Jasper String Quartet

The Jasper String Quartet is a professional string quartet based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Currently the Ensemble in Residence at Temple University's Center for Gifted Young Musicians,^[1] the quartet was previously the Quartet in Residence at Oberlin Conservatory^[2] (from 2010-2012). Formed in 2004 while its members were in school at Oberlin Conservatory, the quartet completed string quartet master's programs at Rice University (2006-2008) and Yale University (2008-2010). The group's primary mentors are James Dunham, Norman Fischer and the Tokyo String Quartet. In 2010, they joined the roster of Astral Artists.^[3]

The Jasper String Quartet received Chamber Music America's prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award^[4] in 2012. In 2015, they commissioned and performed the premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis' 3rd String Quartet "River".^[5] The piece was commissioned for the quartet by a consortium of presenters including the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Chamber Music Northwest, Chamber Music Monterey Bay, Carnegie Hall, Classic Chamber Concerts of Naples, FL and Wigmore Hall. Funding was also provided by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.^[6]

The Jasper String Quartet records for the Sono Luminus Label.^[7]

Members

J Freivogel, violin

Sae Chonabayashi, violin

Sam Quintal, viola

Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello

Awards and Recognition

2014 - Chamber Music America's Classical Commissioning Grant Recipient
2012 - Cleveland Quartet Award
2012 - Chamber Music America's Residency Partnership Program Grant Recipient - in partnership with Astral Artists
2010-2012 - String Quartet in Residence at Oberlin Conservatory
2010 - Yale School of Music’s Horatio Parker Memorial Prize
2009-2011 - Caramoor Center's Ernst Stiefel String Quartet in Residence
2008 and 2009 - Silver Medal at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
2008 - Grand Prize and the Audience Prize in the Plowman Chamber Music Competition
2008 - Grand Prize at the Coleman Competition
2008 - First Prize at Chamber Music Yellow Springs

Recordings

The Kernis Project: Beethoven - Beethoven Op. 59 No. 3, Kernis Quartet No. 2 "musica instrumentalis" (2011)
The Kernis Project: Schubert - Schubert D. 810 "Death and the Maiden", Kernis Quartet No. 1 "musica celestis" (2012)
Beethoven Op. 131 (2014, digital only release)

References

↑ "Center for Gifted Young Musicians". Boyer College of Music and Dance. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ Downs, Jessica R. "The Jasper String Quartet Returns to Oberlin as Quartet in Residence". Oberlin Conservatory. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ "Winner, Astral Artists' 2010 National Auditions". Astral Artists.
↑ "Cleveland Quartet Award Recipients". Chamber Music America. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ critical acclaimWinslow, Jeff. "Chamber Music Northwest review: "River" flows". Oregon Arts Watch. Oregon Arts Watch. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ "Classical Commissioning Grant Award Recipients". Chamber Music America. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ "Jasper String Quartet". Sono Luminus. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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