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SUMMARY:DSQ: Haydn & Korngold in Brunswick
DESCRIPTION:This program begins with Haydn’s Quartet in D\, Op. 20\, no 4\, written in 1772\, and  concludes with Erich Korngold’s String Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 26 no 2\, composed in 1932.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-haydn-korngold-in-brunswick/
LOCATION:Lemont Hall\, 2 Pleasant St.\, Brunswick\, ME\, 04011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:DSQ: Haydn & Korngold in Rockport
DESCRIPTION:This program begins with Haydn’s Quartet in D\, Op. 20\, no 4\, written in 1772\, and  concludes with Erich Korngold’s String Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 26 no 2\, composed in 1932.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-haydn-korngold-in-rockport/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 24 Central Street\, Rockport\, ME\, 04856\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:DSQ on Great Cranberry Island: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127. \nThere is are regular ferries that go to the island from Biel’s Lobster Pier in Southwest Harbor or from Northeast Harbor.  Concert attendees will have time to catch the ferry back to the mainland after the concert.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-on-great-cranberry-island-mozart-beethoven/
LOCATION:Great Cranberry Island Church\, Great Cranberry Island\, ME\, 04625\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T210000
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SUMMARY:DSQ in Portland: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-portland-mozart-beethoven/
LOCATION:Maine Jewish Museum\, 267 Congress Street\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240908T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240908T210000
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SUMMARY:Old Walpole Meetinghouse Candlelight Concert
DESCRIPTION:In a candlelight concert at one of the oldest meetinghouses (1772) in Maine\, the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, will perform Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127.  This annual event\, now in it’s 28th year\, raises funds to preserve the beautiful Old Walpole Meetinghouse.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/old-walpole-meetinghouse-candlelight-concert/
LOCATION:Old Walpole Meetinghouse\, State Rte. 129\, Walpole\, ME\, 04573\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:DSQ in Surry: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-surry-mozart-beethoven/
LOCATION:Surry Arts & Events at the Barn\, 8 Cross Rd.\, Surry\, ME\, 04684\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240713T004741Z
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SUMMARY:DSQ in Rockport: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-rockport-mozart-beethoven/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 24 Central Street\, Rockport\, ME\, 04856\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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SUMMARY:DSQ in Brunswick: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-brunswick-mozart-beethoven-2/
LOCATION:Lemont Hall\, 2 Pleasant St.\, Brunswick\, ME\, 04011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240804T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240804T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240523T054130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T055011Z
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SUMMARY:DSQ in Sanford Springvale:Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-sanford-springvale/
LOCATION:Sanford Springvale Historical Society\, 505 Main Street\, Springvale\, ME\, 04083\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240802T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240802T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240523T053809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T053809Z
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SUMMARY:DSQ in Waldoboro: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-waldoboro-mozart-beethoven/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Union Chapel\, 1065 Dutch Neck Rd.\, Waldoboro\, ME\, 04572\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240801T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240801T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240509T071846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T071846Z
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SUMMARY:DSQ in Georgetown: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner\, in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127 .
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-georgetown-mozart-beethoven/
LOCATION:Robinhood Free Meetinghouse\, 210 Robinhood Rd\, Georgetown\, ME\, 04548\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240730T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240730T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240509T070512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T070512Z
UID:982-1722366000-1722373200@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:DSQ in South Bristol: Mozart & Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist\, Philipp Ellsner in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major\, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 127 \n. \n  \n 
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-in-south-bristol-mozart-beethoven/
LOCATION:Union Church\, 2171 ME-129\, South Bristol\, ME\, 04568\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240707T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240707T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240509T065655Z
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SUMMARY:Brahms Sextets in Surry (buy tickets at www.surryartsandevents.com/events)
DESCRIPTION:The DaPonte Quartet is joined by violist Marcus Thompson and cellist Scott Kluksdahl in a delightful evening dedicated to the two gorgeous sextets of Johannes Brahms. \n \nMarcus Thompson\, Violist\nMarcus Thompson has appeared as viola soloist\, recitalist and chamber\nmusic player in series throughout the Americas\, Europe and the Far East.\nHe was featured as soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta\,\nChicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Saint Louis\, and the Czech National\nSymphony. He has recorded the Bartok Viola Concerto and the Bloch\nSuite with the Slovenian Radio Symphony and the Tibor Serly Concerto\,\nJongen Suite and Francaix Rhapsodie with the Czech National Symphony\,\nboth conducted by Paul Freeman. Mr. Thompson has received critical\nacclaim for performances of the John Harbison Viola Concerto with the\nLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra and with the Chicago Sinfonietta\, and for\nperformances of the Penderecki Viola Concerto in Boston and London. His\nsolo repertoire includes the recent\, Ligeti\, Overton\, Schnittke\, as well as\nthe exotic with works by Ariosti\, Vivaldi and Hindemith performed on the\nviola d’amore. He has been a guest of the Audubon\, Borromeo\, Cleveland\,\nEmerson\, Jupiter\, Muir\, Orion\, Shanghai\, and Miami String Quartets\, the\nChamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and a frequent participant in\nchamber music festivals in Amsterdam\, Anchorage\, Dubrovnik\, Montreal\,\nSeattle\, Sitka\, Los Angeles\, Okinawa\, Portland and Vail. Mr. Thompson\,\nwho is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society\, earned the\ndoctorate degree at The Juilliard School following studies with Walter\nTrampler. He is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists\, Inc. Born and raised\nin The Bronx\, N.Y.C.\, he currently lives in Boston where\, as the Robert R.\nTaylor Professor of Music and a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow\, he\nfounded and leads programs in chamber music and performance study at\nMIT\, and serves on the viola faculty at New England Conservatory of\nMusic. \nCellist Scott Kluksdahl has performed for nearly four decades as chamber musician\, recitalist and soloist in the United States\, Europe\, Israel\, and Central and South America. \nFollowing a daring New York debut program of cutting-edge modern works at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall\, Strings Magazine identified Scott Kluksdahl as “a simply superb cellist\, playing with consummate technical ease\, a beautiful sound\, total conviction\, authority and dedication to the music.”  Scott Kluksdahl’s devotion to the works of current composers is widely regarded\, and he is known for his close affiliations with Nicolas Bacri\, Richard Brodhead\, David Del Tredici\, Robert Helps\, Gunther Schuller\, Augusta Read Thomas and Richard Wernick\, whose works he has commissioned\, studied\, and recorded.  He has also collaborated with Benjamin C.S. Boyle\, Tamar Diesendruck\, Philip Lasser\, Eric Moe\, Laura Elise Schwendinger and Scott Wheeler\, and he has worked closely with American legends Leonard Bernstein\, Elliott Carter\, Andrew Inbrie\, Donald Martino\, and Ralph Shapey.  As cello soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra\, Kluksdahl premiered Philip Lasser’s Vocalise for Cello and Orchestra at Symphony Hall\, and he has made acclaimed recordings of many of these composers’ works on the CRI\, Centaur\, Triton\, Pierian\, Nimbus\, Crystal\, and Albany labels. \nScott Kluksdahl presented his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony\, and since then he has performed a broad gamut of his instrument’s repertory throughout the entire United States and in the major musical centers of New York City\, Boston\, Chicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Pittsburgh\, San Francisco and Washington\, D.C.   Kluksdahl has been heard in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Concert Hall\, Kennedy Center\, BargeMusic\, Dame Myra Hess Series\, Phillips Collection and Tanglewood Music Festival\, and continues to perform the complete cycle of Bach Suites for cello\, notably at the Oregon and Philadelphia Bach Festivals.  He has been a frequent a guest chamber artist at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society\, Music from Salem\, Killington Music Festival\, Craftsbury Chamber Players\, Lancaster Music Festival\, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.  Scott Kluksdahl was a founding member of the Lions Gate Trio for two decades.  He also performed as cellist of the Veronika String Quartet\, and he has been a guest artist with numerous ensembles including DaPonte\, Miami and Pacifica String Quartets. \nScott Kluksdahl serves as Professor of Cello at the University of South Florida\, where he is a designated Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar\, and he has presented master classes in such institutions as Eastman School of Music\, Indiana University\, Boston Conservatory\, Northwestern University\, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He teaches summers at the Brancaleoni International and the ARIA International Summer Festivals\, as well as at the Cello Seminar at the Brown Farm in Salem\, New York.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/brahms-sextets-in-surry/
LOCATION:Surry Arts & Events at the Barn\, 8 Cross Rd.\, Surry\, ME\, 04684\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240706T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240706T213000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240509T064614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240628T025859Z
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SUMMARY:Brahms Sextets in Northport
DESCRIPTION:The DaPonte Quartet is joined by violist Marcus Thompson and cellist Scott Kluksdahl in a delightful evening dedicated to the two gorgeous sextets of Johannes Brahms.  Admission for this event is by donation at the door. \n \nMarcus Thompson\, Violist\nMarcus Thompson has appeared as viola soloist\, recitalist and chamber\nmusic player in series throughout the Americas\, Europe and the Far East.\nHe was featured as soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta\,\nChicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Saint Louis\, and the Czech National\nSymphony. He has recorded the Bartok Viola Concerto and the Bloch\nSuite with the Slovenian Radio Symphony and the Tibor Serly Concerto\,\nJongen Suite and Francaix Rhapsodie with the Czech National Symphony\,\nboth conducted by Paul Freeman. Mr. Thompson has received critical\nacclaim for performances of the John Harbison Viola Concerto with the\nLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra and with the Chicago Sinfonietta\, and for\nperformances of the Penderecki Viola Concerto in Boston and London. His\nsolo repertoire includes the recent\, Ligeti\, Overton\, Schnittke\, as well as\nthe exotic with works by Ariosti\, Vivaldi and Hindemith performed on the\nviola d’amore. He has been a guest of the Audubon\, Borromeo\, Cleveland\,\nEmerson\, Jupiter\, Muir\, Orion\, Shanghai\, and Miami String Quartets\, the\nChamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and a frequent participant in\nchamber music festivals in Amsterdam\, Anchorage\, Dubrovnik\, Montreal\,\nSeattle\, Sitka\, Los Angeles\, Okinawa\, Portland and Vail. Mr. Thompson\,\nwho is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society\, earned the\ndoctorate degree at The Juilliard School following studies with Walter\nTrampler. He is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists\, Inc. Born and raised\nin The Bronx\, N.Y.C.\, he currently lives in Boston where\, as the Robert R.\nTaylor Professor of Music and a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow\, he\nfounded and leads programs in chamber music and performance study at\nMIT\, and serves on the viola faculty at New England Conservatory of\nMusic. \nCellist Scott Kluksdahl has performed for nearly four decades as chamber musician\, recitalist and soloist in the United States\, Europe\, Israel\, and Central and South America. \nFollowing a daring New York debut program of cutting-edge modern works at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall\, Strings Magazine identified Scott Kluksdahl as “a simply superb cellist\, playing with consummate technical ease\, a beautiful sound\, total conviction\, authority and dedication to the music.”  Scott Kluksdahl’s devotion to the works of current composers is widely regarded\, and he is known for his close affiliations with Nicolas Bacri\, Richard Brodhead\, David Del Tredici\, Robert Helps\, Gunther Schuller\, Augusta Read Thomas and Richard Wernick\, whose works he has commissioned\, studied\, and recorded.  He has also collaborated with Benjamin C.S. Boyle\, Tamar Diesendruck\, Philip Lasser\, Eric Moe\, Laura Elise Schwendinger and Scott Wheeler\, and he has worked closely with American legends Leonard Bernstein\, Elliott Carter\, Andrew Inbrie\, Donald Martino\, and Ralph Shapey.  As cello soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra\, Kluksdahl premiered Philip Lasser’s Vocalise for Cello and Orchestra at Symphony Hall\, and he has made acclaimed recordings of many of these composers’ works on the CRI\, Centaur\, Triton\, Pierian\, Nimbus\, Crystal\, and Albany labels. \nScott Kluksdahl presented his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony\, and since then he has performed a broad gamut of his instrument’s repertory throughout the entire United States and in the major musical centers of New York City\, Boston\, Chicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Pittsburgh\, San Francisco and Washington\, D.C.   Kluksdahl has been heard in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Concert Hall\, Kennedy Center\, BargeMusic\, Dame Myra Hess Series\, Phillips Collection and Tanglewood Music Festival\, and continues to perform the complete cycle of Bach Suites for cello\, notably at the Oregon and Philadelphia Bach Festivals.  He has been a frequent a guest chamber artist at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society\, Music from Salem\, Killington Music Festival\, Craftsbury Chamber Players\, Lancaster Music Festival\, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.  Scott Kluksdahl was a founding member of the Lions Gate Trio for two decades.  He also performed as cellist of the Veronika String Quartet\, and he has been a guest artist with numerous ensembles including DaPonte\, Miami and Pacifica String Quartets. \nScott Kluksdahl serves as Professor of Cello at the University of South Florida\, where he is a designated Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar\, and he has presented master classes in such institutions as Eastman School of Music\, Indiana University\, Boston Conservatory\, Northwestern University\, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He teaches summers at the Brancaleoni International and the ARIA International Summer Festivals\, as well as at the Cello Seminar at the Brown Farm in Salem\, New York. \n  \n 
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/brahms-sextets/
LOCATION:Bayside Community Hall\, Northport\, 813 Shore Rd\, Northport\, ME\, 04849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240705T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240523T053446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T053446Z
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SUMMARY:Brahms Sextets in Portland
DESCRIPTION:The DaPonte Quartet is joined by violist Marcus Thompson and cellist Scott Kluksdahl in a delightful evening dedicated to the two gorgeous sextets of Johannes Brahms. \n \nMarcus Thompson\, Violist\nMarcus Thompson has appeared as viola soloist\, recitalist and chamber\nmusic player in series throughout the Americas\, Europe and the Far East.\nHe was featured as soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta\,\nChicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Saint Louis\, and the Czech National\nSymphony. He has recorded the Bartok Viola Concerto and the Bloch\nSuite with the Slovenian Radio Symphony and the Tibor Serly Concerto\,\nJongen Suite and Francaix Rhapsodie with the Czech National Symphony\,\nboth conducted by Paul Freeman. Mr. Thompson has received critical\nacclaim for performances of the John Harbison Viola Concerto with the\nLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra and with the Chicago Sinfonietta\, and for\nperformances of the Penderecki Viola Concerto in Boston and London. His\nsolo repertoire includes the recent\, Ligeti\, Overton\, Schnittke\, as well as\nthe exotic with works by Ariosti\, Vivaldi and Hindemith performed on the\nviola d’amore. He has been a guest of the Audubon\, Borromeo\, Cleveland\,\nEmerson\, Jupiter\, Muir\, Orion\, Shanghai\, and Miami String Quartets\, the\nChamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and a frequent participant in\nchamber music festivals in Amsterdam\, Anchorage\, Dubrovnik\, Montreal\,\nSeattle\, Sitka\, Los Angeles\, Okinawa\, Portland and Vail. Mr. Thompson\,\nwho is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society\, earned the\ndoctorate degree at The Juilliard School following studies with Walter\nTrampler. He is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists\, Inc. Born and raised\nin The Bronx\, N.Y.C.\, he currently lives in Boston where\, as the Robert R.\nTaylor Professor of Music and a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow\, he\nfounded and leads programs in chamber music and performance study at\nMIT\, and serves on the viola faculty at New England Conservatory of\nMusic. \nCellist Scott Kluksdahl has performed for nearly four decades as chamber musician\, recitalist and soloist in the United States\, Europe\, Israel\, and Central and South America. \nFollowing a daring New York debut program of cutting-edge modern works at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall\, Strings Magazine identified Scott Kluksdahl as “a simply superb cellist\, playing with consummate technical ease\, a beautiful sound\, total conviction\, authority and dedication to the music.”  Scott Kluksdahl’s devotion to the works of current composers is widely regarded\, and he is known for his close affiliations with Nicolas Bacri\, Richard Brodhead\, David Del Tredici\, Robert Helps\, Gunther Schuller\, Augusta Read Thomas and Richard Wernick\, whose works he has commissioned\, studied\, and recorded.  He has also collaborated with Benjamin C.S. Boyle\, Tamar Diesendruck\, Philip Lasser\, Eric Moe\, Laura Elise Schwendinger and Scott Wheeler\, and he has worked closely with American legends Leonard Bernstein\, Elliott Carter\, Andrew Inbrie\, Donald Martino\, and Ralph Shapey.  As cello soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra\, Kluksdahl premiered Philip Lasser’s Vocalise for Cello and Orchestra at Symphony Hall\, and he has made acclaimed recordings of many of these composers’ works on the CRI\, Centaur\, Triton\, Pierian\, Nimbus\, Crystal\, and Albany labels. \nScott Kluksdahl presented his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony\, and since then he has performed a broad gamut of his instrument’s repertory throughout the entire United States and in the major musical centers of New York City\, Boston\, Chicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Pittsburgh\, San Francisco and Washington\, D.C.   Kluksdahl has been heard in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Concert Hall\, Kennedy Center\, BargeMusic\, Dame Myra Hess Series\, Phillips Collection and Tanglewood Music Festival\, and continues to perform the complete cycle of Bach Suites for cello\, notably at the Oregon and Philadelphia Bach Festivals.  He has been a frequent a guest chamber artist at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society\, Music from Salem\, Killington Music Festival\, Craftsbury Chamber Players\, Lancaster Music Festival\, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.  Scott Kluksdahl was a founding member of the Lions Gate Trio for two decades.  He also performed as cellist of the Veronika String Quartet\, and he has been a guest artist with numerous ensembles including DaPonte\, Miami and Pacifica String Quartets. \nScott Kluksdahl serves as Professor of Cello at the University of South Florida\, where he is a designated Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar\, and he has presented master classes in such institutions as Eastman School of Music\, Indiana University\, Boston Conservatory\, Northwestern University\, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He teaches summers at the Brancaleoni International and the ARIA International Summer Festivals\, as well as at the Cello Seminar at the Brown Farm in Salem\, New York.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/brahms-sextets-in-portland/
LOCATION:Portland Conservatory of Music\, 28 Neal St.\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240703T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240703T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240523T053214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T053214Z
UID:1009-1720033200-1720040400@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Brahms Sextets in Waldoboro
DESCRIPTION:The DaPonte Quartet is joined by violist Marcus Thompson and cellist Scott Kluksdahl in a delightful evening dedicated to the two gorgeous sextets of Johannes Brahms. \n \nMarcus Thompson\, Violist\nMarcus Thompson has appeared as viola soloist\, recitalist and chamber\nmusic player in series throughout the Americas\, Europe and the Far East.\nHe was featured as soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta\,\nChicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Saint Louis\, and the Czech National\nSymphony. He has recorded the Bartok Viola Concerto and the Bloch\nSuite with the Slovenian Radio Symphony and the Tibor Serly Concerto\,\nJongen Suite and Francaix Rhapsodie with the Czech National Symphony\,\nboth conducted by Paul Freeman. Mr. Thompson has received critical\nacclaim for performances of the John Harbison Viola Concerto with the\nLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra and with the Chicago Sinfonietta\, and for\nperformances of the Penderecki Viola Concerto in Boston and London. His\nsolo repertoire includes the recent\, Ligeti\, Overton\, Schnittke\, as well as\nthe exotic with works by Ariosti\, Vivaldi and Hindemith performed on the\nviola d’amore. He has been a guest of the Audubon\, Borromeo\, Cleveland\,\nEmerson\, Jupiter\, Muir\, Orion\, Shanghai\, and Miami String Quartets\, the\nChamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and a frequent participant in\nchamber music festivals in Amsterdam\, Anchorage\, Dubrovnik\, Montreal\,\nSeattle\, Sitka\, Los Angeles\, Okinawa\, Portland and Vail. Mr. Thompson\,\nwho is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society\, earned the\ndoctorate degree at The Juilliard School following studies with Walter\nTrampler. He is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists\, Inc. Born and raised\nin The Bronx\, N.Y.C.\, he currently lives in Boston where\, as the Robert R.\nTaylor Professor of Music and a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow\, he\nfounded and leads programs in chamber music and performance study at\nMIT\, and serves on the viola faculty at New England Conservatory of\nMusic. \nCellist Scott Kluksdahl has performed for nearly four decades as chamber musician\, recitalist and soloist in the United States\, Europe\, Israel\, and Central and South America. \nFollowing a daring New York debut program of cutting-edge modern works at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall\, Strings Magazine identified Scott Kluksdahl as “a simply superb cellist\, playing with consummate technical ease\, a beautiful sound\, total conviction\, authority and dedication to the music.”  Scott Kluksdahl’s devotion to the works of current composers is widely regarded\, and he is known for his close affiliations with Nicolas Bacri\, Richard Brodhead\, David Del Tredici\, Robert Helps\, Gunther Schuller\, Augusta Read Thomas and Richard Wernick\, whose works he has commissioned\, studied\, and recorded.  He has also collaborated with Benjamin C.S. Boyle\, Tamar Diesendruck\, Philip Lasser\, Eric Moe\, Laura Elise Schwendinger and Scott Wheeler\, and he has worked closely with American legends Leonard Bernstein\, Elliott Carter\, Andrew Inbrie\, Donald Martino\, and Ralph Shapey.  As cello soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra\, Kluksdahl premiered Philip Lasser’s Vocalise for Cello and Orchestra at Symphony Hall\, and he has made acclaimed recordings of many of these composers’ works on the CRI\, Centaur\, Triton\, Pierian\, Nimbus\, Crystal\, and Albany labels. \nScott Kluksdahl presented his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony\, and since then he has performed a broad gamut of his instrument’s repertory throughout the entire United States and in the major musical centers of New York City\, Boston\, Chicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Pittsburgh\, San Francisco and Washington\, D.C.   Kluksdahl has been heard in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Concert Hall\, Kennedy Center\, BargeMusic\, Dame Myra Hess Series\, Phillips Collection and Tanglewood Music Festival\, and continues to perform the complete cycle of Bach Suites for cello\, notably at the Oregon and Philadelphia Bach Festivals.  He has been a frequent a guest chamber artist at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society\, Music from Salem\, Killington Music Festival\, Craftsbury Chamber Players\, Lancaster Music Festival\, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.  Scott Kluksdahl was a founding member of the Lions Gate Trio for two decades.  He also performed as cellist of the Veronika String Quartet\, and he has been a guest artist with numerous ensembles including DaPonte\, Miami and Pacifica String Quartets. \nScott Kluksdahl serves as Professor of Cello at the University of South Florida\, where he is a designated Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar\, and he has presented master classes in such institutions as Eastman School of Music\, Indiana University\, Boston Conservatory\, Northwestern University\, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He teaches summers at the Brancaleoni International and the ARIA International Summer Festivals\, as well as at the Cello Seminar at the Brown Farm in Salem\, New York.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/brahms-sextets-in-waldoboro/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Union Chapel\, 1065 Dutch Neck Rd.\, Waldoboro\, ME\, 04572\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240702T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240702T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240523T052322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T052322Z
UID:1004-1719946800-1719954000@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Brahms Sextets in Sanford
DESCRIPTION:The DaPonte Quartet is joined by violist Marcus Thompson and cellist Scott Kluksdahl in a delightful evening dedicated to the two gorgeous sextets of Johannes Brahms. \nMarcus Thompson has appeared as viola soloist\, recitalist and chamber\nmusic player in series throughout the Americas\, Europe and the Far East.\nHe was featured as soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta\,\nChicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Saint Louis\, and the Czech National\nSymphony. He has recorded the Bartok Viola Concerto and the Bloch\nSuite with the Slovenian Radio Symphony and the Tibor Serly Concerto\,\nJongen Suite and Francaix Rhapsodie with the Czech National Symphony\,\nboth conducted by Paul Freeman. Mr. Thompson has received critical\nacclaim for performances of the John Harbison Viola Concerto with the\nLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra and with the Chicago Sinfonietta\, and for\nperformances of the Penderecki Viola Concerto in Boston and London. His\nsolo repertoire includes the recent\, Ligeti\, Overton\, Schnittke\, as well as\nthe exotic with works by Ariosti\, Vivaldi and Hindemith performed on the\nviola d’amore. He has been a guest of the Audubon\, Borromeo\, Cleveland\,\nEmerson\, Jupiter\, Muir\, Orion\, Shanghai\, and Miami String Quartets\, the\nChamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and a frequent participant in\nchamber music festivals in Amsterdam\, Anchorage\, Dubrovnik\, Montreal\,\nSeattle\, Sitka\, Los Angeles\, Okinawa\, Portland and Vail. Mr. Thompson\,\nwho is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society\, earned the\ndoctorate degree at The Juilliard School following studies with Walter\nTrampler. He is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists\, Inc. Born and raised\nin The Bronx\, N.Y.C.\, he currently lives in Boston where\, as the Robert R.\nTaylor Professor of Music and a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow\, he\nfounded and leads programs in chamber music and performance study at\nMIT\, and serves on the viola faculty at New England Conservatory of\nMusic. \n  \nCellist Scott Kluksdahl has performed for nearly four decades as chamber musician\, recitalist and soloist in the United States\, Europe\, Israel\, and Central and South America. \nFollowing a daring New York debut program of cutting-edge modern works at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall\, Strings Magazine identified Scott Kluksdahl as “a simply superb cellist\, playing with consummate technical ease\, a beautiful sound\, total conviction\, authority and dedication to the music.”  Scott Kluksdahl’s devotion to the works of current composers is widely regarded\, and he is known for his close affiliations with Nicolas Bacri\, Richard Brodhead\, David Del Tredici\, Robert Helps\, Gunther Schuller\, Augusta Read Thomas and Richard Wernick\, whose works he has commissioned\, studied\, and recorded.  He has also collaborated with Benjamin C.S. Boyle\, Tamar Diesendruck\, Philip Lasser\, Eric Moe\, Laura Elise Schwendinger and Scott Wheeler\, and he has worked closely with American legends Leonard Bernstein\, Elliott Carter\, Andrew Inbrie\, Donald Martino\, and Ralph Shapey.  As cello soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra\, Kluksdahl premiered Philip Lasser’s Vocalise for Cello and Orchestra at Symphony Hall\, and he has made acclaimed recordings of many of these composers’ works on the CRI\, Centaur\, Triton\, Pierian\, Nimbus\, Crystal\, and Albany labels. \nScott Kluksdahl presented his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony\, and since then he has performed a broad gamut of his instrument’s repertory throughout the entire United States and in the major musical centers of New York City\, Boston\, Chicago\, Cleveland\, Philadelphia\, Pittsburgh\, San Francisco and Washington\, D.C.   Kluksdahl has been heard in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Concert Hall\, Kennedy Center\, BargeMusic\, Dame Myra Hess Series\, Phillips Collection and Tanglewood Music Festival\, and continues to perform the complete cycle of Bach Suites for cello\, notably at the Oregon and Philadelphia Bach Festivals.  He has been a frequent a guest chamber artist at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society\, Music from Salem\, Killington Music Festival\, Craftsbury Chamber Players\, Lancaster Music Festival\, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.  Scott Kluksdahl was a founding member of the Lions Gate Trio for two decades.  He also performed as cellist of the Veronika String Quartet\, and he has been a guest artist with numerous ensembles including DaPonte\, Miami and Pacifica String Quartets. \nScott Kluksdahl serves as Professor of Cello at the University of South Florida\, where he is a designated Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar\, and he has presented master classes in such institutions as Eastman School of Music\, Indiana University\, Boston Conservatory\, Northwestern University\, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He teaches summers at the Brancaleoni International and the ARIA International Summer Festivals\, as well as at the Cello Seminar at the Brown Farm in Salem\, New York.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/brahms-sextets-in-sanford/
LOCATION:Sanford Springvale Historical Society\, 505 Main Street\, Springvale\, ME\, 04083\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240622T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240622T173000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240601T165320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240621T021007Z
UID:1043-1719068400-1719077400@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:DSQ Quartet Institute Concert & Special Event
DESCRIPTION:This unique event will feature a concert by the participants and faculty of the DaPonte String Quartet Institute 2024.  It will include a brief demonstration of rehearsal techniques we’ve shared during our week together.  There will also be a reception during which you can meet this year’s participants. \nThe program will begin with a few movements of Beethoven String Quartet in C# Minor\, Op. 131 performed by Institute participants.  It will conclude with Schubert’s great Cello Quintet  played by the DSQ and our guest faculty cellist\, Scott Kluksdahl. \nThere is no admission\, but we ask that you reserve your ticket to help us get an idea of audience size.  Donations for our Institute program are gratefully accepted at the door\, or you can donate through our website when you reserve your ticket\, https://dapontequartet.org/tickets/ \nLinden Tree Meetinghouse is located at 10 Church Lane in Phippsburg.
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/dsq-quartet-institute-concert-special-event/
LOCATION:Linden Tree Meetinghouse\, 10 Church Lane\, Phippsburg\, ME\, 04562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advanced Quartet Studies Institute,Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240526T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240526T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240412T212737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T234228Z
UID:953-1716739200-1716746400@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:BRUNSWICK: Schumann & Brahms Piano Quartets
DESCRIPTION:Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 47 & Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor\, Op. 25 with guest pianist\, Randall Hodgkinson. \n“The finest performance I have ever heard of this very difficult piece. It was as if he was reading my mind…” Aaron Copland on hearing pianist Randall Hodgkinson performing his Piano Fantasy in Jordan Hall\, Boston. While a student at the New England Conservatory Hodgkinson became grand prizewinner of the International American Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has performed with orchestras in Atlanta\, Philadelphia\, Buffalo\, Boston\, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland\, and also numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino.  A frequent guest of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players\, he also performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife\, Leslie Amper. Festival appearances include Ravinia\, Bargemusic\, Chestnut Hill Concerts in Madison Connecticut\, Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, and Chamber Music Northwest (Portland\, OR). Solo recordings on the Ongaku\, New World\, and Albany labels  have garnered much critical acclaim.  Mr. Hodgkinson is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and Wellesley College and is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner™. 
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/schumann-brahms-piano-quartets-with-randall-hodgkinson-2/
LOCATION:Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church\, 1 Middle St.\, Brunswick\, ME\, 04011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240525T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240525T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240412T212011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T234300Z
UID:950-1716645600-1716652800@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:PORTLAND: Schumann & Brahms Piano Quartets
DESCRIPTION:Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 47 & Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor\, Op. 25 with guest pianist\, Randall Hodgkinson. \n \n“The finest performance I have ever heard of this very difficult piece. It was as if he was reading my mind…” Aaron Copland on hearing pianist Randall Hodgkinson performing his Piano Fantasy in Jordan Hall\, Boston. While a student at the New England Conservatory Hodgkinson became grand prizewinner of the International American Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has performed with orchestras in Atlanta\, Philadelphia\, Buffalo\, Boston\, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland\, and also numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino.  A frequent guest of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players\, he also performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife\, Leslie Amper. Festival appearances include Ravinia\, Bargemusic\, Chestnut Hill Concerts in Madison Connecticut\, Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, and Chamber Music Northwest (Portland\, OR). Solo recordings on the Ongaku\, New World\, and Albany labels  have garnered much critical acclaim.  Mr. Hodgkinson is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and Wellesley College and is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner™. 
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/schumann-brahms-piano-quartets-with-randall-hodgkinson/
LOCATION:Portland Conservatory of Music\, 28 Neal St.\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240524T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240524T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240411T193813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T234154Z
UID:941-1716577200-1716584400@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:ROCKPORT: Schumann & Brahms Piano Quartets
DESCRIPTION:Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 47 & Brahms Piano in G Minor\, Op. 25 with guest pianist\, Randall Hodgkinson. \n \n“The finest performance I have ever heard of this very difficult piece. It was as if he was reading my mind…” Aaron Copland on hearing pianist Randall Hodgkinson performing his Piano Fantasy in Jordan Hall\, Boston. While a student at the New England Conservatory Hodgkinson became grand prizewinner of the International American Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has performed with orchestras in Atlanta\, Philadelphia\, Buffalo\, Boston\, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland\, and also numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino.  A frequent guest of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players\, he also performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife\, Leslie Amper. Festival appearances include Ravinia\, Bargemusic\, Chestnut Hill Concerts in Madison Connecticut\, Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, and Chamber Music Northwest (Portland\, OR). Solo recordings on the Ongaku\, New World\, and Albany labels  have garnered much critical acclaim.  Mr. Hodgkinson is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and Wellesley College and is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner™. 
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/schumann-brahms-piano-quartets/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 24 Central Street\, Rockport\, ME\, 04856\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240523T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240411T193504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T234353Z
UID:935-1716490800-1716498000@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:NEWCASTLE: Brahms & Schumann Piano Quartets
DESCRIPTION:Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Major\, Op. 47 & Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor\, Op. 25 with guest pianist\, Randall Hodgkinson. \n \n“The finest performance I have ever heard of this very difficult piece. It was as if he was reading my mind…” Aaron Copland on hearing pianist Randall Hodgkinson performing his Piano Fantasy in Jordan Hall\, Boston. While a student at the New England Conservatory Hodgkinson became grand prizewinner of the International American Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has performed with orchestras in Atlanta\, Philadelphia\, Buffalo\, Boston\, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland\, and also numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino.  A frequent guest of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players\, he also performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife\, Leslie Amper. Festival appearances include Ravinia\, Bargemusic\, Chestnut Hill Concerts in Madison Connecticut\, Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, and Chamber Music Northwest (Portland\, OR). Solo recordings on the Ongaku\, New World\, and Albany labels  have garnered much critical acclaim.  Mr. Hodgkinson is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and Wellesley College and is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner™.  \n 
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/brahms-schumann-piano-quartets/
LOCATION:St. Patrick’s Catholic Church\, Newcastle\, 380 Academy Hill Rd.\, Newcastle\, ME\, 04553\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240209T225610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T010239Z
UID:890-1713110400-1713117600@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Concert Series II: Boothbay
DESCRIPTION:DaPonte String Quartet with guest oboist\, Amanda Hardy \nProgram: Mozart Oboe Quartet KV 370\, Dohnányi Serenade Op. 10 & Britten Phantasy Quartet for oboe\, violin\, viola and cello
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/concert-series-ii-boothbay/
LOCATION:St. Columba’s Episcopal Church\, 32 Emery Lane\, Boothbay Harbor\, ME\, 04538\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dapontequartet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Amanda-Hardy-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240209T225101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T052523Z
UID:887-1713036600-1713042000@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Concert Series II: Farmington
DESCRIPTION:DaPonte String Quartet with guest oboist\, Amanda Hardy \nProgram: Mozart Oboe Quartet KV 370\, Dohnányi Serenade Op. 10 & Britten Phantasy Quartet for oboe\, violin\, viola and cello
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/concert-series-ii-farmington/
LOCATION:Nordica Hall\, Merrill Hall\, Univ. of Maine\, 246 Main St.\, Farmington\, ME\, 04938\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dapontequartet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Amanda-Hardy-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240209T224442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T010334Z
UID:884-1712948400-1712955600@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Concert Series II: Freeport
DESCRIPTION:DaPonte String Quartet with guest oboist\, Amanda Hardy \nProgram: Mozart Oboe Quartet KV 370\, Dohnányi Serenade Op. 10 & Britten Phantasy Quartet for oboe\, violin\, viola and cello
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/concert-series-ii-freeport/
LOCATION:Meetinghouse Arts\, 40 Main Street\, Freeport\, ME\, 04032\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dapontequartet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Amanda-Hardy-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240209T223820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T010417Z
UID:881-1712862000-1712869200@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Concert Series II: Rockport
DESCRIPTION:DaPonte String Quartet with guest oboist\, Amanda Hardy \nProgram: Mozart Oboe Quartet KV 370\, Dohnányi Serenade Op. 10 & Britten Phantasy Quartet for oboe\, violin\, viola and cello
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/concert-series-ii-rockport/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 24 Central Street\, Rockport\, ME\, 04856\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dapontequartet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Amanda-Hardy-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240209T222701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T010501Z
UID:879-1712775600-1712782800@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Concert Series II: Portland
DESCRIPTION:DaPonte String Quartet with guest oboist\, Amanda Hardy. \nProgram: Mozart Oboe Quartet KV 370\, Dohnányi Serenade Op. 10 & Britten Phantasy Quartet for oboe\, violin\, viola and cello
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/concert-series-ii-portland/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Alliance\, 1342 Congress St.\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240209T231757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T010640Z
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SUMMARY:Concert Series 1: Brunswick
DESCRIPTION:DaPonte String Quartet with guest cellist Fred Edelen \nProgram: Beethoven String Trio in D Major\, Op. 9 no 2\, Françaix String Trio & Arensky Quartet No. 2 in A minor\, Op. 35 for violin\, viola and 2 cellos
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/concert-series-1-brunswick/
LOCATION:Lemont Hall\, 2 Pleasant St.\, Brunswick\, ME\, 04011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T093158
CREATED:20240209T233618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T010722Z
UID:902-1707505200-1707512400@dapontequartet.org
SUMMARY:Concert Series I: Farmington
DESCRIPTION:DaPonte String Quartet with guest cellist Fred Edelen  \nProgram: Beethoven String Trio in D Major\, Op. 9 no 2\, Françaix String Trio & Arensky Quartet No. 2 in A minor\, Op. 35 for violin\, viola and 2 cellos
URL:https://dapontequartet.org/event/concert-series-i-farmington/
LOCATION:Nordica Hall\, Merrill Hall\, Univ. of Maine\, 246 Main St.\, Farmington\, ME\, 04938\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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ORGANIZER;CN="DaPonte String Quartet Foundation":MAILTO:info@dapontequartet.org
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