Stanford SLSQ seminar
From the 23rd of June to the 12th of July RUSQUARTET spent in Stanford University, California, where it took part in SLSQ seminar (master class of chamber music organized by St. Lawrence String Quartet) and EPGY program (summer creative education program for children aged 12-18)
The seminar offered a unique opportunity to take master classes from leading chamber musicians-members of St Lawrence String Quartet, Gryphon Trio, and Rob Kapilow, a composer, conductor, and a musician.
RUSQUARTET successfully performed at a variety of concerts. The most memorable was the concert at the music salon of Svetlana and Aleksey Fedoseev, where the Quartet’s program included Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. The welcoming atmosphere of a warm Russian home, made performing there a true joy.
At the seminar closing concert RUSQUARTET performed among six leading chamber orchestras. The Quartet chose Sergei Prokofiev’s string quartet 2, which received a rave review by the violist from Fine Arts Quartet.
Stanford, EPGY program
Most exciting was the second part of the stay in Stanford dedicated to teaching children under the framework of EPGY program. RUSQUARTET held a series of concert lectures for the children studying music professionally as well as the children who just enjoy music.
The lectures comprised performance of a variety of music covering Viennese classicism, early romanticism, and romanticism. Particular focus was on the Russian composers, both classical and Soviet. The genre of chamber music is conducive to informal educational concert talks – together performers and listeners take part in the creative process. Musicians experience firsthand how to perform to get the children interested and excited about music.