Carpe Diem String Quartet
Carpe Diem is dedicated to forging a new identity for chamber music. Their most recent project, “15 for 15,” attests to their vision: During 2020-2023 they are commissioning, performing, and recording new works for string quartet by fifteen diverse composers, among them Jonathan Bingham, Erberk Eryilmaz, Korine Fujiwara, Laura Kaminsky, Mark Lomax II, Annika Socolofsky, Nicky Sohn, Michael Rene Torres, and Reza Vali. Carpe Diem is a six-time recipient of the PNC Foundation’s ArtsAlive Award. With the support of PNC’s most recent grant, Carpe Diem completed “An American Story.” This boundary-breaking, interactive presentation features original music by Carpe Diem members, animations by Janet Antich, and utilizes audience participation to control the artistic experience. Carpe Diem has released nineteen CDs. Their most recent, “Dances of the Yogurt Maker” features the chamber works of Erberk Eryilmaz, and was included in producer Judith Sherman’s 2022 Grammy win for “Producer of the Year, Classical.”
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Charles Wetherbee, violin 1
Marisa Ishikawa, violin 2
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Ariana Nelson, cello
Open to the public – Purchase Tickets (Ticket included with conference registration.) Johanna Cox Pennington, oboe; Carpe Diem String Quartet A Single Voice for Oboe and String Quartet – Ezra Laderman (1924-2015) Darrel Hale, bassoon Enigma for Solo Bassoon – William Winstead (1942-2020) Ciara Glasheen-Artem, oboe; Brenda Ishikawa, piano An Chúillfhionn (The Fair Lady) […]
Three Aviaries for Oboe, English Horn, Narrator, and String Quartet, Kincaid Rabb (b. 1993) I. Anxieties II. If You’re Like Me III. The Scripps Aviary IV. I Made a Friend Today V. Black Mamba VI. The Parker Aviary VII. It Must Be Hard VIII. Most People IX. The Owens Aviary X. Just Enough Stephanie Carlson, […]
Encores (2022), Chiel Meijering (b.1954) Part 1 Soprano’s Lament Part 2 Now Part 3 Andiamo Kathleen McLean, Bassoon Carpe Diem String Quartet, Jason Thompson, bass
String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406, W. A. Mozart I. Allegro II. Andante III. Menuetto IV. Allegro Gordon Hunt, Oboe Carpe Diem String Quartet
Open to the public – Purchase Tickets (Ticket included with conference registration.) Yoshi Ishikawa, bassoon; Peter Cooper, oboe; Carpe Diem String Quartet Out of the Depths, Sextet for Oboe, Bassoon and String Quartet (2021) – Korine Fujiwara 1. De Profundis 2. Sway 3. Among the Winds at Play 4. Passacaglia (for J) IDRS 50 for […]