"I fully expect them to emerge as one of the brightest lights of their musical generation and to bring the highest artistic standards to their work for many years to come."
-NPR Performance Today, Fred Child, 2013

On October 17 at 3 PM in St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe Pro Musica opens its  String Works Series with the Dover Quartet and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott performing music by William Grant Still, Chris Rogerson, and Mendelssohn.

Dover Quartet—Trajectory to Excellence!

• 2008: They formed while students at the Curtis Institute Music (Philadelphia) and named their group after the composition Dover Beach written by their fellow Curtis alumnus Samuel Barber.
• 2010: Winners of the Fischoff Competition Gold Prize and First Prize
• 2011-13: Graduate Quartet-in-Residence at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University (Houston)
• 2013: Banff International String Quartet Competition winners of the Grand Prize and all three special prizes (Haydn Quartet Prize, Schubert Quartet Prize, and the Canadian Commission Prize) 
• 2015: Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award
• 2016: Lincoln Center’s Hunt Family Award
• 2017: Avery Fisher Career Grant 
• The Dover Quartet has now risen to the top echelon of the world's great string quartets. 

The Musicians and their Instruments

• Joel Link plays a violin made by Peter Guarneri (1695–1762) of Mantua, on generous loan from Irene R. Miller, through the Beare’s International Violin Society.
• Bryan Lee chooses between two instruments—a violin made in 1904 by Riccardo Antoniazzi (1853–1912) of Milan, and a violin made in 2020 by Samuel Zygmuntowicz (b. 1956) in Brooklyn, NY.
• Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt plays a viola from an unknown maker in the Brescian school of string instruments from the early 18^th century. This community of instrument makers were in keen competition with the Cremona school that included Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari.
• Camden Shaw plays a cello made in 2010 by the French luthier Frank Ravatin (b. 1962), who is considered one of the best cello makers in the world today.
• Anne-Marie McDermott is a Yamaha Classical Piano Artist who balances a versatile career as a performer, recording artist, and arts administrator. Though primarily based in New York City, she has recently become a resident of Santa Fe so she can be actively engaged as Pro Musica’s artistic director. 

Dover Quartet
with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott

“...razor-sharp ensemble, deep musical feeling
and a palpable commitment to communication.”
- Chicago Tribune

St. Francis Auditorium 
Sunday, October 17 at 3 PM

WILLIAM GRANT STILL Lyric Quartette
CHRIS ROGERSON Dream Sequence (world premiere)
MENDELSSOHN Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1

Meet the Music 
with composer Chris Rogerson, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott,
and violist Milena Pajaro-van der Stadt.
One hour before the concert, included with ticket purchase.

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Artist Sponsor of Anne-Marie McDermott | Scott Baker
Women of Distinction Initiative Underwriter | Sallie Bingham