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Hausmann Quartet

USA

Hausmann Quartet

Isaac Allen, violin
Bram Goldstein, violin
Angela Choong, viola
Yuan Zhang, cello

The Hausmann Quartet made its debut in the summer of 2004 on the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music series and was soon named Lyrica Boston’s Young Artists in Residence. Rrecently, the quartet was invited to return as Shouse Artists to the 2009 Great Lakes Festival, and was awarded a fellowship for Aspen Music Festival’s Center for Advanced Quartet Studies. 2010 will see the quartet’s Summerfest debut at La Jolla, along with its San Francisco performances debut.

In 2006, the Hausmann Quartet was named Norfolk Festival’s Quartet Fellows in Residence. Highlights of 2007 included tenure as quartet in residence at the Blossom Music Festival, as well as being selected to showcase at the Chamber Music America Conference in New York. In 2008, the Hausmann Quartet made its debut at both the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and Music@Menlo.

Awarded the John Ireland prize at the Rutenburg International Chamber Music competition, the quartet prefers to champion lesser known gems from composers of past and present eras. Working closely with student composers in the Longy Preparatory School, the Quartet also collaborates with established composers and other musicians on projects beyond string quartets.

With a deep belief in community engagement, the Hausmann Quartet established a residency at the Wilson School in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, bringing creative musical programs to grade school children. They have also worked with the International Music Foundation in presenting a children’s concert series in the Chicago area. During the 2008-2009 season, the quartet created a monthly series of community outreach concerts at the Kent Free Library. The quartet has also served as teaching artists for educational programs sponsored by the Tuesday Musical Association.

The Hausmann Quartet recently completed a graduate quartet residency at Kent State University as teaching assistants to the Miami String Quartet. Currently, the Hausmann Quartet holds the Morrison Fellowship Award in residency with the Alexander String Quartet at the International Center for the Arts, San Francisco State University.

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2010 BISQC Quartets