Chiara String Quartet Chiara String Quartet
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 3 PM
Progress Energy Center  

The first performance in the 2008-2009 Masters Series features the Chiara String Quartet in a program of works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Zhou Long, Osvaldo Golijov, and Béla Bártok.

A rising star in the string quartet world, the Chiara Quartet was recently awarded with the Guarneri Quartet Residency Award for artistic excellence by Chamber Music America. The Quartet's other honors include a top prize at the Paolo Borciani International Competition, winning the Astral Artistic Services National Audition, and winning First Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.  More...

Note: This concert is one of the three programs in the  September Prelude  series presented in the Triangle in partnership with Duke Performances, Durham Chamber Arts Society, the William S. Newman Artists Series and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  More...

2008 September Prelude Chamber Music Workshop
Guest Artists: The Chiara String Quartet
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
UNC Chapel Hill

The workshop will feature master classes for adults. In addition to the Chiara Quartet, coaches will include artists from UNC, Duke, and the NC Symphony. The classes will target repertoire for strings, strings and piano, and mixed ensembles with winds. Pre-formed groups are encouraged to apply. Individual applications are also welcomed.

The deadline for application is July 15. For workshop details and a copy of the applcation,  click here .

The workshop has been made possible through the generosity of ACMP, The Chamber Music Network, and the Clinton B. Ford Fund of its ACMP Foundation, an organization that stimulates and expands the playing of chamber music for pleasure.


Fletcher Theater, Progress Energy CenterMasters Series — 2008-2009 Season

The Raleigh Chamber Music Guild Masters Series announces its 67th season, with an exciting roster of artists spanning a wide range of instrument ensembles. We hope you share our excitement and will join us for the 2008-2009 season. Concerts take place at 3 PM in Fletcher Theater of the Progress Energy Center. 

• Sept 7 Chiara String Quartet
• Oct 26 Borromeo Quartet, tenor Wade Henderson
• Nov 16 Ritz Chamber Players
• Mar 1 Guarneri String Quartet
• Mar 29 Weilerstein Trio

Season tickets - General public - $90; students - $45
Single tickets - General Public - $25; students - $9


Sights & Sounds on Sundays — 2008-2009 Season  Frank Stella, Raqqa II, 1970

Now celebrating its 10th season, this series is a cooperative venture of the North Carolina Museum of Art and the Raleigh Chamber Music Guild, features some of the most exciting performers in our region. Unless otherwise noted, all concerts take place at 3 PM at the North Carolina Museum of Art. 

• July 13 Blue Mountain Ensemble
• Sept 21 Aurora Musicalis
• Oct 12 Lenoir Sax
• Jan 25 Ciompi Quartet, pianist Randall Love
• Feb 8 José Meliton and Elena Martin
• Apr 26 New@WFU

Season tickets - General public - $45; students and NCMA members - $40
Single tickets - General public - $10; students and NCMA members - $8


Tickets Are Available Now!

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The Raleigh Chamber Music Guild offers four ways to purchase tickets:

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