The Randolph Foster 2024-25 Seize the Music Series
Columbus, OH
December 7, 4 PM
The Ross Community Studio, WOSU Headquarters
December 8, 2 PM
First Community South
Note our new venue at WOSU headquarters, just east of Ohio State’s campus!
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Works by Alexander Glazunov, Jessie Montgomery, Inti Figgis-Vizueta & Giacomo Puccini …plus Holiday favorites!
Music from Home: American Focus Concert – Émigré Composers Find a New Home
November 3, 3 PM
Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens is pleased to present Sounds of the Homelands, its 2024 Music from Home season. Each concert program features the music of a particular cultural terroir, brought to life in the garden by renowned performers and guest musicologists for selected performances.
American Focus Concert 2 features the Carpe Diem String Quartet with David Korevaar on piano. Your ticket includes admission to the gardens plus a complimentary beverage and dessert.
G/A tickets $35
The Randolph Foster 2024-25 Seize the Music Series
October 12, 4 PM
First Community South
October 13, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Carpe Diem String Quartet
with Michelle Schumann, piano
Works by Anton Arensky, Ludwig van Beethoven and a world premiere by Mark Lomax II
Hailed for her “sensitive, flexible, and tempestuous dexterity” (Fanfare Magazine), pianist Michelle Schumann has built a reputation for evocative and moving performances. Since 2006, Michelle has served as Artistic Director of the Austin Chamber Music Center, where she “is fearlessly expanding our definition of chamber music” (Austin-American Statesman).
CDSQ at Snake River Music Festival: Closing Concert
August 25, 6 PM
Dillon Community Church
Carpe Diem String Quartet (Snake River Music Festival Quartet in Residence)
Clancy Newman, cello
Hui Shan Chin, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 1
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
CDSQ at Snake River Music Festival: Perspectives
August 21, 6 PM
Dillon Community Church
Carpe Diem String Quartet (Snake River Music Festival Quartet in Residence)
Korine Fujiwara – Through a 2020 Lens
Emilie Mayer – String Quartet in A Major
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major
CDSQ at Snake River Music Festival: Quintessence with Pianist David Korevaar
August 18, 6 PM
Dillon Community Church
Carpe Diem String Quartet (Snake River Music Festival Quartet in Residence)
David Korevaar, piano
Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for Viola and Piano
Enrique Granados – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Piano Quintet No. 1
CDSQ at Snake River Music Festival: Winds at Play
August 16, 6 PM
Dillon Community Church
Carpe Diem String Quartet (Snake River Music Festival Quartet in Residence)
Peter Cooper, oboe
Shane Werts, english horn
Yoshi Ishikawa, bassoon
Suyeon Kim, piano
Joaquín Turina – La Oración del Torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer)
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto in E minor for Bassoon
George Frideric Handel – Trio Sonata in E-flat Major for 2 Oboes and Continuo
Korine Fujiwara – Out of the Depths for Oboe, Bassoon, and String Quartet
Carpe Diem String Quartet: Expand
Saturday, May 4, 4 PM
First Community South
Sunday, May 5, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist
Carpe Diem String Quartet
with guest cellist Julian Bennett
Paul Wiancko – American Haiku
Maurice Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello
Ernst Von Dohnányi – Serenade in C Major for String Trio
Anton Arensky – Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Carpe Diem String Quartet: Ahead
Saturday, March 9, 4 PM
First Community South
Sunday, March 10, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist
Joaquín Turina – Prayer of a Toreador
Paul Frucht – Rhapsody II (world premiere)
Franz Schubert – String Quartet No. 15 in G Major
Carpe Diem String Quartet: Upward
Saturday, February 10, 4 PM
First Community South
Sunday, February 11, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist
Paul Wiancko – Lift
Jonathan Cziner – String Quartet (world premiere)
Ernst Von Dohnányi – String Quartet No. 2 in D-flat Major
Carpe Diem String Quartet: Around For The Holidays
Saturday, December 16, 4 PM
First Community South
Sunday, December 17, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist
Carpe Diem String Quartet with guest violist Jacob Shack
Akshaya Avril Tucker – Ravenous (world premiere)
Kenji Bunch – String Circle
Johannes Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G Major
…plus Holiday Favorites!
Carpe Diem String Quartet: Revolve
Saturday, November 4, 4 PM
First Community South
Sunday, November 5, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist
Gabriella Smith – Carrot Revolution
Emilie Mayer – String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
Reza Vali – CHAS (world premiere)
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 9
Music for Peace: Big Bad Dog!
Lydian String Quartet joins Carol Ou in a program featuring music by Korine Fujiwara
Friday, May 19, 2023, 7:30 PM
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
Fanny Mendelssohn: Spring Song and By the River from Das Jahr
Chen Yi: Romance and Dance
Korine Fujiwara: Strange Marinara for Solo Violin
Korine Fujiwara: Big Bad Dawg for Cello and Piano
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 2
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in Eb Major
Concert benefits Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund.
Chamber Music Columbus presents Callisto Quartet with a world premiere by Korine Fujiwara
Saturday, February 18, 2023 – 4 PM
Southern Theatre
21 E. Main St, Columbus, OH
The Callisto Quartet will perform a world premiere by Korine Fujiwara, a composer with strong Ohio roots, who formerly played with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. This commission will be set apart by Fujiwara’s striking ability to create solos for all instruments.
Praised for their “lush intensity and bravado” and the “cohesion and intonation one might expect from an ensemble twice their age” (Third Coast Review), the American/Canadian Callisto Quartet brings together four musicians who share a deep passion for bringing chamber music to audiences around the world. Since their inception in 2016, Callisto has garnered top prizes in nearly every major international chamber music competition and has been hailed by audiences across the globe. Grand Prize winners of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize Winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Callisto Quartet has also taken home prizes from the Bordeaux, Melbourne, and Wigmore Hall competitions.
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2022-23 RANDOLPH A. FOSTER SEIZE THE MUSIC SERIES
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Charles “Chas” Wetherbee
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 4 PM
First Community North, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus
Sunday, April 30, 2023, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Columbus
Marisa Ishikawa, violin
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Ariana Nelson, cello
with Special Guests:
Amy Galluzzo, Leonid Polonsky, Tatiana Vertjanova Hanna and Robert Firdman, violins; Debbie Price, viola; Wendy Morton and Carol Ou, cellos; John Pellegrino, bass; Cameron Bennett, piano
PROGRAM:
Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending
Marisa Ishikawa, violin; Cameron Bennett, piano
Korine Fujiwara: Meditation
Korine Fujiwara, viola; Cameron Bennett, piano
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, “Trout”
Marisa Ishikawa, violin; Korine Fujiwara, viola; Ariana Nelson, cello; John Pellegrino, bass; Cameron Bennett, piano
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Leonid Polonsky, violin; Marisa Ishikawa, violin; Korine Fujiwara, viola; Debbie Price, viola; Ariana Nelson, cello; Wendy Morton, cello
Korine Fujiwara: Cherry Blossom for String Orchestra
Amy Galluzzo, Leonid Polonsky, Marisa Ishikawa and Tatiana Vertjanova Hanna, violins; Korine Fujiwara and Debbie Price, violas; Ariana Nelson, Wendy Morton and Carol Ou, cellos; John Pellegrino, bass
Performance includes a video tribute to Chas. Concert will also be livestreamed for free.
Lachrimae
Saturday, October 22, 2022, 4 PM
First Community South, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus
Sunday, October 23, 2022, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Columbus
KORINE FUJIWARA Hands
PETER FRIBBINS Lachrimae (World Premiere)
CHEVALIER JOSEPH BOLOGNE DE SAINT-GEORGES Concertante Quartet No. 5 in G Major
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74, “Harp”
World Premiere of “Esfahan” ~ Music of Reza Vali with the Carpe Diem String Quartet
Saturday, October 15, 2022, 7 PM
Join CDSQ for a special concert in celebration of Persian American composer Reza Vali’s 70th birthday, featuring the world premiere of his piece Esfahan (Calligraphy No.17), performed by the Carpe Diem String Quartet with accompanying calligraphy animation by designer Omid Nemalhabib.
CDSQ with Michelle Schumann @ Austin Chamber Music Center: Tour De Force
Saturday, October 1, 2022, 7:30 PM
Joseph Bologne: Concertante Quartet No. 5 in G Major
Florence Price: Quintet in A Minor for Strings and Piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
CDSQ with Michelle Schumann @ Austin Chamber Music Center: Tour De Force
Friday, September 30, 2022, 7:30 PM
In person and online
Joseph Bologne: Concertante Quartet No. 5 in G Major
Florence Price: Quintet in A Minor for Strings and Piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
International Double Reed Society Conference
University of Colorado, College of Music
Carpe Diem String Quartet is a string quartet-in-residence at the 2022 International Double Reed Society Conference, in Boulder, CO from July 26-30, 2022.
Wednesday, July 27, 2:30 PM
Chamber Recital with Gordon Hunt, oboe
Wednesday, July 27, 7 PM
Chamber Music Gala 1 at Macky Auditorium
Thursday, July 28, 11:30 AM
Chamber Recital with Kincaid Rabb, composer/narrator; Stephanie Carlson, oboe; Susan Miranda, oboe/english horn
Thursday, July 28, 1:30 PM
Chamber Recital with Kathleen McLean, bassoon
Friday, July 29, 7 PM
Chamber Music Gala 2 at Macky Auditorium
Sundays at Icicle Creek Chamber Music Concert Series
Korine Fujiwara, Hoorig Poochikian, Oksana Ejokina
Sunday, February 6, 2 PM PST
This Sundays at Icicle Creek concert features Korine Fujiwara, violin/viola; Hoorig Poochikian, violin; Oksana Ejokina, piano performing music by Sergei Prokofiev, Rebecca Clarke, Cécile Chaminade, Clarence Cameron White, and Korine Fujiwara.
Carpe Diem String Quartet
THE RANDOLPH A. FOSTER SEIZE THE MUSIC SERIES
Locations for all concerts:
FRIDAYS, 7 PM
First Community Church – N. Campus, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus
SATURDAYS, 5 PM
Worthington United Methodist Church, 600 High St., Worthington
SUNDAYS, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Columbus
Nothing Shines as Bright
Friday, Mar 4, 7 PM
By Footpath and Stile
with guest artist Andy Blosser
Saturday, Mar 5, 5 PM
The Juliet Letters
with guest artists Jarod Ogier and Lara Brooks
Sunday, Mar 6, 2 PM
Like a Diamond
with guest artist Lara Brooks
With music by Mozart, Richard Danielpour, Elvis Costello, Annika Socolofsky & more.
Wanderlust
with guest mandolinist Jeff Midkiff
FRIDAYS, 7 PM
First Community Church – N. Campus, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus
SATURDAYS, 5 PM
Worthington United Methodist Church, 600 High St., Worthington
SUNDAYS, 2 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Columbus
Friday, Jan 14, 7 PM
Mandolissimo!
Saturday, Jan 15, 5 PM
From the Blue Ridge
Sunday, Jan 16, 2 PM
Travelers
With music by Vivaldi, Haydn, Brahms, Jeff Midkiff, Shao Zheng & more.
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Baroque Holiday Festival
Friday, Dec 17, 7 PM
Christmas Concerti
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus
Saturday, Dec 18, 5 PM
Holiday Solos
with guest singers
Worthington United Methodist Church
Sunday, Dec 19, 2 PM
Holiday Magnificat
with guest artist Andy Blosser and Chamber Choir
First Community Church – S. Campus, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus
With music by Mozart, Purcell, Corelli, Torelli, Manfredini, Albinoni, Jonathan Bingham, Leslie Adams, plus carols & secular songs.
Carpe Diem String Quartet
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF WICHITA
Sunday, November 14, 2021 – 5:30 PM
Wichita Art Museum, 1400 Museum Blvd., Wichita, KS
The Wichita Art Museum’s S. Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall is the perfect setting for the Chamber Music Society of Wichita’s performances. With views of WAM’s Art Garden in the distance and situated underneath a chandelier by Dale Chihuly, audience members enjoy concerts that are as visually stunning as they are sonically invigorating. Consider having brunch at The Muse Café or peruse the galleries [separate ticket required] mere steps away from the performance space just prior to downbeat.
Carpe Diem String Quartet
AMERICAN FAVORITES
Saturday, November 13, 2021 – 7:30 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, 4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX
Tracing the great line and lineage of the music of our collective culture, American Favorites exudes our pioneering spirit. Carpe Diem String Quartet presents new and classic American works in their signature style.
A performance for the Austin Chamber Music Center. Saturday Synchronism Concert is in-person at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin.
CARPE DIEM STRING QUARTET: Charles Wetherbee & Marisa Ishikawa, violins | Korine Fujiwara, viola | Ariana Nelson, cello
with Michelle Schumann, piano
Program:
Korine Fujiwara May Basket
Jonathan Bingham SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67
Carpe Diem String Quartet
AMERICAN FAVORITES
Friday, November 12, 2021 – 7:30 PM
KMFA, 41 Navasota St., Austin, TX
Tracing the great line and lineage of the music of our collective culture, American Favorites exudes our pioneering spirit. Carpe Diem String Quartet presents new and classic American works in their signature style.
A performance for the Austin Chamber Music Center. Friday Intimate Concert is in-person at KMFA with drinks & hors d’oeuvres.
Virtual Access – Streaming live Friday evening with on-demand access through May 31.
CARPE DIEM STRING QUARTET: Charles Wetherbee & Marisa Ishikawa, violins | Korine Fujiwara, viola | Ariana Nelson, cello
with Michelle Schumann, piano
Program:
Korine Fujiwara May Basket
Jonathan Bingham SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67
CDSQ AT THE KAWAI GALLERY
Monday, November 8, 2021 – 7:30 PM
Kawai Gallery, 5800 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX
Join Carpe Diem String Quartet in Houston, Texas for a special concert featuring violinist Matt Lammers and pianist Diego Caetano. Program will include Ernest Chausson’s “Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet,” Korine Fujiwara’s “May Basket,” and Nicky Sohn’s “Three Questions that Began from a Small Flame.”
Carpe Diem String Quartet: Questions that began from a Small Flame
with guest string/pop band Whirlybirds
Friday, Oct 22, 7 PM
An American Basket
First Community Church – N. Campus, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus
Saturday, Oct 23, 5 PM
Mood Indigo
Worthington United Methodist Church, 600 High St., Worthington
Sunday, Oct 24, 2 PM
My Blue Heaven
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Columbus
With music by Dvořák, Nicky Sohn, Korine Fujiwara & more.
CU College of Music Faculty Tuesday
Something Old and Something New
Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 PM
Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building
Boulder, CO
In-person and live-streamed
Bassoonist Yoshi Ishikawa, oboist Peter Cooper and the Carpe Diem String Quartet will present the world premiere of a sextet by Korine Fujiwara, a leading woman composer. Ishikawa and the Carpe Diem String Quartet will also perform intriguing works by Jennifer Higdon—another renowned contemporary composer—in addition to delightful compositions by Antonio Vivaldi and Franz Danzi.
Johnstone Fund for New Music presents CDSQ
Sunday, October 10, 1 PM
The Johnstone Fund for New Music presents a special performance by the acclaimed Carpe Diem String Quartet featuring new music by composers Nelson Walker, Anthony Constantino, and Nicola Sani. Watch the performance on the Johnstone Fund for New Music Facebook Page or YouTube channel.
CARPE DIEM STRING QUARTET CONCERTS IN THE BARN
7360 Center Road, Quilcene, WA
All Concerts In The Barn will be live this year! Patrons are welcome to sit inside the barn or outside on the lawn, in accordance with current State and County COVID-19 Guidelines.
EAST MEETS WEST: REZA AND WOLFGANG
GUEST ARTIST: BEN LULICH, CLARINET
Reza Vali – Istfahan (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Felix Mendelssohn – Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (“Ist es wahr?”)
EAST MEETS WEST: REZA AND WOLFGANG
GUEST ARTIST: BEN LULICH, CLARINET
Reza Vali – Istfahan
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Felix Mendelssohn – Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (“Ist es wahr?”)
Shelley Washington – Middleground
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Johannes Brahms – Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
SPRING SERENADE (LIVESTREAMED)
Sunday, April 11, 2021, 6-7:30 PM ET
This concert was streamed live from the First Community Church-North Campus, Columbus, OH at 6 PM Eastern Time. Free and open to the public.
HUGO WOLF Italian Serenade
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet No. 2
ANTONÍN DVORÁK String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51
SPRING SERENADE (IN-PERSON CONCERT)
Saturday, April 10, 2021 – 4-5:30 PM ET
This concert will be in-person at Worthington United Methodist in Worthington, OH – for up to 50 people maximum.
HUGO WOLF Italian Serenade
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet No. 2
ANTONÍN DVORÁK String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51
All audience members must be masked and appropriate social distancing measures will be in place.
ANCESTORS: A VIRTUAL CDSQ CONCERT
ET Online Event
Concert streamed live from the First Community Church-North Campus, Columbus, OH
JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 1 MARK LOMAX, II String Quartet No. 1 *World Premiere* ERBERK ERYILMAZ Thracian Airs of Besime Sultan for String Quartet
This is a free online event. Give-what-you-can donations gratefully accepted via PayPal.
Watch the premiere:
LIVESTREAM – HOLIDAY CONCERT!
Join CDSQ virtually for a festive evening of holiday favorites! The free program will include selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” Vivaldi’s “Winter,” and other beloved Christmas and holiday tunes.
Watch here:
LIVESTREAM – AN EVENING OF FANTASY
We’re delighted to present this free live-streamed concert with three beautiful works:
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR 5 Fantasiestücke, Op.5
BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Watch here:
RANDOLPH A. FOSTER – SEIZE THE MUSIC SERIES
Carpe Diem String Quartet returns to Columbus, OH with in-person and virtual concerts! These concerts will provide a heartfelt goodbye to the quartet’s previous cellist, Gregory Sauer, and welcome their new cellist, Ariana Nelson.
Sunday, October 25, 2020 – 6 PM
Recorded at First Community Church – North Campus, Columbus, OH
CDSQ CONCERT LIVESTREAMED FROM FIRST COMMUNITY CHURCH
Available on-demand
Program, featuring entire works:
SCHUBERT Cello Quintet in C Major
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON String Quartet No. 1, “Calvary”
SHELLEY WASHINGTON Middleground
Click here for the digital program
Sunday, October 25, 2020 – 2 PM
First Community Church – North Campus, Columbus, OH
With a LIVE audience – only 50 tickets available
No intermission, concert will run 45 min
SCHUBERT Cello Quintet in C Major, Mvt 1 & 2
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON String Quartet No. 1, “Calvary,” Mvt 1
SHELLEY WASHINGTON Middleground
Saturday, October 24, 2020 – 2 PM
Worthington United Methodist Church, Worthington, OH
With a LIVE audience – only 50 tickets available
No intermission, concert will run 70 min
SCHUBERT Cello Quintet in C Major
GABRIELA LENA FRANK Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Click here for the digital program
All audience members and musicians must be masked and appropriate social distancing measures will be put in place – IMPORTANT: The audience’s health and safety is our biggest concern.
LIVE FROM STONE CHALET: CARPE DIEM STRING QUARTET
Sunday, October 18, 2020 – 2 PM
Broadcasting from Stone Chalet Bed and Breakfast and Event Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Carpe Diem String Quartet brings you a program curated just for our audiences.
Live-streamed program will include:
MOZART String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance”
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
SHELLEY WASHINGTON Middleground
All Concerts in the Barn will only be viewable on the Concerts in the Barn website and Facebook. (All concerts air on Sunday at 2 PM and 8 PM.)
“Romance is Always in Style”
Sunday, July 26, 2 PM and 8 PM PT
Chas Wetherbee, violin
Elisa Barston, violin
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Rachel Swerdlow, viola
Walter Gray, cello
Ariana Nelson, cello
An unabashed tribute to romanticism by two of our greatest composers of the genre.
Cello Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franz Schubert
String Sextet in G major, Op. 36
Johannes Brahms
“Creation”
Sunday, July 19, 2 PM and 8 PM PT
Chas Wetherbee, violin
Elisa Barston, violin
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Ariana Nelson, cello
Chamber music that inspires, made more remarkable for the times in which the pieces were composed.
String Quartet No. 19, K. 465 (“Dissonance”)
W.A. Mozart
String Quartet No. 7
Dmitri Shostakovich
Claudel Suite
Korine Fujiwara
“Beethoven in the Barn”
Sunday, July 12, 2 PM and 8 PM PT
Chas Wetherbee, violin
Elisa Barston, violin
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Ariana Nelson, cello
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, two masterpieces from his “middle” and “late” period of quartet-writing.
String Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131
String Quartet, Op. 59, No. 3
“Coming to America”
Sunday, July 5, 2020 – 2 PM and 8 PM PT
Chas Wetherbee, violin
Elisa Barston, violin
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Ariana Nelson, cello
A celebration of composers who made America their home and found rich sources of inspiration during their tenures here.
“Voodoo Dolls”
Jessie Montgomery
String Quartet No. 3
Ernö Dohnanyi
String Quartet in F major, Op 96 (“American”)
Antonin Dvorák
Seize the Music Series – Integration
Sunday, May 10, 2020, 2:30 – 4:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
“Integration” – A concert held in conjunction with the Art after Stonewall exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art. Reception included.
Program:
Beethoven – String Quartet, Op. 131
Tchaikovsky – Quartet No. 1 in D
Jessie Montgomery – Voodoo Dollz
Free Family Concert
Sunday, May 10, 2020, 1 – 2 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
No ticket necessary – come as you are
Friday Night Live – “A Night in Italy”
Friday, May 8, 2020, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Pizzuti Collection – Columbus Museum of Art
A Friday event featuring dancer AJ Garcia-Rameau
Seize the Music Series – Reactions – CANCELLED
Sunday, April 19, 2020, 2:30 – 4:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
“Reactions” – Sometimes composers react to other works or events. Reception included.
Program:
Haydn – String Quartet, Op. 77, No. 2
Caroline Shaw – Entr’acte
Respighi – Quartetto Dorico
Wolf – Italian Serenade
Free Family Concert – CANCELLED
Sunday, April 19, 2020, 1 – 2 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
Thursday Night Live – “Porter & Company” – CANCELLED
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art (map)
Join us for a program featuring the greater American songwriter Willy Porter
Performance at Gold Canyon – Gold Canyon, AZ
Friday, March 6, 2020, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Gold Canyon United Methodist Church
Gila Valley Arts Council Performance – Safford, AZ
Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 7 – 9 PM
David M. Player Center
Carpe Diem at Camerata Musica – Richland, WA
with Cameron Bennett, piano
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Featuring works by Korine Fujiwara, Sergei Taneyev, Bradley Sowash, and Robert Schumann
TRANSFORMATIONS OF TURKISH MUSIC
Saturday, January 18, 2020, 8 PM
Rice University, Duncan Recital Hall
Free Admission
The second night of the Turkish Music Festival will feature some of the most important Turkish composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as Turkish folk and traditional music. The program will be centered around legendary Turkish composer and educator Ilhan Baran who passed away in 2016. The concert will include Baran’s Transformations for Piano Trio, folk and traditional music that inspired him, and works by the next generations of composers who were influenced by him. The program will include works by Kamran İnce, Fazıl Say, Önder Özkoç, Yiğit Kolat and Erberk Eryılmaz, and will be performed by Berklee professor Beth Bahia Cohen, master of regional bowed instruments, Carpe Diem String Quartet and Hoppa Project.
More info:
https://www.hoppaproject.com/turkishmusicfestival
THIRD ANNUAL TURKISH MUSIC FESTIVAL: INTERCONNECTED CULTURES
Friday, January 17, 2020 – 7:30 PM
Asia Society Texas Center
1370 Southmore Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77004
Join the Carpe Diem String Quartet in exploring the unexpected with the third annual Turkish Music Festival, highlighting the thousand-year connection between Turkish music and that of the surrounding cultures of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Master of regional bowed instruments and Berklee College of Music professor Beth Bahia Cohen will take the stage alongside boundary-breaking ensemble Carpe Diem String Quartet and Hoppa Project musicians to showcase a selection of the regions’ distinct musical traditions, interwoven through time and place.
Seize the Music Series – Claudel
Sunday, December 15, 2019, 2:30 – 4:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
“Claudel” – With tenor Dan Stein. Reception included!
Program:
Respighi – Il Tramonto
Korine Fujiwara – Claudel
Grieg – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
Free Family Concert
Sunday, December 15, 2019, 1 – 2 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
No ticket necessary – come as you are
Thursday Night Live – “From the Stage”
Thursday, December 12, 2019, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
Join the CDSQ for a program featuring tenor Dan Stein.
As One – Opera Columbus
Friday, November 8, 2019, 7:30 – 9 PM
Sunday, November 10, 2019, 7:30 – 9 PM
Southern Theater
A compelling and thought-provoking story about Hannah, a transgender woman, as she endeavors to resolve the discord between herself and the outside world. As One is a celebration of the human character revealed through drama, music, and film.
This new, 75-minute chamber opera depicts the experiences of its sole transgender protagonist, Hannah, as she endeavors to resolve the discord between herself and the outside world. Two singers, a baritone and a mezzo-soprano, portray the character of Hannah. Inspired in part by the life experiences of acclaimed filmmaker Kimberly Reed, As One‘s rich libretto-and evocative melodies and harmonies – make it an unforgettable work.
Seize the Music Series – Impressions
Sunday, September 29, 2019, 2:30 – 4:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
“Impressions” – Music in conjunction with an Alice Schille impressionistic art exhibition. Join us for a reception at intermission!
Program:
Beethoven – String Quartet, Op. 59, No. 3
Ravel – String Quartet with photographs by Karina Wetherbee
Germaine Tailleferre – String Quartet
Free Family Concert
Sunday, September 29, 2019, 1 – 2 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
No ticket necessary – come as you are
Thursday Night Live – “It’s Showtime”
Thursday, September 26, 2019, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art
Join us for a program of great music enhanced by great visual art! Featuring Ravel String Quartet with the photography of Karina Wetherbee.
Journey into the Spring by Shao Zheng with film art by Zhang Wang (World Premiere)
Swell by Jeremy Turner, animation by Chris Doyle
Carpe Diem Tour in China
September 6-16, 2019
Carpe Diem will make their first tour in China, with concerts in Beijing, Tianjin, and other cities. Venues include: the Tianjin Grand Theatre, BinHai Performing Arts Center, Harbin Grand Theatre, Xuzhou Concert Hall, Zunyi Grand Theatre, and Xian Concert Hall.
Rocky River Chamber Music Society
May 20, 2019, 7:30 PM
West Shore UU Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH
World Premiere of commissioned work by Korine Fujiwara
Free and open to the public
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Carpe Diem Residency in Columbus, OH
May 13-19, 2019
CDSQ’s Thursday Night Live
May 16, 2019, 6:30-8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
Join CMA featuring the Carpe Diem String Quartet for some non-classical, out-of-the-box performances. These fun, casual concerts are a great way to spend a Thursday evening. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and enjoy live music at the Museum.
CDSQ in Columbus Dance Theatre’s “Our Town…Columbus”
May 17, 2019, 8 PM
May 18, 2019, 3 PM and 8 PM
Columbus Museum of Art – Schottenstein Pavilion
World premiere dance-theatre work by Tim Veach with an original score by Korine Fujiwara performed live by the Carpe Diem String Quartet
The Randolph A Foster Seize the Music Series: Our Town
May 19, 2019, 2:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
CDSQ in Tulsa
April 24-28, 2019
CDSQ at Chamber Music Tulsa
April 26, 2019, 6:45 PM – Doors open for wine and hors d’oeuvres
Performance starts 7:30 PM
ahha Hardesty Center, 101 E Archer St., Tulsa, OK
Ljova: Love Potion Expired
Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile
Eryilmaz: Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Brubeck: Blue Rondo à la Turk
Gabriela Lena Frank: Coqueteos from Leyendas
Fujiwara: Fiddle Suite Montana
CDSQ at Chamber Music Tulsa
April 27, 2019, 7 PM – Doors open for wine and hors d’oeuvres
Performance starts 7:30 PM
Westby Pavilion, Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Dvorak: Quartet in G Major, Op. 106
Eryilmaz: Dances of the Yogurt Maker
CDSQ at Chamber Music Tulsa
April 28, 2019, 2:15 PM – Pre-concert lecture
Performance starts 3 PM
John H Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Rautavaara: Quartet No. 1, Quartettino
Shostakovich: Quartet in F minor, No. 11, Op. 122
Nytch: Seize the Sun: Fantasy on Icarus
Frank: Coqueteos from Leyendas
Fujiwara: Fiddle Suite Montana
Carpe Diem Residency in Columbus, OH
April 8-14, 2019
CDSQ’s Thursday Night Live
April 11, 2019, 6:30-8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
Join CMA featuring the Carpe Diem String Quartet for some non-classical, out-of-the-box performances. These fun, casual concerts are a great way to spend a Thursday evening. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and enjoy live music at the Museum.
The Randolph A Foster Seize the Music Series: Nature’s Bounty
April 14, 2019, 2:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
Carpe Diem Residency in Columbus, OH
March 11-17, 2019
CDSQ’s Thursday Night Live
March 14, 2019, 6:30-8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
Join CMA featuring the Carpe Diem String Quartet for some non-classical, out-of-the-box performances. These fun, casual concerts are a great way to spend a Thursday evening. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and enjoy live music at the Museum.
The Randolph A Foster Seize the Music Series: The Dutch Masters
March 17, 2019, 2:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
CDSQ and Yihan Chen together in Boston – Lei Liang “Five Seasons”
March 4, 2019
World Premiere of The Flood
February 8 – 10, 2019
Co-commissioned by Opera Columbus and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
CDSQ at Sunday at the Stroede
January 13, 2019, 5 PM
Stroede Center, Defiance, OH
CDSQ’s Thursday Night Live
January 10, 2019, 6:30-8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
Join CMA featuring the Carpe Diem String Quartet for some non-classical, out-of-the-box performances. These fun, casual concerts are a great way to spend a Thursday evening. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and enjoy live music at the Museum.
CDSQ at Carnegie Hall – For/By Four
January 6, 2019, 2 PM
Carnegie Hall, NYC
CU Presents: Carpe Diem String Quartet
November 25, 2018, 4 PM
November 26, 2018, 7:30 PM
Grusin Hall, University of Colorado Boulder
Erberk Erylmaz: Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Reza Vali: String Quartet No. 4, “Ormavi”
Jonathan Leshnoff: Four Dances
Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin: Culai
Korine Fujiwara: Fiddle Suite Montana
The Randolph A Foster Seize the Music Series: Harlem Renaissance
November 18, 2018, 2:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
CDSQ’s Thursday Night Live
November 15, 2018, 6:30-8:30 PM
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH
Join CMA featuring the Carpe Diem String Quartet for some non-classical, out-of-the-box performances. These fun, casual concerts are a great way to spend a Thursday evening. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and enjoy live music at the Museum.
Carpe Diem Residency in Columbus, OH
November 13-18, 2018
“Midkiff, Mountains, & Montana”
October 27, 2018, 7:30 PM
Vinton War Memorial, Roanoke, VA
With local favorite Jeff Midkiff, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra is proud to present one of the most unique and sought-after chamber ensembles on the concert stage today. Through performances that reflect its passions for gypsy, tango, folk, pop, rock, and jazz-inspired music alongside the traditional string quartet repertoire, Carpe Diem has defied easy classification while quickly becoming one of America’s premier string quartets.
Carpe Diem Residency in Roanoke, VA
October 25-28, 2018
Shelley Washington – Middleground
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Antonín Dvořák – Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 51