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Article: Notes for four: the St. Lawrence String Quartet runs like an efficient small business comparable to a family-owned operation.
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- Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada
- Article date:
- September 22, 1995
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In an unnamed New York City bar, two Canadian violinists breathe deeply after auditions and acceptance into a reputable Masters program in Manhattan. They should be elated but nagging disillusionment needs analyzing over several drinks. Two more years of learning solo repertoire and course work and the only decent performing will be recitals needed to earn the degree. Before the second round arrives they've admitted to each other that they would rather spend as much time playing and performing as they do learning. One of the two throws out the idea of performing in a string quartet. They decide to phone a cellist and violist they have worked with to see if they are ...
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