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Chamber Music Festival
Written By: Nancy Gould Aaron - Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival | Issue: 2018/09 - September
Praised for their “supreme melodic control and total authority” (Calgary Herald), the Argus Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation as one of today’s most dynamic and versatile young ensembles.
First-prize winners at the 2017 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, the Argus Quartet’s recent and upcoming performances include appearances at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall, Roulette, the Albany Symphony’s American Music Festival, Bang on a Can at the Noguchi Museum, the Hear Now Music Festival, Providence College, the University of Michigan, James Madison University’s Contemporary Music Festival, Princeton University, the Shalin Liu Performance Center at Rockport Music, and the Muziekgebouw aan‘t IJ in Amsterdam.
From 2015-17 the quartet served as the Fellowship Quartet in Residence at the Yale School of Music and was the first ensemble to be mentored by the Brentano String Quartet in that capacity.
In the fall of 2017, the Argus Quartet began an appointment as the Graduate Quartet in Residence at the Juilliard School, where they will work closely with the Juilliard String Quartet – Argus made their Lincoln Center recital debut with a performance at Alice Tully Hall in May of 2018.
On Friday, October 12, the Argus Quartet will give a program for students at Blue Ridge School and Summit Charter School in Cashiers and later that afternoon at Highlands School. Friday evening a fundraising feast will be held at the home of Mike and Cathy Crosby. The Argus will attend as guests only, no performance. Call the HIghlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival office at (828) 526-9060 for availability and tickets for this feast.
Saturday, October 13, the quartet will perform at Chestnut Hill in Highlands for the community’s residents. At 5:00 PM on Saturday, The Argus Quartet will present a ticketed concert in Highlands at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation. Tickets are available at HCCMF’s office at (828) 526-9060.
