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node__title"><h1>Emerging String Quartet Program</h1> </div> </div> <div class="block-layout-builder"> <div class="hb-raised-cards field-hs-page-components entity-reference-revisions label-hidden"> <div class="paragraph-item ptype-hs-text-area"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--hs-text-area paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="color- field-hs-text-area text-long label-hidden"><h4>Program Description</h4> <article class="align-right hb-media-image"> <div class="field-media-image image label-hidden"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/music/files/styles/hs_medium_scaled_360px/public/media/image/selects-22_0.jpg?itok=nqzMRW_L" width="360" height="450" alt="Members of the Balourdet Quartet dressed in nice clothes holding their instruments and posing in front of a yellow wall and a tiled floor"> </div> </article> <p> </p><p>The St. Lawrence String Quartet — whose exploration of nontraditional venues and new audiences was developed, in part, by early community outreach opportunities — observed a need for similar training programs for the next generation of emerging artists. In response to this need, the SLSQ developed the Emerging String Quartet Program (ESQP).</p><p>The ESQP is a workshop focused on community outreach for young professional musicians, in which emerging ensembles are invited to Stanford for a residency of one to two weeks. During the residency, the musicians receive coaching from the SLSQ and experience an intense schedule performing both on- and off- campus for a variety of schools, community groups and Silicon Valley businesses. The musicians, already highly accomplished presenters and performers, are provided rare opportunities to interact with the audiences to develop both their skills as performers and as community builders.</p><p>Since the program launched in 2009, the greater Stanford community has benefited from the electricity, passion and excellence of these extraordinary young ensembles while the musicians have gained valuable experience presenting to a wide variety of audiences in a short period of time. The ensembles have gone on to develop rich connections with their communities both in the U.S. and abroad.</p><p>On-campus venues have included the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, libraries, medical facilities, and research labs, as well as graduate and undergraduate dorms. Each emerging quartet is presented in one formal recital at Campbell Recital Hall, an event that is free and open to the public. Beginning in 2013 the SLSQ and ESQP began presenting Azure Family Concerts, performing music programs for families with children and young adults on the Autism spectrum.</p><p><a href="https://makeagift.stanford.edu/get/page/makeagift?mop=CC&gfty=G&pgnTPC=399&stp=191&gdso=5&tgso=6&cturl=close&olc=15878"><em>Make a gift </em></a><em>to support the Emerging String Quartet Program.</em></p><h4>Fall 2024</h4> <article class="align-left hb-media-image"> <div class="field-media-image image label-hidden"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/music/files/styles/hs_medium_scaled_360px/public/media/image/balourdet2_0.jpg?itok=_jo0hrVr" width="360" height="331" alt="Members of the Balourdet Quartet dressed in suits and fancy clothes holding their instruments while looking at each other and laughing together"> </div> </article> <h4>The Balourdet Quartet</h4><p><a href="https://www.balourdetquartet.com/">www.balourdetquartet.com</a></p><p>The Balourdet Quartet is acclaimed for their vibrant energy and masterful blend of technical precision and emotional depth that brings a fresh perspective to both beloved classics and modern compositions. Its unique closeness and willingness to take creative risks earned it the 2024<a href="https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/avery-fisher-artist-program"> Avery Fisher Career Grant</a>, as well as Chamber Music America’s 2024<a href="https://chambermusicamerica.org/awards/cleveland-quartet-award/"> Cleveland Quartet Award</a>. With more than 70 concerts per season, recent highlights include the Balourdet’s debuts at Carnegie and Wigmore Halls, and new string quartets by composers<a href="https://alzand.com/"> Karim Al-Zand</a>,<a href="https://www.paulnovakmusic.com/about.html"> Paul Novak</a>, and <a href="https://www.nickysohn.com/">Nicky Sohn</a> through grants from Chamber Music America (2021) and the<a href="https://barlow.byu.edu/"> Barlow Foundation</a> (2023). They are currently the Graduate Quartet in Residence at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and are recent graduates of the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. </p><p>The Balourdet journey began in 2018 in the mountains of New Mexico at the Taos School of Music, where violinists Justin DeFilippis, Angela Bae, and cellist Russell Houston first bonded as friends over long evenings of chamber music, luxurious Peppermint Schnapps and extravagant meals created by chef extraordinaire Antoine Balourdet, a renaissance man with an exceptional love of life and music. It was the friendships, a shared passion for music and food, and gratitude for the role the festival played in the formation of the quartet, that inspired the members to name the ensemble in Chef Balourdet’s honor. </p><p>Committed to sharing their musical values with the next generation, the quartet has served regularly as faculty at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, JDR Summer Music Academy, Berkshire Summer Music, and Opus Chamber Music. They have also given masterclasses and coachings at Northwestern University, University of Michigan, Rice University, Emory University, New England Conservatory Preparatory Department, Fischoff Chamber Music Academy, Upper Valley Chamber Music, and Wright State University. </p><h4>Winter 2023</h4> <article class="align-left hb-media-image"> <div class="field-media-image image label-hidden"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/music/files/styles/hs_medium_scaled_360px/public/media/image/screenshot_2023-08-25_at_4.00.38_pm_0.png?itok=uzMuorak" width="360" height="291" alt> </div> </article> <h4>Dior Quartet</h4><p><a href="https://www.diorquartet.com/">www.diorquartet.com</a></p><p>Joined together from Israel, Korea-Canada, Saint Lucia, and the USA, the Dior String Quartet is the Quartet-in-Residence at the Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.</p><p>Silver prize winners of the 2021 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition and Bronze Medalists of the 2019 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, they formed in Fall 2018 at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University under the tutelage of Pacifica Quartet. They studied with members of the Alban Berg, St. Lawrence, Danish, Artemis, Ébene, and Belcea Quartets.</p><p>The Dior Quartet participated in various programs, including the Britten-Pears Young Artists Program, Banff String Quartet: Evolution in collaboration with Tippet Rise Art Center, McGill International String Quartet Academy in Montreal, and the SLSQ Seminar. The Dior Quartet collaborated with Orion Weiss and Victor Yampolsky during their residency at Wintegreen Music Festival, and with Rolston String Quartet, Axel Strauss, and Stéphane Lemelin at the 2021 Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival.</p><p>The quartet made their debut with the Schneider Concert Series In January 2021 and were quarter-finalists in the 2021 Bartok World Competition in Budapest.</p><p>The repertoire and projects they pursue intersect with their multicultural backgrounds and moral values, as they seek to explore the immigrant experience through art. The quartet takes their name from the French word “D’or” which means gold. It's a rare, elegant, and malleable element, precious to those who own it and often gifted to loved ones. Most importantly, gold holds the memory of the earth and absorbs the stories of the people who give it shape and form.</p><p class="hs-font-splash">Summary of ESQP Site Visits</p><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li>AltSchool Palo Alto</li><li>Beechwood Elementary School</li><li>Boys and Girls Club of East Palo Alto</li><li>Bing Nursery School, Stanford</li><li>Bowman International School</li><li>California School for the Blind</li><li>Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford</li><li>Castilleja School</li><li>Cesar Chavez Middle School</li><li>Channing House</li><li>Children's Library, City of Palo Alto</li><li>Connect Community Charter School</li><li>Costano Elementary School</li><li>The Crowden School</li><li>CCRMA, Stanford University (hosted by Jonathan Berge)</li><li>East Palo Alto Library</li><li>Facebook</li><li>Garfield Middle school</li><li>Geology Corner, Stanford</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>Genentech</li><li>GetInsured</li><li>Girls' Middle School</li><li>Google</li><li>Green Oaks Academy</li><li>Gunn High School</li><li>Harker School</li><li>House Concert (hosted by Christine McLeavey)</li><li>International School of the Peninsula</li><li>iSing</li><li>Kimball Dorm, Stanford</li><li>Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto</li><li>Know Knew Books</li><li>LinkedIn</li><li>Los Robles Magnet Academy, East Palo Alto</li><li>Lyman Graduate Dorm, Stanford</li><li>Masterclass, Stanford Chamber Music Program</li><li>McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford</li><li>Meyer Sound Laboratories</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>MPCC Divorce & Relantionship Recovery Group</li><li>Music 23 class, Stanford (hosted by Tayla Berger)</li><li>National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)</li><li>Nixon School</li><li>Nueva School</li><li>Oak Knoll Elementary School</li><li>Ohnlone Elementary School</li><li>Ormondale School</li><li>PACO (Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra)</li><li>Palo Alto Visually Impaired Program</li><li>Ponderosa Elementary School</li><li>San Francisco County Jail #2</li><li>San Francisco County Jail #3</li><li>SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory</li><li>Smule</li><li>Toyon Hall Undergraduate Dorm, Stanford</li><li>Veterans Affairs Medical System</li><li>Vi Senior Living</li><li>Youthspace LGBTW San Jose</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="hs-credits"><strong>"Seeing the immediate impact that the music of Schubert, Beethoven, or even Golijov has on scientists from SLAC or the families at the Azure Concert heightens our understanding of the uniting power of this eternal music. We've come to realize as a result of our experience with the SLSQ and Stanford that we have a passion for reaching audiences, beyong those of the concert hall. Sharing our passion for our art form with those who might not otherwise have the chance to experience it, will be an integral part of our mission moving forward."</strong></p><p class="hs-credits"><strong>- The Calidore Quartet</strong></p><p class="hs-credits"> </p><p class="hs-font-splash"><strong>Emerging Quartets 2009-2019</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://necmusic.edu/omer-quartet"><strong>Omer String Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2019</strong></li><li><a href="http://www.puckquartet.com/"><strong>Puck Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP Fall 2018</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.invokesound.com/"><strong>Invoke</strong></a><strong>, ESQP Spring 2018</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.teslaquartet.com/"><strong>Tesla Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2017, John Lad Prize 2017</strong></li><li><a href="https://rolstonstringquart.wixsite.com/my-site"><strong>Rolston String Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2017; John Lad Prize 2016</strong></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraphquartet.com/"><strong>Telegraph Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2016</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.calidorestringquartet.com/"><strong>Calidore String Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2016 and 2014; John Lad Prize 2015</strong></li><li><a href="https://ceciliastringquartet.com/"><strong>Cecilia String Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2015 and 2010</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.frictionquartet.com/"><strong>Friction Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2015</strong></li><li><a href="https://necmusic.edu/profile/excelsa-quartet"><strong>Excelsa Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2014</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.aeolusquartet.com/"><strong>Aeolus Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2013</strong></li><li><a href="https://afiara.com/"><strong>Afiara Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2013, 2009</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.arneisquartet.com/"><strong>Arneis Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2011</strong></li><li><a href="http://tokaiquartet.com/"><strong>Tokai Quartet</strong></a><strong>, ESQP 2010</strong></li></ul><p class="hs-font-lead"><strong>Sponsors</strong></p><p>The Emerging String Quartet Program was funded with a generous seed grant from the Hewlett Foundation. 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