chamber music ensembles renowned for its passionate and inspiring performances. They have participated in residencies at Stanford University and the Banff Centre and have collaborated and recorded with such artists as: the Lafayette String Quartet, Lorraine Min, Marion Newman, Jamie Parker and Arthur Rowe. The quartet has been presented by numerous concert events such as the International Society for Contemporary Music's 2017 World Music Days, Music in the Morning and Music on Main concert series in Vancouver, the Ankara Music Festival in Turkey, Hornby Festival and the Victoria Summer Music Festival. The ECSQ was featured on CBC radio's "North by Northwest" and their debut CD Hidden Treasure was nominated for the 2012 classical recording of the year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. ECSQ has just launched their new CD "Portraits" featuring mezzo-soprano, Marion Newman with compositions by Iman Habibi, Jared Miller, Jocelyn Morlock and Tobin Stokes; all inspired by Emily Carr.
Venue
Chief & Petty Officers Mess
Sat. February 17th 2024
Chief & Petty Officers Mess Victoria BC
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