To lower costs, the concert will not use the Zelazo box office for Zelazo concerts. The audience will be offered general seating as the doors open at about 2:40 p.m.
The Steering Committee of the Friends of the Fine Arts Quartet and members of the Fine Arts Quartet have strongly supported offering concerts at no charge. The participation of 140 community members in the 2018 campaign seemed to demonstrate broad support and yet cover all 2018 Festival costs.
You are invited to attend the Quartet’s open rehearsals at the Zelazo Center on the Saturday just before each of their Sunday concerts. The next open rehearsal starts at 12 noon, January 30th.
The conspicuous success of the Quartet’s European tours last season, brought enthusiastic re-invitations: a tour in the Netherlands surrounding a concert at the fabulous Amsterdam Concertgebouw April 10, and concerts in Germany and the UK, culminating at Kings Place, London November 22nd.
FAQ will also return to the Casals Festival in Prades, France and the Amalfi Coast Festival in Italy.
The Quartet have also been invited to hold an international chamber music course, training young professional ensembles in Italy. Five times a year, the Quartet will take up a short residency at the prestigious Accademia Perosi near Torino for intensive chamber music training of young professional string ensembles.
As we expand the role of the Friends to help the Quartet remain in Milwaukee, we need assistance in several capacities as we plan forthcoming projects. If you have experience with planning events, writing newsletter notes, assisting with publicity, coordinating volunteers, or other skills, we would like to hear from you. Please chat with us at the next concert, or call or write to let us know of your interests.
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A pretalk begins one hour before the concert at 2:00 P.M.