Composing for String Quartet: Panel Discussion

Soundstreams’ Bridges Emerging Composers Program week presents this free workshop.

Join composers and members of leading string quartets for a panel discussion on writing for string quartet. With insights from both composers and players, this conversation will explore the artistic and practical considerations of composing for the medium, from shaping musical ideas to collaborating effectively with performers.

This event is free but space is limited – please register to reserve your spot.

In-Person Atendance

Virtual Attendance

If you have registered to join remotely, livestream links will be shared via email on the day of the event using the email you used to sign up.

panelists:

Violinist and violist Barry Shiffman has a rich and varied career as a performer, recording artist, teacher, and administrator. Shiffman made his debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15. In 1989, he co-founded the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ). During his 17 years with the quartet, he appeared in over 2,000 concerts in venues around the globe and recorded several critically acclaimed discs under an exclusive contract with EMI Classics. Since the fall of 2010, he has been at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, as both Associate Dean and Director of Chamber Music at The Glenn Gould School and Director of The Taylor Academy. Read More…

Korean-Canadian cellist Joanne Yesol Choi, is an avid chamber musician, teacher, and founding member of the Dior Quartet. The ensemble is the Quartet-in-Residence at the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music. They have been prize winners of the Fischoff, Chesapeake, and Plowman Chamber Music Competitions, and have competed in the Banff and Bartok International String Quartet Competitions. Read more…

Dr Cassandra Miller is a Canadian-British composer living in London, UK. Her works are published by Faber Music. Her composition methods incorporate a unique practice of meditation-based uncontrolled singing to learn about melody and repetition from a deep-tissue perspective. She uses these vocal exercises together with creative transcription processes to transform pre-existing musical sources (from both within and outside the classical tradition), to magnify their expressive, personal, or fragile qualities. Read more…

Zosha Di Castri, a Canadian “composer of riotously inventive works” (The New Yorker), currently lives in New York. Her music has been performed across Canada, the US, South America, Asia, and Europe and extends beyond purely concert music, including projects with electronics, sound arts, and collaborations with video and dance. She is the Francis Goelet Associate Professor of Music at Columbia University. Read more…

Quatuor Bozzini has been an original voice and strong advocate in new, experimental and classical music since 1999. Driving the hyper-creative Montréal scene and beyond, the quartet cultivates an ethos of risk-taking, experimentation, and collaboration, venturing boldly off the beaten track. With a rigorous eye for quality, it has nurtured a rich and diverse repertoire, regardless of trends, and leading to a great number of commissions and some 500 premiered works. Its open, collaborative, artist-led approach has resulted in the realization of numerous innovative and highly praised productions, including inter-disciplinary projects with video, theater and dance. Read more…

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