Our free Friday afternoon matinees are back at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse for the first time since 2019! Enjoy thrilling solo and chamber music performances in this iconic venue in historic downtown Staunton.

Blackfriars Playhouse
10 S. Market Street Staunton, VA 24401

These free-admission performances are made possible by the generous sponsorship of:
Davidson Perry-Miller
Bill & Lisa Moore
Robin Miller – The Blackburn Inn
American Shakespeare Center
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor,  BWV 1001
I. Adagio
II. Fuga 
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Muriel Oberhofer, violin (24—Schaffhausen, Switzerland)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
III. Largo
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Daniel Qi, violin (17—Wilmington, DE)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 10 in  E-flat major, Op. 74, "Harp”
II. Adagio ma non troppo
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Shenandoah String Quartet 
Yeji Hwang, violin (22—Seoul, South Korea) 
Kuan Hao Yen, violin (23—Taipei, Taiwan) 
Bryce Burgess, viola (19—Seattle, WA) 
Ian Jang, cello (18—Temecula, CA)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
String Quartet in G Minor,  Op. 10, L. 91  
II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
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Monongahela String Quartet
Daniel Qi, violin (17—Wilmington, DE)
Edward Wu, violin (16—Toronto, Ontario)
Joshua Cha, viola (16—Princeton, NJ)
Carson Ling-Efird, cello (20—Seattle, WA)

Bedřich Smetena (1824-1884)
String Quartet No.1, "From My Life"  
III. Largo sostenuto
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Lynnhaven String Quartet
Adriel Sloss, violin (19—Toronto, Ontario)
Evan Pyne, violin (21—Toronto, Ontario)
Hana Jang, viola (16—Temecula, CA)
Jiayi Lu, cello (19—Johns Creek, GA)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67    
II. Allegro molto capriccioso
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Rappahannock String Quartet
Alexandra Maynard, violin (23—Houston, TX)
Carson Howell, violin (23—Houston, TX)
Joy Hsieh, viola (26—Doraville, GA)
Ernie Carbajal, cello (26—Thousand Oaks, CA)

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Serenade in C Major, Op. 10  
III. Scherzo: Allegretto
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Hudson String Trio
Elina Yuma, violin (18—Edmonton, Alberta)
Haobo Bi, viola (20—Beijing, China)
Nicholas Wong, cello (17—Houston, TX)

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