Sunday, July 19, 2020: The Meráki Quartet
Calliope C0-Presents with St. Alban's
Sofia Matthews and Jun Yong Liu, violin; Anna Renton, viola; Isabelle Nichols, cello
4 p.m. Live Stream from the St. Alban's courtyard; $25 general admission, $20 seniors and students, FREE to youth 12-20, thanks to a generous grant from East Bay Community Energy. Tickets on Eventbrite
Program: First movement of Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 "Sunrise;" Beethoven String Quartet Op. 95 "Serioso;" and Prokofiev String Quartet No. 2 "Kabardinian"
These astonishingly accomplished musicians are 17-year-old just-graduated-from-high-school students (Sofia Matthews and Isabelle Nichols from Berkeley High; Jun Yong Liu, from Oakland Tech; and Anna Renton from Valley View Charter Prep), who formed The Meráki Quartet in the fall of 2016 through the Crowden Music Center's Youth Chamber Music Program. (Meráki means "soulfully artistic" in Greek.) All four are headed off to music school in September, three of them to Rice University, and one to University of Southern California. The group has performed in both the Old First and Fifth Street Farms concert series in the Bay Area, as well as with the Alexander String Quartet at the Rex Salon and in Herbst Theater.
Awarded the bronze medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and second place at the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar, they have also appeared on NPR's From the Top. You can see them performing Mozart here on youtube.
This is truly a golden opportunity to both hear fabulous chamber music AND to know that a few years from now, you will have some serious bragging rights.
The Meráki Quartet's concert comes to us supported by a generous grant from East Bay Community Energy, which is providing free admission to youth for the concert!
*Part of Calliope's Third Sunday Concert Series
* About the Third Sunday Concert Series: Third Sunday is a curated monthly concert series, led by Artistic Director and noted flautist Jane Lenoir, and co-produced with St. Alban's. The series offers a diverse selection of genres and styles, as well as a balance between new and established artists, all with one thing in common: wonderful music! Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 senior citizens/students. We think you'll agree: it's a sweet deal!