Every summer, Interlochen Arts Camp's Advanced String Quartet program welcomes sixteen high school musicians who focus on learning complete string quartets.
The students are divided into four quartets, and each quartet learns one movement of a string quartet by a major composer.
During the final week of camp each summer, the quartets visit IPR's Studio A to record the music that they've learned.
This year, the quartets each learned a movement of Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet no. 4 in E minor (op. 44, no. 2).
Each quartet is pictured below, and all movements can be heard on demand in this podcast episode.
The students in Interlochen's Advanced String Quartet program will present their final recital of the summer on Saturday, August 3 at 12:30 p.m. in Interlochen's Dendrinos Chapel. Admission is free, and no tickets are required. (learn more)
Movement 1: Allegro assai appassionato
Tarquin Bennion, violin, Sidney, MT
Alex Workman, violin, Greenville, NC
Steven Zhang, viola, Mesa, AZ
Charlie Pabst, cello, Tempe, AZ
Movement 2: Scherzo. Allegro di molto
Guillem Baviera Fuste, violin, Torrent, Spain
Hannah Schewiger, violin, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Dana Wang, viola, New York, NY
Aiden Ko, cello, Seongnam-si, South Korea
Movement 3: Andante
Momica Lu, violin, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Anthony Kim, violin, San Diego, CA
Natalie Coleman, viola, Liberty, MO
Juliet Diaz Onderwyzer, cello, West Nyack, NY
Movement 4: Presto agitato
Jonathan Milgram, violin, San José, Costa Rica
Kaylee Nah, violin, Portland, OR
Cristian Yohannes, viola, Frisco, TX
Evelyn Yang, cello, London, England
Want to see video of each quartet performing in IPR's Studio A? Follow Classical IPR on Instagram!
The quartets are coached by Tim Shiu, Mary Beth Woodruff, Lenny Schranze and Melissa Kraut.
This recording session was engineered by Carolyn Dzul.
Scott Clemens is IPR's digital content producer.
IPR thanks Martha Fabrique, Lenny Schranze, Alexandra Herryman and Mary Larson for additional support.
