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Concert Career
Described as a “triumph of ensemble playing” and “equally at home Described as a “triumph of ensemble playing” and “equally at home in the classic repertoire of Mozart and Beethoven [and] contemporary music,” the Fry Street Quartet plays a vital role in the chamber music world as a well-rounded proponent of richly varied repertoire. Winners of the Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Fry Street Quartet has appeared at celebrated venues such as Carnegie Hall, BAM and the Chautauqua Institution.
The ensemble’s repertoire includes touchstone works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bartok and Britten as well as more recent compositions by Laura Kaminsky, Libby Larsen and Clarice Assad. The six quartets by Bela Bartok have featured heavily in the FSQ’s repertoire, with complete cycles presented on the NOVA Chamber Music Series in Salt Lake City as well as in the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall at Utah State University. Of the quartet’s first complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle, the Deseret News wrote, “They exhibited the highest standards of their craft…solid technique, wonderful musicality and fabulous artistry.”
Unique repertoire offerings for upcoming seasons include established masterworks of the repertoire by Beethoven, Britten, Mendelssohn, and Shostakovich paired with exquisite works by contemporary composers such as Iman Habibi, Jessie Montgomery, Clarice Assad, and Gabriela Lena Frank. More information on these programs can be found in the FSQ Publicity Packet.
Recent Concert News
The Utah Review NOVA Chamber Music Series’ Britten and Shostakovich
New Perspectives: Touring China with the Fry Street Quartet
FSQ returns to its original residency in Hickory, NC
Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud hosts Fry Street Quartet
FSQ and Moab Music Festival Awarded A Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Grant
FSQ Returns to Festival Amadeus
FSQ Joins Faculty of The Crowden School's Summer Chamber Music Workshop
FSQ Celebrates 10 Years of Intensive Quartet Seminar at Intermountain Suzuki String Institute
Moab Sun News Strings Attached
Hawaii News Now Fry Street Quartet
Washington Post Fry Street Quartet Explores Earth's Resources in New Works
“A blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity...”
Recent Concert Performances
Utah
NOVA Chamber Music Series
Fry Street Chamber Music Festival
Moab Music Festival
Connecticut
Music at the Pequot Library
New York
Rockefeller University Concert Series
Chautauqua Chamber Music Series
Columbia University presents "Theosophy and the Art"
Hawaii
Hawaii Opera Theater
Minnesota
St. Cloud Chamber Music Society
Kansas
Concerts in the Barn
Montana
Festival Amadeus
Pennsylvania
Beacon Hill Concert Series
California
Crowden Music Center
Sunset Concerts at St. Luke's
Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art
United Kingdom
University of York presents "Enchanted Modernities"
London Theosophical Society presents "Enchanted Modernities"
Concert Hall at Cardiff University presents "Enchanted Modernities"
Iowa
Chamber Music Quad Cities
Illinois
Guarneri Hall
“A warmly rich, opulent tone... Together, their balance, blend and rhythmic cohesion work beautifully.”