Ames Piano Quartet

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Date/Time:Sunday, 20 Sep 2009 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Location:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall
Cost:Free
URL:http://www.music.iastate.edu/org/apq/
Contact:Tammy Krock
Phone:515-294-3831
Channel:College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Categories:Arts, performances
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The Ames Piano Quartet, the resident chamber music ensemble at Iowa State University, holds a unique position in the chamber music field as one of the few piano quartets in the world.

Their combination of lush string sound, blended with the orchestral quality of the piano, produces an exquisite and rare sonority. The Washington Post aptly described it as "one of the most heavenly combinations of instruments around."

The ensemble has toured throughout the United States, including concerts in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, San Diego, and Washington D.C. Internationally they have performed in Canada, Mexico, France, Austria, and the Far East. Most recently the Quartet spent a week concertizing and teaching in Havana, Cuba, the first American chamber music group to perform there in over forty years.

Its members, all present ISU Music Department faculty, include Mahlon Darlington, violinist; George Work, cellist; Jonathan Sturm, violist; and William David, pianist.