Live Performance and Recordings
As a group, the Birchwood String
Quartet enjoys a varied and busy performance schedule. They are most
frequently heard as a featured ensemble but have also enjoyed
performing with other groups such as choirs, small chamber groups and
in recording projects.
In addition to numerous radio broadcast performances, the quartet also actively works with composers and arrangers, and in 2004 recorded a score of new music for a Cannes Film Festival entry.
The quartet has been featured in publications such as Duet, the Twin Cities Musicians Union magazine, and Minnesota Bride. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 Minnesota Bride magazine acknowledged the quartet's commitment to its craft with the "Best Of'' award for wedding industry excellence.
In addition to numerous radio broadcast performances, the quartet also actively works with composers and arrangers, and in 2004 recorded a score of new music for a Cannes Film Festival entry.
The quartet has been featured in publications such as Duet, the Twin Cities Musicians Union magazine, and Minnesota Bride. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 Minnesota Bride magazine acknowledged the quartet's commitment to its craft with the "Best Of'' award for wedding industry excellence.
As individuals, the members of the
Birchwood String Quartet have experience performing in diverse venues,
from local coffee houses to internationally renown concert halls.
Performances range from standard classical ensembles, including
symphony orchestra, ballet, opera, and musical theater, to playing
jazz, rock, R&B, tango, folk and Klezmer music. Over the years they
have been very fortunate to work with many outstanding artists and arts
organizations including:
Phillip
Brunelle
Ray Charles
James DePreist
Garrison Keillor
Kurt Masur
The Minnesota Opera
The Minnesota Orchestra
Mark O'Connor
Eiji Oue
Leonard Slatkin
The St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas
The Tokyo String Quartet
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