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The Argus String Quartet
Written By: Brenda Baldwin | Issue: 2018/10 - October
The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival concludes its 37th season with a Fall Mini-Residency by the Argus String Quartet on October 12-13 and is sponsored by Cullasaja Women’s Outreach.
As the Graduate Quartet in Residence at the Juilliard School, the Argus String Quartet collaborates with the acclaimed Juilliard String Quartet. Members Clara Kim (violin), Dana Kelly (viola), Jason Issokson (violin), and Joann Whang (cello) believe that today’s ensembles can honor the storied chamber music traditions of our past while forging a new path forward. In that spirit, their repertoire includes not just staples of the chamber music canon but also a large number of pieces by living composers. In addition to concerts across the globe, the quartet made their Lincoln Center recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in May.
On October 12, the quartet will offer programs at the Blue Ridge School and Summit Charter School in Cashiers. They will then travel to Highlands to perform at Highlands School. The final Feast of the Festival will be hosted by Mike and Cathy Crosby at 7:00 P.M. that evening with the Quartet as special guests.
The music continues on Saturday, October 13, at Chestnut Hill Retirement Community and a ticketed concert at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation at 5:00 P.M. Tickets for the Feast of the Festival and performance at the Episcopal Church may be purchased by calling (828) 526-9060 or emailing at [email protected].
