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The Artaria String Quartet brings to Stringwood their chamber music expertise and success on stage and in the studio. They have been presented at celebrated venues in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Cleveland, Boston, and St. Paul, and have performed to critical acclaim on national television and radio, in Europe, and throughout the United States. Originally from Boston where they were mentored by Eugene Lehner of the legendary Kolisch Quartet, and by members of the Budapest, La Salle, Juilliard, Emerson and Cleveland Quartets, the ASQ were finalists in the fourth Banff International String Quartet Competition and are winners of the prestigious 2004 McKnight Performing Artists Award. The Artaria String Quartet is now based in St.Paul, MN where they present an annual four-concert series in Hamline University's Sundin Music Hall, highly regarded for its intimate, warm ambience and recording-quality acoustics. They are frequent guests of the Schubert Club and other significant Twin Cities societies, at colleges and universities throughout the state of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, as well as rural settings, the Mayo Clinic's "Harmony" series, and their own newly created series at St. Paul's Episcopal Homes Long Term Care. With the mission of fostering other quartets in the great tradition of string quartet playing, the ASQ established the Artaria Chamber Music School: a weekly coaching program in St. Paul, Stringwood Summer Chamber Music, and Winterstrings: an adult amateur retreat. Artaria's Ray Shows has also created the St Paul String Quartet Competition, a national event open to high school age quartets. The Artaria String Quartet is repeatedly awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America and the Southeast Minnesota arts Council for their continuing commitment to education.
Jonathan Sturm, guest artist Jonathan Sturm, violist of the nationally acclaimed Ames Piano Quartet, and Associate Professor of Music History at Iowa State University. A protege of the renowned teacher Josef Gingold, Dr. Sturm has been featured as a soloist with the Des Moines Symphony and most of the orchestras in Central Iowa. He has appeared as a concerto soloist and a recitalist on both the East and West Coasts and has been the guest violist on numerous chamber music concerts. As a pedagogue, Dr. Sturm is in demand for his master classes as well as for his clinics dealing with topics such as "Easing Performance Anxiety," "Assessment in the Private Studio Lesson," and "Career Development and Promotion for Young Musicians."
Laura Thielke, guest artist Cellist Laura Thielke earned her DMA from Boston University, and an MM and BM from the Eastman School of Music. Her cello teachers have included Leslie Parnas, Robert Sylvester, Steven Doane, Paul Katz, Gabor Reijto, and Laurence Lesser, and she has worked closely with the Cleveland, Muir, and American Quartets as well as such eminent musicians as Gyorgy Sebok, Gilbert Kalish, Walter Levin and Thomas Brandis. Since 1998 she has served as Assistant Director of the Music Department and Head of Chamber Music at the Walnut Hill School. Dr. Thielke has had extensive orchestral performing experience, having served as Principal Cello of the New American Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Fairfax and Maryland Symphony Orchestras. In recognition of her work with young artists, in 2002 Chamber Music America awarded her the nation’s highest award for chamber music teaching , the Kay Logan Award for Excellence in Chamber Music Education.
Guest Artists of Stringwood Laura Thielke, cellist Tanya Remenikova, cellist Anna Clift, cellist Matthew Wehling, bowmaker John Waddle, luthier Douglas Lay, instrument restorer John Vierow, bow restorer Alessandro Puig, luthier Chris Quinn, Quinn Violins
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Ray Shows, violin
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Founded in 2000
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