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

Karen Kim, violin

Andrew Gonzalez, viola

Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello

Awards and recognition

2017 – Record album "Unbound" named as one of the New York Times top 25 Classical Music Recordings of 2017^[8]
2014 – Chamber Music America's Classical Commissioning Grant Recipient
2012 – Cleveland Quartet Award^[9]
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)
Unbound – "Valencia" by Caroline Shaw, "Death Valley Junction" by Missy Mazzoli, "The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon" by Annie Gosfield, "Four on the Floor" by Judd Greenstein, "almost all the time" David Lang, "Pushpulling" by Donnacha Dennehy, "Excerpts from the middle of something" by Ted Hearne

References

^ "Center for Gifted Young Musicians". Boyer College of Music and Dance. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ Downs, Jessica R. "The Jasper String Quartet Returns to Oberlin as Quartet in Residence". Oberlin Conservatory. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ "Winner, Astral Artists' 2010 National Auditions". Astral Artists. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015.
^ "Cleveland Quartet Award Recipients". Chamber Music America. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ Winslow, Jeff. "Chamber Music Northwest review: "River" flows". Oregon Arts Watch. Oregon Arts Watch. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ "Classical Commissioning Grant Award Recipients". Chamber Music America. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ "Jasper String Quartet". Sono Luminus. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ Tommasini, Anthony; Oestreich, James R.; Allen, David; Walls, Seth Colter; Barone, Joshua (December 13, 2017). "The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017" – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Cleveland Quartet Award | Chamber Music America". www.chamber-music.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2018.

External links

Jasper String Quartet – official site
Dispeker Artists Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
Astral Artists^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Center for Gifted Young Musicians". Boyer College of Music and Dance. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

[2] Downs, Jessica R. "The Jasper String Quartet Returns to Oberlin as Quartet in Residence". Oberlin Conservatory. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

[3] "Winner, Astral Artists' 2010 National Auditions". Astral Artists. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015.

[4] "Cleveland Quartet Award Recipients". Chamber Music America. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

[5] Winslow, Jeff. "Chamber Music Northwest review: "River" flows". Oregon Arts Watch. Oregon Arts Watch. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

[6] "Classical Commissioning Grant Award Recipients". Chamber Music America. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

[7] "Jasper String Quartet". Sono Luminus. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

[8] Tommasini, Anthony; Oestreich, James R.; Allen, David; Walls, Seth Colter; Barone, Joshua (December 13, 2017). "The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017" – via NYTimes.com.

[9] "Cleveland Quartet Award | Chamber Music America". www.chamber-music.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2018.

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