Archive for March, 2009

Quartet attracts full house in legendary Washington concert series

The New Zealand String Quartet was in Washington, DC in March for a ’sell-out’ concert in the legendary Library of Congress series. ‘Concerts from the Library of Congress’ is one of the world’s most historic and famous concert series. The invitation to perform there was a great “feather in their cap” according to Martha Woods of J Wentworth Associates, the [...]

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New Zealand String Quartet features composition with Maori instruments

The string ensemble treats its Reading audience to Mendelssohn and Schubert as well.
The New Zealand String Quartet brought sounds evoking an exotic land to Reading on Saturday night.
The group played in Reading Area Community College’s Miller Center as part of the Downtown Performing Arts Series.
Violinists Helene Pohl and Douglas Beilman, violist Gillian Ansell and cellist [...]

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