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July 26, 2024: Fridays in the Gallery VI
2024 Festival of Concerts
About the Concert

Our popular Free Friday series will be back at the Staunton Augusta Art Center. Enjoy thrilling solo and chamber music performances in the Center’s main gallery in historic downtown Staunton.

Staunton August Art Center
20 South New Street

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Program

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
IV. Presto agitato
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Monongahela String Quartet
Isabella Sun, violin (17—Sydney, Australia)
Ellie Kennedy, violin (18—New Braunfels, TX)
Callia Murray, viola (15—Lincolnshire, IL)
Sara Flexer, cello (16—Palo Alto, CA)


Bedřich Smetena (1824-1884)
String Quartet No. 1, "From My Life"
III. Largo sostenuto
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Maury String Quartet
Josie Kelleher, violin (17—Brookline, MA)
Jheng-Yue Chiu, violin (16—Taipei, Taiwan)
Kenneth Yao, viola (18—Katy, TX)
Seah Yu, cello (17—Tokyo, Japan)


Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67
II. Allegro molto capriccioso
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Susquehanna String Quartet
Matthildur Traustadóttir, violin (19—Reykjavík, Iceland)
Yeji Hwang, violin (21—Daejeon, South Korea)
Soren Lorentzen, viola (21—Medicine Hat, Alberta)
Ariun-Enerel Gantumur, cello (20—Seattle, WA)


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
III. Andante
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Lynnhaven String Quartet
Sophie Leung, violin (17—Hong Kong)
Lily Sullivan, violin (17—Bloomington, IN)
Andie Zhu, viola (16—Lexington, MA)
Nicholas Wong, cello (16—Houston, TX)


Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
IV. Presto - Adagio non lento
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Hudson String Quartet
Cheuk Yin Fung, violin (24—Hong Kong)
John Heo, violin (24—Northbrook, IL)
Davin Mar, viola (19—Vancouver, British Columbia)
Ching-yu Tseng, cello (19—Taiwan)


Intermission


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Arr. Ichiro Nodaïra
Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
V. Chaconne
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Stephen Adam Savage, viola (20—Port Saint Lucie, FL)
Soren Lorentzen, viola (21—Medicine Hat, Alberta)
Hayley Lau, viola (17—Willoughby, NSW - Australia)
Davin Mar, viola (19—Vancouver, British Columbia)


Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, L. 91
III. Andantino, doucement expressif
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Rivanna String Quartet
Elina Yuma, violin (17—Edmonton, AB)
Pei-Wu Derek Chen, violin (22—Taiwan)
Addison Hightower, viola (20—Bloomington, IN)
Samuel Cao, cello (16—Philadelphia, PA)


Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
III. Adagio
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Yadkin String Quartet
Abigail Yoon, violin (18—Tenafly, NJ)
Joy Ni, violin (17—Fort Mill, SC)
Evangeline Manalo, viola (16—Ooltewah, TN)
Joie Kuo, cello (16—Bridgewater, NJ)


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
III. Allegro
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Potomac String Quartet
Erica Lin, violin (20—Taipei, Taiwan)
Grace Lau, violin (20—Toronto, ON)
Haobo Bi, viola (19—China)
Catalina Wooldridge, cello (17—Pultneyville, NY)

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